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Richard Adams Biografía y Hechos

Richard George Adams (Newbury, Berkshire, 9 de mayo de 1920-24 de diciembre de 2016)[1] fue un novelista inglés muy conocido como autor de la novela para niños La colina de Watership ("Watership Down"); otras obras conocidas son Shardik (en castellano La sombra del oso[2]) y Los perros de la plaga. Todas ellas cuentan con animales como protagonistas. La colina de Watership originalmente es una historia que contaba a sus hijas pequeñas. Antes de obtener el éxito literario, Adams era funcionario del Ministerio de Agricultura inglés. Biografía Adams nació el 9 de mayo de 1920 en Wash Common cerca de Newbury, Berkshire, Reino Unido. Asistió a la Escuela Horris Hill, de 1926 a 1933, y luego al Bradfield College desde 1933 hasta 1938. En 1938, se trasladó a Worcester College para aprender historia moderna. En julio de 1940, poco después de la declaración de guerra entre el Reino Unido y Alemania, Adams fue llamado para unirse al ejército británico. Sirvió en el Oriente Medio y en la India, pero no entró en combate contra alemanes o japoneses. Obras La colina de Watership (1972) Beklan Empire Shardik (1974) Maia (1984) Nature Through the Seasons (1975) The Tyger Voyage (1976) Los perros de la plaga (1977) The Adventures & Brave Deeds Of The Ship's Cat On The Spanish Maine: Together With The Most Lamentable Losse Of The Alcestis & Triumphant Firing Of The Port Of Chagres (1977) Nature Day and Night (1978) The Girl in a Swing (1980) The Iron Wolf and Other Stories (1980) The Phoenix Tree (1980) The Legend of Te Tuna (1982) Voyage Through the Antarctic (1982) A Nature Diary (1985) Traveller (1988) The Day Gone By (autobiografía) (1990) Tales from Watership Down (1996) The Outlandish Knight (1999) Daniel (2006) Referencias Enlaces externos en inglés Richard Adams en Internet Movie Database (en inglés). Richard Adams At Eighty Archivado el 21 de noviembre de 2007 en Wayback Machine. 1985 Audio Interview with Richard Adams - RealAudio (28 min 55 s) [at Wired for Books.org] Wrecking Ball Press publishers of 'Daniel' Entrevista a Richard Adams, en enero de 1985 analizando Book Beat en CBS. Descubre los libros populares de Richard Adams. Encuentra los 100 libros más populares de Richard Adams

Best Seller Richard Adams Libros de 2024

Cry of the Wild
Charles Foster
'Evocative and beautifully written, it's a deeply immersive read' Observer'Enchanting and emotional...personifies its characters as they navigate the new wild and its trials.' Chri...
Richard Leigh Adams v. United States
United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.
Before HAMLIN and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, District Judge. DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge.
Rawhide Down
Del Quentin Wilber
A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book for 2011A Richmond Times Dispatch Top Book for 2011A minutebyminute account of the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, to coincide w...
Iconic Women in Sport
Phil Shaw & Candi Williams
An illustrated compendium of kickass women in sport, from around the world and throughout history, including legends like Billie Jean King and modernday superstars like Simone Bile...
Liberty Is Sweet
Woody Holton
A “deeply researched and bracing retelling” (Annette GordonReed, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian) of the American Revolution, showing how the Founders were influenced by overlooke...
Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence
Charles Augustus Goodrich
The venerated emigrants who first planted America, and most of their distinguished successors who laid the foundation of our civil liberty, have found a resting place in the peacef...
The End of the Novel of Love
Vivian Gornick
A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism, Vivian Gornick's The End of the Novel of Love explores the meaning of love and marriage as literary themes in t...
Gastronomicon/The Ugly Sister (Storycuts)
Joanne Harris
In 'Gastronomicon', Ernest's wife is a wonderful cook, aided by recipes from the ancient leather book a family treasure passed down to her by her motherinlaw. To celebrate their...
TekARK Book Three
Richard T. Adams II
TekARK offers an alternative idea on religion, one that's shaped primarily by the modern world. Aided by scientific theory and fact, it draws together the notion of the divine with...
Chaucer's People
Liza Picard
'A holiday in the complex, joyful, indelicate medieval world'John Higgs, author of Watling StreetChaucer's People is an absorbing and revealing guide to the Middle Ages, populated ...
