The Virtual Conduit

BISAC: Education / Professional Development

Description: Idiom is defined as an expression that does not mean what it literally says. Hence, its meaning is often quite different from the word-for-word translation. Idiomatic expressions pervade English with a peculiar flavor and give it astounding variety, bright character and color. They help language learners understand English culture, penetrate into customs and lifestyle of English people, and make a deeper insight into English history. 

Description: The Great Depression had closed in on Goldman's world as he had to now survive on the mean streets of Memphis as a transplanted Jewish boy from New York City. When his parents are killed in an auto accident, he is adopted by the parents of his good friend Jonathan. His story from that point on is a saga of the floundering anti-hero who tries to find his way in an increasingly hostile world and its ever elusive meaning. His life intertwines with iconic notables and histrionics events in the mid-twentieth century. For three decades Goldman's odyssey is interwoven with the path of his adopted brother, who shadow one another with contrary elucidations of the world's gist. An American Gothic tale of lost prophecy, lost love, lost God and lost self in a metaphysical journey of the interior that finally reveals the meaning of his life. 

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Seeking his revenge on Neiko for exposing him, Francesco banishes Neiko into ancient Egypt just like he did her friends eleven years ago. During her stay there, she unravels the mystery of what happened to her four friends. Now she's faced with a bigger problem-how to get home. After a series of unfortunate events, Neiko is now entangled with Pharaoh Ramesses II. Francesco also comes to make sure their fates are sealed. Can Neiko and her friends beat impossible odds and return to Hawote and back to the present?