Vanity Fair is William Makepeace Thackeray's classic tale of class, society, and corruption. No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to clamber up the class ladder. Her sentimental companion Amelia, however, longs only for caddish soldier George.

As the two heroines make their way through the tawdry glamour of Regency society, battles—military and domestic—are fought, fortunes made and lost. The one steadfast and honourable figure in this corrupt world is Dobbin with his devotion to Amelia, bringing pathos and depth to Thackeray's gloriously satirical epic of love and social adventure.

ثرثرة فوق النيل is set in the late sixties, a time of significant social change. The story follows a group of friends who gather night after night on a houseboat on the Nile. Under the moonlight, they smoke, chat, and inhabit a cozy and enchanted world. However, one night, Art and Reality collide with unforeseen consequences.

In this thrilling and deeply serious tale, Mahfouz exposes the human and artistic dilemmas of modern times, skillfully blending philosophical musings with social commentary.

George F. Babbitt is a middle-aged realtor, family man, and resident of Zenith, a fictitious Midwestern city. His main preoccupation is to climb the social ladder by conforming to the norms of his environment. The novel depicts his daily routines and occasional misadventures in an unorthodox writing style, where the protagonist appears altogether foolish, funny, and pathetic. This work was both celebrated as an incisive satire of American culture and criticized as an exaggeration, but was ultimately influential in Sinclair Lewis being awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Literature.

An American Tragedy is the story of Clyde Griffiths, who spends his life in the desperate pursuit of success. On a deeper, more profound level, it is the masterful portrayal of the society whose values both shape Clyde's ambitions and seal his fate; it is an unsurpassed depiction of the harsh realities of American life and of the dark side of the American dream. Extraordinary in scope and power, vivid in its sense of wholesale human waste, unceasing in its rich compassion, Theodore Dreiser's supreme achievement.

Based on an actual criminal case, An American Tragedy was the inspiration for the film A Place in the Sun, which won six Academy Awards and starred Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Cliff.

Corpalism is the compendium edition comprising:

• Uprising
• The Reawakening of Stephanie White
• From Democracy to Dictatorship

Uprising

Terry's an ordinary bloke in a dystopian world; like all other ordinary people, he has been saddled with crippling debts from birth. He works in Re-Locations, and his job is to send other ordinary people, when unable to pay those debts, to sink estates north of the M4. He gives no thought to what will happen to them once there; although some part of him knows they'll be forced to eke out a brutal existence, far from family and friends, thrown away by society and left to rot.

That is until, one day, he is late for work once too often and is sacked. Immediately all his lifelong debts become payable and, unable to discharge them, he is himself relocated, condemned to spend the rest of his days in a 'Boro sink. When he arrives, he is housed in a run-down flat and assigned to sanitation duties. Unwittingly, he attracts the attention of the power structure within the estate and soon finds himself enmeshed in violent intrigue.

But Terry is not all he seems. Why is he there? Who does he really work for?

Aftermath

Extrapolated from a storyline in 'Corpalism' and 'Wise Eyed Open'. She was a rising star in the Independent movement; a group of revolutionary entrepreneurs, business men and women, professionals, and everyday workers who came together to change the political landscape forever. They are Friday night regulars down the Dog and Duck, but this night, the night before a horrific terrorist attack, will be their last together. She is trapped in a world of darkness; she hears but cannot see, she understands but cannot communicate, she feels each second of her life as it drags by but cannot end it. How will she survive, and can anyone help her?

From Democracy to Dictatorship

A group of entrepreneurs, business men and women, professionals, and everyday workers have come together under the leadership of Colin Carpenter to form the Independents, a political group with no party affiliation, no loyalty to the elites or their lobbyists. If individually elected, they would be free to vote on each bill as they saw fit. As a new force in British politics, the Independents find themselves on a headlong collision course with the Establishment and Sir Phillip Blackmore, Head of British Intelligence. How far will the Independents be allowed to go before the elites fight back?

The Selfish Betrayals is an English fiction novel by Abhishek Kapoor, categorized into the thriller genre. The theme of the book revolves around betrayals, revealing how different people betray even their closest ones for money, love, hatred, and helplessness. Through its plot, an important message is conveyed, which is only disclosed upon reading the book.

