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The Power of One. The Power of One is a novel by South African born, Australian author Bryce Courtenay, first published in 1989. Set in South Africa during the 1930s and 1940s, it tells the story of an English boy, who through the course of the story, acquires the name of Peekay. In the film version, the protagonist's given name is Peter ...
Language. English. Budget. $18 million. Box office. $2.8 million. The Power of One is a 1992 drama film directed and edited by John G. Avildsen, loosely based on Bryce Courtenay 's 1989 novel of the same title. The film stars Stephen Dorff, John Gielgud, Morgan Freeman, Armin Mueller-Stahl, and Daniel Craig in his feature film debut.
Soul on Ice is a memoir and collection of essays by Eldridge Cleaver. Originally written in Folsom State Prison in 1965, and published three years later in 1968, it is Cleaver's best known writing and remains a seminal work in African-American literature. [1][2] The treatises were first printed in the nationally-circulated monthly Ramparts and ...
First edition. The Wheel of Love is contains 20 works of short fiction by Joyce Carol Oates published by Vanguard Press in 1970. [1] The volume brought Oates "abundant national acclaim" [2] including this assessment from librarian and critic John Alfred Avant: "Quite simply, one of the finest collections of short stories ever written by an American."
First Volume of One Piece, released in Japan by Shueisha on December 24, 1997 One Piece is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda which has been translated into various languages and spawned a substantial media franchise, including animated and live action television series, films, video games, and associated music and merchandise. It follows the adventures of the ...
from the BBC programme Bookclub, 2 October 2011. [5] Suzanna Arundhati Roy (born 24 November 1961) [1] is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things (1997), which won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the best-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author. [1]
Composed in 1917–18, it contains the aria "O mio babbino caro", one of Puccini's best known, and one of the most popular arias in opera. Louis Andriessen's 2008 opera La Commedia is a retelling of The Divine Comedy. Lucia Ronchetti's 2021 opera Inferno is based on the Inferno section of The Divine Comedy.
Works of Love. Works of Love (Danish: Kjerlighedens Gjerninger) is a book by Søren Kierkegaard written in 1847. It is one of the works which he published under his own name, as opposed to his more famous "pseudonymous" works. Works of Love deals primarily with the Christian conception of agape love, in contrast with erotic love (eros) or ...