Great Poems « Greatest Books of All Time » Life-Changing Arts A selection of great poems from centuries of brillant authors and poets. Whether you are new to the world of poetry and wish to savor it, or a well-versed poetry connoisseur, either way you will probably enjoy the classics of world poetry. The poems are sorted by vote. To vote for a poem, click on the left of it. You can read and browse the poems by clicking on their title. Voting is possible once per day. Votes PoemAuthor IfRudyard Kipling EchoChristina Georgina Rossetti If you think the best poem of all times is not even on this list, by all means, let us know which poem it is and why you think it should be added. Get inspired.. inspire others.. Back to Greatest Books of All Time
Howard Jacobson Howard Jacobson (born 25 August 1942) is a Man Booker Prize-winning British author and journalist. He is best known for writing comic novels that often revolve around the dilemmas of British Jewish characters. Background[edit] Jacobson was born in Manchester, raised in Prestwich, and was educated at Stand Grammar School in Whitefield,[1] before going on to study English at Downing College, Cambridge under F. R. Although Jacobson has described himself as "a Jewish Jane Austen" (in response to being described as "the English Phillip Roth"),[4] he also states, "I'm not by any means conventionally Jewish. Jacobson married his first wife when he was 22. Writing career[edit] His fiction, particularly in the six novels he has published since 1998, is characterised chiefly by a discursive and humorous style. As well as writing fiction, he also contributes a weekly column for The Independent newspaper as an op-ed writer. Broadcasting[edit] Views on the Middle East[edit] Bibliography[edit] Fiction
The Top 10 Best Science Fiction Books Before the comments fill up with “Why didn’t you include this” and various slights against our personal and professional integrity, this is just a list of ten great science fiction novels, not in order, and by no means the top ten ever produced. ‘Ten of the best’, not ‘the ten best’. That being said, please post up your own favourites, as we’re always looking for new things to read. 10. Heinlein’s elegantly constructed novel evokes some of the finest traditions in science fiction, with a near-future setting on the mongrel colony of Luna, which is preparing its revolution against the tyrannical rule of Earth. 9. | Kindle Edition Card’s seminal novel has been in and out of the news since its release, whether it’s for the long-mooted (and finally killed) idea of a film adaptation, through to the graphic novel version, through to it being a set text at US military academies. 8. 7. | Kindle Edition 6. | Kindle Edition 5. | Kindle Edition 4. | Kindle Edition 3. | Kindle Edition 2. 1. More Top 10s:
François Rabelais François Rabelais (French: [fʁɑ̃.swa ʁa.blɛ]; c. 1483 – 9 April 1553) was a major French Renaissance writer, doctor, Renaissance humanist, monk and Greek scholar. He has historically been regarded as a writer of fantasy, satire, the grotesque, bawdy jokes and songs. His best known work is Gargantua and Pantagruel. Rabelais is considered one of the great writers of world literature and among the creators of modern European writing.[1] Biography[edit] Although neither the place nor date of his birth is reliably documented, and some scholars put the date as early as 1483,[2] it is probable that François Rabelais was born in November 1494 near Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, where his father worked as a lawyer.[3] La Devinière in Seuilly, Indre-et-Loire, is the name of the estate that is claimed to be the writer's birthplace and houses a Rabelais museum. The house of François Rabelais in Metz Later he left the monastery to study at the University of Poitiers and University of Montpellier. Views[edit]
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. Lists[edit] See also[edit] References[edit]
An Interview Without Words: Illustrator Shaun Tan Draws Conclusions - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International How does an award-winning children's book illustrator answer questions? With drawings, of course. Australian author-illustrator Shaun Tan recently gave SPIEGEL an interview -- and expressed himself using just pen and paper. Tan, who was born in 1974 in Perth, Australia, lives and works as an artist and author in Melbourne. His books include "The Rabbits," "The Red Tree," Tales from Outer Suburbia" and "The Arrival," an acclaimed wordless graphic novel about a migrant who leaves his home country for a better life. Tan is the winner of this year's Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, one of the most prestigious prizes in children's literature. Read the full SPIEGEL interview below. SPIEGEL: Mr.
David Icke David Vaughan Icke (/aɪk/; IKE, born 29 April 1952) is an English writer, public speaker and former professional footballer. He promotes conspiracy theories about global politics and has written extensively about them. He nevertheless continued to develop his ideas, and in four books published over seven years – The Robots' Rebellion (1994), And the Truth Shall Set You Free (1995), The Biggest Secret (1999), and Children of the Matrix (2001) – set out a worldview that combined New-Age spiritualism with a denunciation of totalitarian trends in the modern world. Michael Barkun has described Icke's position as "New Age conspiracism," writing that he is the most fluent of the conspiracist genre. Biography[edit] Early life and education[edit] Icke was born in Leicester General Hospital to Beric Vaughan Icke and Barbara J. After the war, Beric became a clerk in the Gents' clock factory, and the family lived in a terraced house on Lead Street, near Wharf Street in the centre of Leicester.
The Karma Bum by Tyler Stoddard Smith I was nine years old in 1983, when my father, a professor at Rice University, invited Allen Ginsberg to Houston to give a poetry reading with the promise of financial assistance from the dean of humanities. Ginsberg asked for a $300 honorarium and economy airfare, which must still rank as one of the greatest entertainment bargains of the modern era. I wasn’t along for the raucous trek to the airport to extract Ginsberg. “Goddamnit, you’re going to get the boy high!” “Richard, get this merry band of walking felonies out of our living room and into some kind of van, please!” I asked my mother what the big deal was. Hours later, my father led the dean and Ginsberg—minus the throngs of deviants—through the front door. “Oooh, macho. “Tippecanoe and Tyler, too,” he said, referring to my name, “Have you heard that one, little one, little man?” “Yes,” I said. “Bad medicine,” said Ginsberg. By traditional standards, or at least those of a nine-year-old boy, Ginsberg was ugly. “It’s OK. “Yeowch!