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1 day ago · A penguin is, of course, a penguin, not a person. But these upright, waddling birds are comically people-like. The live specimens at the London Zoo’s Penguin Pond “provoked a range of anthropomorphic media analogies, including soldiers on parade, ‘Dominicans in feathers,’ and ‘self-conscious chorus girls.’”
6 days ago · John Ernst Steinbeck (/ ˈ s t aɪ n b ɛ k / STYNE-bek; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer.He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception".
- December 20, 1968 (aged 66), New York City, U.S.
- John Ernst Steinbeck II, February 27, 1902, Salinas, California, U.S.
6 days ago · Background Earliest influences Left: The English writer Lewis Carroll, whose wordplay influenced John Lennon's writing style Right: The American cartoonist James Thurber, whose cartoons Lennon began imitating when he was a teenager John Lennon was artistic as a child, though unfocused on his schooling. He was mostly raised by his aunt Mimi Smith, an avid reader who helped shape the literary ...
- John Lennon
- United Kingdom
- 1964
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5 days ago · With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning ...
3 days ago · 世界最大の出版社であるアメリカのペンギン・ランダムハウス(prh)は2022年、同じくアメリカの出版社であるサイモン＆シュスター(s&s)を買収 ...
2 days ago · Our blue penguin ends up very lonely, but of course in the end things resolve and he does find friendship. The book has some lovely illustrations and the story shows friendship beyond colour which is an important theme. Penguin Huddle by Ross Montgomery & Sarah Warburton. Penguin Huddle is a hilarious picture book that made me laugh so much ...
5 days ago · The Penguin 'family' included a wide range of imprints that included Pelican Books, Puffin Books, King Penguins, Guides and many other specialist series. The covers to this, the 1962 List, is I am sure by noted artist and illustrator Brian Wildsmith (1930 - 2016) and shows a 'clutch' of Penguins and Pelicans surrounded by a surrealist field of ...
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