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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Gideon Levy גדעון לוי Levy in 2011 Born (1953-06-02) June 2, 1953 (age 71) Tel Aviv, Israel Occupations Journalist author Awards Olof Palme Prize (2015) Sokolov Award (2021) Gideon Levy (born 2 June 1953) is an Israeli journalist and author. Levy writes opinion pieces and a weekly ...
Medals are awarded annually for outstanding books that authentically portray the Jewish experience. This list provides Sydney Taylor Book Award recipients, not including manuscript and body-of-work awards. The Children's Book Award was uncategorized from 1968 to 1980, after which two categories were presented: Younger Readers and Older Readers.
This is a list of best-selling fiction authors to date, in any language. While finding precise sales numbers for any given author is nearly impossible, the list is based on approximate numbers provided or repeated by reliable sources. "Best selling" refers to the estimated number of copies sold of all fiction books written or co-written by an ...
The list was criticized as biased towards English-language books, particularly those published by American authors. [3] Nigerian academic Ainehi Edoro criticized the lack of literature by African authors and the predominance of American literature on the list and called the list "an act of cultural erasure". [ 4 ]
Upon release 12 Books That Changed the World received criticism from reviewers who noted that several items in the list were not considered books. [4] Others also criticized the list as focusing on works put out by white British men, as well as the length of the list. [5] [6] Miles Kingston noted that the list was absent of any foreign texts. [7]
Throughout the history of literature, since the creation of bound texts in the forms of books and codices, various works have been published and written anonymously, often due to their political or controversial nature, or merely for the purposes of the privacy of their authors, among other reasons.
The resulting list of "100 novels that shaped our world", [1] called the "100 Most Inspiring Novels" by BBC News, [2] was published by the BBC to kick off a year of celebrating literature. [2] [3] The list triggered comments from critics and other news agencies.
The Weather of the Future: Heat Waves, Extreme Storms, and Other Scenes From a Climate-Changed Planet: Climate change: dangers from greenhouse gases from fossil fuels: Heidi Cullen: 2010: Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto: Various themes: climate change, urbanization, and biotechnology: Stewart Brand: 2009: ISBN 978-0-670-02121-5