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Edmund Valentine White III (born January 13, 1940) is a gay American novelist, memoirist, playwright, biographer and essayist. He is the recipient of Lambda Literary's Visionary Award, the National Book Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award, [1] and the PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction. [2]
Brent Weeks (born March 7, 1977) is an American fantasy writer. His debut novel, The Way of Shadows, was a New York Times best seller in April 2009. [1] [failed verification] Each of the five books in his Lightbringer series made the NYT list as well, starting with The Black Prism in 2010.
The following is a list of notable works of fiction which are set in South Africa: . Age of Iron by J. M. Coetzee; Karoo Boy by Troy Blacklaws; Burger's Daughter by Nadine Gordimer
"The Dove Book" falls from Alatyr, the "burning white stone on the Island of Buyan", the heathen paradise, which lies far towards sunrise, in the "Ocean Sea". The heathen significance of the stone is not known, but it is cleverly explained in "The Dove Book" as the stone whereon Christ stood when he preached to his disciples.
Writing Footloose’s book-burning scene. The memorable scene highlights the evolution of antagonist Rev. Shaw Moore (John Lithgow), who convinces his congregation to shun anything he deems as ...
These first two books are "pre" Betty´s book. White discusses the philosophy of the future books, without revealing the source (the channeling through his wife Betty). The Betty Book (1937) Across the Unknown (1939), with Harwood White; The Unobstructed Universe (1940) (Considered the most important of the collection) The Road I Know (1942)
White Book of Sarnen, a Swiss collection of medieval manuscripts; White Book – German Occupation of Poland, an Extract of Note Addressed to The Allied and Neutral Powers; White Book (CD standard), a standard for video compact discs. The Little White Book a short collection of creeds by Ben Klassen, founder of the Creativity sect
The burning of books represents an element of censorship, and usually proceeds from a cultural, religious, or political opposition to the materials in question. Book burning can be an act of contempt for the book's contents or author, intended to draw wider public attention to this opinion, or to conceal the information contained in the text ...