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6 Suggested Historical Destinations For Student Travel


Student travel promises to be an enjoyable trip. Not only do students can visit several places, they could also learn so much on every trip. And since air travel agencies as well as airlines provide student travel discount and special student travel rate, student travel is becoming more and more available for greater number of students who want to explore and learn more about the world.




For first time travelers, here are some historical destinations you can consider for you student travel:

Athens
As the center of knowledge, government, and system in the ancient world, every student would be amazed how this ancient city grew and evolved. Students can visit Acropolis, Agora, Library of Hadrian, Kerameikos, Olympieion & Southeast Athens, Pnyx, Roman Agora & Tower of the Winds, Arch of Hadrian, City Eleusinion and other ancient sites in this ancient city of Athens.

Egypt
Visit one of the earliest civilizations founded in this part of the world. Egypt features 3000 years old city in the banks of River Nile. Egypt is also one of the oldest tourist spots in the world with visitors coming from the ancient Rome and Greece.

Moving your way south from Cairo, the nation’s capital, you can stop at Giza where the infamous Great Pyramid stands. It was built by Pharaoh Khafu in the year 2550 BC. Standing at 147 meters, it was the largest and the most ambitious structure built in the ancient Egypt requiring 2.3 million stone block to erect. Also at Giza, see the Pyramid of Khafre home if the Sphinx. It was built 30 after the Great Pyramid. As the second largest, the Pyramid of Khafre stands at 144 meters of 471 feet. The third pyramid located at Giza was the Pyramid of Menkaure which stands at 65 meters or 213 feet.

Further south, Saqqara is home to the Step Pyramid of Djoser built in 2630 BC. Pyramid of Pepi II, also located at Saqqara was the last pyramid built by ancient Egyptians. In Dahshur, the Bent and the Red Pyramids are located. And down south at Maidum, the Maidum Pyramid can be found.

See the temples, mummies, tombs, hieroglyphics, and Valley of the Kings and the Queens if you visit Egypt.

Rome
See ancient Rome still intact with evidences of Roman structure and architectures built more than 2000 years ago. Rome presents the living timeline from the Roman Empire to the shift of the Middle Ages, to baroque and renaissance, to the dawn of the romantic period and enlightenment. Rome preserves its temples, churches, arts, and priceless paintings and murals.

Turkey
A former territory of the Roman Empire which stood strong for more than a thousand years against several barbarian attack. Turkey is in the easternmost part of Europe that features a diverse culture, religion, philosophy, and architectures.

China
Travel Far East and learn the history of the ancient eastern civilization that was once unknown until the last centuries. See the Great Wall, a remnant of the Zhou Dynasty along with other unique oriental culture and tradition. See the Chinese painting, calligraphy, paper cutting, and Chinese art.

Peru
As the center of the Inca civilization, Peru is a great destination for student travel for discovery of South American history. The 500-year old Inca traces could be relived in the Inca Trail that is both exciting and educational. Walk to the Ollantaytambo, Sacsayhuaman, Machu Picchu, and Pisac.

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Make Money From Traveling

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Now, I've seen a lot of "get rich quick" programs. Most of these people make claims about earning $2000/day with Google or something similarly insane. Almost all of these people are complete liars. Even if they were making $2000/day with Google AdSense, it'd be because they had high- traffic websites with a lot of quality content. I'd know, because in one whole month, I never even made half of what they promised I'd make daily with their programs. Maybe you've already been scammed by one of these fraudsters. Anyway, I finally got sick of what was being offered.

I decided I'd look through the all of the "get rich quick" programs I could find and see if there were any that were actually legitimate. I found that there were owners selling their programs for well over $100, but the information in them could be found almost anywhere online for free. Additionally, they all contained out-of-date information, had no e-mail support, no money back guarantees, and broken links in the downloads section.

