Written by MacArthur grant winning economist and leading feminist Nancy Folbre, The Invisible Heart (2002) is presented as a new take on the connection between family values and economics. In the book, Folbre explores a central question: how does...

Eye in the Sky is a war drama film directed by South African filmmaker Gavin Hood. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 11 September 2015 with a wide release the following year. Though parts of the film are set in Nairobi,...

Written by esteemed children's author Louis Sachar, Wayside School is Falling Down is the second book in the critically acclaimed, bestselling series Wayside School series. Like its predecessor, Wayside School is Falling Down is a short story...

“First Kill” is a short story by Victoria “V.E.” Schwab which initially appeared in the vampire anthology titled Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with a Fresh Bite, edited by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker. Schwab’s story brings the collection...

Written by Cuban-American author Maria Irene Fornes, Mud was first produced on the stage in 1983. Described by its author as "a play in 17 scenes," Mud tells the story of a girl named Mae who lives in a house with a man named Lloyd. Mae is in her...

This One Summer, the graphic novel written by Canadian author Mariko Tamaki, tells the story of the summer that two friends called Rose and Windy spent together in a small beach town called Awago. Rose, who is the narrator of the story, is dealing...

“Killing Mr. Griffin” is a novel written by Lois Duncan, and it falls into the genre of thriller mystery. The author, Lois Duncan, is recognized in the literary world as the leading author of the young adult fiction.

This particular novel follows...

Robert Beatty is a prolific American novelist. Although Willa of the Wood is his fourth book - and the first in the eponymous Willa - it is without a doubt his most well-known work. A fantasy novel, Willa of the Wood tells the story of the young...

The Last Wild, the first book in author Piers Torday's trilogy entitled The Last Wild, tells the story of Kester Jaynes, a young boy who lives in a world where nearly every animal is extinct because of the so-called Red Eye virus. Kester has been...

Vanishing Girls is the first book in author Lisa Regan's "Detective Josie Quinn" series. This iteration follows Detective Quinn as she searches for Isabelle Coleman, a beautiful young blonde girl who suddenly goes missing one day. As she searches...

Cross Her Heart is the initial offering in what has come to be identified as the Bree Taggert series of novels by author Melinda Leigh. By the time the novel was originally published in March 2020, Leigh had already produced a number of volumes in...

John Donne was an English poet, scholar, who later in life became a part of the Church of England. “Death’s Duell” represents his final sermon at the St Paul’s Cathedral, soon after which he died.

The contents of the sermon are related to life and...

The Bonesetter’s Daughter is a historical fiction by American author Amy Tan. Published in 2001 by Random House, Inc., the novel is her fourth novel and contains similar themes as the previous works. Akin to The Joy Luck Club and The Kitchen God’s...

The Cay is a young-adult novel by American author Theodore Langhans Taylor. It was dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. who was assassinated a year before the release. Published in 1969 by Avon Publications, it was followed by Timothy of the Cay,...

Super Pumped is a book by a journalist Mike Isaac, and it is a biographical recollection of events that led to the founding of the American public service company Uber. The main theme of the book is the theme of "rise and grind" culture.

The book...

"American Animals" is a documentary film written and directed by Bart Layton. The film tells the story of a book theft that occurred at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky in 2004. Spencer Reinhard, an art student fascinated by rare...

Killing Floor by Lee Child is a first-person point of view debut novel detailing the story of Jack Reacher. Jack is an ex-military man whose job gets terminated due to anomalous peace in Georgia. The military intelligence along with his background...

The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri is a story based on the challenges experienced by refugees while escaping civil war in their countries. The book was inspired by the author’s interaction with refugees while working as a volunteer in...

Daniel Jose Older’s Shadowshaper is a fantasy novel based on the story of Sierra Santiago. Several characters in the book possess supernatural abilities capable of infusing spirits into artwork. Sierra is a young girl in her teens who loves...