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- How Books Changed The WorldArticle
In more recent years, another book that had a significant impact on history was The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. This book tells the story of a young girl who hid from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II. The diary was published after Anne’s death, and it quickly became one of the most important books…
- Kimberley JohnsonInterview
A Call To Action: Women, Religion, Violence and Power by Jimmy Carter, Brain Droppings by George Carlin and The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.
- Anne GriffinInterview
My Name Is Leon by Kit de Waal, The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, and Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernières (but not the movie!).
- Michael MichalkoInterview
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. This is a book based on the writings from a diary written by Anne Frank, a 13-year-old girl, while she was in hiding for two years with her family in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. This is the real diary of a teenage girl that begins on Anne’s 13th…
- Keith FrankishInterview
I read a lot of academic articles and books, mostly now about consciousness. Today I’ve been reading The Philosophy of Daniel Dennett edited by Bryce Huebner, which is a marvellous collection of new essays reflecting on the work of one of my favourite philosophers. I’m also reading a novel, An Instance of the…
- Jill SantopoloInterview
So many! But right now I’ll stick with Queen of the Summer Stars by Persia Woolley, which is the story of King Arthur from Guinevere’s perspective and is a book I read over and over as a teenager. I also was profoundly affected by Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, Mila 18 and Exodus by Leon Uris, The Sisters…
- Robert CravenInterview
When I think about my childhood, the books that come to mine are Famous Five by Enid Blyton, Billy Bunter by Frank Richards, Biggles by W.E. Johns, Neville Shute via The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett and Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.
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