In conclusion, almost all of the programs I found were completely useless. The owners knew it, but they couldn't care less about their customers since they didn't offer refund policies! Amazingly, while looking through all of the programs, I actually did find a few legitimate programs. They were run by ordinary people like you and me, and they had found some great methods of making money from their home by doing very little work.

I spent some time working with those programs, and my income is now ten times what it used to be. These programs provided a large amount of great information on how to make extra money on your computer doing very little work. Numerous customers had provided great feedback and reviews for their products. Many of them have started to make money just days after buying!

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Explore Pilgrimage And Spirituality: Buddhist Pilgrimage Tours In India


The dynamic land of India is a home to varied cultures, sects, regions and beliefs. Tourists who embark on a journey to this legendary land get to see a series of fascinating shrines, temples and palaces and attend numerous fairs and festivals that highlight the vibrant multi-cultural society of India. India, symbol of secularism, has been a land witnessing the development of Buddhism, and has several world famous Buddhist architectures in different regions. Buddhist Pilgrimage tours in India are one of the most well-liked varieties of India tour packages.

There are many places in India located in various regions, representing the Buddhist faith from years. Most famous pilgrim sites in Indian peninsula are Dharamshala and Mcleodganj in Himachal Pradesh, Pilak in Tripura, Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh, Bodhgaya and Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh and Sarnath in Bihar which are famous for imperial Buddhist stupas, monasteries, temples, parks and pillars. Other renowned pilgrim places are Amravati and Nagarjunakonda in Andra Pradesh, Dhauli hill, Ratnagiri, Udaigiri and Udaigiri in Orissa, Kaushambhi, Mathura, Prabhosa and Sravasti in Uttar Pradesh and Bomdila and Tawang monastry in Arunachal Pradesh. Maharashtra is a spectacular region for Buddhist pilgrimage with Ajanta, Bhaja, Ellora, Junnar, Kaheri and Karla caves located here.

The entire valley of Ladakh in the state of Jammu and Kashmir is dotted with monasteries of all kinds, belonging to various orders or schools of Buddhism. Almost all these monasteries are sited at scenic locales, enhancing their magnificence further. They boast of a rich collection of Buddhist relics like thankas, murals, sculptures, scriptures, etc. Bardan Monastery, Chemrey Gompa, Diskit & Hundur Gompa, Hemis Monastery Karcha Monastery, Lamayuru Monastery, Phugtal Gompa ,Rangdum Gompa Rhizong Gompa, Sani Monastery, Sankar Gompa, Shanti Stupa, Shey Gompa, Spituk Gompa and Stakna Gompa are famous Buddist Monastries in Laddakh. The monasteries in are located at isolated areas, away from the hustle bustle of the routine life which lends an air of peace and tranquility to them.

Sikkim is another place in India famous for its significance in Buddism.There are numerous monasteries or Gompas that dot the landscape of Sikkim, belonging to the Nyingma and Kagyu order. These pristine structures have been influencing the cultural heritage and lifestyle of the people of this North-eastern state. The famous monastries in Sikkim are Enchey, Phodong, Ralang, Rumtek , Tashiding, Pemayangtse and Phesang. Nestling at an altitude of 6840 ft, Pemayantse is one of the oldest monasteries of Sikkim. Perched on top of the hill rising between the Rathong River and the Rangit River, the Tashiding provides breathtaking views of the scenery below.


The Land of Bihar has been the ultimate pilgrimage for the Buddhists. It was in Bodh Gaya, where Lord Buddha became enlightened. The prime Buddhist pilgrim sites of Bihar include Vaishali, where Lord Buddha preached and announced his impending nirvana, Bodhgaya, where Buddha attained enlightenment (nirvana) and Nalanda. Vaishali developed as great center of Buddhist learning. Rajgir, where Lord Buddha spent much time giving sermons is another important Buddhist pilgrimage site in Bihar. Barabar Caves were constructed during the reign of Emperor Ashoka, for the Ajivikas, Champanagar, Don, Ghosrawan, Gurpa village, Hajipur, Indasala, Jethain and Kurkihar village, Kesariastupa, Lauriya Nandangarh, Nalanda, Pragbodhi and Vikramshila are other famous heritage sites of Buddhism in Bihar.

