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Gilead is a novel by Marilynne Robinson published in 2004. It won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award.It is Robinson's second novel, following Housekeeping (1980).
A Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book; Booklist Editors' Choice; A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year; A 2004 study found that The Giver was a common read-aloud book for sixth-graders in schools in San Diego County, California. [43]
Because SparkNotes provides study guides for literature that include chapter summaries, many teachers see the website as a cheating tool. [7] These teachers argue that students can use SparkNotes as a replacement for actually completing reading assignments with the original material, [8] [9] [10] or to cheat during tests using cell phones with Internet access.
In the July/August issue of Bookmarks, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the novel received a (4.0 out of 5), with a critical summary stating, "With the exception of the Scotsman, who objected to the book's length and wordiness, the critics lauded Powers for his expansive vision and his profound message of human reliance on ...
In the 1960s, as his own writers revised the summaries of Shakespearian plays, Hillegass eliminated the Cole's Notes versions. [3] By 1964, sales reached one million Notes annually. CliffsNotes now exist for hundreds of works. The term "Cliff's Notes" has become a proprietary eponym for similar products.
Hence, they created an app to provide access to their notes at any time. [4] In 2013 Blinkist had its public launch. [2] The same year, the first version of the Blinkist app went live with text based book summaries. The company moved into its first office in Berlin, with 8 employees in total.
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus is a 2005 non-fiction book by American author and science writer Charles C. Mann about the pre-Columbian Americas. It was the 2006 winner of the National Academies Communication Award for best creative work that helps the public's understanding of topics in science, engineering or medicine.
The book finishes with the case of sexism suffered by Abbie Conant, when she was the trombone soloist of the Munich Philharmonic, and its director, Sergiu Celibidache, relegated her to minor positions, made her receive a lower wage than her male colleagues and looked down on her from 1980 to 1993, when she finally left the orchestra. Gladwell ...