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  2. My Brilliant Friend - Wikipedia

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    The novel's critical success has been matched by its popular appeal. In 2019, The Guardian ranked My Brilliant Friend as the 11th best book of the 21st century. [6] In a 2024 survey conducted by The New York Times Book Review, the novel was named the best book of the 21st century, solidifying its place in contemporary literature. [7]

  3. Tom Holland (author) - Wikipedia

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    James Holland (brother) Charles Holland (great-uncle) Website. www.tom-holland.org. Thomas Holland FRSL (born 5 January 1968) is an English author and popular historian who has published best-selling books on topics including classical and medieval history, and the origins of Islam.

  4. The Parrot and the Igloo - Wikipedia

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    The book tells the story of two parallel histories: the development of climate science and its dangerous inversion by climate deniers. It was published on July 11, 2023 by Norton. [2] The book is a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2023, [3] an Amazon Best Book of 2023, [4] a New Yorker Best Book of 2023, [5] and a New York Times Editors' Choice. [6]

  5. Book Review: 'A Day in September' examines the lessons ... - AOL

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    Quite a bit, it turns out, particularly regarding the bloodiest battle of the war and in American history, Antietam. In one day of savage fighting, Sept. 17, 1862, an estimated 6,500 soldiers were ...

  6. The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England - Wikipedia

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    The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England. The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century is a handbook about Late Medieval England by British historian Ian Mortimer. It was first published on 2 October 2008 by The Bodley Head, [1] and a later edition with more pages was released on 29 ...

  7. Mirandi Riwoe - Wikipedia

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    Riwoe is the author of Stone Sky Gold Mountain, set during the gold-rush era in Australia and told from the perspective of siblings Ying and Lai Yue, who have left China to seek their fortune in the gold fields. Stone Sky Gold Mountain that won the 2020 Queensland Literary Award Fiction Book Award [1] and the inaugural ARA Historical Novel ...

  8. The Goldfinch (novel) - Wikipedia

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    The book was selected as one of the 10 Best Books of 2013 by the editors of the New York Times Book Review. [40] In 2024, it was ranked 46th in the New York Times list of the 100 best books of the 21st century, and 4th on the list of readers picks. [41] [42]

  9. The Lost Bookshop - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.harpercollins.com /blogs /authors /evie-woods. The Lost Bookshop is a novel with elements of bibliophilia, magical realism, fantasy, historical fiction, and romance [1] by the Irish author, Evie Woods. [2] The book also tackles serious real-world issues such as alcoholism, domestic violence and societal misogyny.