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Score: 20 Presumably from the practice, in counting sheep or large herds of cattle, of counting orally from one to twenty, and making a score or notch on a stick, before proceeding to count the next twenty. [3] [4] A distance of twenty yards in ancient archery and gunnery. [5] Threescore: 60 Three score (3x20) Large: 1,000 Slang for one ...
Murray's address books, combined with those of Frederick Furnivall, included the names of some 3000 volunteers alongside the words they had submitted quotations for and which books they had used. The Dictionary People is structured as an abecedary, with each chapter focussing on a particular type of contributor, such as "C for Cannibal", "H for ...
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This is a list of best-selling fiction authors to date, in any language. While finding precise sales numbers for any given author is nearly impossible, the list is based on approximate numbers provided or repeated by reliable sources. "Best selling" refers to the estimated number of copies sold of all fiction books written or co-written by an ...
The list was criticized as biased towards English-language books, particularly those published by American authors. [3] Nigerian academic Ainehi Edoro criticized the lack of literature by African authors and the predominance of American literature on the list and called the list "an act of cultural erasure". [4]
This is a list of English-language novels that multiple media outlets and commentators have considered to be among the best of all time. The books included on this list are on at least three "best/greatest of all time" lists.
Genres are formed shared literary conventions that change over time as new genres emerge while others fade. As such, genres are not wholly fixed categories of writing; rather, their content evolves according to social and cultural contexts and contemporary questions of morals and norms.
108 [20] English 17 The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o: 2016: 100 [21] Gikuyu: 18 The Adventures of Tintin: Hergé: 1929–1976: 96 [22] (not all volumes are available in all languages) French 19 The Imitation of Christ: Thomas à Kempis: 1418: 95 [23] Latin: 20 Harry Potter: J. K. Rowling: 1997–2007: 85 ...