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List of the best authors of all time as voted on by normal, book-loving people. For this list, we will consider writers who are mainly novelists. Many of the people included on this list are famous authors who wrote popular books; others may not be as well-known, but are m...
Billy Pilgrim returns home from World War II only to be kidnapped by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore, who teach him that time is an eternal present. Billy travels back and forth in time, visiting his birth, death, and all the moments in between repeatedly and out of order. 14.The ...
Harvesting peat moss harms bogs and the process is responsible for the loss of wetlands. I bought into this lie until I looked at the data and wrote this post. Canada supplies much of the North American market with peat moss and we harvest 0.05% of the new moss that grows every year. ...
01/08/2025 10:16 pm GMT A Final Word on Top Mystery Authors Mystery books and stories are popular because they keep the reader engaged and guessing via plot twists. The best murder mystery writers know how to keep enough details from the reader, so the ending is a complete surprise. If...
Just about every subsequent astrologer during the Hellenistic and Roman period drew on or mentioned these two figures in one way or another. Unfortunately their works did not survive into the present time, and so all we have is a handful of quotes and references from later authors. The sheer...
Emily Dickinson Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet . Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts .Although part of a prominent family with strong ties to its community, Dickinson lived much of her life in reclusive isolation .While Dickinson was...
Throughout it all, Japanese Americans preserved, pushing their children into lucrative careers in the sciences and trying to assimilate post-WWII so that they would encounter less prejudice. I think this is the reason for a relative dearth of well-known Japanese-American children’s authors, with...
33. "Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper." — "Knute Rockne All American," 1940. 34. "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night." — "All About Eve," 1950. Bette Davis offers this promise of an eventful evening in a party...
Best Fantasy Books of All Time: for Adults, High Fantasy, Magic Fantasy, and More Top Fantasy Book Series of All Time Popular Fantasy Authors Editor’s Choice of the Best Fantasy Books Conclusion: Best Fantasy Novels to Read How We Chose the Greatest Fantasy Books All the books on this lis...