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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Alfred_HitchcockAlfred Hitchcock - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. [1]

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Arthur_Conan_DoyleArthur Conan Doyle - Wikipedia

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   3 days ago · Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.

3. theweek.com › culture-life › booksBest memoirs and biographies: from Britney Spears to the ...

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   Oct 17, 2024 · Best memoirs and biographies: from Britney Spears to the Beckhams. Dive into some of the most compelling life stories – from David Bowie to Keir Starmer. Intimate narratives are revealed in ...

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   2 days ago · Alfred the Great (Old English: Ælfrǣd [ˈæɫvˌræːd]; c. 849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfred was young.

5. fivebooks.com › category › biographyThe Best Biographies - Five Books Expert Recommendations

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   Oct 21, 2024 · Last updated: October 21, 2024. Whether you're looking for new biographies, or outstanding works written decades or even centuries ago, we have some recommendations. To help find a book about a specific person or group of people, we've set up the following lists: The best historical biographies.

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6. researchguides.dartmouth.edu › filmstudies › hitchcockHitchcock - Film Studies - Research Guides at Dartmouth College

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   Oct 8, 2024 · ISBN: 9781578065622. Even twenty years after his death and nearly fifty or more years after his creative peak, Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) is still arguably the most instantly recognizable film director in name, appearance, vision, and voice.

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   Is Dune chronicles a good book?

   • It tied with Roger Zelazny 's This Immortal for the Hugo Award for Best Novel and won the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1966. It is the first installment of the Dune Chronicles. It is one of the world's best-selling science fiction novels.

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   When was Dune published?

   • The serialized version was expanded, reworked, and submitted to more than twenty publishers, each of whom rejected it. The novel, Dune, was finally accepted and published in August 1965 by Chilton Books, a printing house better known for publishing auto repair manuals. [ 12 ]

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   Is Dune a science fiction story?

   • After a long period of hardship and exile, he confronts and defeats the source of evil in his tale. [ 68 ][ 69 ] As such, Dune is representative of a general trend beginning in 1960s American science fiction in that it features a character who attains godlike status through scientific means. [ 70 ]

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   Where can I find a book about Frank Herbert's Dune?

   • Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-911682-20-5. Williams, Kevin C. (2013). The Wisdom of the Sand: Philosophy and Frank Herbert's Dune. New York: Hampton Press. Wikiquote has quotations related to Dune. Turner, Paul (October 1973).

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   • ISBN 978-0-8057-7514-3. Locus ran a poll of readers on April 15, 1975, in which Dune 'was voted the all-time best science-fiction novel … It has sold over ten million copies in numerous editions.' ^ abcdHerbert, Frank (August 2, 2005). Dune 40th Anniversary Edition: Editorial Reviews. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-441-01359-3.

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   • Oscar Wilde (born October 16, 1854, Dublin, Ireland—died November 30, 1900, Paris, France) was an Irish wit, poet, and dramatist whose enduring fame rests on his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), and on his comic masterpieces Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895).

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8. thediscourse.ca › taiaiake-alfred-tours-new-book‘It’s All About the Land’: Taiaiake Alfred tours new book

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   Oct 17, 2024 · Any discussions about truth and reconciliation that don’t centre land, systemic change, and compensation for past harms are inherently problematic, says Kahnawà:ke Mohawk activist, writer and scholar Taiaiake Alfred. His new book, It’s All About the Land, is a collection of some of his best speeches, interviews and lectures over the last ...