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  About Author:   Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction.[2] She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley.  Summary: Frankenstein begins when a young man named captain Walton takes a ship into the Arctic Ocean he's hoping to make important scientific discoveries. His  ship gets stranded for a few days when a sheet of ice forms all around it, to his amazement he and his crew see a gigantic man about eight feet tall driving a dog sled across the ice until it disappears in the distance.  A little later they see a normal-sized man on another dogsled chasing the first one, this man is almost dead from exhaustion and exposure so they take him aboard. The man is Victor Frankenste...

The Catcher in the Rye  by J.D. Salinger   About Author: Jerome David Salinger  ( January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010) was an American writer best known for his 1951 novel  The Catcher in the Rye . Before its publication, Salinger published several short stories in  Story  magazine and served in World War II. In 1948, his critically acclaimed story "A Perfect Day for Bannerfish" appeared in The New Yorker, which published much of his later work. Summary: This is a story about a boy named Holden Caulfield. He just got kicked out of another all-boy's school called Pencey. He comes from a wealthy family with a lawyer father, nagging mother, a brother who is a Hollywood writer, a brother who died, and an intelligent sister. Holden really doesn't like phonies, which is basically all types of people that annoy him. So, he leaves Pencey hating most, if not all, of the people there. He can't go home because he doesn't want to tell his parents...

  Charlotte's Web By E.B. White About Author: Elwyn Brooks White  (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985)   was an American writer. He was the author of several highly popular books for children, including  Stuart Little  (1945),  Charlotte's Web  (1952), and  The Trumpet of the Swan  (1970). In a 2012 survey of  School Library Journal  readers,  Charlotte's Web  came in first in their poll of the top one hundred children's novels.  In addition, he was a writer and contributing editor to  The New Yorker  magazine, and also a co-author of the English language  style guide   The Elements of Style . Summary: This is a story about a pig named Wilbur, who was born on the Arable farm. Mr. Arable wants to kill Wilbur when he was born because Wilbur is a runt, but Fern, Mr. Arable’s daughter saved him. Fern raised Wilbur until he was sold to Mr. Zuckerman, a farmer who lives nearby. Fern starting visiti...

  Gone with the Wind About Author: Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell  (November 8, 1900 – August 16, 1949) was an American novelist and journalist. Mitchell wrote only one novel, published during her lifetime, the  American Civil War -era novel  Gone with the Wind , for which she won the  National Book Award  for Most Distinguished Novel of 1936 . Summary: Margaret Mitchell's famous novel gone with the wind has given birth to the legendary unforgettable couple of Scarlett O’ Hara and Rhett Butler, the bittersweet story of this unlikely couple will warm your hearts and show that light is always visible at the end of the tunnel.   Scarlett was a rich beautiful woman with many suitors but her heart only belonged   to Ashley Wilkes, the young and educated son of a distinguished southern family. Ashley also loved Scarlet back but Scarlett was a fierce demanding woman, she always got what she wanted and a...

  The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning, Elevate Your Life About Author: Robin Sharma is a Canadian writer, best known for his The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari book series. Sharma worked as a litigation lawyer until age 25, when he self-published MegaLiving (1994), a book on stress management  and spirituality. He initially also self-published The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, which was then picked up for wider distribution by Harper Collies. Sharma has published 12 other books, and founded the training company Sharma Leadership International Summary:   A strong morning Routine is something to help us to perform at our best and reach New levels of productivity, we know that those who rise early are more likely to achieve success in life as opposed to those who sleeping, but not everyone knows how to create successful morning routine that can transform their lives.   Today we will take a look at book “THE 5 AM CLUB...

  Mind-set: Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential About Author: Carol Susan Dweck (born October 17, 1946) is an American psychologist. She is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. Dweck is known for her work on mind-set. She was on the faculty at Columbia University, Harvard University, and the University of Illinois before joining the Stanford University faculty in 2004. She is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science. Summary: Mind-set was written by Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck her decades of research on achievement and success led her to discover what great parents teachers CEOs and athletes already know that our mind-set is the basis of accomplishment. Here we will discuss six lessons we can learn from this book: Lesson #1 The two mind-sets: People with the fixed mind-set belief intelligence can't be changed this leads to a desire to look smart so they avoid challenges, they don't w...

  This is a story few boy named Jim Hawkins who lives in England together with his mother and father at the family’s inn. A loud and drunk man whose name is Billy Bones rents a room from the Hawkins and warns Jim to be aware of a one-legged man. After Jim’s father died, Billy Bones is visited by a couple of buccaneers who always threaten to kill him, revealing that Billy Bones was the first mate to the notorious pirate. Captain Flint, Billy Bones dies of a stroke and Jim searches through his belongings and finds a treasure map to Flint’s treasure. The buccaneers break into the family's inn and try to find the map, but Jim and his mother hide safely. As Jim’s mother stays to watch the family's inn, Jim seeks the help of Dr. Livesey and Squire Trelawney. They decide to go after the treasure and Squire Trelawney funds the expedition by buying a ship, the Hispaniola, and hiring a crew with the help of a one-legged cook named Long John Silver. After hiring Captain Smollett, the vo...