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Roald Dahl The BFG

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Regular readers of this blog will know that I am a huge fan of The BFG. I read a lot as a kid and this has become my favorite ever since I read the first chapter. I love all of Roald Dahl's  children's books , I just can't get myself to read any of the 'adult' stories he writes. Remembering our favorite Dahl character, we've come up with a list of everything we learned from The BFG. The BFG was published in 1982 and has been adapted for the big screen several times. This is the story of the young orphan Sophie and her unlikely friendship with the Big Friendly Giant. The story tells of their adventures and challenges in stopping mean giants from hunting human beans for food. I've taken a look at this amazing story to bring you the life lessons of The BFG and it shows why it's such an enjoyable story. Not all heroes wear capes There is a clear theme throughout this story and it is one of bravery and defiance. A young girl living in an orphanage may not be ...

Do Epic Shit

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About author Ankur Warikoo is an entrepreneur and content creator with deep, funny, and brutally honest thoughts on success and failure, money and investing self-awareness, and personal relationships. has made them one of the top personal brands in India. About the book  Do Epic Shit This book may very well turn out to be the most valueless book you will ever buy because nothing in this book is something you don't know of.  This book is not going to be a acknowledgment. It is meant to be a reminder. A reminder of how life transpires to all of us, in a similar yet unequal fashion.  This book is not proceeding to say something new. It is meant to put words to your ideas. Though we all feel, repeatedly, but rarely stop to make sense of it.  This book is not going to change your life. It is meant to make you more familiar. So that you make choices in life from a state of awareness and not thoughtlessness. This  book  is a compilation of the thoughts that I have...

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

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Harry Potter  and the Philosopher’s Stone, also called Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is the first novel in the immensely popular Harry Potter series by British writer J.K. Rowling.  It was first issued in Britain in 1997 and materialized in the United States the following year under the title  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.  The book’s creative storyline about a boy wizard made it an unremitting hit with both children and adults. Summary Ten-year-old Harry Potter  is an orphan who lives in the fictitious London suburb of Little Whinging, Surrey, with the Dursleys: his callous Aunt Petunia, despicable Uncle Vernon, and spoiled cousin Dudley.  The Dursleys barely accept Harry, and Dudley bullies him. One day Harry is shocked to receive a letter managed to him in the cabinet under the stairs.  Before he can open the letter, however, Uncle Vernon brings it.  Notes for Harry thereafter arrive each day, in growing numbers, but Uncle Vern...

War Of Lanka

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About the Writer Amish is a 1974-born, IIM (Kolkata)-educated banker-turned-author. The sensation of his debut book, The Immortals of Meluha (Book 1 of the Shiva Trilogy), motivated him to give up his career in financial services to focus on writing. Excluding being an writer, he is also an Indian-government spokesperson, a commentator for TV documentaries, and a film producer. About the book War of Lanka. India, 3400 BC. Greed. The speed Mourning. love. Smoldering tinder, waiting to start a war. But this war is different. This is for religion. This war is for the greatest of them all, the Goddess. Sita has been kidnapped. Defiantly, she challenges Ravana to kill her. She tells him that she would rather die than allow Rama to surrender. Ram is distraught with grief and anger. He prepares for war. Rage is his fuel. Quiet meditation, his guide. Ravana thought he was invincible. He had kidnapped Sita. He thought he would negotiate and force a surrender. little did he know. The first three...