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The Boston Globe described it as a "natural follow-on" to his previous book. [16] Among the books described by Schwalbe include, Homer's The Odyssey, Herman Melville's Bartleby the Scrivener, E. B. White's Stuart Little and Paula Hawkins' The Girl on the Train. [17] His sister, Nina Schwalbe, is an American public health researcher. [18]
Image of Omar Rashad Tyree. Omar Rashad Tyree (born April 15, 1969) is an African-American novelist. [1] [2] He is known for his best-selling book For the Love of Money and Mayor for Life: The Incredible Story of Marion Barry Jr., which he co-authored with Marion Barry.
Though ligers typically have a life expectancy of between 13 and 18 years, they are occasionally known to live into their 20s. [21] A ligress named Shasta was born at the Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City on 14 May 1948 and died in 1972 at age 24. [22] Nook, a liger at a facility in Wisconsin, died in 2007, at 21 years old.
Facts for Life is a book published and distributed by UNICEF.It provides basic, clearly expressed advice about child health.According to UNICEF: [1] Each year, around 9 million children die from preventable and treatable illnesses before reaching their fifth birthday ...
Bookclub is a monthly programme, devised by Olivia Seligman and hosted by Jim Naughtie and broadcast on BBC Radio 4.Each month a novel is selected, and its author invited to discuss it.
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos is a 2018 self-help book by the Canadian clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson. It provides life advice through essays in abstract ethical principles, psychology, mythology, religion, and personal anecdotes.
Myst: The Book of Atrus, 1995 novel (re-released in a 2004 omnibus) by Rand and Robyn Miller with Dave Wingrove. Atrus comes to realize that his father is a megalomaniac. Fight Club, 1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk. The Green Mile, 1996 serial novel by Stephen King. Enduring Love, 1997 novel Ian McEwan. Glimmer, 1997 [17] novel by Annie Waters.
Weltschmerz (German: [ˈvɛltʃmɛɐ̯ts] ⓘ; literally "world-pain") is a literary concept describing the feeling experienced by an individual who believes that reality can never satisfy the expectations of the mind, [1] [2] resulting in "a mood of weariness or sadness about life arising from the acute awareness of evil and suffering". [3]