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Ever wonder why that kid in your class is such a trouble maker? Maybe not. Maybe we all should wonder why he/she chooses to act the he/she does.
Samsara shows us the reality of our industrial desensitised world. This clip http://vimeo.com/73234721 shows the barbaric inhumanity of the agro business that supplies 'food' for the world's population.
On what seems to be just another ordinary day in a french city, a man is exposed to sexism and sexual violence in a society ruled by women...
<p>The central character in this novel is a highly intelligent and resourceful woman who struggles repeatedly to come to terms with loss and the randomness of life.
This is a novel about daily life in a poor quarter of a small town near Munich, seen through the eyes of a young German girl called Liesel. She arrives there traumatised by the death of her younger brother and her separation from her mother.
The Lost Child looks at the life of a child growing up in a family where there is parental mental illness.
Before reading this, I had only general understanding of what life was like for people in Afghanistan, especially during the time before our current war.