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Kirkus Reviews found the book "an impressive overview". [3] Dwight Garner wrote that the book "presents a public life more than a private one." [4] Steven Shapin wrote that the book is "a loose and multiply digressive collection of reminiscences, anecdotes, addenda, quotes from admirers, and extended quotes from himself." [5]
Gui Chui Deng (Ghost Blows Out the Light) (Chinese: 鬼吹灯; pinyin: Guǐ Chuīdēng), also referred to as Candle in the Tomb, is a fantasy novel series written by Zhang Muye [] (天下霸唱) about a team of grave robbers seeking hidden treasure, with the first book published online in March 2006. [1]
Lud-in-the-Mist (1926) is the third and final novel by the British writer Hope Mirrlees.It continues the author's exploration of the themes of Life and Art, by a method already described in the preface of her first novel, Madeleine: One of Love's Jansenists (1919): "to turn from time to time upon the action the fantastic limelight of eternity, with a sudden effect of unreality and the hint of ...
Hard-earned wisdom from the Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize-winning author.
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark is a 1995 book by the astrophysicist Carl Sagan. (Four of the 25 chapters were written with Ann Druyan). [1]: x In it, Sagan aims to explain the scientific method to laypeople and to encourage people to learn critical and skeptical thinking.
He became a public figure during his run for office, calling for hope and change rather than hate and hiding with many — now famous — Harvey Milk quotes. In many ways, he was the first openly ...
Free Press was an American independent book publisher that later became an imprint of Simon & Schuster. It was one of the best-known publishers specializing in serious nonfiction, including path-breaking sociology books of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
One in eight women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer.In 2024, an estimated 310,720 women and 2,800 men will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. That means just about ...