Autobiography
16
Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home
1 Comment
Autobiography, Book Reviews
On March 17, 2009, Laura Ling and her colleague Euna Lee were working on a documentary about North Korean defectors who were fleeing the desperate conditions in their homeland. While filming on the Chinese–North Korean border, they were chased down by North Korean soldiers who violently apprehended them. Laura and Euna were charged with trespassing [...]
12
Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran
No CommentsAutobiography, Book Reviews
On the morning of January 31, 2009, Roxana Saberi, an Iranian-American journalist working in Iran, was forced from her home by four men and secretly detained in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison. The intelligence agents who captured her accused her of espionage—a charge she denied. For several days, Saberi was held in solitary confinement, ruthlessly interrogated, [...]
3
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
1 CommentAutobiography, Book Reviews
Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Barcelona, 25 September 1964) is a Spanish novelist who has lived in Los Angeles since 1993, where he spent a few years writing scripts whilst developing his career as a writer.
His first novel, El principe de la niebla (The Prince of Mist, 1993), earned the Edebe literary prize for young adult fiction. [...]
2
BaZi Essentials Series – Coming Soon!
No CommentsAutobiography, Book Reviews
BaZi is system of Chinese Astrology known as the Four Pillars of Destiny. BaZi literally translates to mean ‘Eight Characters,’ because the eight characters are derived from four pairs of characters – hence, the four pillars. BaZi translates our birth information – specifically the year, month, day, and hour of birth into four pillars known [...]
17
Christopher Howard
Christopher Howard
CHRISTOPHER HOWARD is an internationally acclaimed expert in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Leadership and President of Christopher Howard International, a business that specializes in helping clients build personal and professional influence. He conducts dynamic seminars for individuals and organizations that want to accelerate their performance and produce breakthrough results. He has personally led, managed, launched, [...]
3
John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes, CB (5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946) was a British economist whose ideas have been a central influence on modern macroeconomics, both in theory and practice. He advocated interventionist government policy, by which governments would use fiscal and monetary measures to mitigate the adverse effects of business cycles, [...]
9
Bernie Madoff’s Investment Scandal Exposed!
1 CommentAutobiography, Feature Articles
Bernie Madoff
Bernard Lawrence “Bernie” Madoff (born April 29, 1938) is the former Chairman of the NASDAQ stock exchange and the admitted operator of a Ponzi scheme. In March 2009, Madoff pleaded guilty to 11 felonies and admitted to turning his wealth management business into a massive Ponzi scheme that defrauded thousands of investors of billions [...]
