D.O.W.N. are a southern rap group, that are hard hittin' from the streets. Master Lyricists, that show in this fantastic album. Look out for there new album Southern Slang, featuring Bun B, U.G.K. Pimp C, Lil Keke and more. If u don't own it buy it, these rappers are gonna blow up!!!

In life, we can't always depend on a flower and "he loves me; he loves me not" games. This is what the two main characters in "Maggie Cassidy" grow to learn. They are put into a situation that ambushes their innocence and naivetee, and have an abrupt introduction with reality. Maggie and Jack are left with the regretful realization that no matter how great the story started off; it doesn't guarentee to end with, "And they lived happily ever after." Their relationship came to an end, but the "real life" had just begun. The book is hypnotizing.

A must-read for Kerouac afficionados. The depiction of his teenage years in Lowell, though sentimental at times, are some of his most beautiful prose; full of sunsets, football and first kisses.Kerouac-Virgins should check out his 'On the Road' or 'The Subterraneans' first.

This would be a good insight into the early passions of kerouac but i personally beleive that for a COHERANT look into kerouac's early life The Vanity Of Duluoz is a better bet - Kerouac should have combined Maggie Cassidy and The Vanity of Duluoz.

This is one of my favorite Merton books. It's a journal on the way to his ordination as a Trappist. Merton admits some questions about his discernment. The marvelous quality of the journal, however, is the continuous revelation of a spiritual man. This is my second or third time around reading The Sign of Jonas and I still find inspiration on every entry.

Often referred to as "The Seven Storey Mountain: Part II", the "Sign of Jonas" is a nice collection of Merton's journal entries that chronicle his life after joining the Trappists."The Sign of Jonas" answers the simple question: "what happened after Seven Storey Mountain?" While some have been disappointed by the difference between his most famous autobiography and this collection of journal entries, I have to step forward and disagree.I think this is a great book that speaks to the hearts of those who know what it is to struggle with your state in life, discerning your vocation and living the Gospel message to the best of your ability with all that it brings.Give this book a try!