Louis Adamic

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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10 Captivating Contemporary Novels Set in the British Isles

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

9 American Countercultural Books

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Which Is Correct: Hanukkah or Chanukah?

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7 Winter Solstice Celebrations From Around the World

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Why Does Cilantro Taste Like Soap to Some People?

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10 Best Hockey Players of All Time

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and autodidact.

6 Interesting Facts about Srinivasa Ramanujan

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6 Cultures That Recognize More than Two Genders

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Born	March 23, 1898? • Austria-Hungary
Died	September 4, 1951 • New Jersey
Notable Works	“Cradle of Life” • “Grandsons” • “Laughing in the Jungle” • “My America” • “The House in Antigua” • “The Native’s Return”

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Jack Conroy

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Mary Gove Nichols

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E.W. Howe

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Mark Twain

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Vladimir Nabokov

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Isaac Asimov

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James Patterson

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Dave Eggers

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Ta-Nehisi Coates

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Edith Wharton

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Fred Harris

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Richard Wright

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Jill Abramson

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Anna Louise Strong

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Joyce Carol Oates

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Randall Robinson

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William Goldman

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Samuel R. Delany

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