Love Changes Everything
Rosie Harris
Fourteenyearold Trixie Jackson hoped she had a future to look forward to. But when she is sacked from the local factory she is forced to work as a housekeeper for one of her father...
Dark Sky
Mike Brooks
For the crew of the Keiko, their stay at the Grand House casino on New Samara was supposed to be a welldeserved rest. It didn’t last.Captain Ichabod Drift promised that the sidetri...
A Study Guide for Richard Adams's "Watership Down"
The Gale Group
A study guide for Richard Adams's "Watership Down", excerpted from The Gale Group's acclaimed Novels for Students series. Designed with busy students in mind, this concise study gu...
Travels of Richard and John Lander into the interior of Africa, for the discovery of the course and termination of the Niger / From unpublished documents in the possession of the late Capt. John William Barber Fullerton ... with a prefatory analysis of the previous travels of Park, Denham, Clapperton, Adams, Lyon, Ritchie, &c. into the hitherto unexplored countries of Africa
Robert Huish
This book is perfectly adapted and layout for a pleasant reading on a tablet, smartphone or computer. To improve your reading experience, this digital version has been edited and f...
The Constitution of the United States
Founding Fathers
Both enshrining the fundamental rights and freedoms of its citizens in law, and curbing the power of those who rule them, the US constitution is one of the most significant documen...
Jeeves and the Leap of Faith
Ben Schott
'A masterpiece in every sense' Daily MailThe Drones club's in peril. Gussie's in love. Spode's on the warpath. And His Majesty's Government needs a favour. Thank goodness Bertie Wo...
Star Cross'd Chatters
Richard F Adams
A short story about love and technology with a twist. Two star cross'd lovers meet online and fall in love, but all is not what it seems. Their world is about to get a little bigge...
Low and Slow
Neil Rankin
No kitchen dramas or barbecue fails ever again. Just perfectly cooked meat. OFM awardwinner Neil Rankin knows how to cook meat. In this book he explains how he does it, using the...
The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It
Corey Brettschneider
American presidents have often pushed the boundaries established for them by the Constitution; this is the inspirational history of the people who pushed back.Imagine an American p...
Alfred the Great
Asser, Simon Keynes & Michael Lapidge
Asser's Life of King Alfred, written in 893, is a revealing account of one of the greatest of medieval kings. Composed by a monk of St David's in Wales who became Bishop of Sherbor...
Essential Novelists - Zane Grey
Zane Grey
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most ...
Social Psycho
Richard F Adams
A short story set in the near future. What happens when your social media profiles turn bad? A story in the tradition of Phillip K Dick. Jed has upset all his friends by posting na...
Wastelands
John Joseph Adams, Stephen King, George R.R. Martin, Orson Scott Card, Gene Wolfe, Jonathan Lethem, Paolo Bacigalupi, Tobias S. Buckell, Cory Doctorow, Jack McDevitt, Neal Barrett, Jr. & Richard Kadrey
An anthology of postapocalyptic short fiction from some of the biggest names in science fiction and speculative fiction including Stephen King, George R. R. Martin and Orson Scott...
The Haunted Wood
Sam Leith
'A MARVEL' PHILIP PULLMANDo you remember the first time you fell in love with a book?The stories we read as children extend far beyond our childhoods; they are a window into our de...
The Mysterious World of Sherlock Holmes
Bruce Wexler
The Illustrated Guide to the Famous Cases, Infamous Adversaries, and Ingenious Methods of the Great Detective. Over a century since his first appearance in print, Sherlock Ho...
Poor Richard's Almanack
Benjamin Franklin & Paul A. Volcker
Benjamin Franklin's classic book is full of timeless, thoughtprovoking insights that are as valuable today as they were over two centuries ago. With more than 700 pithy proverbs, F...
Live. Laugh. Love.
Coleen Nolan
Since bursting into the spotlight aged nine, Coleen Nolan has experienced more highs and lows than most people have had hot dinners. Now she's ready to share the lessons she's lear...
Reasons To Go Outside
Esme King
THE HOPEFUL AND BIG HEARTED NOVEL YOU WILL FALL IN LOVE WITH THIS SUMMER'The heartwarming and uplifting book we all need right now, a celebration of the power of connection and kin...
