Nicholas Sparks is one of the most passionate and greatest American authors of today. He connects with all of his readers by providing love‚ romance‚ tragedy‚ and passion through all of his novels. Nicholas Sparks is an author whose writing inspires every single one of his readers in one way or another. All of Spark’s novels are based on love and triumph. He writes love stories in which the search for love differs‚ but each story is one worth experiencing. Sparks has transformed the romantic genre
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John Kenneth Galbraith “John Kenneth Galbraith”. He was a U.S economist‚ public official and diplomat‚ and a leading proponent of the 20th-century American liberalism. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from 1950’s through 2000’s‚ during which time Galbraith fulfilled the role of public intellectual. In macro-economical terms he was intitutionalist. He was America’s most famous economist for good reason. A witty commentator on America’s political follies and a versatile author
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sell. Unexpectedly‚ Travel Team was such a success that it went on to sell half a million copies and was ranked #1 in the New York Times Young Adult List. He then went on to write dozens of other sports themed novels that went on to be runaway bestsellers.
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Following the dark‚ Middle Ages came a time period of renewed interests in things of the world such as education‚ art‚ literature‚ and science. This period was called the Renaissance. During the Renaissance‚ education was a common goal for people and the result of this made people more knowledgeable in subjects such as the liberal arts. It also took on a movement of thought and action concerned with human interest and values which was called humanism. The printing press would become one of the most
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A book about a teacher with ALS and his student may not seem like a book that would be a bestseller. However‚ Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom is an extremely powerful book. No wonder millions have been talking about it. The reason that this book is so successful is because of its central ideas. Throughout Mitch’s journey with Morrie‚ Morrie has shared bits and pieces of wisdom that have been put into the book. These bits of wisdom are the underlying messages that readers take away and find
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The Kite Runner is a film based on the first novel of Khaled Hosseini‚ which was published in 2003 and became a bestseller‚ thus was translated to many different languages and spread around the world‚ becoming a discussion topic for quite a while. One of the reasons why this book is so rich and attractive is the variety of characters‚ which are all born in Afghanistan and spent at least most of their childhood there‚ but at the same time have different views‚ virtues and experience. And those characters
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an Indian author‚ columnist‚ and speaker. Bhagat is the author of bestselling novels‚ Five Point Someone (2004)‚ The Mistakes of My Life (2008)‚ 2 States (2009)‚ Revolution 2020 (2011)‚ and What Young India Wants (2012). All the books have remained bestsellers since their release and three have inspired Bollywood films (including the hit films 3 Idiots and Kai Po Che!). In 2008‚ The New York Times called Bhagat "the biggest selling English language novelist in India’s history". Bhagat‚ an alumnus of Indian
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Everything from The Cold War to melodramatic teenagers relates to Romeo and Juliet‚ because people don’t usually see this kind of drama in their everyday lives; they need something to feed it them. Everyone is bored with their day-to-day activities and interactions so popular stories like Romeo and Juliet are still relevant to give them something to imagine‚ desire and complain about. Ordinary people don’t change‚ so they have the same mindset they had when Romeo and Juliet was first popular. Romeo
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To Kill a Mockingbird was published in 1960‚ it was written by Harper Lee and was an instant bestseller and a critical success. Today T.K.A.M is known as a masterpiece of American literature. The overall plot of T. K. A.M is. Scott and his brother Jem befriend a boy named Dill over the summer and become interested in the house owned by Nathan Radley‚ but inside lives a malevolent man named as Boo radley who has not seen or experienced the outside world. Later in the book Tom Robinson and African
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“Though restrained by social convention‚ the passions of the female characters emerge with great force.” In the light of this comment‚ discuss Bronte’s presentation of female characters. Bronte presents the female characters in many different ways. One early example we see of this in chapter one is Jane’s passion as you speaks out a John. “You are like a murderer – you are like a slave-driver – you are like the Roman emperors!” This is the first time we see Jane’s true passion as she is speaking
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