Francis Bok was born in what he remembers as a delightful, illiterate childhood in Southern Sudan. In his book entitled “Escape from Slavery,” he is only seven in 1986 when he travelled from the village to the marketplace alone for the first time. Thereafter, freedom becomes a thing of the...

In the narrative, which is a story of the two brothers is a typical description of family where people tend to get on your nerves, have the ability to hurt you the most, love you and push you away at the very same time. These two brothers irrefutably love each...

Human beings are resilient animals, finding ways to cope and deal with the difficulties thrown before them. Quite often, circumstances that are outside of human control can serve as triggers, making worse the addictions that human beings face. This is the basis for James Baldwin’s acclaimed work Sonny’s Blues. In...

As a famed bodybuilder, actor, and political figure, Arnold Schwartzenegger has seemingly had an interesting, and at times, turbulent life. In his best-selling autobiography Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story, Schwartzenegger pens a true-life tale that covers his childhood in Austria, his bodybuilding years in Los Angeles, and his...

Self-betterment has been a goal of humanity since the concept was accessible to our minds. There have almost always been methods of beautification, both internal and external, and various responses to the individual’s natural worries and concerns. However, only in the past few decades have self-help books risen to such...