Edizioni Piemme is an Italian book publisher with specialisms in religion, and in fiction for children and young adults, among its best known publications are the works of who, author of "The Kite Runner"?
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Edizioni Piemme Edizioni Piemme is an Italian book publisher with specialisms in religion, and in fiction for children and young adults. Since October 2003 it has been part of the Mondadori group which acquired 70% of its equity at a cost of 14.104 million Euros. Among its best known publications are the Ulysses Moore and "Century" sagas for children by Pierdomenico Baccalario, and the works of Khaled Hosseini, author of "The Kite Runner".
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner is the first novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2003 by Riverhead Books, it tells the story of Amir, a young boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul, whose closest friend is Hassan. The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of Afghanistan's monarchy through the Soviet military intervention, the exodus of refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the rise of the Taliban regime.
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Ewn Garabandal Ewn Garabandal (born May 29, 1978) is a Lombard novelist, best known for his novel "Feha Gìbuss e il Libro della Profezia" (Feha Gìbuss and the Book of Prophecy), a fantasy book about angels and demons, originally published in hardcover in 2007 (Mursia, Milan).
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The Emperor and the Kite The Emperor and the Kite, written by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Ed Young, is a 1967 picture book. "The Emperor and the Kite" was a Caldecott Medal Honor Book for 1968 and was Young's first Caldecott Honor Medal of a total of three during his career. Young won the Caldecott Medal in 1968 for "The Emperor and the Kite", which he illustrated.
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Michael Palmer (philosopher) Michael Palmer (born 1945) is an English philosopher, whose work has been translated into many languages. His primary field of interest is The Philosophy of Religion. More recently, however, his work has concentrated on the philosophy of atheism, culminating in his authorship of "The Atheist's Creed" (2010), "The Atheist's Primer" (2012) and the projected "Atheism for Beginners" (due 2013).
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Mark David Gerson Mark David Gerson is the award-winning author and creator of "The Q'ntana Trilogy" of fantasy novels and films and nine other books.
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Ursula K. Le Guin Ursula Kroeber Le Guin ( ; born October 21, 1929) is an American author of novels, children's books, and short stories, mainly in the genres of fantasy and science fiction. She has also written poetry and essays. First published in the 1960s, her work has often depicted futuristic or imaginary alternative worlds in politics, the natural environment, gender, religion, sexuality and ethnography. In 2016, "The New York Times" described her as "America's greatest living science fiction writer", although she has said she would prefer to be known as an "American novelist".
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Erik Christian Haugaard Erik Christian Haugaard (April 13, 1923 – June 4, 2009) was a Danish-born American writer, best known for children's books and for his translations of the works of Hans Christian Andersen.
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Thomas H. Cook Thomas H. Cook (born September 19, 1947) is an American author, whose 1996 novel "The Chatham School Affair" received an Edgar award from the Mystery Writers of America.
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Rosie Swale-Pope Rosie Swale-Pope, MBE (born 2 October 1946) is a British author, adventurer and marathon runner who successfully completed a five-year around-the-world run, raising £250,000 for a charity that supports orphaned children in Russia and to highlight the importance of early diagnosis of prostate cancer. Other achievements include sailing single-handed across the Atlantic in a small boat, and trekking 3000 mi alone through Chile on horseback.
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Khaled Hosseini Khaled Hosseini (Persian: خالد حسینی‎ ‎ ] ; ; born March 4, 1965) is an Afghan-born American novelist and physician. After graduating from college, he worked as a doctor in California, an occupation that he likened to "an arranged marriage." He has published three novels, most notably his 2003 debut "The Kite Runner", all of which are at least partially set in Afghanistan and feature an Afghan as the protagonist. Following the success of "The Kite Runner" he retired from medicine to write full-time.
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Syria Poletti Syria Poletti (10 February 1917 – 11 April 1991) was an Argentine writer who specialized in children's literature.
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Emmanuelle Pagano Emmanuelle Pagano (born 1969) is a French writer. She was born in Rodez (Aveyron) and studied fine arts at university. She has written a number of books, including six novels as of 2013. She won the EU Prize for Literature for her novel "Les Adolescents troglodytes".
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J. P. Martin J. P. (John Percival) Martin (1879 – 24 March 1966) was an English author best known for his "Uncle" series of children's stories.
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J. A. Baker John Alec Baker was an English author best known for "The Peregrine," which won the Duff Cooper Prize in 1967. Robert Macfarlane deemed it to be "a masterpiece of twentieth-century non-fiction" in his introduction to the New York Review Books edition of the book. On the back jacket cover of the same edition, James Dickey states that the book "transcends any 'nature writing' of our time," while Barry Lopez declares the book to be "one of the most beautifully written, carefully observed and evocative wildlife accounts I have ever read." Werner Herzog called it the "one book I would ask you to read if you want to make films," and said elsewhere "... it has prose of the caliber that we have not seen since Joseph Conrad."
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (] ; born 5 January 1938) is a Kenyan writer, formerly working in English and now working in Gikuyu. His work includes novels, plays, short stories, and essays, ranging from literary and social criticism to children's literature. He is the founder and editor of the Gikuyu-language journal "Mũtĩiri".
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Laini Taylor Laini Taylor (born December 11, 1971) is an American young adult fantasy author and a finalist for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature. She is best known for the Karou or Daughter of Smoke and Bone series, whose third book appeared in 2014.
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Lloyd Alexander Lloyd Chudley Alexander (January 30, 1924 – May 17, 2007) was an American author of more than forty books, primarily fantasy novels for children and young adults. His most famous work is "The Chronicles of Prydain", a series of five high fantasy novels whose conclusion, "The High King", was awarded the 1969 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature. He won U.S. National Book Awards in 1971 and 1982.
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Introduction to the Devout Life Introduction to the Devout Life (French: "Introduction à la vie dévote") is a book written by Saint Francis de Sales, the first edition being published in 1609. The final edition was published in 1619, prior to the death of Francis in 1622. It enjoyed wide popularity, and was well received in both Protestant and Catholic circles, evidenced by its translation into all major languages of the day. It is typically categorized as a form of reading known as lectio divina ("divine reading"), based on the Christian monastic practice of spiritual reading. Like "The Imitation of Christ" by Thomas a Kempis, it is considered a spiritual classic in the Christian tradition. The work is also used as a guide in Christian spiritual direction.
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Carola Susani Carola Susani (born 1965) is an Italian writer. She was born in Marostica (Vicenza). She published her first novel "Il libro di Teresa" ("Teresa’s Book") in 1995. Her most recent book "Eravamo bambini abbastanza" ("We Were Young Enough", 2012) won the Lo Straniero Prize and the Prata Prize for Fiction. She has also written children's books.
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Adrianne Harun Adrianne Harun is an American writer of prose. Her debut novel, "A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain" (a book about "where evil comes from", according to the author), was published by Penguin in 2014. Claire Vaye Watkins called the book a "breathless, absorbing novel", and the book received many other positive reviews, one reviewer describing it as the "buzz book of the season".
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Susan Hubbard Susan Hubbard is an American fiction writer and professor at the University of Central Florida. She has written seven books of fiction, and is a winner of the Associated Writing Program Prize for Short Fiction and the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for best prose book of the year by an American woman.