India, blooming flower decorated with the petals of various religions invites tourists from all over the world to come and adore these wonderful symbols of faith, with Buddhist pilgrim places being a spectacular part of this panorama.

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Toronto, An Introduction

A biased introduction

I cannot write an unbiased description of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I admit it, I love Toronto. Toronto and I have been lovers for decades. Toronto is an exciting fashionable international city. It has all of the positive attributes of New York City without the negatives.

The people of Toronto are polite, courteous, and extremely well dressed. A visitor might have trouble discerning Toronto fashion because it is mostly black. Black clothing, black coats, black shoes, and black accessories. Of course, this is an exaggeration, but there is enough black around to appear exaggerated.

My wife and I think of Toronto as our eas-to-get-to international vacation city. Even in mid-winter when the outside temperatures are in the minus numbers and snow is on the ground, we still find Toronto enjoyable. One of our favorite Christmas holiday visits includes a stay at the Westin Harbour Castle hotel. We spend the days shopping and visiting museums. In the late afternoon or early evening we return to the hotel for a rest before dinner. The Westin Harbour Castle has an outdoor/indoor heated pool that is covered by an glass roof and walls and kept warm in the winter. On the coldest winter day it is wonderfully enjoyable to soak the hotel's hot tub and watch snow swirling outside the the glass walls. The pool is also used by members of a health club, so planning your soak before or after the after work rush is a good idea. Warmed from our soak and swim we return to our room to make dinner plans.


A summer visit to Toronto would be incomplete without ferry ride to the Toronto Islands and a walk around the islands. This ride and walk becomes a memorable romantic experience on warm summer evenings in moonlight. Swans can be seen illuminated by the moonlight as they drift around the numerous inlets. Even more spectacular is the view of Toronto from the islands or the ferry on the return trip. Take a jacket, the ferry ride is often chilly even on warm summer evenings.

Toronto an international city, which means that it is multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-racial and proud of it. The result of Toronto being multi-everything is that visitors can experience foods, shopping, and art from around the world.
India in Toronto

If your interest is India, visit Gerard & Hiwatha Streets and then East along Gerard St. Here on a warm summer day you will smell the spices of India being cooked in the numerous Indian restaurants. As you walk along Gerard St. you will pass by Indian shops that some of the best traditional Indian clothing, such as saris, in North American. A friend of mine's wife purchased her wedding party's saris on Gerard St. The aroma on incense is everywhere. If you have been to India, close your eyes for a moment and you will imagine that you are shopping in New Delhi.

Not all of the best Indian restaurants in Toronto are located on Gerard St. You will have to do some work to find the best ones.
China in Toronto

The Chinese population of Toronto is second only to San Francisco. Toronto's main Chinatown is located in the Dundas-Spadina area. Dundas and Spidina you can walk East along Dundas to near Bay. You can also walk north and south on Spadina. If, as you walk through Toronto's main Chinatown, you notice little quarter size pieces of brown or reddish brown fruit shell scattered on the ground everywhere, you are in for a treat. What this indicates is that Lychee nuts are in season. Nearly every street side grocer will be selling them. They come in a couple of quality grades. Buy the most expensive, it is worth the slight additional cost. If you are coming from the U.S., you will not be able to take your Lychees across the boarder. Just buy enough to last you on your walk through Chinatown.

There is more than one Chinatown in Toronto. The one that I have described above is the one that most tourists visit, but the others, described in "Chinatown Sextet" on ThingsAsian.com are also worth visiting.
Parking

Parking in Toronto is expensive. It is so expensive that the City of Toronto parking meters take credit cards. I'm not joking. The system works like this: You find a parking spot, which is easier than you might expect, park, go to the nearby parking kiosk, insert your credit card, select how long you want to park up to the limit allowed, press the add time button until the dollar amount is reached, press the get ticket button, take your ticket, place it on your dashboard, and you are ready to roam. The system works well, but it is very expensive. We typically spent $25 per day Canadian on parking meters. What happens is that you will over compensate by adding more time to the meter than you need and then come back to your car early and leave for the next destination. Doing this several times in a day quickly adds up.

