| 单词 | famous |
| 例句 | It was certainly better to imagine myself becoming famous than maturing into a stifled academic who had never risked a thought. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z In spite of the esteem she had for Pietro Crespi, she could not tell whether his decision was good or bad from the moral point of view after his prolonged and famous engagement to Rebeca. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Or concocting a pass-fail test—he was famous for that type—where he threaded together questions that could throw a guy for a loss, with what seemed like a million possible answers. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z So although it became one of the most famous scientific meetings in history, one in which evolution and religion fought on center stage, Charles Darwin was not there. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The 442nd Combat Regiment was famous now, full of heroes, fighting in Europe to help the Allies win the war, and showing that Niseis too could be patriots. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z And it is famous for its wildlife, especially its beautiful black-maned lions. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Of course, the famous woman poet at my college lived with another woman—a stumpy old Classical scholar with a cropped Dutch cut. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z One of the most famous battles of the American Civil War took place in the spring of 1863 in the northern Virginia town of Chancellorsville. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Robert Baratheon would have seen that at once and moved swiftly to secure the castle, with the forced marches and midnight rides for which he had been famous. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The category is ‘famous quotes,’” said Cynthia Alaniz, the librarian who would be coaching the Southwest team. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z His lyric, among the most famous in the Nahuatl canon, answers its own question: Not forever on earth; only a little while here. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The Galapagos Islands, to give one famous example, remained uninhabited by humans until the nineteenth century, thus preserving their unique menagerie, including their giant tortoises, which, like the ancient diprotodons, show no fear of humans. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry had met this attitude before: Witches and wizards seemed stunned that his closest living relatives took so little interest in the famous Harry Potter. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Miss Granger, a plain but ambitious girl, seems to have a taste for famous wizards that Harry alone cannot satisfy. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Now, the morning of her birthday, Ivy stuffed herself with Mr. Bishop’s famous maple-and-brown-sugar pancakes, bacon, and orange juice, daydreaming about her dress. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And the eye-shop man said that he was certain that the accordion-man had been a famous jazz musician once and was actually loaded, so I shouldn’t worry about him. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The optimists were jubilant: “Well? What did we tell you? You wouldn’t believe us. 'T here they are, your Germans. What do you say now? Where is their famous cruelty?” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She became one of the most famous concert pianists of the century. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “You’re saying that our grandmother was a famous author? Or she would have been, except this Madeline woman plagiarized her story?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The Old Man, it turns out, is Tyrone Guthrie the director, from England and so famous I can’t pretend not to have heard of him. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z M.K.—That was what she would have written on everything when she was seventeen years old and very famous. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Behind him, Charlie Bucket could hear the shouts of the people in the crowd as they pushed and fought to get a glimpse of the famous children. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Papa managed to find a couple of children’s books, including one of haiku by a famous Japanese poet from a long time ago. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It’s based on a true story about a shipwreck and it made Gericault famous. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z It was my favorite shirt, the one from Thomas, with the famous “Imagination is more important than knowledge” quote printed on the back. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Graeter’s has been around for, like, a million years, and the ice cream is not just fantastic, but famous—even been mentioned on TV shows and stuff. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “London Bridge” might go as far back as the Middle Ages in London, as it describes the disrepair of the famous bridge. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “We are a smart people, very strong, tricky, and famous for winning wars. You know Sun Yat-sen, hah?” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As it gets darker and darker outside, I ignore the TV and read about bridges, famous builders, and the engineers who imagined the mathematical symbols and signs that people can’t see. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z It turned its attention on Hollywood, where it ordered famous actors, actresses, screenwriters, producers, and directors to testify and to declare under oath whether they were or had ever been members of the Communist Party. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “Go to his master. Hubert’s wisdom and piety are famous across Christendom. I’m bringing some books to him anyway. Come with me, and we’ll tell him all about the crimes of the wicked Michelangelo.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Our paper chain never could have gotten so famous without him.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Those of famous people have a special appeal, for they seem to bridge a gap of time and place and to establish a personal link. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s all you got out of this? That a bunch of kids ended up famous?” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z It is a large, white, carrot-shaped East Asian radish that is often made into kimchi, the spicy fermented condiment that is Korea’s most famous dish. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Yeah. So, is Black Swan Green famous for black swans or green swans or something?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He was famous for being filthy rich and really weird. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “Rory is famous,” says my daughter, as if she had no ears. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z We all chanted one of Garvey’s famous phrases together: Up, up, you mighty race. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Consider the famous case of Clever Hans, the horse who seemed to be able to count. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She carried a book on famous classical architecture, written in Ancient Greek, to read when she got bored, and a long bronze knife, hidden in her shirt sleeve. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He pointed out that across the gray wire barricade was California, that famous place I had heard so much about. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “No, but I want to know famous actors before they’re famous. Oh, and Namrata’s boyfriend is going to talk to me about Columbia.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z But the famous punk-protector system of popular lore seems to be outdated or exaggerated. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On written lessons she cracked such questions as ‘Name eight famous contemporaries of Doctor Johnson,’ and ‘Quote ten lines from “The Vicar of Wakefield.’” The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The famous Schaffhauser grilled cheese was made with sourdough bread, not regular white. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z One might marvel at the insanity of the situation: A mother sends her sixteen-year-old daughter alone with a seventeen-year-old boy out into a foreign city famous for its permissiveness. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z His patrons pretended they were more famous or more important than they really were; Clarian pretended he could hear. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She knows that she was named for Molly Molasses, a famous Penobscot Indian born the year before America declared its independence from England. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “I know it’s famous for orchids or something, but I hate hiking, especially in the heat.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It is military conversation really, Like you might have in the mess of a crack cavalry regiment: tactics, small arms, maintenance, betting, famous hunts, wine, women and song. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Jalil told her the story of Queen Gauhar Shad, who had raised the famous minarets as her loving ode to Herat back in the fifteenth century. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z But now they are the most famous children in France. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Almost all of the rich and famous brown people are artists. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z I listen to famous qaris with my headphones and try to mimic their inflections and elongations of words when I’m alone. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z This year’s opening ceremony happens tonight in Tokyo—so all the screens are Warcross-related today, showing a frenzied rotation of famous players, commercials, and footage of last year’s highlights. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was addressed to William Tecumseh Sherman, a famous Union Civil War general and the current commanding general of the U.S. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He just seemed excited, as if he had identified the lost gravestone of someone famous and desperately wanted to tell the world. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z As for the train ride to New York — famous mountains lumbered by, famous rivers, plains, canyons, the whole holy American spectacle, without his looking up once. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She shows me how to search famous people and places, step by step. