Which publishing company, owned by Random House, ranked Brave New World fifth on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century?
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Brave New World In 1999, the Modern Library ranked "Brave New World" fifth on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 2003, Robert McCrum writing for "The Observer" included "Brave New World" chronologically at number 53 in "the top 100 greatest novels of all time", and the novel was listed at number 87 on the BBC's survey The Big Read.
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Modern Library 100 Best Novels Modern Library's 100 Best Novels is a list of the best English-language novels of the 20th century as selected by the Modern Library, an American publishing company owned by Random House.
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Holtzbrinck Publishing Group Holtzbrinck Publishing Group is a privately-held Stuttgart-based company which owns publishing companies worldwide. The company has published a wide variety of books, from "The Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie to classics by Agatha Christie, Jean-Paul Sartre, Ernest Hemingway and John Updike. Other well-known publications of the company include the scientific journal "Nature" and "Scientific American". It is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies.
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The Fifth Horseman (novel) The Fifth Horseman is a 1980 techno-thriller novel written by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre. The story revolves around Libyan leader Gaddafi holding New York City hostage with the threat of setting off a hidden nuclear bomb. The book had such a shocking effect that the French President cancelled the sale of nuclear reactors to Libya, even though they were meant for peaceful purposes.
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Chingwin Publishing Group Ching Win Publishing Co., Ltd. () is a Taiwanese Publishing Group famous for its large manga selection, established 1964 in Taipei. Though it was initially aimed as general publishing company, it changed its principle to mainly publishing manga, light novels and pop culture magazines during the 1990s. In addition to translating Japanese manga and light novels, it also supports local Taiwanese authors as well.
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William Morrow and Company William Morrow and Company is an American publishing company founded by William Morrow in 1926. The company was acquired by Scott Foresman in 1967, sold to Hearst Corporation in 1981, and sold to News Corporation (now News Corp) in 1999. The company is now an imprint of HarperCollins.
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Viking Press Viking Press is an American publishing company now owned by Penguin Random House. It was founded in New York City on March 1, 1925, by Harold K. Guinzburg and George S. Oppenheim and then acquired by the Penguin Group in 1975.
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Shogakukan Shogakukan Inc. (株式会社小学館 , Kabushiki gaisha Shōgakukan ) is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.
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Hay House Hay House is a New Thought and self-help publisher founded in 1984 by author Louise Hay, when she self-published her books "Heal Your Body" and "You Can Heal Your Life". Hay House Inc. includes the imprints New Beginnings Press, Princess Books, Smiley Books, and Balboa Press.
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English novel The English novel is an important part of English literature. This article mainly concerns novels, written in English, by novelists who were born or have spent a significant part of their lives in England, or Scotland, or Wales, or Northern Ireland (or Ireland before 1922). However, given the nature of the subject, this guideline has been applied with common sense, and reference is made to novels in other languages or novelists who are not primarily British where appropriate.
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Archipelago Books Archipelago Books is an American "not-for-profit publisher dedicated to promoting cross-cultural exchange through international literature in translation." Located in Brooklyn, New York, it publishes small to mid-size runs of international fiction, poetry, and literary essays. The press was founded in 2003 by Jill Schoolman. On marking its 10th anniversary, Archipelago had published one hundred books, translated from more than twenty-six languages into English. It is distributed by Penguin Random House.
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A Dreamer's Tales A Dreamer's Tales is the fifth book by Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula K. Le Guin, and others. It was first published in hardcover by George Allen & Sons in September, 1910, and has been reprinted a number of times since. Issued by the Modern Library in a combined edition with "The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories" as "A Dreamer's Tales and Other Stories" in 1917.
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Global Oriental Global Oriental is an imprint of the Dutch publishing house Brill. It used to be trade publishing company based in Kent, United Kingdom. It is the publisher of scholarly books on Japan and East Asia in fields such as History, Martial Arts, Arts and Literature. In April 2010 it was acquired by Brill publishers of Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Dengeki Bunko Dengeki Bunko (電撃文庫 ) is a publishing imprint affiliated with the Japanese publishing company ASCII Media Works (formerly MediaWorks). It was established in June 1993 with the publication of "Hyōryū Densetsu Crystania" volume one, and is a light novel imprint aimed at a male audience. The editors in charge of this imprint have a reputation for welcoming new authors, and hold a yearly contest, the "Dengeki Novel Prize", to discover new talent. The eighth volume of "Kino's Journey", originally published in October 2004, was Dengeki Bunko's 1,000th published novel. As of September 2010, Dengeki Bunko has published over 2,000 light novels; the 2,000th novel was volume one of Yuyuko Takemiya's "Golden Time". Several publications from Dengeki Bunko were later adapted into anime series, including "Kino's Journey", "Shakugan no Shana", "A Certain Magical Index" and "Sword Art Online" among others. After MediaWorks' light novel magazine "Dengeki hp" was discontinued, a new magazine entitled "Dengeki Bunko Magazine" succeeded it. In April 2013, the imprint celebrated their 20th anniversary with an exhibition.
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Time's List of the 100 Best Novels "Time"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s List of the 100 Best Novels is an unranked list of the 100 best novels—and ten best graphic novels—published in the English language between 1923 and 2005. The list was compiled by "Time Magazine" critics Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo.
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Western Publishing Western Publishing, also known as Western Printing and Lithographing Company, was a Racine, Wisconsin, firm responsible for publishing the Little Golden Books. Its Golden Books Family Entertainment division also produced children's books and family-related entertainment products. The company had editorial offices in New York City and Los Angeles, California. Western Publishing became Golden Books Family Entertainment from 1996 to fall 2001. As of 2016, "Little Golden Books" remains as an imprint of Penguin Random House.
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Everyman's Library Everyman's Library is a series of reprinted classic literature currently published in hardback by Random House. It was originally an imprint of J. M. Dent (latterly a division of Weidenfeld & Nicolson), who continue to publish Everyman Classics in paperback.
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A &amp; C Black A & C Black is a British book publishing company, owned since 2002 by Bloomsbury Publishing.
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The Man Who Loved Children The Man Who Loved Children is a 1940 novel by Australian writer Christina Stead. It was not until a reissue edition in 1965, with an introduction by poet Randall Jarrell, that it found widespread critical acclaim and popularity. "Time" magazine included the novel in its "TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005". The novel has been championed by novelists Robert Stone, Jonathan Franzen and Angela Carter. Carter believed Stead's other novels "Cotters England"; "A Little Tea, A Little Chat"; and "For Love Alone" to be as good, if not better than "The Man Who Loved Children".
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Dutton Children's Books Dutton Children's Books is a US publisher, a division of the Penguin Group, the children's book imprint associated with the Dutton adult division. They were previously an imprint of E.P. Dutton prior to 1986. The Dutton children's imprint, as a division of E.P. Dutton, has been publishing since 1852. They are the original US publishers of the Winnie-the-Pooh books by A.A. Milne, among others.
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St. Martin's Press St. Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in the Flatiron Building in Manhattan, New York City. St. Martin's Press is considered one of the largest English-language publishers. bringing to the public some 700 titles a year under eight imprints.
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Harcourt (publisher) Harcourt was a United States publishing firm with a long history of publishing fiction and nonfiction for adults and children. The company was last based in San Diego, California, with editorial/sales/marketing/rights offices in New York City and Orlando, Florida. From 1919 to 1982, it was based in New York City.