In late autumn 1902 while a student at the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt in Lower Austria, Franz Xaver Kappus was reading Rilke's poetry. He was approached by the academy's chaplain, Horacek. According to Horacek, Rilke had been a pupil years earlier at the academy's lower school at Sankt…
Anh Do is one of the famous comedians in Australia. He shares to us about his life’s journey with his family as refugees in Australia and also the inspirational story of how he ditched the offer to work in a law firm and opted to take up comedian instead.…
This graphic novel is based on the true story of the author, Cece Bell who experiencing deafness in her real life. The entire story is about Cece's life with the hearing aid strapped to her chest. She was comfortable at her old school as everyone in Cece's class was deaf.…
This story is about the life journey of a young shepherd who follows his heart to search for his dreams. Although it's a simple story but it delivers a meaningful message to the readers to pursue our dreams without any hesitations. This book is worth for reading and gives us…
When the first time someone recommended this book to me, I was wondering whether I will like it as I seldom read Asian fiction books. However, I've heard a lot of good reviews about this book and I decided to give it a try. Although I've just finished reading the…
What is the meaning of ‘Zahir’? According to the writer Jorge Luis Borges, Zahir origins from the Islamic tradition and it believes that this started around eighteenth century. In Arabic, Zahir means a person or an object that has the power to create a visibility or presence in the person…