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z One time I went to the main square in Kraków to hear a speech by a famous Polish general, whose name I no longer remember. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Jim’s mother had studied at the Union Theological Seminary under several famous theologians and became a Confucian scholar, ending up for many years a housewife in Muscatine. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Was this the nineteenth anniversary of a famous bank robbery? Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z She was famous for her gardens, flowers spilling over the front and backyard, more petals than grass. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z For example, by the 19th century North America’s Great Plains Indians were famous as expert horse-mounted warriors and bison hunters, but they did not even obtain horses until the late 17th century. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z You know that famous philosophical question “What is the sound of one hand clapping ?” Well, I have no idea, but it has to be better than the slow clap. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It had three holes across the top, and I covered the third one to generate the 2600-hertz tone that had made this whistle famous in the annals of hacker history. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She said she was world famous for it. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Philosophers reduced the scope of their inquiries so much that Wittgenstein, the most famous philosopher of this century, said, “The sole remaining task for philosophy is the analysis of language.” A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z My uncles had told me stories about how famous my dad had been on campus for having simultaneously raised hell and aced all his classes. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Years later, Lilienthal was still shaking his head over Bobby’s recollection of his famous win over Capablanca more than a half century before. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The Mediterranean world at that time was famous for seafaring. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She was always quoting famous Black writers and activists. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z There were other people who suffered from ALS, Morrie knew, some of them famous, such as Stephen Hawking, the brilliant physicist and author of A Brief History of Time. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z If you mean “famous” or “superior,” the word you want is eminent. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I hate Morris Sampson because he is a somewhat famous mystery writer who wrote a roman & clef, a novel that is obviously based on true events and real people. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z She had a splash of freckles across her nose, and her dark eyes vaguely reminded me of someone famous, but I couldn’t think who. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The famous reggae singer Bob Marley was himself a Rastafarian and helped spread the word beyond the Jamaican shores. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Holding the rake, Ronan looks like that famous painting of the farmers standing with a pitchfork. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The House of Atreus is one of the most famous families in mythology. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I stand on the edge of the stage looking out for a second, feeling a little bit famous. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z We had to write about a famous dead author. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The Second Sons might not enjoy the shining reputation of the Golden Company, but they had won some famous victories over the centuries. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Perhaps, if they are very lucky, he will give one of the speeches for which he has become so famous. shouts. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The evening is famous for its flashy celebrity attendees. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “I don’t believe this! After the Hartford fire and Hagenbeck-Wallace wreck, that’s probably the most famous circus disaster of all time.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Within the famous Mies van der Rohe building, I passed by the famous silk-screened faces of the famous pop artist. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The next shot showed the famous real estate tycoon Heath Huxley chuckling, “Thanks for doing our digging, kids.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z There are the three pictures of the girls, old favorites that are now emblazoned on the posters every November, making these once intimate snapshots seem too famous to be the sisters she knew. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s going to be your manager, Fezzik. Fighting is the national sport of Turkey. We’re all going to be rich and famous.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Because not only is he a professional artist, but he’s kind of famous. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “I bet people think were famous,” says Simon. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z The publication made Washington famous in London as well as in the Colonies. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The Beatles borrowed sounds and techniques from both past musical traditions and cutting-edge advances - from ancient folk modes to electronic experiments - to become the most famous band in the world. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She looked like a statue of somebody famous, an actress or something. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I always went, and wound up wolfing down Paul’s famous burgers—but now I saw that face, Paul’s, burning, a bloodred mask of rage. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Davis and Daisy were chatting back and forth about the dehumanization of Clone troopers, and Mychal jumped in to explain that Daisy was actually kind of a famous writer of Star Wars fan fiction. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Churchill came in with the equivalent of a loudhailer: delivering clumping great set pieces that occasioned Balfour’s famous taunt that his artillery was “powerful but not very mobile.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Ana's collages had been shown by famous galleries in San Francisco and New York and Mexico City for years, but in the last few months she'd sold work to three different museums. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Izzy’s famous toast and jelly,” he says, pulling up a chair. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Of course, what Tim had failed to tell me was that he’d told these people he was bringing a famous rapper from America to come and rap in their talent show. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The famous rock paintings at Chauvet, France, are located at the points of greatest resonance in the pitch-black cave network. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Most nights, before I came into his life, Myron stayed in a famous apartment building in Manhattan. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Somewhat famous means that People magazine is not likely to write a story about him, but The Journal of Genetic Research will print anything he has to say. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I supposed it must be hard being famous, the way people look too closely at everything you do. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z A third stall hawks diet pills not approved by health departments, while another offers discounts to watch a famous Dark World girl’s R-rated livestream. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z What is so interesting about this Headmaster is that he became a famous person later on. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Achilles was his pupil and Aesculapius, the great physician; the famous hunter Actaeon, too, and many another. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, why not? Soup all round, followed by your famous roast beef. And another bottle of this claret.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z But it had old-school style and had attracted a lot of famous demigods over the years, like the Beatles and Alfred Hitchcock, so I figured we were in good company. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It makes me sad to see the media only concentrate on the deaths of famous people. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Watching regular people sing famous artists’ songs on YouTube is cool, especially when they cover someone else’s song well. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “I’m gonna be famous, watch,” the boy who dunked his plate said. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The famous unsolved problems of the day were geometric: With only a straightedge and compasses, could you make a square equal in area to a given circle? Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He whispered to me, after Ms. Jenna left, “You famous, Loll. Too cool, man.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Basil ignored my reaction, one that he was probably used to getting in McDowell County, and told me he was going to make me and the other rocket boys famous. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Flags were flying from all the windows, children had been given a holiday from school, and a parade was being organized in honor of the famous youth. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Half the population of Epiphany is convinced that Luke Potter will become so famous that his name will become a noun like Kleenex or Coke. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z In 1957, Olduvai Gorge, which is now famous, was known to very few white people. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Down they came to the famous town—Telemakhos long in advance: we had to wait for Odysseus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z This sensation of being someone else, of changing into someone else, of being beautiful and young and crossing this famous bridge to something big—it was why Jule had come to New York. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It is impossible to believe that if he really had carried out the famous experiment himself there would be no mention of this triumph anywhere in his writings. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The alley on which we lived was famous for its handsome buildings, and it was wide enough for two cars to pass abreast. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “One of his most famous works,” Hollister said, before shuffling back to his window display. