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The inspiring novels that have left a significant mark on the world of literature and popular culture.Before the novel, the world of books was dominated by scientific tomes, religious tracts and histories of the victorious in war. There had been stories and epic poems from ancient times - Homer's Iliad and Odyssey recounted ancient Greece, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was a chivalric romance in Middle English, but it was not until the seventeenth century, when the European middle classes had money and leisure, that anything so frivolous as a novel could be sold for entertainment.Colin Salter traces the evolution of the novel from the earliest examples through to the postmodernist best-sellers of the 21st century. Rather than dwelling too long on the technical nuances of innovative writing style he has amassed 100 of the greatest novel writers and chosen their most significant work.For writers such as Herman Melville, James Joyce or Harper Lee the decision is not a difficult one.

Recognising one of the most-honoured performers of all time, A Celebration of Dolly Parton: The Activity Book is 2021's follow-up to A Celebration of David Attenborough: The Activity Book and The Unofficial Michelle Obama Activity Book.Spanning Dolly's long and illustrious career, TheActivity Book includes: Illustrations and graphics to colour-in dedicated to Dolly's Greatest HitsAnagrams of our favourite Dolly songsA solution for when the daily 9 to 5 grind is transported to the working-from-home environmentA tour of Dollywood: try to spot Dolly among the throngs of visitors and maze your way around to reunite her with her missing guitarInspirational word clouds, quizzes, puzzles, games, drawings, facts, emotional rollercoaster graphs and much, much moreNot just a musician, Dolly has used her vast fame and fortune for good: setting up The Dollywood Foundation, the My People Fund and, perhaps most famously, The Imagination Library which provides free books to children throughout their