Hotel parking routinely costs $15 per day and up. Some hotels include parking in their packages. However, even if you get free hotel parking the mass transportation system is also very pricy. For a short stay, it is best to maximize your time at destinations by parking on the street near where you are going.

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New York, NY

New York City is touted as the center of the world maybe because each part of the globe has left an indelible mark in this place. From food to works of art to culture exhibits to tourist spots, whatever it is you want your senses to take pleasure in, New York City most probably has it.

Dining : Whether it is sashimi, pesto pasta, kimchi, shawarma or paella that you’re looking for, trust me when I say that New York City has everything that your taste buds may want to savor.


Hotels : This is one of the common problems that travelers encounter when setting foot on foreign land. In New York City, however, you need not worry that you won’t be provided with the kind of services you expect to receive. If you’re the artsy type fond of bohemian living then you’ll probably love to stay in New York City’s Greenwich Village or downtown Soho. If you’re a yuppy and you’re attached to your PDA learning about the stock market, then you’ll feel right at home in New York City’s famous Wall Street. If posh places however are what takes your fancy then take a ride to downtown Manhattan and see for yourself what the Hilton or the Four Seasons Hotel has to offer.

Nightlife : The hottest places in the U.S. can no doubt be found in New York City. If you’re fond of star-gazing and I’m not talking about those that you can find in the sky, then definitely, New York City is the place to be. Go club hopping and rub elbows with the rich and famous.

Tourist Spots : With so many points of interest to visit in New York City, it’s sometimes quite difficult to just know where to start. But of course, we’ll try our very best. A visit to New York City wouldn’t be complete without touring the following sites:

Empire State Building : Need I explain?

The Statue of Liberty : take a ferry ride to this gigantic statue, a gift to the United States from the French government some centuries ago.

Madam Tussaud’s Wax Museum : now, now, now, don’t you start believing that what you saw in Paris Hilton’s House of Wax is based on a true story. This particular site was even featured in Ripley’s because of the uncanny resemblance of its…err…inhabitants.

World Trade Center : Now, I know that technically speaking, this isn’t a happy place but it would do all of us good to pay our respects to the victims of the September 11 bombing. This tragedy has at least proved that the people of New York City wouldn’t let any terrorist attack faze them into cowering in terror. Hail, hail New York City!

Now, remember that New York City, for all its bright lights, can’t be compared to a bed of roses. So take the necessary precautions to avoid unnecessary accidents. It’s also easy to get lost in NYC so be sure that you always have a map---and a cellphone preferably---handy, just in case.

Happy sight-seeing!

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Brad and Angelina's Secret Getaway

Catching up on some well-deserved alone time, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie ditched their brood of six for a secret 27-hour escape at the luxe Amangiri resort in Lake Powell, Utah over the weekend (March 26-27).

"Brad said he was enjoying a little mommy and daddy time," a source close to the twosome told Us magazine of Pitt, who jetted from his New Orleans set of "Cogan's Trade" meet his leading lady.


The pair checked into their super-suite around 2 p.m., enjoyed a late dinner and then flew their private plane over Lake Powell the next morning.

A Jolie-Pitt pal told the press this of their romance, "Brad and Angie have a truly loving, caring, romantic relationship. They try to make it possible for to be together as much as possible, no matter how tight their schedules are. That's what makes them so successful in love."



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Miley Cyrus Bashes Rebecca Black, Teases New Boyfriend

 
Rebecca Black may have a number of supporters - Simon Cowell and Lady Gaga have both expressed a certain admiration for the YouTube sensation - but Miley Cyrus us NOT one of them.