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Newspapers can get famous that way, but they don’t do much good—for anybody. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z The Kuiper belt is the source of what are known as short-period comets–those that come past pretty regularly–of which the most famous is Halley’s comet. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Here is a famous story called The Monty Hall Problem which I have included in this book because it illustrates what I mean. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I looked at the grocery bag in Cletus’s left hand and the famous suitcase in his right. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z When a Pickwell kid asked him if it was true about the famous race in April, did Maniac really beat him going backward? Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I can tell that most of these people are tourists, with their sea of Cape Cod T-shirts bought from that famous “buy one, get twelve free” place. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z But I’m still staring at the pictures of all those famous people and wondering if they felt like me when they were young. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z It is the famous actor John Wilkes Booth. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As I giv’ you to understand just now, I’m famous for it. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z For children, there are many appropriate picture books and even videos on the lives and music of the most famous composers. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “You like being a famous singer?” he asked her. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z She saw all the things, historic sites and museums and famous buildings. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Lately I’ve started collecting old books that are famous for their misprints. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Four years after Osborne left, however, a former guard from Elmira named Lewis Lawes took the helm and in twenty years on the job became America’s most famous and admired warden. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When my father, Trywell, was a young man, he was quite famous. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z The head of the department in which he studied was a Professor Kylmer, a very famous man who had once won a Nobel prize. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z But it wasn’t the jokes that made her famous. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I just assumed the war would end and, in a seamless path, I'd go to conservatory and become a famous diva, like her. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Write something in my autograph book, huh, Frances? So’s I can sell it when you get famous.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Which sort of makes sense when you stop to think that Lorraine is going to be a famous writer and I’m going to be a great actor. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z He thought that he would steal a march on his famous cousin. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Professor McGonagall, a bespectacled witch with her hair in a tight bun, was placing the famous Hogwarts Sorting Hat on a stool before the newcomers. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He was no ordinary scholar, this man, but the apotheosis of scholars: the most famous personage in Zosma, save the queen and the hierarch, and the most popular, bar none. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She told them about Frederick Douglass, the most famous of the escaped slaves, of his eloquence, of his magnificent appearance. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, Torricelli’s experiment rapidly became famous: the phrase ‘famous experiment’ is first used in English in 1654 to refer to it, and for an Italian author in 1663 it is famosissima. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “She was so mean to you yesterday about your bag. I don’t like hanging out with people like that, even if their dads are famous.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z They let her through because they were aware of the fanaticism of some mothers, who sent their daughters to the bedrooms of the most famous warriors, according to what they said, to improve the breed. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Everybody had thronged to see the famous tournament and the entire household had followed after the mob. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Modeled after one made by the famous German painter Albrecht Dürer, and depicted in Vincent's art manuals, it’s an open rectangle made of wood, strung with horizontal and vertical threads to make a grid. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He began to show the children the pictures, especially those of animals, and later on the maps and photographs of remote countries and famous people. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z This youth, whose name is so famous, has a very short history. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Whether the story is true or not, it made Hattie famous. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “We cannot but pity the boy who has never fired a gun,” he wrote in his famous book Walden. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z On a visit to the famous dinosaur fields of Como Bluff, Wyoming, he failed to notice the bones that were, in the words of one historian, "lying everywhere like logs." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The most famous of the microscopical discoveries reported by Hooke in his masterpiece was the ‘cellular’ structure of slices of cork viewed under the microscope. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The guards whispered that a Rembrandt was in there, and pieces of a famous altarpiece from Cracow. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I wonder if I have stopped being famous. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The shirt was a screen print of a famous Surrealist artwork by Rene Magritte in which he drew a pipe and then beneath it wrote in cursive Ceci n’est pas une pipe. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z The big man with the red-framed glasses is a documentarian of note, making him one of the more famous residents of the Dakota. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z The Kottayam Bible Society was having a fair and asked Mammachi to make some of her famous banana jam and tender mango pickle. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man was a famous ingcibi, a circumcision expert, from Gcalekaland, who would use his assegai to change us from boys to men with a single blow. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Later the same year, one of the most famous incidents in Tycho’s life occurred. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z She had been dying to go to Griswold’s famous San Francisco book carnival since she first heard about it five years ago. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “You are going to make another of these famous guesses of yours?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1616 the famous Galileo Galilei, another Copernican, was ordered by the church to cease his scientific investigations. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z And the single-minded determination that had propelled him through twenty-five years of green- grocering in a famous ghetto of America would serve him a few last days, and through any of my meager execrations. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Satchmo was named after Louis Armstrong, a famous jazz musician his grandmother loved. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z The grocer showed up, and the postmaster, and the principal of the village school, and the neighbor, Abu Mahmoud, who grew famous green beans, and all of their wives and babies and teenagers and cats. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Our very own Miss New Jersey is going to show us around all of the famous Miss America monuments. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He’d also written one of the most famous clinical gynecology textbooks, which is still widely used sixty years and ten editions after he first wrote it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The three of them sat in front of the roaring fire, slowly turning the pages of dusty volumes about famous cases of marauding beasts, speaking occasionally when they ran across something relevant. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “He was a lot more than that. He was only the most famous son of Hephaestus who ever lived.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Robert was wearing the uniform of the famous Green Berets. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A long time ago I was in the ancient city of Prague and at the same time Joseph Alsop, the justly famous critic of places and events, was there. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a hit by Fats Domino, the most famous citizen of the Lower Nine. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z The prison’s most famous warden, Lewis Lawes, called his memoir Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing—the number referred to the sum of the length of sentences of all the inmates under his supervision. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “There was a famous man in earlier. You could have waited on him if you weren’t watching your blooming owls.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The orchestra claimed that Conant’s “shortness of breath was overhearable” in her performance of the famous trombone solo in Mozart’s Requiem, even though the guest conductor of those performances had singled out Conant for praise. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z There was art that was probably famous on the walls. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Someday, she was going to be a famous actress, Gladys said. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Ob said as he looked over Cletus’s shoulder at the newspaper clipping that had been pulled from the famous suitcase. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z It was the only one I knew, Guernica, his most famous one. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Josh gives me a high-five and tells me I’ll be a famous writer one day. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Finn blinked at the boy in front of him, his eyes zeroing in on that famous Rude underbite. