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5 days ago · Summary. The book is set in 1984 in Oceania, one of three perpetually warring totalitarian states (the other two are Eurasia and Eastasia). Oceania is governed by the all-controlling Party, which has brainwashed the population into unthinking obedience to its leader, Big Brother.
1 day ago · The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway 's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- 1925
3 days ago · Plot. Harry Potter lives with his abusive uncle and aunt, Vernon and Petunia Dursley, and their bullying son, Dudley. On Harry's eleventh birthday, he receives an acceptance letter from Hogwarts, a school of magic. The gamekeeper of Hogwarts, Rubeus Hagrid, collects Harry from the Dursleys and informs him that he is a wizard like his parents.
5 days ago · FCBG blog. Matt Goodfellow’s verse novel The Final Year (Otter-Barry Books) is one of the books of the year, winning its category in the Children’s Book Award as well as this year’s CLiPPA, CLPE Children’s Poetry Award. The Final Year draws on Matt’s experience as a primary school teacher but in this special article, he explains that ...
2 days ago · Quenta Silmarillion (Quenya: "The History of the Silmarils" [T 6]), the bulk of the book in 24 chapters, is a series of interconnected tales set in the First Age that narrate the tragic saga of the three forged jewels, the Silmarils.
4 days ago · Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson form a comic dream team in this smart, funny comedy from the director of The Devil Wears Prada and Marley & Me. Looking to shake up their routine lives, three amateur bird watchers compete to become the ultimate “birder” by spotting the greatest number of species within a single calendar year.
1 day ago · INVESTMENTS. Draghi said the proposals outlined in his report would require minimum annual additional investment of 750-800 billion euros a year, which he recognised as "massive investment needs ...
