The intended audience is grades 9–12. The titles in the Guide to the World’s Most Influential People series are arranged chronologically. For example, The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time begins with medieval music theorist Guido d’Arezzo and ends with Jay-Z. Overall, the selections offer a good balance of gender, nationality, and ethnicity.
Orlando: A Biography is an influential novel by Virginia Woolf, first published on 11 October 1928. A semi-biographical novel based in part on the life of Woolf's intimate friend Vita Sackville-West, it is generally considered one of Woolf's most accessible novels. The novel has been influential stylistically, and is considered important in literature generally, and particularly in the history of women's writing and gender studies.
This book tells the story of Derrida’s skepticism, which proved so influential in the American academy. But it also pays close attention to Derrida’s even more influential departure from his rigorous method of doubting everything: the prophetic tone he assumed when he evoked the revolutionary properties of writing or, in later years, of justice. This tone was an attempt to reach outside the enclosure of skepticism, to proclaim the emergence of a world that would not be merely linguistic.
Paul Leonard Newman was a true Renaissance man who is known worldwide for his performances as an actor and director. His career in the entertainment industry stretched over 50 years, as did his marriage to Joanne Woodward—an unusual and notable achievement in Hollywood. Newman was also a talented race car driver, an influential political activist, a savvy businessman, and a passionate philanthropist who created a food company that has donated more than $280 million to charities.
"A wealth of literature has been published about Paulo Freire, but nothing as comprehensive as this book. This book distinguishes itself by a detailed account of the historical, economic and social context , and on this basis Professor Bhattacharya draws a fascinating and comprehensive picture of one of the most famous and influential educational philosophers from the last half of the twentieth century"