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He had gray hair that he kept in a ponytail, and had been a member of a famous folk-rock band in the ’80s that my dad, for one, had never heard of. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “They flew through the air with the greatest of ease. They were famous. They had personalized luggage.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “He’s a famous author, right? How come they’re projecting a statue of a modern writer like Pseudonymous Bosch but not the author who created a classic like Sherlock Holmes?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z "Actually, lots of famous people have had seizures." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z ‘It’s a famous restaurant,’ Reyna said, ‘in the middle of Old San Juan. They invented the pina colada here, back in the 1960s, I think.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But there was something else that made this place famous. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “See! Didn’t I tell you what a wonderful program they have? It’s world famous! Look, it says right here.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z On June 15, all hands turned out for the great Antarctic Dog Derby, held on a course called Epsom Downs after the famous racetrack in England. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z David has three boys and a girl and still lives in Kibbutz Gan Shmuel, famous for its orchards and its exports of fruit concentrates and tropical fish. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z No matter who entered the competition— professional bakers, famous chefs with exclusive restaurants— none of their Talents were able to match Cady’s, not for five years running. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Malcolm didn’t think the beef was really famous; that was just a way of talking. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Everybody said Miss Minner had sold her brains to a famous doctor for ten thousand dollars, so that after she was dead he could cut them up and see why she was so smart. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But Levi’s tribe of hunters and famous warriors had been robbed of its lands by the immigrant white farmers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He offered his famous ransom in the naive belief that, once paid off, the Spaniards would release him and depart. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Since that time he has withdrawn, no longer joins his men for the poker games he once loved, for which he was famous. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, as if he can read my mind, Safer says, “You’re not a novice anymore, Georges. Is novice on your famous vocabulary list?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Ever since I could pick up a pen, I’ve wanted to be a famous writer. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z No more arguing and citing examples and quoting the famous dead and castigating the infamous living. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The recitation of Macduff’s famous speech had reminded him of the woman he had spoken to on the path, the woman who feared for her lost children’s future. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z "But surely you saw enough symptoms to make one of your famous diagnosises." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z "Know you? That would be a yes: You're famous, we must confess." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “That girl’s an amazing artist. She’s going to be famous for real one day.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z After all, it's famous for not having anything growing there. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z One was the son of a famous West Coast racket boss and the other was the son of a movie producer. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I woke up and soon got into one of those experimental trials that are famous in the Republic of Cancervania for Not Working. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z From their luxurious accommodations, they could take in fabulous sights as they passed the ancient ruins and famous monuments of Egyptian culture, including the Pyramids and the Sphinx. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “If she had as much talent as she has temper, she would be famous now.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “You could become famous in the real world too,” she said. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He took that prize from a slain father; presently the gods brought all to light that made the famous story. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I suppose he was working on the famous sermon he’d promised, which would clear up all misunderstandings. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z One of her key contacts was F. J. M. Stratton, a famous English astronomer, so short and round and jolly that he reminded people of Santa Claus. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Flattered by the attention of the famous actor, Forbes lets Booth step through the doorway without questioning him. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The passersby recognized Bobby: He’d become the most famous man in Iceland and was remembered not for his public venom toward America but for putting Iceland on the map in 1972. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The steps of the Lincoln Memorial in the background, where Dr. King would deliver his famous speech. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “Why didn’t you teD me you had a baby? Why have you lied to me all the time? I suppose she was your famous miracle, which you were so proud of.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat in the very back one time when Dad took me to a concert by some famous Polish pianist. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Private Price was evacuated from Corregidor just a few weeks before MacArthur himself abandoned that post, with his famous promise to return. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The forest ends, and we are on a steep hillside looking across a valley at the famous profile of White Man Mountain. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s clear how the above property of numbers led to Archimedes’ famous pronouncement that given a fulcrum, a long enough lever, and a place to stand, he alone could physically lift the earth. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “A famous victory, gentlemen. A drink to celebrate our victory.” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z And come to find out, Grandma was famous for her gooseberry pies. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I pick up my Rent-A-Wreck from a nice fellow—this must be the famous “Minnesota nice”—who volunteers the locations of NPR and classic rock on the radio. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet he was generally uncomfortable among the rich and famous. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Her mouth was slightly open, her eyes were round and wide as two saucers, and the whole of that famous rather lovely face was filled with disbelief. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We did not know it at the time, but some of the last names we got were the names of famous dead white men. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Luckily, the audience cut me a lot of slack, because I was the famous gunter Parzival, and I was clearly having a blast. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The combined Allied forces’ Normandy Invasion in June 1944 is famous the world over. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “So were you at the famous party last night?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The rich and famous arrived by helicopter, by limousine, and in one bizarre but memorable entrance, by jet pack. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z As I listened to him speak and strive to show some sense of sympathy, I couldn’t help but remember his famous inaugural words the year before: “Segregation today! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z This idea–the famous "quantum leap"–is of course utterly strange, but it was too good not to be true. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It was once written of Mackintosh, “His gut is famous.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I tucked it in my pocket, a little nervous, because I was famous for losing pens at school. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z In the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, a famous apple-growing region, hordes of a small insect called the red-banded leaf roller arose to plague the growers as soon as DDT began to replace arsenate of lead. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Greetings, heroes!” called Mrs. Yunghans, the middle school librarian, who absolutely loved having the most famous library card holders in America checking out books in her library. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z That group of young geniuses came to be known as the “Termites,” and they were the subjects of what would become one of the most famous psychological studies in history. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Using costumes, sets, and props, the participants arranged themselves to depict some recognizable scene—a famous painting, perhaps, or a well-known fable. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “They only like him because he’s famous! They wouldn’t look twice at him if he couldn’t do that Wonky- Faint thing —” “Wronski Feint,” said Harry, through gritted teeth. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Am I so famous that you know my name?” he asked, cackling. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z As I mentioned, my father was one of the most famous traders around, but not just for his cleverness in business, or his ability to drink crates of beer. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “I mean, he drones on about famous ex-pupils a bit, and he absolutely fawns on McLaggen because he’s so well-connected, but he gave us some really nice food and he introduced us to Gwenog Jones.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The boy Mozart was ‘famous’ as a child prodigy, to be sure, but famous in this context meant 'attracting comment and wonderment for brief spells at various royal courts of Europe'. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z In this, the most famous duel in American history, both participants were casualties. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z These pairs would have an infinite amount of energy and, therefore, by Einstein’s famous equation E = me2, they would have an infinite amount of mass. