of millions with his sensational autobiography‚ Kaffir Boy. Telling the true story of his coming of age under apartheid in South Africa‚ the book won a prestigious Christopher Award‚ rose to No. 3 on The New York Times bestsellers list and to No. 1 on the Washington Post bestsellers list‚ and was translated into several languages. Today‚ the book is used in classrooms across the U.S. and is on the American Library Association’s List of "Outstanding Books for the College-Bound." Mark Mathabane escaped
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and educated there. He got a degree from Yale as well. He has written many other books about other subjects in history‚ many about underrated presidents. David McCullough’s most recent book‚ The Wright Brothers‚ was a #1 New York Times bestseller was on the bestseller list for nine months before it got taken off. McCullough has also been awarded the presidential medal of Freedom‚ which is the highest award that can be given to a civilian. In the book 1776‚ the McCullough covers only the single year
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You will never think of your mother the same way after you read this book. Already an international sensation and a bestseller that has sold over 1.5 million copies in the author’s native Korea‚ Please Look After Mom is a stunning‚ deeply moving story of a family’s search for their missing mother - and their discovery of the desires‚ heartaches and secrets they never realized she harbored within. When sixty-nine-year-old So-nyo is separated from her husband among the crowds of the Seoul subway
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Every day we ’re bombarded with headlines like these that are designed to grab our attention. In a world full of advertising and information – delivered in all sorts of media from print to websites‚ billboards to radio‚ and TV to text messages – every message has to work extremely hard to get noticed. And it ’s not just advertising messages that have to work hard; every report you write‚ presentation you deliver‚ or email you send is competing for your audience ’s attention. As the world of
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known for writing edgy contemporary romantic comedy and boundary pushing contemporary adult books. Since starting out in 2013‚ she has attained much success selling over 1.5 million novels with 16 titles making the USA Today bestseller list and four on the New York Times bestsellers. Some of her most popular novels include The Shopping series‚ The Obedient Series‚ The Random Series‚ and The Her Billionaires Series. The popularity of her novels on both sides of the Atlantic has seen her novels translated
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Many writers draw inspiration from experience and use their life stories to inspire their works. Amy Tan is no different. Amy Tan is a world renowned author known for her short stories and portrayal of the Asian-American lifestyle. She writes about many things considered violent and sad due to her unusual life circumstances that she has endured. The utilization of her own experiences helps her writings to appear authentic and soulful. Amy Tan has led an intriguing life‚ incredible literary works
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Book Review (Anatomy of a Misfit) Intro: The author of this book is Andrea Portes‚ she is a novelist whose works were bestsellers. One of it in particular has been made into a feature film (Hick) and featured actors/actress such as Chloe Grace Moretz. “The book Anatomy of a Misfit” is dedicated to Andrea’s friend Dylan McCullough whose life inspired Andrea to create this amazing book‚ and also to his brothers & her mother. This book is based on real events and is highly recommended to me by my classmate
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England‚ Their England is an affectionately satirical inter-war comic novel first published in 1933. It hit the right spot at the time and became a bestseller‚ and has endured as a classic of humour‚ transending the passage of time. It is particularly famed for its portrayal of a village cricket match. The plot — if there can be said to be a plot — is set in 1920s England‚ the book is written as if a travel memoir by a young Scotsman who had been invalided away from the Western Front‚ “Donald
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Notes Link: http://www.trcb.com/onlinebooks/leisure/horror-literature--life-after-stephen-king-1317.htm It’s common knowledge that Stephen King took a literary subgenre in the early eighties and turned it into a mainstream literary genre Bestsellers like Shinning‚ Carrie‚ Blood and Smoke and even Bag of Bones (which was the first book in the genre to be given in depth analysis by literary critics worldwide) propelled horror literature to a class of its own‚ away from the scorned subgenre that
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times over and is known as the “Master of Genre” which includes a variety of readers of all ages. Providing novels from captivating romances‚ young adult fictions to suspense packed thrillers; Patterson reaches a vast audience awaiting his next bestseller to be produced. Ultimately‚ utilizing these strategic skills‚ Patterson can create a one of a kind suspense within each of his stories that keep his readers glued to the pages as they turn. In 1976‚ Patterson won the Edgar award from the Mystery
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