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Brave New World is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932. [3] Largely set in a futuristic World State, whose citizens are environmentally engineered into an intelligence-based social hierarchy, the novel anticipates huge scientific advancements in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation and classical conditioning ...
In the Beauty of the Lilies is a 1996 novel by John Updike. It takes its title from a line of the abolitionist song "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." The novel received the 1997 Ambassador Book Award for Fiction. In The New York Times, critic Michiko Kakutani called the work “dazzling ... a book that forces us to reassess the American Dream ...
William Edmund Barrett (November 16, 1900, New York – September 14, 1986, Denver) was an American writer, best known for the 1962 novella The Lilies of the Field.
James Frey's 'Next to Heaven' book cover Set in the affluent, picture-perfect town of New Bethlehem, Conn., Next to Heaven follows characters Devon and Belle who are “beautiful, wealthy and ...
Lily's Crossing has received some critical praise. In the review of the New York Times, Jane Langton wrote that the novel was "For today's children, to whom World War II must seem as remote as the Civil War, Lily's story places history in real time" and "With Ms. Giff's usual easygoing language and swift, short paragraphs, the impact of the war on an American child is brilliantly told".
The cover of the first and only issue A Quarterly Devoted to the Younger Negro Artists was an African American literary magazine published in New York City in 1926 during the Harlem Renaissance . The publication was started by Wallace Thurman , Zora Neale Hurston , Aaron Douglas , John P. Davis , Richard Bruce Nugent , Gwendolyn Bennett , Lewis ...
The title of the book, Melania, appears in white on a plain black background on the cover. The design and font appear to be extremely close to the 2020 book by French author Patrick Mauries, The ...
As the labor market cools, data suggests more workers are getting "dry promoted" and taking on more responsibilities or a new title for the same pay. More work, same salary. How employees should ...