East of Eden

East of Eden may not be as well known as Grapes of Wrath, but it's sweeping saga of family, history, and life will resound and speak to many.

East of Eden: Gardens in Asian art, an online exhibit organized by the Freer and Sackler Galleries of the Smithsonian Institution introduces viewers to the differing and similar conceptions of the garden in East Asia vs. South and West Asia.

A short book review that isn't about the comparison between East of Eden and the Book of Genesis.

A quick overview of my thoughts on "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck.

Based on the bestselling novel by John Steinback

This paper discusses the importance of experiential knowledge when coping with conflict as demonstrated by John Steinbeck's East of Eden.

Steinbeck's dramatic account of the Trask brothers and their rivalry in East of Eden is an impressive tale, but it is also a familiar one that closely echoes a story from ancient literature-it is an allusion of the well-known story of Cain and Abel in the Bible.

She will dig and dig until she becomes bored and tired. As thoughts of quitting sneak in her mind she hits something. A locked chest is uncovered. She finds a way to break the lock and look inside. It is something she had only seen in museums.

My 14-year-old niece Cailin recently asked for a list of books to read. I gave her a copy of Steinbeck's "East of Eden" plus a list of other grown-up books that I thought she was ready for.

Three years ago, I made a list of the best books I had read in my lifetime. Here are twenty more, each one highly recommended.

From a youthful serious novel to a modern cynical book on morality and society here are my choices for the top three candidates of novels needing to be placed on the big screen

Overview of the main characters, and ideas in John Steinbeck's East of Eden.