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Marina Amaral Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Digital colorist, history buff, bestselling author, Forbes Under 30, loves dogs and coffee, etc. #actuallyautistic

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Book Cover for: Lady Windermere's Fan (1892): Four-ACT Comedy, Oscar Wilde

Lady Windermere's Fan (1892): Four-ACT Comedy

Oscar Wilde
Marina AmaralMarina Amaral

... panned as immoral by Victorian critics, but is now considered one of his most notable works. As a dramatist, many of Wilde’s plays were well received including his satirical comedies Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), A Woman of No Importance (1893)... https://t.co/zRwou6ELFS

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Book Cover for: Around The World in 80 Days, Jules Verne

Around The World in 80 Days

Jules Verne
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🧵 When pioneering journalist Nellie Bly proposed to her boss that she would like to try to break Jules Verne's fictitious globetrotter Phileas Fogg's record in 'Around the World in 80 Days,' she was met with an incredibly sexist response: https://t.co/tewFbXdKLK

Paperback, 1995

$10.95$5.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Don Quijote: A Norton Critical Edition, Miguel De Cervantes

Don Quijote: A Norton Critical Edition

Miguel De Cervantes
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#OnThisDay in 1605, the first edition of "El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha" (Book ne of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid. https://t.co/4DhkjKrdfK

Paperback, 2020

$29.50$14.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Parallel Lives: Vol. I, Plutarch

Parallel Lives: Vol. I

Plutarch
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The Parallel Lives by Plutarch https://t.co/LwTbnbOmtN

Paperback, 2012

$22.99$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Beatrix Potter
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#OnThisDay 1902, Beatrix Potter's "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" is published by Frederick Warne & Co. in London. https://t.co/xtV7bVvDHK

Paperback, 2004

$5.99$2.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Tomb of Tutankhamen, Howard Carter

Tomb of Tutankhamen

Howard Carter
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#OnThisDay in 1922, Howard Carter discovers a step leading to the tomb of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. 📷 Colorized by me: Carter examining the coffin of Tutankhamun. https://t.co/gYaaS384AP

Paperback, 2010

$35.95$17.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Around the World in 80 Days: (Original Edition), J. Verne

Around the World in 80 Days: (Original Edition)

J. Verne
Marina AmaralMarina Amaral

At a loss one weekend, she wished she was half the world away on holiday. So she decided that she would aim to beat the record set by Jules Verne's fictional globetrotter Phileas Fogg in 'Around the World in 80 Days'.

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Book Cover for: A Voice From The South, A. Black Woman of the South

A Voice From The South

A. Black Woman of the South
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One of the inspiring women we profile is Anna J. Cooper. Born a slave in 1858, Cooper became an educator, writer, and prominent activist for women's suffrage and civil rights. She was the fourth Black woman to earn a PhD and wrote the acclaimed book "A Voice from the South." https://t.co/lVPqc7VMaI

Paperback, 2013

$13.25$6.63 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Writings of Mark Twain: Huckleberry Finn, Charles Dudley Warner

The Writings of Mark Twain: Huckleberry Finn

Charles Dudley Warner
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(Colorized by me) Mark Twain and his long-time friend John T. Lewis, the inspiration for the character "Jim" in "Huckleberry Finn", New York, 1903. John T. Lewis was born in 1835. In 1853 as a Black freeman living in a slave-holding society, he was allowed to join... 🧵 https://t.co/njfZCcnUmw

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Book Cover for: The Picture of Dorian Gray, O. Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

O. Wilde
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Wilde was a popular literary figure in late Victorian England. After graduating from Oxford University, he lectured as a poet, art critic and a leading proponent of the principles of aestheticism. In 1891, he published The Picture of Dorian Gray, his only novel which was...

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