The Best English-Language Fiction of the Twentieth Century - Introduction. Los más vendidos. The 100 Best Books of All Time. Many publishers have lists of 100 best books, defined by their own criteria.
This article enumerates some lists of "100 best" books for which there are fuller articles. Among them, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (Xanadu, 1985) and Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels (Grafton, 1988) are collections of 100 short essays by a single author, David Pringle, with moderately long critical introductory chapters also by Pringle. For publisher Xanadu, Science Fiction was the first of four "100 Best" books published from 1985 to 1988. The sequels covered crime & mystery, horror, and fantasy. Catalog your books online. Book-A-Minute Classics. Got another book report to do?
English teachers have the inconsiderate habit of assigning mammoth-sized works of literature to read and then actually expecting you to do it. This wouldn't be so bad except that invariably the requisite reading is as boring as fly fishing in an empty lake. Etudes de lettres. Lecture. What should I read next. 15 Books You Should Have Read in 2010 - Culture - GOOD. Image by Jane Mount, Courtesy 20x200 Yes, we read Freedom this year and yes, it was good.
As Esquire put it, it “was one great slab of a book, at a time when most books have given up on greatness.” But there were other books in 2010, books that had to compete for our ever more challenged attention spans and won. The 100 best books of all time - 'Medea,' by Euripides. Mental_floss Blog » The Quick 10: 10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Harry Potter. With Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince coming out in the U.S. later this week, it's time to out myself as a Slytherin Supporter.
Maybe you already knew that. Nothing against Gryffindors - I'm no Voldemort or anything - but I always tend to like the villains a little more than the do-gooders. To celebrate Harry and Co.'s sixth movie (and sixth book), here are a few facts that you may not have known about the gang in gold and red (and maybe a couple about the set in silver and green). 1. It has a sour tone to it, doesn't it? 3. 4. Top 10 Most Disturbing Novels. Books Not everyone has the stomach for disturbing literature, but there is such a large amount of writing in the genre that everyone should give it at least one try.
This list will help to introduce you to the darker side of novels – the disturbing, macabre, and oftentimes downright sick. The only rule to this list is that the book must be a work of fiction. If you think something has been left off the list, be sure to tell us in the comments. Anyone who has read this book will appreciate its inclusion here; if for no other reason than the axe scene (in which the protagonist chops off one of his feet with an axe – this is the hobbling scene in the movie). List of books banned by governments. Background[edit] "Almost every country places some restrictions on what may be published, although the emphasis and the degree of control differ from country to country and at different periods.
"[1] There are a variety of reasons for which books may be banned. Materials are often suppressed due to the perceived notion of obscenity. This obscenity can apply to materials that are about sexuality, race, drugs, or social standing.[2] The censorship of literature on the charge of obscenity appears to have begun in the early 19th century.[3] The rise of the middle class, who had evangelical backgrounds, brought about this concern with obscenity.[4] Free Online Literature and Study Guides. 28 autores eligen sus hijos predilectos. Este es un viaje a los aleph de 28 escritores a través de sus propias voces.
A los lugares elegidos por ellos por condensar lo más representativo, logrado, emblemático o preferido de su creación literaria. Todo en 757 páginas a bordo de Mil bosques en una bellota (Duomo), un libro a cargo de Valerie Miles después de casi cinco años en los que convenció a estos escritores de crear una especie de autorretrato literario. “Una suerte de testamento en el que a través de sus pasajes elegidos ellos se presentan y dicen: ‘Este soy yo”, resume la editora y periodista neoyorquina cuya relación con la literatura en español va camino de cumplir dos décadas. La antología pretende, en palabras de Miles, hacer una lectura desde la distancia y la extrañeza. “Redibujar parte de la literatura hispanohablante a través de una nueva mirada donde hablan los propios escritores. La nena fue el primer relato de la máquina de contar historias de La ciudad ausente.
Elecciones que fueron una tortura. 58 Classic Novels In 33 Words Or Less & Clutch Blog. “TL;DR” is internet-speak for “Too long; didn’t read.”
You’ll see it used when some passionate nerd writes an exceptionally wordy comment or blog post. If one of your fellow online readers is nice enough, he or she will take the time to skim it and sum up the content in one snarky sentence. You’ll find these few words say essentially the same thing the obsessive author took a dissertation to explain. Since many readers are going back to school soon, we decided to use this technique to sum up the summer reading list you never got around to cracking. (What the hell, right? Print - The 75 Books Every Man Should Read. Print - The 75 Books Every Man Should Read. The Best Science Fiction Books (According to Reddit)
Recently, someone asked Reddit for a list of the best science fiction books of all time.
