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2. Lord of the World - Wikipedia

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   Lord of the World is a 1907 dystopian science fiction novel by Robert Hugh Benson that centres upon the reign of the Antichrist and the end of the world. It has been called prophetic by Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI .

3. The Known World - Wikipedia

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   The Known World is a 2003 historical novel by Edward P. Jones. Set in Virginia during the antebellum era, it examines the issues regarding the ownership of Black slaves by both White and Black Americans. The book was published to acclaim, which praised its story and Jones's prose. In particular, his ability to intertwine stories within stories ...

4. The World Set Free - Wikipedia

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   The World Set Free. The World Set Free is a novel written in 1913 and published in 1914 by H. G. Wells. [1] The book is based on a prediction of a more destructive and uncontrollable sort of weapon than the world has yet seen. [2] [3] [4] It had appeared first in serialised form with a different ending as A Prophetic Trilogy, consisting of ...

5. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World - Wikipedia

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   895.6/35 20. LC Class. PL856.U673 S4513 1991. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド, Sekai no Owari to Hādo-Boirudo Wandārando) is a 1985 novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. It was awarded the Tanizaki Prize in 1985. The English translation by Alfred Birnbaum was ...

6. Doctor Zhivago (novel) - Wikipedia

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   Doctor Zhivago ( / ʒɪˈvɑːɡoʊ / zhiv-AH-goh; [1] Russian: До́ктор Жива́го, IPA: [ˈdoktər ʐɨˈvaɡə]) is a novel by Russian poet, author and composer Boris Pasternak, first published in 1957 in Italy. The novel is named after its protagonist, Yuri Zhivago, a physician and poet, and takes place between the Russian ...

7. A History of the World in 10½ Chapters - Wikipedia

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   Preceded by. Staring at the Sun. Followed by. Talking It Over. A History of the World in 10½ Chapters by English writer Julian Barnes published in 1989 is usually described as a novel, though it is actually a collection of subtly connected short stories, in different styles. Most are fictional but some are historical.

8. News of the World (novel) - Wikipedia

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   The book opens in 1870 on the wild border between Texas and Indian Territory, where a 10-year-old girl has been released after four years of captivity. Kiowa raiders had killed her family and taken her hostage, eventually raising her as one of their own with the Kiowa name Cicada. The girl is entrusted to freedman Britt Johnson, who then hands ...

9. Gladiator (novel) - Wikipedia

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   The hardcover novel was first published by New York City, New York's Alfred A. Knopf in 1930, with book club editions that same year from Book League Monthly.. Gladiator has remained in print through several decades, with editions including hardcovers from Shakespeare House (1951), and Hyperion Press (1974, ISBN 0-88355-124-1, with an introduction by Sam Moskowitz), and paperback editions from ...