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2. Great Books Foundation - Wikipedia

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   The foundation has two main programs: Junior Great Books, serving students in kindergarten through high school, and Great Books Discussion for college students, continuing education, and book groups. The organization derives its income from the sale of books, teacher professional development fees, contributions, and grants.

3. Talk : List of English-language books considered the best

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   The suggestion has been made to merge two topics: "Great Books" and "The Great Books Foundation." Though related by birth (Mortimer Adler had a hand in founding Great Books of the Western World and the Great Books Foundation), the two topics are significantly distinguished in purpose and therefore should not be merged.

4. Harvard Classics - Wikipedia

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   In 1937, under Stringfellow Barr, St. John's College introduced a curriculum based on the direct study of "great books". These sets are popular today with those interested in homeschooling. Gateway to the Great Books [23] was designed as an introduction to the Great Books of the Western World, published by the same organization and editors in 1952.

5. 55 million books in 20 years: Governor's Early Literacy ... - AOL

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   4.4 million books placed in homes of more than 739,000 families with children in grades K-3 470,000 children being served ages birth through third grade 49 book buses deployed to schools across ...

6. Shimer Great Books School - Wikipedia

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   Shimer Great Books School (pronounced / ˈ ʃ aɪ m ər / ⓘ SHY-mər) is a Great Books college that is part of North Central College in Naperville, Illinois.Prior to 2017, Shimer was an independent, accredited college on the south side of Chicago, originally founded in 1853.

7. List of winners of the National Book Award - Wikipedia

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   This year we can only decide which books we enjoyed reading the most." [ 126 ] The Bookseller Discovery officially recognized "outstanding merit which failed to receive adequate sales and recognition" [ 127 ] The award stood alone for 1941 and the New York Times frankly called it "a sort of consolation prize that the booksellers hope will draw ...

8. Books & Books is a Miami cultural force. New foundation aims ...

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   The move will allow a long-planned expansion into schools, under-resourced communities, prisons and, perhaps, even youth sports leagues.

9. John Erskine (educator) - Wikipedia

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   He found little support for the course from the senior faculty, and junior faculty members like Mark Van Doren and later after 1923, Mortimer Adler took up sections of the course. This course would later go on to inspire the Great Books movement, centered on the Great Books of the Western World. The course was discontinued in 1928, though later ...