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786 pp [ 1] ISBN. 0-14-031688-4 [ 1] OCLC. 50597816. The Dark Is Rising Sequence is a series of five contemporary fantasy novels for older children and young adults that were written by the British author Susan Cooper and published from 1965 to 1977. The first book in the series, Over Sea, Under Stone, was originally conceived as a stand-alone ...
Battier was a two-time Academic All-American and Academic All-American of the year in 2001. [7] He was second behind Jon Scheyer in the Duke record book for minutes played in a single season as of March 28, 2010, and had 36 double-figure scoring games in a single season (tied for 5th-most in Duke history, with Scheyer, Jason Williams, and JJ ...
The Xeelee Sequence ( / ˈziːliː /; ZEE-lee) [ 1][ 2] [a] is a series of hard science fiction novels, novellas, and short stories written by British science fiction author Stephen Baxter. The series spans billions of years of fictional history, centering on humanity's future expansion into the universe, its intergalactic war with an enigmatic ...
No. of books. 14. James Bond is a literary franchise comprising a series of novels and short stories, first published in 1953 by Ian Fleming, a British author, journalist, and former naval intelligence officer. The protagonist of the series, James Bond, is a British Secret Service agent, often referred to by his code name 007.
According to scholar Pierre A. Walker, all of Angelou's books describe "a sequence of lessons about resisting racist oppression". [1] In the course of her autobiographies, her views about Black-white relationships changed and she learned to accept different points of view.
The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini. Set in the fictional world of Alagaësia ( / æləˈɡeɪziə / ), the novels focus on the adventures of a teenage boy named Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, as they struggle to overthrow the evil king Galbatorix. The series ...
Eadweard Muybridge ( / ˌɛdwərd ˈmaɪbrɪdʒ /; 9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904, born Edward James Muggeridge) was an English photographer known for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection. He adopted the first name "Eadweard" as the original Anglo-Saxon form of "Edward", and the surname ...
The first novel in the Harlem Detective series was actually published in America first, in 1957 for Fawcett with the title For Love of Imabelle, then in France in The Serie Noir for publisher Gallimard with the title La Reine de Pommes (The Queen of Apples). It would later also be published under the title A Rage in Harlem.