Embarrassed or feeling guilty because of something one has done or a characteristic one has.
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it’s turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they’ll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
A small-time hood struggles to succeed on the “mean streets” of Little Italy.
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death.
William Golding’s 1954 novel about a group of British boys stuck on a deserted island who try to govern themselves, with disastrous results.
Semi-fictional memoir by James Frey. It tells the story of a 23-year-old alcoholic and drug abuser and how he copes with rehabilitation in a twelve steps-oriented treatment centre.