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Among these are the great books project including the book series Great Books of the Western World, now containing 60 volumes. In 1998 Modern Library, an American publishing company, polled its editorial board to find the best 100 novels of the 20th century: Modern Library 100 Best Novels. These attempts have been criticized for their ...
This list of historical fiction is designed to provide examples of notable works of historical fiction (in literature, film, comics, etc.) organized by time period.. For a more exhaustive list of historical novels by period, see Category:Historical novels by setting, which lists relevant Wikipedia categories; see also the larger List of historical novels, which is organized by country, as well ...
The Roman Mysteries, a series of children's books by Caroline Lawrence (late 1st century) Trajan trilogy by Santiago Posteguillo (Trajan life) Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar (life and death of Roman Emperor Hadrian) Julian by Gore Vidal (Julian the Apostate, 4th century) Eagle in the Snow by Wallace Breem (Magnus Maximus, 4th century)
This is a list of classic children's books published no later than 2008 and still available in the English language. [1] [2] [3] Books specifically for children existed by the 17th century. Before that, books were written mainly for adults – although some later became popular with children.
Before the introduction of books, writing on bone, shells, wood and silk was prevalent in China long before the 2nd century BCE, until paper was invented in China around the 1st century CE. China's first recognizable books called jiance or jiandu , were made of rolls of thin split and dried bamboo bound together with hemp, silk, or leather. [ 14 ]
Engineer and pilot Perry Nelson is killed in a car accident in 1939 and wakes up in another body in 2086. Heinlein could not find a publisher for this, his first book, written in 1938–39, during his lifetime. Many themes of his later writings are here in embryonic form. 2004–2005 Warcraft: War of the Ancients Trilogy: Richard A. Knaak