What would you do to stay alive? How would you protect your family? Would you hide or fight? Would you share or steal? Would you kill or be killed? Just how far would you go to survive a pandemic that's decimating the world's population?The Dystopian Diaries is a fictional series that follows personal accounts of the same horrific pandemic but experienced under very different circumstances. The commonality among these diaries is that their writers are average people experiencing an abnormal situation in different environments, with different skill sets, and often with vastly different outcomes. Each diary in the series follows the writer's personal observations, trials, and tribulations as he or she struggles to survive the pandemic. Through high points and low, success and failure, joy and heartbreak, discover what it's like to experience the end of modern civilization as we know it through their eyes.Some people will seek help during a pandemic, others will seek solitude. Book 4, The Beacon of Solace, explores the latter option and both the advantages and disadvantages that might accompany the dramatic isolation of secluding oneself for weeks or even months on end.

"DLP, Developmental Leadership Program; Australian Aid; Oxfam."

Vladimir Nabokov, bilingual writer of dazzling masterpieces, is a phenomenon that both resists and requires contextualization. This book challenges the myth of Nabokov as a sole genius who worked in isolation from his surroundings, as it seeks to anchor his work firmly within the historical, cultural, intellectual and political contexts of the turbulent twentieth century. Vladimir Nabokov in Context maps the ever-changing sites, people, cultures and ideologies of his itinerant life which shaped the production and reception of his work. Concise and lively essays by leading scholars reveal a complex relationship of mutual influence between Nabokov's work and his environment. Appealing to a wide community of literary scholars this timely companion to Nabokov's writing offers new insights and approaches to one of the most important, and yet most elusive writers of modern literature.

The book was originally published by James Allen. he was born in Leicester, England in 1864. The book is base on Proverbs 23:7 which states " For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.." His work has been a great inspiration to many people around the world.