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In later years, he described the book as a commentary on how mass media reduces interest in reading literature. [8] In a 1994 interview, Bradbury cited political correctness as an allegory for the censorship in the book, calling it "the real enemy these days" and labeling it as " thought control and freedom of speech control".
This novel spans 30 years and is told in an experimental format, with chapters written in various styles. If you're looking for a book that will both mentally challenge and emotionally destroy you ...
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is a 2005 novel by Jonathan Safran Foer.The book's narrator is a nine-year-old boy named Oskar Schell. In the story, Oskar discovers a key in a vase that belonged to his father, who died a year earlier in the September 11 attacks.
A high school music student discovers that she can travel forward in time with the help of a mysterious piano piece called "Secret". 2007 Timecrimes: Nacho Vigalondo: A man accidentally travels back to the past and meets himself there. 2007 The Last Day of Summer: 11-year-old Luke gets his wish that every day could be the last day of summer ...
Dust jacket from the 1951 Collins hardback edition of Jennings Follows a Clue. The Jennings series is a collection of novels written by Anthony Buckeridge (1912–2004) as children's literature about the humorous escapades of J. C. T. Jennings, a schoolboy at Linbury Court preparatory school, located near the fictional town of Dunhambury in Sussex, England.
Two Years' Vacation (French: Deux ans de vacances) is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1888.The story tells of the fortunes of a group of schoolboys stranded on a deserted island in the South Pacific, and of their struggles to overcome adversity.
The Spinola Hours is a illuminated manuscript book of hours of about 1510-1520, consisting of 312 folios, over 80 of which are mainly decorated with miniature paintings. It was produced between Bruges and Ghent in Flanders around 1510-1520, and is a key work of the Ghent–Bruges school of illuminators.
Our Dumb Century: The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines from America's Finest News Source is a satirical humor book written by the staff of The Onion and published by Three Rivers Press in 1999. The chief editor of the book was Scott Dikkers , with specific sections edited by Robert D. Siegel , Maria Schneider and John Krewson .