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First published in 1572, The Lusiads is one of the greatest epic poems of the Renaissance, immortalizing Portugal's voyages of discovery with an unrivalled freshness of observation. ![]() ![]() ![]() “In her view, feeling shame about ourselves was a rejection of the gift of existence.”. Themes of compassion, forgiveness, and redemption are woven throughout.Ī searing portrait of the anguish of grief and a wife’s thirst for revenge for the murder of a beautiful, powerful transwoman. 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She is the creator of two of the most enduring figures in crime literature-Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple-and author of The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theatre.Īgatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born in Torquay, Devon, England, U.K., as the youngest of three. ![]() According to Index Translationum, she remains the most-translated individual author, having been translated into at least 103 languages. ![]() Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. She wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in Romance. 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In 1975, Friedman graduated from Brandeis University with a B.A. Three Pulitzer Awards have been awarded to him: two for his Middle East reporting and one for Searching for the Roots of 9/11.įrom Beirut to Jerusalem, The Lexus and the Olive Tree, Longitudes and Attitudes, The Earth Is Flat, Hot Flat, and Crowded, That Used To Be Us (with Michael Mandelbaum), and most recently, Thank You For Being Late are among his seven New York Times bestsellers.Ī holiday trip to Israel sparked his interest in the Middle East with his parents in 1968–1969, and his passion for reporting and newspapers was fostered by Hattie Steinberg, his high school journalism teacher. Friedman is a well-known author, journalist, and columnist. museum that opened in October 2020 and is devoted to language arts. ![]() Friedman is the former educator and founder of Planet Word, a Washington, D.C. ![]() |