The Strange Adventures of Mr Andrew Hawthorn & Other Stories
John Buchan
In 'The Strange Adventures of Mr Andrew Hawthorn' and the other stories in this collection, peculiar worlds of temptation, adventure or iniquity are perilously close at hand. Mr Ha...
God's Architect
Rosemary Hill
Pugin was one of Britain’s greatest architects and his short career one of the most dramatic in architectural history. Born in 1812, the son of the soidisant Comte de Pugin, at 15 ...
Tales from Watership Down
Richard Adams
The “utterly captivating” (People) sequel to the beloved classic Watership Down, which introduced millions of readers to an extraordinary world of rabbits. “It’s gr...
West End Chronicles
Ed Glinert
The streets and squares of the West End of London, some of the most famous in the world, have been home to poets and pop stars, worldrenowned artists and revolutionary anarchists. ...
The King and I
Anne Midgette & Herbert Breslin
In 1967, Luciano Pavarotti was an upandcoming young tenor with a voice far more impressive than his stage technique or presence. So Decca, his record company, told him, 'Luciano, y...
A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton Copley
Jane Kamensky
"A stunning biography…[A] truly singular account of the American Revolution." Amanda Foreman, author of A World on FireThrough an intimate narrative of the life of painter John Sin...
TekARK Book Two
Richard T. Adams II
TekARK offers an alternative idea on religion, one that's shaped primarily by the modern world. Aided by scientific theory and fact, it draws together the notion of the divine with...
The Tuesday Night Survivors' Club
Lynn Cahoon
The New York Times bestselling author of the Tourist Trap mysteries launches a new series perfect for fans of The Thursday Murder Club. Newage Sedona, Arizona seemed like the perfe...
The Corfu Trilogy
Gerald Durrell
The classic trilogy set in sunsoaked Corfu that inspired ITV's acclaimed TV series The DurrellsThree classic tales of childhood on an island paradise My Family and Other Animals, ...
Normandy ‘44
James Holland
'A devastating new account..Holland knows his stuff when it comes to military matters' Daily Mail, Book of the Week'A superb account of the invasion that deserves immense praise. T...
Matter Richard J. Adams v. New York State Civil Service Commission Et Al.
Supreme Court of New York
[51 A.D.2d 668 Page 668] Judgment unanimously affirmed, without costs and without prejudice, in accordance with the following memorandum: We affirm the dismissal of this article 7...
Washington on Leadership
George Washington
George Washington is most famous for leading America to victory during the American Revolution and for being the first president of the United States. One does not have those succe...
Harriet's Hare
Dick King-Smith
Hares don't talk. Everyone knows that. But the hare Harriet meets one morning in a corn circle in her father's wheatfield is a very unusual hare: a visitor from the faroff ...
Watership Down
Richard Adams & Madeline Miller
Now with a new introduction by Madeline Miller, the New York Times bestselling author of The Song of Achilles and Circe.The 50th anniversary edition of Richard Adam’s timeless clas...
All the Powers of Earth
Sidney Blumenthal
Lincoln’s incredible ascent to power in a world of chaos is newly revealed in this “compelling, original, and elegantly written” (Michael Beschloss, New York Times bestselling auth...
The Satsuma Complex
Bob Mortimer
WINNER OF THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION 2023THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘Funny, clever and sweet’– Sunday Times‘The much loved comic prov...
Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents
Cormac O'Brien & Monika Suteski
Murder, Adultery, Gambling, UFOs And the White House?!? Your high school history teachers never gave you a book like this one! Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents features ...
Dark Run
Mike Brooks
The Keiko is a ship of smugglers, soldiers of fortune and adventurers, travelling Earth’s colony planets searching for the next job. And nobody talks about their past.But when a fa...
In The Grip Of Winter
Colin Dann
In the depths of winter, with snow thick on the ground, Badger lies alone and injured. No one knows where he is, and the icy cold is tightening its grip every second.What will happ...
Essential Novelists - Jack London
Jack London & August Nemo
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most ...
Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making?
Dorothy Hoobler & Thomas Hoobler
A delightful collection of love letters by American presidents to their wivesand loversrevealing an intimate and deeply personal side of our leaders.Our presidents loom so large in...
The War in Italy: A Ladybird Expert Book
James Holland
PREORDER YOUR COPY NOW Why did the Allies decide to invade Southern Italy? How did the weather and Italian terrain complicate the fighting? How did General Mark Clark's Allied Ar...