Asked about the 13-year old, Miley told Australia's Daily Telegraph: "It should be harder to be an artist. You shouldn't just be able to put a song on YouTube and go on tour."

Cyrus claims she isn't a fan of how people use the Web in general, saying: "I do not Tweet, I do not social network, I try to stay out of it. I complain enough about people knowing too much about my private life, so to go out there and exploit myself would be silly and hypocritical."

Miley did just return to Twitter, however.

She's also heading Down Under for a tour this summer, and she's made it clear she won't be available to any potentual Australian suitors, telling the newspaper: "I'm definitely not coming to Australia single!"

Wow. Guess Miley wasn't kidding about doing a better job keeping her private life private.

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Penelope Cruz Receives Walk of Fame Star

Stepping out to receive one of the most honorable awards in Tinseltown, Penelope Cruz was awarded her very own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday (April 1).

The “Blow” babe looked radiant in a deep purple dress and heels upon arrival and happily signed autographs for her adoring fan before accepting her star.

And aside from Penelope’s husband Javier Bardem being there to show support, her studly “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” co-star, Johnny Depp was in attendance as well.

Cruz was honored in a ceremony conducted by movie director Rob Marshall and the brunette beauty’s star marks number 2,436 to be cemented into the famous walk outside of the El Capitan Theatre located in Hollywood, CA.


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Celebrity Botox


Everyone has their favorite star and a majority of the public is always keeping up with what the celebrities are doing in their personal life, their nightlife and their medical life. It is also known to the public that many celebrities are now using Botox to help them maintain their youthfulness. Some celebrities admit Botox is a part of their beauty regimen while others try hard not to reveal to the public anything about their personal choices of being beautiful.

Celebrities are in the limelight more time than they are at home. A lot of celebrities’ beauty played a big role in landing the position they have. In order to that position, celebrities find many ways to maintain their looks and their youth- Botox is one of the products they use.

Unlike everyday people, the cost of botox is not an issue and thus they can have the procedure as often as they want, although this sometimes has disastrous effects.

Even among celebrities, there is a lot of competition. Younger celebrities are always being discovered and celebrities that have been in the business for awhile, well let’s face it, they’re only human, everyone ages. So if they choose Botox as a remedy to some of their aging issues, it is certainly a personal choice that celebrities do have the option to make.

Many celebrities like Kelly Ripa, Angelina Jolie, Vanessa Williams, Terri Hatcher and Nicole Kidman just to name a few have admitted to using Botox. There are many other celebrities who are rumored to having used Botox but will not admit it. A majority of them have personal trainers, their own chefs, certain diets, mega vitamin programs, and they all do one thing or another to maintain their youthfulness for the occupation they have. Cosmetic surgery procedures are just one more tool in their repertoire.

No one wants to have a wrinkled up face, even if you’re not a celebrity. Botox helps put these wrinkles to rest. Celebrities certainly have the money to purchase Botox treatments as well as any kind of cosmetic treatment or cosmetic surgeon they want. Celebrities have certainly led the way in opening the eye of the public to what Botox is and what it can be used for.

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New and Upcoming Books April 2011


'Bossypants' by Tina Fey - April 5, 2011
Tina Fey, star of NBC's 30 Rock, and well known for her years on Saturday Night Live and impersonation of Sarah Palin, is releasing a memoir. Bossypants promises to be a humorous look at Fey's life from childhood to current fame.


'I'll Walk Alone' by Mary Higgins Clark - April 5, 2011
I'll Walk Alone is Mary Higgins Clark's thirteenth suspense novel. This time the subject is identity theft. This thriller involves kidnapping and a scheme to ruin one woman's life. It is a fast paced psychological thriller with a big ending.


'44 Charles Street' by Danielle Steel - April 5, 2011
44 Charles Street is the name of Danielle Steel's latest novel, but also the address of the inhabitants in the book. When an art gallery owner suddenly separates from her boyfriend, she realizes the only way to survive financially is to open her Greenwich Village home to boarders. 44 Charles Street follows a year in the lives of four people living together in this house.



