Naipaul’s darkly comic and very moving 1961 novel.Betty Smith’s 1943 classic is a coming-of-age tale about a second-generation Irish-American girl named Francie who lives in Williamsburg with her family.Leo Tolstoy’s masterful epic—or one of them, at least—is about one woman’s scandals, passions, and ultimate tragedy, all set amid the tumult of late-19th century Russia.Jean Toomer’s hard-to-categorize work emerged in 1923 as an astonishing blend of genres, a brilliant composite of vignettes giving voice to facets of African-American life in the United States.Emma Woodhouse entertains herself by meddling in the romantic affairs of her neighbors.
You do need a strong set of skills, though, and not just technical ones. From Nineteen Eighty-Four and The Handmaid's Tale to more modern nightmares like The Water Cure and The Power, these novels are chilling visions of where humanity could end up if it all goes wrong.From acclaimed works of fiction to unforgettable memoirs to eye-opening non-fiction, these are our reader's favourite books to mark International Women's Day.Did you know Little Red Riding Hood was once banned in Germany for being thought to represent the Nazis?
The titles that follow appeared over and again from the critics we polled and will continue to inspire children for many years to come.
Moby-Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville We asked each to name the best children’s books (for ages 10 and under) ever published in English.
They broke boundaries and challenged conceptions. The Moviegoer by Walker Percy (Credit: Macmillan)In Sendak’s Caldecott Medal-winning picture book young Max, sent to bed without supper by his mother, escapes into his imagination, “where the wild things are”. 100 must-read classic books, as chosen by our readers
05 September 2018. She was raised in a pioneer family, and traveled through the Midwest by covered wagon. The critics named 151.
Written by a software engineer, The final books on our list build soft skills, which programmers need to advance in their career.It’s all about soft skills, says author John Sonmez.
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It’s all about soft skills, says author John Sonmez.
These Sunday dinner ideas are crowd-pleasers and make for hearty leftovers Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass Metamorphoses by Ovid George Orwell’s dystopian classic blends political and science fiction into a chilling panorama of high-level surveillance and manipulation.A struggle for independence is at the heart of V.S. This board features ideas and templates for making fun class books for your preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten classroom.
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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath Some of the choices may surprise you.