College Guide World: 55 books

The title of the novel is an allusion to the doxology which is often used to end the Lord’s Prayer: "For thine is the kingdom, (and) the power, and the glory, now and forever (or forever and ever), amen." In the United States of America, the book was published with the title “The...

“Nightmare Abby” by Thomas Love Peacock was first published in November 1818. It was the third of his novels to be published. In the year 1837, the book was republished after a little revision by the author in Volume 57 of Bentley’s Standard Novels. Like most of the novels written...

The book describes one man's efforts in trouble-torn Pakistan and Afghanistan. It describes how he changed from a mountaineer and became a social worker. He started building schools for children in Pakistan and Afghanistan. When Mortenson started his humanitarian efforts, he co-founded the Central...

“The Italian” By Ann Radcliffe is subtitled “The Confessional of the Black Penitents.” It was first published in 1797.It is a gothic novel, the last one that Ann Radcliffe published during her lifetime. Her other novel “Gaston de Blondeville” was published posthumously in 1846.The...

“The Sound of Waves” by Yukio Mishima was first published in 1954. Shinji is the protagonist of the novel.It is a coming-of-age novel that describes Shinji’s development into a mature person and his romance with Hatsue who happens to be the daughter of a rich ship owner Terukichi.Shinchosha...

Camille is Therese’s husband. He happens to be an egocentric person. He is a sickly character. Therese wants to liberate herself from that bond of marriage. Eventually, when Therese gets an opportunity, she begins her passionate affair with Laurent, who happens to be one of Camille’s friends. In...

“A Yellow Raft in Blue Water” by Michael Dorris was first published in 1987. This novel is written from the view points of Royana, Christine, and Aunt Ida, the major characters in the novel. These three narrators keep on exchanging viewpoints between different parts of the novel. The...

“The Supermale” by Alfred Jarry was first published in 1902. The French title of the novel is “Le Sumale.”The storyline is darkly humorous and irreverent. The story also has certain elements of science fiction.The story presents a race between a train and a team of cyclists who...

It is generally said that the women in Pakistan do not enjoy the rights and status which they deserve like the women in most of the countries in the other parts of the world, but it is not so. The modern Pakistani women enjoy a better status than most Muslim women in any other part of the world. The...

Place of Women In Saudi Arabia Copyright Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: History and Background Chapter Three: Culture and Religion Chapter Four: Islam and Sex Segregation Chapter Five: Female Workforce Chapter Six: Female Education and Sports Chapter Seven: Female Mobility Chapter Eight: Women and Politics Chapter Nine: Family and Marriages Chapter Ten: Plight of Women

There is no doubt that the women in Iran enjoy better rights than the Muslim women in most of the Arabian countries. Iranian women have been historically very active members of the Iranian society.The historical records suggest that the women in Persia had almost equal rights and they were...

The entire Japanese history shows that the role of gender has been very important principle of stratification, but the modern historians or social scientists have begun to raise questions on it.Place of Women In JapanCopyrightChapter One: Introduction and Cultural BackgroundChapter Two: Women’s...

In ancient China, the place of women in the Chinese society was not commendable, for they were compelled to spend their lives under the dominance of the males. There was no gender equality before the Cultural Revolution in China. China went through a long civil war on mainland. After the civil...