'Swim Back to Me' by Ann Packer - April 12, 2011
Swim Back to Me by Ann Packer is a collection of short stories framed by two related novellas. Packer, again, captures women's voices and focuses on family life and friendships.



'The Pale King' by David Foster Wallace - April 15, 2011
David Foster Wallace, a literary novelist best known for Infinite Jest, killed himself in 2008. He left behind an unfinished work, which is being published as The Pale King. The Pale King is the story of an IRS agent named David Foster Wallace who works in a joyless job at a regional office in Illinois.




'Abandon' by Meg Cabot - April 26, 2011
Meg Cabot is known for light novels, but her latest young adult novel, Abandon, sounds a far cry from the Princess Diaries books that made her famous. In Abandon, the protagonist has returned from the dead, but a dark angel follows her and won't let her go. She is tempted by him, but terrified of returning to the Underworld.


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New Books - March to Early April

A Fierce Radiance: A Novel
by Lauren Belfer
Paperback: 1 Apr 2011
From the New York Times bestselling author of City of Light comes a compelling, richly detailed tale of passion and intrigue set in New York City during the tumultuous early days of World War II.

Banquet at Delmonico's: Great Minds, the Gilded Age, and the Triumph of Evolution in America
by Barry Werth
Paperback: 1 Apr 2011
In Banquet at Delmonico’s, Barry Werth, the acclaimed author of The Scarlet Professor, draws readers inside the circle of philosophers, scientists, politicians, businessmen, clergymen, and scholars who brought Charles Darwin’s controversial ideas to America in the crucial years after the Civil War.

The Solitude of Prime Numbers: A Novel
by Paolo Giordano
Paperback: 29 Mar 2011
A bestselling international literary sensation about whether a "prime number" can ever truly connect with someone else

Rat: A Novel
by Fernanda Eberstadt
Paperback: 22 Mar 2011
With Rat, Eberstadt has found a new setting she knows well, the South of France, and the story she tells is original, powerful, and heartrending—about a child’s search for a father she has never known.


My Dad's A Birdman
by David Almond, Polly Dunbar
Paperback: 22 Mar 2011
Join a young girl and her dad as they find their wings and take to the skies in a joyful, quirky, tender tale from a masterful author and illustrator.

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet: A Novel
by David Mitchell
Paperback: 8 Mar 2011
A magnificent mix of luminous writing, prodigious research, and heedless imagination, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is the most impressive achievement of its eminent author.

Solar
by Ian McEwan
Paperback: 8 Mar 2011
Michael Beard is a Nobel prize–winning physicist whose best work is behind him, and whose fifth marriage is crumbling. However, an invitation to travel to New Mexico offers him a chance for him to extricate himself from his marital problems, reinvigorate his career, and save the world from environmental disaster. Can a man who has made a mess of his life clean up the messes of humanity?

The Queen's Lover: A Novel
by Vanora Bennett
Paperback: 8 Mar 2011
A fictionalized account of the life and loves of Catherine de Valois, a woman of enormous courage who became a great queen of two countries. Readers who enjoy top-quality historical fiction will be swept away by this epic love story set against the rich backdrop of 15th-century England and France—and by this remarkable woman who triumphed magnificently by making her own rules.

