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  2. A Good Word for the Vicar of Bray - Wikipedia

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    A Good Word for the Vicar of Bray" is an essay by the English author George Orwell. In it, Orwell encourages the public-spirited action of planting trees, which may well make up for the harm people do in their lives. The essay was first published in Tribune on 26 April 1946.

  3. Books v. Cigarettes - Wikipedia

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    Orwell questions the idea that buying or reading a book is an expensive hobby. Working out that he had 442 books in his flat and an equivalent number elsewhere, he allocates a range of prices, depending on whether the books were bought new, given, provided for review purposes, borrowed or loaned.

  4. Some Thoughts on the Common Toad - Wikipedia

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    Some Thoughts on the Common Toad" is an essay published in 1946 by the English author George Orwell. It is a eulogy in favour of spring. The essay first appeared in Tribune on the 12 April 1946, and was reprinted in The New Republic of 20 May 1946. An abridged version, "The Humble Toad", appeared in World Digest in March 1947. [1]

  5. Excellent Birds - Wikipedia

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    Nam June Paik, a Korean visual artist, initiated the collaboration by asking Gabriel and Anderson to contribute a song and music video for a PBS broadcast of the Good Morning, Mr. Orwell television program, which referenced George Orwell 's Nineteen Eighty-Four novel and would air on 1 January 1984. [3]

  6. George Orwell bibliography - Wikipedia

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    The Complete Works of George Orwell – Volume 13: All Propaganda Is Lies: 1941–1942: Book 1986 — Published by Secker and Warburg in 1986, later reprinted in 1999; volumes one to nine are reprintings of Orwell's non-fiction books and novels The Complete Works of George Orwell – Volume 14: Keeping Our Little Corner Clean: 1942–1943: Book ...

  7. The English People (essay) - Wikipedia

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    The English People is an essay by English author George Orwell, first published in August 1947. It was commissioned in September 1943 by W. J. Turner, Collins's general editor, for the series Britain in Pictures. The idea for the series came from the Ministry of Information.

  8. 'Bird Box: Barcelona' Has More Questions Than Answers - AOL

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    Still, I'm ready for another sequel: 'Bird Box: Dead Reckoning—Part One,' maybe?

  9. Searchlight Books - Wikipedia

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    Searchlight Books was a series of essays published as hardback books, edited by T. R. Fyvel and George Orwell.The series was published by Secker & Warburg. [1] [2]The series was projected for 17 titles, of which ten were published during 1941-42, but bomb damage to Warburg's office and the destruction of his printer's paper stock led to the series being discontinued.