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Rivera, Tomás (1977) ...y no se lo tragó la tierra/...And the Earth Did Not Part. Trans by Herminio Rios, Berkeley: Justa Publications. Rivera, Tomás (1987) ...y no se lo tragó la tierra/ ...And the Earth Did Not Devour Him (English and Spanish edition). Translated by Evangelina Vigil-Piñón.
The Good Earth is a novel that dramatizes family life in an early 20th-century Chinese village. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1932 and was influential in Buck's winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938.
Earth Abides is a 1949 science fiction novel by George R. Stewart about the aftermath of a deadly disease that wipes out most of humanity. The novel follows the protagonist Ish, who survives the epidemic and tries to rebuild civilization with a small group of survivors.
Sons is a historical fiction novel by American author Pearl S. Buck first published by John Day Company in 1932. It is the second book in The House of Earth trilogy, preceded by The Good Earth and followed by A House Divided.
The Wretched of the Earth (French: Les Damnés de la Terre) is a 1961 book by the philosopher Frantz Fanon, in which the author provides a psychoanalysis of the dehumanizing effects of colonization upon the individual and the nation, and discusses the broader social, cultural, and political implications of establishing a social movement for the decolonisation of a person and of a people.
When Heaven and Earth Changed Places is a 1989 memoir by Le Ly Hayslip about her childhood during the Vietnam War, her escape to the United States, and her return to visit Vietnam 16 years later. The Oliver Stone film Heaven & Earth was based on the memoir.
SparkNotes is a website that provides study guides for literature, history, film, and other topics. It was founded by Harvard students in 1999 and acquired by Barnes & Noble in 2001.
A 1914 novel by H. G. Wells about a world war triggered by atomic bombs and a subsequent utopian world government. The novel explores the themes of energy, war, and human progress in a scientific and historical context.