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BBC - The Big Read Top 100

1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie

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Celebrity Readers

Steve Renouf
Footballer, The Brisbane Broncos
'The Pinballs' by Betsy Byers


Andrea Lews
'Hazel' in Degrassi Jr High
'Catcher in the Rye' by J.D Salinger


Nick Hardcastle
TV Presenter, 'Creature Features'
'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' by Eric Carle


Sarah Barrable-Tishauer
'Liberty' in Degrassi Jr High
'Chrysalids, To Kill a Mockingbird & The Wars'


Jane Altschwager
Netballer, Sydney Swifts
'The Magic Faraway Tree' by Enid Blyton


Melissa McIntyre
'Ashley' in Degrassi Jr High
'The Picture of Dorian Gray' by Oscar Wilde


Hannah Greenwood
'Saskia' in Noah & Saskia
'Wizard's First Rule' by Terry Goodkind

 
Jake Epstein
'Craig' in Degrassi Jr High
'Clara's War' by Kathy Kacer


Basil Brush
Foxy entertainer
'The Lord of the Rings Trilogy' by J.R.R. Tolkien


Jake Epstein
'Craig' in Degrassi Jr High
'Clara's War' by Kathy Kacer


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Kids and Grown-ups 10 Favourite Books

1. The Lord Of The Rings
    by J.R.R. Tolkien

2. Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (Book 5)
    by J.K. Rowling

3. Harry Potter And The Prisoner of Azbakan (Book 3)
    by J.K. Rowling

4. Captain Underpants And The Invasion Of The Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies
    From Outer Space
    by Dav Pilkey

5. The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
    by C.S. Lewis

6. The Wind In The Willows
    by Kenneth Grahame

7. The Hobbit
    by J.R.R. Tolkien

8. Deltora Quest Series
    by Emily Rodda

9. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (Book 4)
    by J.K. Rowling

10. Anne of Green Gables
     by L.M. Montgomery

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The Nation's 10 Favourite Books

1. The Lord Of The Rings
    by J.R.R. Tolkien

2. Pride and Prejudice
    by Jane Austen

3. The Bible
    by Various Contributors

4. To Kill a Mockingbird
    by Harper Lee

5. Cloudstreet
    by Tim Winton

6. Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (Book 5)
    by J.K. Rowling

7. Nineteen Eighty-Four
    by George Orwell

8. The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy
    by Douglas Adams

9. The Da Vinci Code
    by Dan Brown 
9. Catch 22
    by Joseph Heller
  (got same vote)

10. A Fortunate Life
      by A.B. Facey

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10 Best Movies

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The Kids Are All Right
As soon as you see that lesbian couple who already has two kids you my think that it is totally wrong. However after you get better understanding of their everyday life you can understand that despite the fact that it is female homosexual family everything else looks like just in normal American family. Julianne Moore and Annette Bening are playing well-established couple with two kids who suddenly took a decision to look for the guy who has donated his sperm. It appears to be that both kids and their biological father accept each other easily and spend lot of time together. As soon as Paul meets Nic and Jules you can expect even more confusion. The Kids Are All Right are not about lesbian relationships or about intolerance, actually I can state that it is one of the top movies about family relationships with pretty uncommon and unpredictable plot.


Shelter
It was a huge surprise for female psychiatrist played by famous and admired Julianne Moore to discover that one of her patients keeps some dark secrets. She never believed in anything superficial and now she faces the fact that multiple personalities of that mentally deceased guy are actually victims of some maniac. It looks like Bjorn Stein Mans Marlind wanted to stage really mysterious film with breathtaking plot and we consider his attempt to be successful. You well be surprised just as many times as the main hero of that movie and lots of twist would be absolutely unpredictable. We definitely reserve the place among top movies for the Shelter.

Limitless
Have you ever wondered what would happened if our ability to take in information and put it to use was actually limitless? If you have, then this is one of the best movies for you. The movie Limitless addresses thoughts and questions about what it might be like to have unlimited learning abilities. Eddie is the main character of the movie and as an ex-cocaine addict and copywriter, he is just getting by and doing what he has to in order to survive. Until he manages to find himself in possession of this new drug. Being Eddie, he can’t resist trying and finds himself on a trip that is unlike any other he’s ever been on. Suddenly, his brain is in overdrive and doing things that normally would never be possible like learning new languages in just hours. But you know this wouldn’t be one of the best movies if it were as simple as that, would it?

