20 Timeless Coming-of-age novels

Do you love to read novels?...so which one of these have u read?

I have read 10 out of 20.

College is a time that’s a turning point in many people’s lives. You’re leaving adolescence behind and becoming the adult you’re going to be. Follow along as the characters in these novels face similar times of growth.

1. Great Expectations: Pip is dramatically risen from the lower class to a life of leisure, while encountering confusing love along the way. Follow Pip as he learns to accept his station in life.
2. My Sister’s Keeper: After being conceived to help her sick older sister, Anna sues her parents for the rights to her own body. Anna’s story considers an important moral and ethical medical dilemma.
3. This Side of Paradise: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s famous book shows the story of a vain know it all who ends up knowing nothing. Amory Blaine’s journey finds love, humility, and more.
4. The Secret Life of Bees: Lily Owens lives a neglected life without her mother, raised by her father and maid Rosaleen. A 14-year-old Lily discovers herself while in search of her mother’s past.
5. The Harry Potter Series: This cultural phenomenon is beloved by young readers and adults alike. Rowling’s novels follow three characters from childhood to maturity in detail.
6. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank’s diary was written during her adolescent years. This book tells the story of Anne’s typical teenage problems while in an enclosed space without privacy.
7. The Perks of Being a Wallflower: Learn about passivity vs. passion in this book about Charlie, a high schooler on the fringes of life. This book takes an intimate look at what it’s like to grow up in high school.
8. The Catcher in the Rye: Holden Caulfield shares his experiences when expelled from prep school. This book is great for teenagers who can relate to it and understand the narration.
9. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Huckleberry Finn’s story is about the adventures of a young boy’s adventures. Follow his development throughout the novel.
10. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter: This atypical coming of age novel follows four characters: a girl, a doctor, a deaf-mute, and a socialist. You’ll see the similarities in these very different characters as they grow emotionally.
11. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: You’ll find a story of Catholic guilt and Irish nationalism in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. The young man, Stephen, starts as a boy and gradually leads to a man, and a dabbler grow into an artist.
12. To Kill a Mockingbird: Scout and Jem’s childhood innocence is threatened in this novel. Read this book to see how they maintain faith in good in light of evil.
13. The Virgin Suicides: The Virgin Suicides takes a look at thwarted development in 60s to 70s Michigan. In this book, the Lisbon girls’ deaths tell a story of childhood and adolescence.
14. Little Women: Louisa May Alcott’s book is about four sisters growing up in New England. You’ll see the struggle of women dealing with their character flaws throughout the novel.
15. Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret: This book is a must for every girl’s collection. Read it to better understand the adolescent experience.
16. The Lovely Bones: The Lovely Bones discusses Susie’s process of growing up, even in death. You’ll see her loss of innocence and the destruction of her false sense of security.
17. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn takes you through Francie Nolan’s 11th through 16th years as a poor child in Brooklyn. It tells the story of learning the hard way how tough the world is, and how to find simple pleasures.
18. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents: The Garcia Girls are uprooted from the Dominican Republic to New York City. You’ll see their plunge into American mainstream culture as they leave behind their old genteel lives.
19. The Joy Luck Club: Mahjong, food, and family experience are on the table in The Joy Luck Club. Learn about the lives of four Chinese American immigrant families as they play Mahjong together in this book.
20. Dune: Paul Atreides and his family accept control of the desert planet Arrakis in this science fiction novel. It shows Paul’s growth among the politics, emotion, and forces of resources and planets

This list was taken from : onlinedegreeprograms.org

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The Sun 17052010

My officemate told me this morning about this article she read

in The Sun newspaper yesterday. A very interesting read.

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BY STEVE YAP


WATER is the most abundant ‘nutrient’ in our bodies and on planet Earth. When we were born, our body had 75% of water. By the time we reach middle or old age, our body retains 50% or less water. Generally, overweight or obese youngsters have less than 50% body water. Women tend to have more body fat than men and so they, too,
have a lower percentage of water compared to men. Fat cells store no water. Water is stored mostly in muscles. Those with low muscle mass tend to have less body water. The lack of body water is referred to as ‘dehydration’.If your body water drops by as little as 2% of your body weight, your physical and mental functions and physical performance are impaired. Many people do not even notice anything abnormal with such a small loss of water from their bodies. They may not know that some of their mental and physical functions are being compromised by this dehydration. When water loss reaches 7% of body weight, the body may collapse. Due to its crucial role in human physiology, nutritional medicine regards quality water as an essential ‘nutrient’ just like protein, essentialfatty acids, minerals, and vitamins.



We lose about two litres of water per day depending on our body mass, working/living environment, diet, lifestyle, and physiological problems. Two-thirds of this water loss is through urine. One-third is lost through sweating (skin), breathing (lungs), and in the stools. In a state of dehydration, most water loss comes at the expense of our cellular health. Without healthy cells, we cannot have healthy organs for our body to function at its optimum. Essentially, nutritional medicine and (more recently) anti-ageing medicine reverse chronic health disorders by targeting these problems at the cellular levels.



