Fidel Castro has been applying his formidable intellectual powers and revolutionary experience in recent times to analyse the phenomenon of neo-liberal globalisation. Piercing the veil of the global propaganda of imperialism, Fidel Castro, in a series of major public speeches, has bared the inner workings of the financial and economic system dominated by the United States. Since Cuba has been a special target of the imperialist offensive in the Nineties, Castro is able to draw upon his unique experience of leading a small socialist country which is challenging the imperialist might, resolute in defending the socialist system created by the endeavours of the Cuban people. Excerpts

The mother-daughter bonding is unique -almost all mothers and daughters will vouch for it. And, when its time for the daughter to be a mother this relationship is stronger than ever. For, who can be a better guide than one' s own mother to help through the initial difficult days, writes B Ashu

Edward Hirsch's primer may very well inspire readers to catch the next flight for Houston and sign up for any and all of his courses. Not for nothing does this attentive and adoring poet-teacher title his book How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry; Hirsch's big guide to getting the most out of this form is packed with inspiring examples and thousands of epigrams and allusions. Above all, he is intent on poetry's physical and emotional power, says Amazon.com

Brigitte Hamann, widely known for her work on Empress Elisabeth of Austria, presents an empirically rich account of the cultural and social history of Austro-Hungary's imperial city in the last years before World War I, as well as its impact upon Adolf Hitler. Hamann's intention is to provide an interpretative frame of the sources of the racist, anti-Semitic, and totalitarian dimension of Hitler's personality and politics, points out Gene Evans

Arthur Drews, a German sceptic and philosopher of the early twentieth century, is mainly known for his magisterial opus, "The Christ Myth", which argued forcefully for the non-historicity of Jesus. In "The Legend of Saint Peter", Drews does the same for a character who came to occupy a central position in Catholic Christianity.Book description