Rango
Rango is one of the best movies this year in the animated film category. Full of laughs and adventures, children and adults alike will enjoy this pet chameleon that is forced to adapt to an entirely different atmostphere when he finds himself living in the wild. In the true western town of Dirty, Rango must become brave – a hero even – when the townspeople look to him to solve their water problem. There’s even a love interest that gets just a bit of attention. This animated film has the usual interesting cast of characters to both help Rango and to get in the way of his plans. Hillbilly moles, an armadillo named Roadkill, and “The Spirit of the West” are just some of the characters that you will enjoy watching in one of the best movies in animation.

I Am Number Four
If you are looking for a great movie you have to check out I Am Number Four. This is one of the best movies about teens. It is for teens more or less but adults will love it, too. John Smith is the main character of the movie and he’s on the run from these people who are out to destroy him. He’s traveling with his guardian, Henri, and he has to change his identity often so that when he appears at a new school he is a different person. But this move is different because he falls in love and discovers these special new talents. He even meets people that understand him because they share the same destiny as him.
This is one of the best movies because it will keep you asking questions and find you bound to the screen until you find the answers.

Potiche
It was quite a long time ago when we saw these famous European actors together in one movie. This time you can enjoy stellar cast including Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu and Fabrice Luchini. The plot itself is pretty simple, Catherine plays a housewife who decides to run her husband’s umbrella business due to his illness.
The main charm of Potiche is actor play however since as you will the task to depict all these absolutely surprising family members was not that easy ay all. So if you expect that film to be among top 10 movies of that year due to incredible cast your expectations are close to reality

Unknown
Of course Unknown is not the first or even second movie about identity theft and amnesia but you shouldn’t think that it repeats plots of other famous movies. On the contrary the director -- Jaume Collet-Serra tried to avoid predictable story twists and s a result we have a nice mix of thriller and mystery movie definitely worth watching. Outstanding performance of Liam Neeson in the role of min character is beyond any competition and he keeps us on the edge of the sit during the entire film. He plays middle-aged botanist who was invited to some strange conference together with his wife. However he has a car accident on the way and when he wakes up after that crash no onerecognizes him including his own wife. But what is even stranger someone pretends to be him! For Liam Unknown is definitely on of the top 10 movies he plyed in and for audience it is great chance to see a good combination of the twisted plot and decent actor play.


The Sunset Limited
Although the story of The Sunset Limited suits more for the theater stage it looks great in the cinema as well. I am sure that no one besides stellar Tommy Lee Jones could produce and direct this film.
The whole action takes place in one apartment where professor played by Tommy and convict who was released from the prison(magnificent Samuel L. Jackson) argue about the value of life. Samuel just saved that old man from a suicide that he tried to attempt on his birthday and now they face each other in shocking dialogue. I am sure that despite the fact that not everybody would accept that screenplay it is possible to place it among top 10 movies of the years

Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Tucker & Dale vs Evil is a low budget independent movie that tries to combine absolutely different genres – slasher horror and hilarious comedy!
It sounds really strange and actually there are lots of horror elements in that film but it is really funny! At first story looks like just many other horror movies about maniac and teenagers who are trapped far away from civilization.
However the more you watch the more interesting it becomes and jokes that re really on the edge are truly amazing. So Tucker & Dale vs Evil is another example of low budget film that can bet famous top movies with ease.

The Eagle
Kevin Macdonald likes and knows how to direct amazing pseudo-historical top movies that are just filled with action and high tension. His new screenplay The Eagle takes place in the times of The Roman Empire and all the details of that time are nicely presented in the movie including magnificent backgrounds. This film combines battle scenes, twisted diplomatic relationships and natural relations of soldier and his slave who actually hate each other. Channing Tatum and Mark Strong who lead the cast must get along with each other despite their feelings since they have a quest to find valuable emblem called Eagle of the Ninth and have to face numerous dangers on their way. If you liked previous films of the same director such as The Last King of Scotland you should definitely take a look at one of top 10 movies in its category.

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