a highly readable book
91Zola, Émile — Zo·la (zōʹlə, zō läʹ), Émile. 1840 1902. French writer and critic who was a leading proponent of naturalism in fiction. His works include Les Rougon Macquart (1871 1893), a series of 20 novels, and “J Accuse” (1898), a letter in defense of Alfred …
92Born, Max — born Dec. 11, 1882, Breslau, Ger. died Jan. 5, 1970, Göttingen, W.Ger. German physicist. He taught theoretical physics at the University of Göttingen from 1921 to 1933, when he fled to Britain. There he taught principally at the University of… …
93Herschel, Sir William — ▪ British German astronomer Introduction original name Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel born Nov. 15, 1738, Hannover, Hanover died Aug. 25, 1822, Slough, Buckinghamshire, Eng. German born British astronomer, the founder of sidereal astronomy for… …
94Norris, Frank — ▪ American author byname of Benjamin Franklin Norris born March 5, 1870, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. died October 25, 1902, San Francisco, California American novelist who was the first important naturalist (naturalism) writer in the United… …
95Noon (Literary Annual) — Noon Editor Diane Williams Frequency Annual Founder Diane Williams Year founded 2000 Company Noon, Inc. Country United States …
96Gentile, Giovanni — (1875–1944) Born in Trapani (Sicily), Giovanni Gentile was both a philosopher of great distinction and a cultural propagandist on behalf of the Fascist regime. His early studies were done at Italy’s most renowned institute of higher education …
97last — [[t]lɑ͟ːst, læ̱st[/t]] ♦ lasts, lasting, lasted 1) DET You use last in expressions such as last Friday, last night, and last year to refer, for example, to the most recent Friday, night, or year. I got married last July... He never made it home… …
98Evans, George Ewart — (1909 88). One of the founders of Oral History in Britain, he was the son of a shopkeeper in the mining village of Abercynon in Glamorgan. He came to Suffolk in the 1930s to work as a teacher and writer, and after the war he discovered a field …
99BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon …
100Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
