The Sword of Souls is the first book of the mystifying Chronicles of Caledon. The book introduces the reader to the Caledon world (Caledon Prime) and a brief history of the planet and how it came to be up to present time is briefly written in the introduction. However, you must read into the book

Conan Doyle’s 1912 novel introduced his other great character, Professor Challenger. The original “dinosaurs still living in a hidden jungle” tale, this timeless adventure has inspired everything from King Kong to Jurassic Park and is still the best of the lot.

Mark Twain had come a long way from Hannibal when he focused his irreverent humor on medieval tales, and wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. The hit on the head that sent protagonist Hank Morgan back through 13 centuries did not affect his natural resourcefulness.

Third in a powerful trilogy that examines Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics–a challenge welcomed and sanctioned by Isaac Asimov, and written with his cooperation.

Among Asimov’s contributions to science fiction are the Three Laws of Robotics, ethics built into every robot to ensure it never hurts humans. In 1990, Asimov developed the idea of a robot subject to revised Laws – Caliban. This book follows the possible adventures of such a robot.

When a key politician is murdered, suspicion falls on Caliban, the only robot without or conscience, with no need to obey or respect humanity. It is a robot without the Three Laws. But the stakes go deeper than one man’s life. Caliban is challenging long-held ideas of a robot’s place in society. Will he lead

The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream (1993) A novel by Paulo Coelho Santiago is an Andalusian shepherd boy who dreams of travelling the world in search of a worldly treasure as fabulous as any ever found. From his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers, and from there into the

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The story revolves around the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. Whereas the former is a sensible, rational creature, her younger sister is wildly romantic–a characteristic that offers Austen plenty of scope for both satire and compassion

Just like “The Alchemist”, “By the river Piedra…” is a story about a journey symbolizing the route towards self-discovery. “By the river Piedra…”, however, could more easily be described as a story of love, as it strives to show that “true love is an act of total surrender”. At a deeper level, Coelho also gives