The novel also focuses on the culture, lifestyle, and the wide social divide that exists among the people of Kanpur.

Synopsis:

An egocentric and personable man with an unforgettable history that could emotionally haunt any ordinary human, Monty, still in his early thirties, remains officially single despite a reputation for plentiful amorous adventures. Internally annoyed with constant cynical jibes about his obscure profession as an independent investigator of petty crimes during the day, but an impeccable lady’s man by night, Monty seizes a sudden, unanticipated opportunity. With the sole intention of silencing the blabbering jokers, he decides to investigate the mysterious murder of a lonely, glamorous girl, with minimal aid from his apprentice and without access to forensic science.

What follows the crime scene investigation is a series of confrontations with perhaps the cleverest and most astute accused individuals, strange events, and confusing outcomes. Did he succeed even before the police and media could break the news to the innocent citizens of Kanpur?

الشعور الذي ستخرج به من قراءتك لنعوم تشومسكي هو الغضب، غضب هائل، مرارة كبيرة. ما يفعله تشومسكي لقارئه هو هدم وإعادة بناء أفكاره حول السياسة، الاقتصاد والتاريخ. هذا الهدم يذرو معه الكثير من الأفكار التي لطالما قرأناها وظننا أننا بها أمسكنا بشيء من المعرفة الاقتصادية أو السياسية. تشومسكي يظهر لنا مقدار التزييف الذي مورس ويمارس دائما على هذه الأفكار وعلى التاريخ.

يعتبر تشومسكي الذي تجاوز الآن الثمانين عاما، أكثر من يقتبس منهم من المؤلفين الأحياء، حيث تعمر كلماته كتابات الآلاف حول العالم. ألف قرابة المائة كتاب، في المجالات التي ينشط فيها وهي علم اللغويات - تخصصه الأساس - وفي السياسة والفلسفة.

تتناول هذه المجموعة موضوعات متنوعة، من العولمة، إلى السياسة الأمريكية تجاه إيران، إلى الحرب على العراق، والتغيير الاجتماعي، الفرق ما بين أوباما وبوش، الرأسمالية، انبعاث الجنوب، الحزب الواحد في أمريكا، الطبيعة الإنسانية، اللغة والثقافة، مستقبل الديمقراطية، الدين والسياسة، إسرائيل والهولوكوست، المثقفون، والأزمة الاقتصادية.

سأعرض فيما يأتي بعض آراء تشومسكي، والكتاب كله آراء مثيرة، ومخالفة للسائد. يعيبه فقط الترجمة الركيكة والمليئة بالأخطاء.

عن العولمة يقول تشومسكي: "للبيان والتاريخ أنا أؤيد العولمة" ولكنه يفرق بين العولمة المطروحة الآن والتي يرى أنها وسيلة الأغنياء لنهب ما تبقى لدى الفقراء، وتدعيم سلطتهم على العالم، ويوضح أن العولمة التي يدعو إليها هي "العولمة التي تضع حقوق الناس الذين هم من لحم ودم على رأس أولوياتها".

فيما يخص السياسة الأمريكية تجاه إيران، يذكر تشومسكي بتأييد كسينجر لحصول إيران على طاقة نووية عندما كانت خاضعة لأمريكا في عهد الشاه، والرفض الحالي للفكرة، والذي برره كسينجر ذاته بأن الإيرانيون "كانوا دولة حليفة"!

تشومسكي في هذا الكتاب وكتب أخرى يبرهن مرارا وتكرارا على أن أمريكا وإسرائيل لا تلتزمان بأي قانون يخالف مصالحهما، حتى ولو كان هذا القانون إنساني ومدعوم عالميا. وهو ينثر الأمثلة حول هذا في كل مكان.

يحتوي الكتاب على مقالين مهمين جدا لنا كعرب ومسلمين: الأول عن الإرهاب الأمريكي والإسرائيلي، والثاني عن الهجوم على الفلوجة. أسلوب تشومسكي في هذه المقالات ليس الإدانة فقط من خلال ذكر الأحداث، وإنما المقارنة بأفعال تاريخية تم تجريمها، ليفضح النفاق والوجه الأسود لأمريكا وإسرائيل.