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A Plunge into Space by Robert Cromie (1890), a rare book in the Eaton Collection [1]. The Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy, formerly known as the J. Lloyd Eaton Collection of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Utopian Literature, [2] is "the largest publicly accessible collection of science fiction, fantasy, horror and utopian and dystopian literature in the world". [3]
AustLit is a key information resource for the study of Australian literature and related fields. Due to its comprehensive record of Australian publishing history, AustLit serves as an important source of data for analysing and understanding Australian literary history. [18] [19] [20]
Saudi Arabia started a project in 2011 to digitize all text books other than Math and Science. [citation needed] The Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) and the U.S. State Department launched an Open Book Project in 2013, supporting "the creation of Arabic-language open educational resources (OERs)". [166]
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More than 400 million Goosebumps books have been sold, [1] making it the best-selling series of all time for several years. [2] At one point, Goosebumps sold 4 million books a month. [ 3 ] A film based on the books was released on October 16, 2015. [ 4 ]
Words without Borders was founded by Alane Salierno Mason, translator of Elio Vittorini, [1] in 1999 [2] and began publication in 2003. It promotes cultural understanding through the translation, publication, and promotion of the finest contemporary international literature.
The ninth book in the series, The Carnivorous Carnival, takes place at Caligari Carnival; the carnival's name is a nod to the 1920 silent horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. [27] Also in the ninth book, Hugo the Hunchback's name is an allusion to French author Victor Hugo, who wrote the famous book The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Breakfast of Champions, or Goodbye Blue Monday is a 1973 novel by the American author Kurt Vonnegut.His seventh novel, it is set predominantly in the fictional town of Midland City, Ohio, and focuses on two characters: Dwayne Hoover, a Midland resident, Pontiac dealer and affluent figure in the city, and Kilgore Trout, a widely published but mostly unknown science fiction author.