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The Road from Home is Kherdian's most famous book. [11] Its success has increased awareness of the Armenian Genocide. [12] The book has been published in most European countries and in many other places, including Japan. [13] It has been republished several times in the United States and is increasingly read in middle schools throughout the ...
Cucumis metuliferus commonly called the African horned cucumber (shortened to horned cucumber), horned melon, spiked melon, jelly melon, or kiwano, is an annual vine in the cucumber and melon family Cucurbitaceae. Its fruit has horn-like spines, hence the name "horned melon". The ripe fruit has orange skin and lime-green, jelly-like flesh.
Because SparkNotes provides study guides for literature that include chapter summaries, many teachers see the website as a cheating tool. [7] These teachers argue that students can use SparkNotes as a replacement for actually completing reading assignments with the original material, [8] [9] [10] or to cheat during tests using cell phones with Internet access.
IDG Books purchased CliffsNotes in 1998 for $14.2 million. John Wiley & Sons acquired IDG Books (renamed Hungry Minds) in 2001. In 2011, CliffsNotes announced a joint venture with Mark Burnett, a TV producer, to create a series of 60-second video study guides of literary works. [4] In 2012, CliffsNotes was acquired by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. [1]
In the November/December 2009 issue of Bookmarks, the book was scored a 3.5 out of 5. The magazine's critical summary reads: "Perhaps Entertainment Weekly summed it up best by stating that Nocturnes, by any other writer, would be praiseworthy; by a celebrated author like Ishiguro, it can best be likened to a minor work from a master composer". [9]
According to the book's jacket, the book was commissioned to commemorate the Battle's 200th anniversary. [ 3 ] The book includes a number of full colour illustrations, including maps and colour portraits of the major figures involved, including Napoleon Bonaparte , the Duke of Wellington , Field Marshall Prince von Blucher , Marshalls Ney ...
Growth of the Soil portrays the protagonist (Isak) and his family as awed by modernity, yet at times, they come into conflict with it. The novel contains two sections titled Book One and Book Two. The first book focuses almost solely on the story of Isak and his family and the second book starts off by following the plight of Axel and ends ...
The original Broadway production starred Lily Tomlin, [1] won the Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience, and was turned into a film in 1991. The show, Tomlin's second Broadway billing as a solo performer, follows Tomlin as she performs various characters or personae, all while wearing simple black pants and a white blouse.