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The Moon and Sixpence is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham, first published on 15 April 1919.It is told in episodic form by a first-person narrator providing a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character, Charles Strickland, a middle-aged English stockbroker, who abandons his wife and children abruptly to pursue his desire to become an artist.
$6.0 $6.0 Action Comics #1. First appearance of Superman. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster: 1938 April 2024 [53] $5.3 $5.3 Superman #1. First issue of the first Superman comic book series, owned by Tony Arnold Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. 1939 January 2022 [54] $14 $5.80 Northumberland Bestiary. Previously owned by the Dukes of Northumberland.
Category: Book series by year of introduction. ... 0–9. Book series introduced in 1854 (1 P) Book series introduced in 1676 (1 P) Book series introduced in 1687 (1 P)
Penguin books in Australia recently had to reprint 7,000 copies of a now-collectible book because one of the recipes called for "salt and freshly ground black people." 9 misprints that are worth a ...
A Song of Sixpence is a novel by A. J. Cronin about the coming to manhood of Laurence Carroll and his life in Scotland. [1] It was published in 1964. Its sequel is A Pocketful of Rye. As with several of his other novels, Cronin drew on his own experiences growing up in Scotland for this book.
Some works in a series can stand alone—they can be read in any order, as each book makes few, if any, reference to past events, and the characters seldom, if ever, change. Many of these series books may be published in a numbered series. Examples of such series are works like The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, and Nick Carter.
More than 400 million Goosebumps books have been sold, [1] making it the best-selling series of all time for several years. [2] At one point, Goosebumps sold 4 million books a month. [3] A film based on the books was released on October 16, 2015. [4] A new book series called Goosebumps House of Shivers set after Slappyworld started in September ...
The Royal Book of Oz (1921) by Ruth Plumly Thompson, an official continuation novel of Oz books after the death of the original writer. A continuation novel is a sequel novel with continuity in the style of an established series, produced by a new author after the original author's death. [1]