Being a fan of sci-fi, and wanting to expand my own reading list, I thought it would be helpful to tally the results and preserve them here for future reference. I've also included selected quotes from the comments, as well as my own notes on the books I've already read. PS: All book images in this post are copyright Amazon, and were retrieved using my Big Book Search Engine. Liste de livre. Blue Fairy Book. 100 Must Read Books: The Man’s Essential Library. Bibliothèque Team Alexandriz. Petite bibliothèque virtuelle entre amis. Mes livres. 30 Very Funny Books.
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It's a dreary day, so I thought I'd indulge myself and come up with a list of my favorite comedies. A caveat, however: this is not a fancy English-professor-y list of the finest, most exquisitely crafted, most erudite or intellectually sophisticated works on paper in the language. Godchecker.com - Your Guide To The Gods. Neil deGrasse Tyson Lists 8 (Free) Books Every Intelligent Person Should Read. A Reddit.com user posed the question to Neil deGrasse Tyson: "Which books should be read by every single intelligent person on the planet?
" Below, you will find the book list offered up by the astrophysicist, director of the Hayden Planetarium, and popularizer of science. Thebookwormchronicles.com. Posted on October 17, 2011 - by The Bookworm Not that long ago, I received an email from a friend sharing with me the BBC Big Read list. A group of scholars in both philosophy and literature sat down and decided the top 100 novels everyone should read in their lifetime.
The email simply asked “How many, Bookworm, how many?” I read down the list and found some I expected to see make a list like this. I also found some others I was very much startled to see. The 13 scariest books of all time NOT written by Stephen King. Yes, we all know King is the Sultan of Scare, and that books like The Shining, Salem's Lot, and It will make you quake in your fuzzy slippers. But here are 13 books that'll start the shivers while spreading the wealth. SILENCE OF THE LAMBS Thomas Harris This isn't the first time we'd meet the psychopathic Hannibal Lecter—that'd be Red Dragon—but it was the most eerie. And what's more, he wasn't the only serial baddie at work: Buffalo Bill took his share of trophies as Silence of the Lambs worked its way into the public's collective cerebral cortex.
Free Online Literature and Study Guides. 7 Books We Lost to History That Would Have Changed the World. The vast majority of the knowledge humans have assembled over the centuries, has been lost. The world's geniuses either kept their revelations to themselves and then died, or else they put it down on paper which has long since rotted or burned or been used to line some parakeet's cage. 50 Fascinating Things I've Read Lately. Pretty simple. When I read something I like, I try to write it down. In no particular order, here are 50 things I've read lately that, for one reason or another, caught my attention. "Today, of Americans officially designated as 'poor,' 99 percent have electricity, running water, flush toilets, and a refrigerator; 95 percent have a television, 88 percent a telephone, 71 percent a car and 70 percent air conditioning. Cornelius Vanderbilt had none of these. " 10 Books Taboo for Their Time.
30 Books Everyone Should Read Before Their 30th Birthday. The Web is grand. With its fame for hosting informative, easy-to-skim textual snippets and collaborative written works, people are spending more and more time reading online. Nevertheless, the Web cannot replace the authoritative transmissions from certain classic books that have delivered (or will deliver) profound ideas around the globe for generations.
Best Sellers. Book-A-Minute. Books, Poetry & Writing. Literary Locations. For travellers with literary imaginations, the world is crammed full of places that have inspired writers to bring their characters to life there - from Pooh Bear's wood to Sleeping Beauty's Castle. Some are well known, and well trodden - others have been forgotten. For many, literary locations make a great reason for a driving holiday. But even if you don't plan your whole holiday around a literary theme, watch out for what's nearby when you go on holiday. Often locations will have museums attached, and these are often some of the best and most interesting museums in the area. There are many more around the world that we have not listed. Related categories: Works of Art, Art Collections, Film Locations, Literary Locations. The Best Science Fiction Books (According to Reddit) - StumbleUpon. Great Books Index. Book Lists. 108 libros periodísticos recomendados.
Book-A-Minute Classics. Les 500 meilleurs livres choisis par les internautes. 6 Books Everyone (Including Your English Teacher) Got Wrong. #3. The 13 scariest books of all time NOT written by Stephen King. What 10 Classic Books Were Almost Called. Remember when your high school summer reading list included Atticus , Fiesta , and The Last Man in Europe ? You will once you see what these books were renamed before they hit bookshelves. 1. F. Autori M. Keeping Track of Reading Habits With a ‘Book of Books’ 50 Most Influential Books of the Last 50 (or so) Years. In compiling the books on this list, the editors at SuperScholar have tried to provide a window into the culture of the last 50 years. Ideally, if you read every book on this list, you will know how we got to where we are today.
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