If you do not have adequate body water,

you may suffer from one or more of these consequences of

dehydration obesity (including youngsters and children);

constipation;

urinary bladder stones;

higher risk of coronary heart disease;

salivary gland malfunction ;

sleep disorders;

thicker blood and poor blood flow;

higher level of body toxicity and wastes;

weak overall mental performance;

early exhaustion during exercising; l

oss of muscle mass after weight or resistance training;

increased incidence of lower back pain;

and increased risk of cancers of urinary tract,

breast,

colon,

and rectum.

SIGNS & SYMPTOMS
The signs and symptoms of dehydration include the following:

dry lips/mouth;

feeling ‘heaty’;

hard stools;

sunken eyes;

wrinkles;

fatigue;

low pain tolerance;

poor control over allergies;

low mental performance;

weight (fat) gain;

and low urine output despite adequate water intake.



We all need at least eight glasses of water a day but it may not be adequate to meet the needs of every adult, taking into account factors such as levels of muscle mass and physical activities. Recent research suggests that even our DNA and genes are able to perform their functions only with sufficient intake of quality water.

ALKALINE/ACID WATER
The crucial acid/alkaline balance is created by the amount of ionisation, which splits water into two parts, namely hydrogen ion (H+) and hydroxide ion (OH-). When both these molecules are equal in number,the water is deemed to be ‘neutral’ and has a pH of 7. When the body neutralises large amount of acidic liquids (soft drinks, alcohol, sugary beverages, coffee, and packaged fruit drinks), it may not be able to neutralise acidic wastes generated by its metabolic processes such as lactic acid, uric acid, sulphuric acid, and phosphoric acid. When the body’s supply of alkaline buffers is overwhelmed, these toxic wastes accumulate causing chronic health disorders including gout, allergies, diabetes type II, hypercholesterolemia, and cancers. Yes, creating an alkaline internal environment is considered in nutritional medicine to be a key cancer-prevention strategy. While the kidneys work hard to maintain blood pH at 7.4, we tend to lose minerals in the urine after consuming an acidic meal. Alkalinising diet improves bone density, nitrogen balance, and serum growth hormone concentration whereas an acidic diet contributes to bone loss, osteoporosis, and loss of muscle mass (Frassetto et al, 1998). Furthermore, drinking suffi cient water with a pH
of nine or 10 helps detoxify the body.

Views expressed here are those of the author, who’s president of theFederation of Complementary & Natural Medical Associations, and notnecessarily those of the professional bodies and government committees ofwhich he’s a member. Dato’ Steve Yap can be contacted at: steve@ctawellness.com.

Girl Interrupted Vs Man Interrupted

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Man, Interrupted or Girl, Interrupted

I watched the movie Girl, Interrupted before i went hunting for the book.

It was very difficult to get hold of the book back then.

Not many bookstores had movie-tie-in books.

This was like 12 years ago.

The book Man, Interrupted was bought at Bookxcess.

I place where you can get alot of fiction and non fiction for half the RRP.

Unlike the first book,

this is a story about a man with OCD in a mental hospital.

He has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

This differs from Susana Kaysen who had borederline personaltiy disorder.

But both books are good read as you get to explore into their world.

to read chapter 1 of Man, Interrupted click here.

By the way,

Both are TRUE STORIES.

Top 10 books about mental illness click here.

List of mental illness in movies click here.

Ops forgot to tell you ,

there is a book titled

Life, Interrupted by James McConnel

7 Simple Things to Avoid NOW on Facebook and Other Social Networking Services

Found this in the net.

Here are the points:-

1-Using a weak password

2-Leaving your full birth date in your profile

3-Overlooking useful privacy controls

4-Posting your child’s name in a caption

5-Mentioning that you’ll be away from home

6-Letting search engines find you

7-Permitting youngsters to use Facebook unsupervised

To know more on each point click here

Hulagu Khan? Anyone?

Tadi terbaca tetang buku ini di Goodreads.com

Terus gi ke perpustakaan dan pinjam.

Setakat nih Siz dah baca sampai ke ms 20.

Sungguh menarik.

Bahasa nya sangat ringkas dan mudah difahami.

"Hulagu Khan ialah cucu kepada Genghis Khan. Adik beradik dengan Arik Boke, Mongke Khan dan Kublai Khan. Pada tahun 1255 Hulagu Khan dihantar oleh Mongke Khan (1251-1258) bagi menakluk wilayah yang pernah dikuasai oleh orang Monggol di Timur Tengah. Selepas berjaya menakluk wilayah Lurs, di Iran dan Hashasim, Hulagu Khan menumpukan usaha menakluk Kota Baghdad. Setelah berjaya menumbangkan Khalifah al Musta’sim Billah dan menakluk Kota Baghdad, Hulagu Khan menakluk Damsyik (Syria). Kemudian cuba menakluk Mesir..."

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