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But long before the sound of their lowing and the sight of their preening, the building was leased to a Hungarian baker, modestly famous for his brioche and poppy-seed rolls. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Gey took any cells he could get his hands on—he called himself “the world’s most famous vulture, feeding on human specimens almost constantly.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Back in the 1800s, there was a famous sharpshooter by that name. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z We left Abuela’s apartment, taking the old photo of Cuba’s most famous hero with us. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z How promptly to the famous door he came, intent on pleasure with sweet Kythereia! The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z What kind of society did he live in which allowed a black man to become rich and famous at the expense of whites, instead of the other way round? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z On his days off, he went to political demonstrations, and in the evenings he attended classes in Paris, including one by the famous anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Jia Hong-yu, our district’s most famous Red Guard leader, had returned from Beijing and would give her report at a neighborhood meeting. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe they weren’t going to be famous, but they could sing well enough to please a father. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z "You, Mohammed Aziz, rookie botanist, actually found the flower of eternal life and didn't know it. You coulda been rich and famous at a young age, if you hadn't..." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z While in Munich, he also designed and laid out the famous park known as the English Garden. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z That I want to be a famous artist someday? Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And there she found him with Nestor’s lad in the late night at rest under the portico of Menelaos, the famous king. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t have a lot of experience with famous people before this trip and I didn’t know what to expect. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Qendrim Bushi’s soccer idol was his grandfather, once a famous goalkeeper at the highest level of play in Kosovo, and later, a well-known referee and the author of an Albanian-language soccer rule book. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The silk pavilions of famous people, pitched on every side, were azure and green and saffron and chequered. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z All recognized famous inventors had capable predecessors and successors and made their improvements at a time when society was capable of using their product. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She was glad Robin didn’t mention the tears or the pathetic sound of Ivy’s voice, but she couldn’t imagine eating anything right now, even Robin’s famous cookies. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z This was the four-part question that they answered to win: Name the famous fathers of: Queen Elizabeth I of England. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z If I was famous, maybe I could have a bigger apartment too, like Erlan’s family did. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Immediately, before she could stop it, that famous Emily Bronte quote popped into her head: ‘‘Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She felt startled to see her secretly famous banana seller standing off to the right, wearing a bulky blue sweater much too large for him. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “He’s my father. But I don’t like talking about him at school. I don’t want people trying to be my friend just because my dad is famous.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Don Quixote—the famous literary madman—fought windmills. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Rosaleen had left dinner on the stove top, her famous smothered chicken. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t even pull a bowstring, let alone do one of his famous feats, like shoot an arrow through the eye of a fish just by looking at its reflection. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z When he was finally a famous Broadway actor, he would get me all the best parts for little girls, he’d say. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z But he was also the city’s most famous kite maker, working out of a tiny hovel on Jadeh Maywand, the crowded street south of the muddy banks of the Kabul River. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It had been a successful union, as “made” marriages generally are, and before Lancelot came on the scene the young girl had adored her famous husband, even if be was so old. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They had come to this famous place by automobile. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the name of a famous poet. Edgar Allan Poe,” Cari said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z His first significant contribution to science concerned the springiness, or compressibility, of air, and involved the most famous experiment of his illustrious career. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “As you say. If we encounter this Lady Korra, I will just slip into a skirt and say that I am Cersei, the famous bearded beauty of King’s Landing.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She tried gallantly to produce a generation of Darwins who could spell, unlike their famous father. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z You know how some celebrities wax poetic in interviews about how they just knew they'd be famous? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z In fact, it was the same foot fungus that a hundred and ten years later would afflict the famous ballplayer Clyde Livingston. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Which is why the epigraph of this book is the quatrain from the famous Christmas carol. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, there are also the famous differences between the productivities of the economies of whole countries, such as Japan, the United States, France, and Germany. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I was pretty sure I finally figured out what was so bad about having a famous TV star for a best friend. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z My parents loved him for how he could pepper an otherwise folksy speech with Shakespeare quotes and for the famous, mouth-stuffing vigor with which he ate fried chicken at community events on the South Side. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Then he remembered Nala’s famous line from the Dog Squad holiday spectacular where the trio saved Santa from the angry polar bear: “Today is my tomorrow!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z In the fall they return to the South, their migration being observed at such famous vantage points as Hawk Mountain in eastern Pennsylvania. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The space was too small to admit a grown man, so it was a half-grown boy who had slipped in and taken only one of the famous cups. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw himself as another William Sebold, the Nazi spy who became famous for destroying Hitler's spy ring in America by turning into a double agent. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z No one is going to try to explain to her that a famous pop star is outside. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The planet's famous red color is from iron oxide coating everything. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “And he gave you his famous lightning bolt,” added Mini. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z This is one of the most famous images you see around the Day of the Dead. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The style was made famous in Harlem by the pianistic wizard James P. Johnson, a quintessential stride performance of his being ‘Harlem Strut’ of 1921. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I was convinced that one day, little old Persian me would get famous and I would get to play her younger, less attractive, somewhat ethnically ambiguous sister in movies. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Women who knew Anne Frank in the Bergen-Belsen camp said that neither hunger nor typhus killed the young girl who would become the most famous diarist of the Nazi era. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Yet to allow the famous Ulysses S. Grant to take a room at another hotel would be unthinkable. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The Khyber Pass was as famous for its terrain as for the bandits who used that terrain to rob travelers. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z To think that Dr. Martin Luther King recited his famous “I Have a Dream” speech here where he dreamt that someday “little black children and little white children . . . will come together.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I should have been more proud of him for being famous. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z It was this same rapid tapping on the window- pane, the same flash-of-gold smile that had preceded his now- famous scream to Macon: “Mr. Smith went splat!” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z We only had to walk down the street and enter through the cafeteria's big welcoming doors, with its famous treasure chest just inside. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Remember I had a life before I got famous by being shot. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z Lots of us reach out to those different from ourselves, or to those more famous or successful than we are, but that gesture isn’t always reciprocated. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “So this is the famous Cape Cod, right? What do you all do around here, anyway?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z It was a cracked and chipped plaster reproduction of the famous bust of Nefertiti. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Man o’ War had made Riddle world famous, but the owner disliked the press as much as Charles Howard loved it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a young Abuela sitting at one of the tables with a US senator and his wife, and another picture where she was sitting with the famous musician Celia Cruz. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z But would he have thrown his life away for one of them, or was it just because Kaira was rich and famous? Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The description of Danaë in the wooden chest was the most famous passage of a famous poem by Simonides of Ceos, a great lyric poet who lived in the sixth century. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z "It's one of the most famous colleges in the world." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Hessians were famous around the world for their dark green-and-red uniforms, their pointed silver hats, their thick black mustaches—and their thirst for blood. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z The crows of Japan are famous for being mean. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “When I get rich and famous,” Rowdy said, “I’m going to have a house that has an air conditioner in every room.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z But it was as a doubles team that he and Lutz were famous the world over. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Neighbors who had been kind to the black family of a famous entertainer were less than kind to the widow. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z When the Wright brothers made their famous first powered flight on December 17, 1903, aviation fever seized the world. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “He studied with a famous doctor in Maputo. The doctor told him to kill a close relative so he could force the spirit to serve him.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I was a famous actor getting ready to go before the cameras to play the role of a distinguished European businessman and lover. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z As the most famous, and controversial, woman in America, she did not want to draw attention to herself and upstage Marian Anderson. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Just inches ahead of Fair Knightess was He Did, the horse famous for having sideswiped Sea- biscuit’s old stablemate Granville at the start of the 1936 Kentucky Derby, knocking his jockey off. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She married a great Whig politician, and was a famous London beauty for many years, but this portrait was painted before that, when she was still unmarried. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Being famous sounded a whole lot like being cool. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “That’s the story of the man who invented the world’s most famous handshake.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z The building had once been an architectural beauty, as famous for its two tall, round turrets as for the goods that were produced inside. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Even in the state capital, Raleigh, Durham's black community was famous. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “It was the birthplace of the family fortune. It was there that my great-grandfather manufactured the Littmus Lozenge, a candy that was famous the world over.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z You might say, Okay, but when has a working-class Indian-American girl with a kooky dadi and ripped jeans ever become a famous filmmaker? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z In Bryantown, Colonel Wells found it odd that Mudd had failed to recognize a man he had met before, and not just briefly—especially when that man was so famous. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched as his mother made Uncle Vincent's name and paintings famous. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Nick was famous for this, and the whole class knew what he was doing. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I will not let this witch control him. She will not succeed. I will consult the dibia Nwafor Agbada when I return home; the man’s medicine is famous in our parts.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Scattered here and again amongst this jungle growth I would recognise shrubs that had been land-marks in our time, things of culture and of grace, hydrangeas whose blue heads had been famous. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “The famous Three Gates that James Halliday spoke of in the Anorak's Invitation video?” the anchor said. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Mrs. Olinski required that they find the country on a map, and then would ask them to name two other famous artists. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Maria herself credited some of Amsterdam’s famous insect collectors for aiding her investigations. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He looked so at home in that citified bar in his ranch outfit I thought he might well be somebody famous. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I guess it wasn’t too bad, having a big famous TV star for a best friend. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Kelly swore the people her dad had written for were famous, but George never recognized their names. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z But Shakespeare would never have gotten famous if he hadn’t appealed to the groundlings. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Dad said he was famous from way back when—not in his time but his parents’ time. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Sometimes, in case she became a famous writer, Lynn practiced writing little stories in her diary: Once upon a time a funny witch cast a spell on all the world’s creatures. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Smith and the Howards looked out over the crowd and saw for the first time how famous Seabiscuit had become. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a famous incident during an Orlando Pirates soccer match a few years ago. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Family Frenzy was Mr. Lemoncello’s first and probably most famous game. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The whim of a rich and famous girl. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z We may pause briefly before a famous masterpiece that we have been told we are supposed to admire, then ignore the gallery full of equally beautiful and important works around it. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Stead is a very famous writer in England,” Aunt Daisy said. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z "You know, from Easy Rider. Everyone hip stays here. Jane Fonda. Jimmy Page. Bob Dylan. The place is crawling with famous people. Why do you think we're here?" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He almost certainly has in mind the famous saying that we are dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But to the left of Leonardo Da Vinci's famous picture, another painting glows with rich colors. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Despite his concerted efforts, he was unable to land a lucrative commercial sponsorship of the sort enjoyed by some of his more famous peers. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He owned apartment buildings and, later, pool halls, and was famous for being that rarity “a man of honor.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Kondrachev organized chess competitions and planned tours for famous Soviet musicians—activities that offered the perfect excuse for traveling about the city, scouting out quiet meeting spots, and arranging clandestine rendezvous with DIOMID. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Park makes them at home with pieces of their famous bulgogi inside, and last time I was over, we convinced him to add it to the menu. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “He looks as skinny as a rail,” Regina said upon beholding her famous son, and she almost burst into tears. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Another time he gave her a table lamp whose base was a model one foot high of the famous “Iron Maiden of Nuremberg.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z For fifty cents you can escape Manhattan by boat, crossing the waters of the harbor and bay past all the famous islands, Governor’s, Liberty, Ellis. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But in spite of her complaints, she was proud that I was good enough to be considered for such a famous school. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She’d always yearned to visit it, both because she loved architecture and because it was the most famous temple to her mother. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He had more important things to do than guard the world’s most famous criminal, did he? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The big concerts he opened and closed, the songs he wrote, and the famous musicians he toured with. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I think that's why really rich and famous people look so weighed down and glum in most photos. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “Do you realize that living in New York is like one step away from being famous?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z E.T. - the most famous alien of our time; seeking a very small woman or accomplished professional midget performer. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Her house is famous for its dramatic displays, but I’d bet they’re scaling back this year, with Mrs. Jones so sick. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Just the most famous librarian in the whole wide world!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “It must be cool to have a dad who’s a famous writer, and to know that parts of you are in actual books,” she said. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z It was as if she knew that proximity to such famous beauty was reward enough for any boy or man in Boston. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They’re not super famous, but to people in Southeast, that didn’t matter if you’re cranking and shouting out their hood or block. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He himself was a firm believer in the value of a good thrashing to vanquish the weaknesses of the soul and was famous for his unrestrained oratory. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And as for the enormous peach stone—it was set up permanently in a place of honor in Central Park and became a famous monument. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z You went to Madrid, because Madrid was where lived the famous Yeste, and if you had the money and he had the time, you got your weapon. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I tell them about our famous pumpkin soup and Pri reminds me that the pumpkin was supposed to be for pumpkin pie. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He passes over also one of the most famous tales about Hercules, how he freed Alcestis from death, which was the subject of another of Euripides’ plays. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The next twenty questions covered things like lions in the jungle, gravity in space, authors of famous books, and math. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “I’m going to win a contest and then I will be famous, and he will see my picture in the paper and he will have to come home.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Tucker Mouse took himself very seriously now that he was the manager of a famous concert artist. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a sort of cat goddess, and there was a famous statue of her as a cat, with cruel mysterious eyes and earrings in her ears. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z If he wanted to be rich and famous, they said, he must keep winning. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z "Be a famous mezzo, of course," I say. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z When Judge Joseph Wapner, most famous for being the judge on The People’s Court television show, ended up refereeing the depositions, Moore figured no one would take the case seriously. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Google it. Let’s see if she was famous.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “If you went to school, you’d know it, too. Orleans city killers are famous. Every dummy knows about them.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Starvation of men as another means of breaking them, and the floggings for which Lynds had been famous, were viewed by the legislative panel as less innocuous than he pretended. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He took writing samples from some of his most artistically minded subjects and had literary critics compare them to the early writings of famous authors. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z They started talking about clothes, makeup, and unfortunate fashion choices of the rich and famous, and that was that—best friends forever! I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Step one of their plan was to find Albert Einstein, the world’s most famous scientist. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He was trusted and liked—and famous, after his exploit with the pitchfork. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s the famous quadratic formula, which is the crowning achievement of high-school algebra class. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The famous Schaffhauser grilled cheese had to be made very precisely. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “I made it. My grampa carves them, and I paint them. He was a pretty famous angler. People around here call him Kingfish. I’d love a nickname like that.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z And more: Amos and Andy are famous for being funny also, but they are played by white men who pretend to be Negro. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Jay Cee was going to lunch that noon with two famous writers, a man and a lady. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The man had been a famous marathon runner in his day. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Immediately after lunch, she dashed off to the kitchen and found one of the Trunchbull's famous jugs. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z I wish I could go back to it because, in retrospect, it seems so secure compared with now, when I am so rich and so famous and so hated by the authorities in the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “You know, I was thinking how people always want to be famous, but anyone who knows my face only sees what I wish we could forget.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I'd just turned six, and me and my dad were having one of our famous invisible cupcake parties. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z The new job in London is not in a gallery; it’s a stockroom that supplies stores with wholesale reproductions of popular and famous paintings. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “He was a hot-tempered genius. Did you know he was famous even when he was alive?” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Those were famous last words if I had ever heard them. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I want famous artists and composers to come and stay at my house. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanders for miles along the famous boulevards, through the Marais, arriving after many wrong turns at the Picasso Museum. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Jason couldn’t believe he was about to visit the actual palace of Odysseus - one of the most famous Greek heroes of all time. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z McCandless’s apparent sexual innocence, however, is a corollary of a personality type that our culture purports to admire, at least in the case of its more famous adherents. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The result was the famous Mason and Dixon line, which later took on symbolic importance as the dividing line between the slave and free states. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Because I worked among rich and famous athletes, I convinced myself that my needs were realistic, my greed inconsequential compared to theirs. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “We make butter and cheese. Bread and biscuits, jams and jellies. But we are especially famous for our molasses shoofly pie.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m thinking of famous conflicts like Waco, Texas, or Ruby Ridge, Idaho,” he said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “You’re a little bit famous, Imogen, leaving school and going missing—then turning up here. Your dad asked me to call you when I was on the island, to be honest.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Some would go upstairs to Hazel’s mother to have their fortunes read or to buy charms from Marie Levesque, the famous gris- gris queen. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Jack gestured to the hallway lined with painted portraits of famous San Francisco writers wearing somber expressions and silly costumes. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Five minutes!” my entire chalk of Airborne candidates yelled back at him in the military’s famous call-and-response cadence. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “While you were busy becoming the most famous student in Pakistan, your rival stole your crown at home!” he said. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z ‘Oh, how ghastly!’ the famous voice cried out. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He asks questions about atoms and clouds, about fish and mammals, about famous religions and dead presidents. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Like royalty, he was famous for never carrying cash. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, my boy, the famousest of the hobbits, and that’s saying a lot.” The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z And indeed, one of America’s most famous actors stands just yards away as the president speaks. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He smiles and says, “Because I can just as easily prophesize that you’ll get thrown overboard by a crewman destined to be rich and famous.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z And so Marie tells us all about the most famous girl in France. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Even if we were being shown a picture of a famous writer or world leader, and they happened to have a cigarette in their hand, then the whole lesson would grind to a halt. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He was the most famous wood carver of the Solomons, an artist of great originality—but that did not free him of the necessity to grow his own sweet potatoes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z There is Benediction and hymn singing in English, Irish and Latin and best of all the big powerful sermon Redemptorist priests are famous for. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “It’s by some famous composer,” she said lamely. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Its members destroy art and literature, kill famous figures throughout history, demanding time travel cease or they will dismantle the whole of time. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He had demanded to be paid up front for doing so, and I, in my Timberlands, was that famous American rapper. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I think of that word Mr. Daniels used when he talked about the famous people with dyslexia. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Being famous maybe sounded like it would be fun, I thought, before you knew what it was really like. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z She would be famous someday, Pearl was certain; someday her adored mother would be one of those artists, like de Kooning or Warhol or O’Keeffe, whose name everyone knew. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z "And do you usually put your lunch on the front of your shirt, Nigel? Is that what this famous doctor father of yours has taught you to do?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z It started out with famous people: Wonder Woman, the Beatles, Marilyn Monroe. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The first model airplane I ever made was of a famous racing plane called the Gee Bee. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When, in Messiah’s famous ‘Hallelujah’ chorus, the choir sing '. . . and He shall reign for ever and ever’, two kings are being celebrated: one in heaven, the other at St James’s Palace. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z There was metallurgy as it applies to weapons, the philosophy of mortality, the psychology of immortality, and the literature of the Scythedom, from poetry to the wisdom found in famous scythes’ journals. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z One day a famous doctor was in the ward. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine what it would be like if I were Ee Gee, the famous editor, in an office full of potted rubber plants and African violets my secretary had to water each morning. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, I have to say that he had an unbeatable method for pulling teeth, which had made him justly famous throughout the region. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We traveled by bus to the famous White Palace, a wonder built of white marble so unearthly it floated like a cloud. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I visited the famous Casbah, the ghetto which had resulted when the ruling white French wouldn’t let the dark- skinned natives into certain areas of Casablanca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In resigning themselves to the role of chronicling ever-changing usage, they are acknowledging the wisdom of Thomas Carlyle’s famous reply to Margaret Fuller’s statement “I accept the universe”: “Gad! She’d better.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “Goodness, no, my duck. We already have so many—too many, in fact. And some of them famous weapons of mighty warriors.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z I imagine telling her about the volcano I made, and eat- ing popcorn and dressing up and pretending to be famous singers together. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They ate lunch in a famous underground Arabic restaurant, full of Oriental rugs, called The Philadelphia. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z My grandfather was the most famous collector in the whole world. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Her nerves getting the best of her, Seven began to talk nonstop and, over Thorn’s grandma Lilou’s famous fluffy pancakes, recounted the epic fight of the day before. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Mr. de Klerk, I said, echoing Mrs. Thatcher’s famous description of Mr. Gorbachev, was a man we could do business with. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole street is stacked with buildings that have signs advertising famous singers and jazz bands like Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway, and Duke Ellington. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Sigurd is the most famous of Norse heroes; his story is largely that of the hero of the Nibelungenlied, Siegfried. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the largest and most famous in the whole world! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Jack gestured to the hallway lined with painted portraits of famous San Francisco writers wearing somber expressions and silly costumes. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She kept telling me how famous I was. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I sent one of my famous glares his way till he hushed up and turned red. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Roosevelt believed Rondon deserved worldwide recognition, just like the famous polar explorers Roald Amundsen and Robert Peary. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z She wished she was a famous writer already, and didn’t have to go through the unfamous stage. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “I knew he was famous, Grandpa Joe, and I knew he was very clever....” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Also, look for picture books that summarize the plot of a famous opera or ballet. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He was accustomed to staring at Lavinia Lyte’s famous beauty and to feel a pleasant tingle up and down his spine. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Beside him on the desk lay an open copy of Walt Whitman’s famous book of poems Leaves of Grass. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The University of Chicago was tough to get into if you had top grades and tough to stay in, famous for its grueling workload. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Raymond Pettibon. He’s most famous for his paintings of surfers, but I like his spirals. He was a punk musician before he became an artist. He was in Black Flag before it was Black Flag.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z They were from Henry David Thoreau’s famous essay, “Civil Disobedience,” written in 1849. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “If Trav ever became rich and famous, there's no question he would have. He gave me one of his stories to read on the day he died.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z That some nationally famous politician will undergo a sex-change operation, as a newspaper astrologer- psychic recently predicted, is considerably more likely than that New York’s Mayor Koch will. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The king often consulted the paper and quickly became famous for his wisdom. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I’m supposed to do a report on a famous historical figure. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z "Yeah, or like me becoming a famous actor," Simeon said. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z When he was young, he became famous as a wrestler. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Few of the ancient sources are very specific about these matters, as we would expect when speaking of one of the most visible and famous institutions of their times. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Outside Hagenback’s Animal Show, the most famous traveling zoo of the day, handlers prodded four trained lions into full roar. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I promise. Ahab is a good name. And I’m proud of you for knowing it. It’s from a very famous book.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Math was the first class and we had one of Galicki’s famous pop quizzes. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z If a famous person did that, it would probably be really popular and sell for a fortune. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Army battalion at the famous battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She knocked on his door and asked if he would be kind enough to show her the famous bird. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z This picture of a hot early stage of the universe was first put forward by the scientist George Gamow in a famous paper written in 1948 with a student of his, Ralph Alpher. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Since he did not know any English and could identify only the most famous cities and people, he would invent names and legends to satisfy the children’s insatiable curiosity. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The famous producer told him he was good in the role, even if his voice did crack once or twice in the higher registers. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The building looks so cool, like one of those famous cathedrals, topped with a beautiful golden dome. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The contents of Abuelita’s bulto looked like it may have belonged to El Niño Fidencio, the famous curandero of olden times, and I watched in awe as she sorted the ingredients for Pita’s treatment. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Now everybody discovered that the call to arms was being led by the famous Marina Raskova, and that she was specifically looking for airwomen. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Do you like that, Sam? It’s the sword belt of a famous warrior.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z O’Hare had a little notebook with him, and printed in the back of it were postal rates and airline distances and the altitudes of famous mountains and other key facts about the world. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z His eccentricities are chalked up to his status as a famous actor. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z We had spent most of the afternoon hunting all around Midtown for famous buildings that were in my architects book. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Rita became a prizewinning math student, and Kuda, to no one’s surprise, was possessed by his great-great-grand- uncle, a famous fighter pilot, and was taught military strategy from the inside out. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Being famous is like eating the best flan in the world. It’s so good, you can never get enough of it. Trust me, you’re going to love being in the spotlight.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “So what do all your friends think about you having a famous rock star for a girlfriend?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Did you know that a poem by José Martí inspired a very famous song called “Guantanamera”? And that a young man composed a version of it that became a worldwide hit? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Yes, in fact, we do. We have The Five Chinese Brothers—it’s a beautiful retelling of a famous Chinese folktale.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The famous Charge of the Light Brigade, in comparison, suffered casualties of approximately 40 percent. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not a huge crowd at all, but people snap pictures like we’re famous! Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z She could have been a famous artist by now, she yelled, if she hadn’t had children, and none of us appreciated her sacrifice. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I can see she’s drawn King Tut’s famous mask and the bust of Nefertiti, too. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The most famous of them all was the 21 Club. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z There were senators and famous actors, generals and world-renowned doctors, a few ex-presidents, and half a dozen dictators from places Matt had heard about on TV. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If the Torricellian barometer had not been easy to replicate, it would never have become the first famous experiment. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Pilots and navigators, many of them already experienced flight instructors, were all sure that the famous Marina Raskova might be able to influence the highest levels of government in a way that they could not. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Even if she got rich and famous and did command performances for Edward VII, like she said she would, she couldn’t ever live down the taint. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The artist George Innes came and made a famous painting called “Delaware Water Gap.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The names on this list are famous ones—prime ministers, presidents, pop stars—and beside each name is an amount of notes offered. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In the summer of 1937 he was seventy-five years old, and his unsmiling face was arguably the most famous in racing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We walked over to watch the dudes playing ball on that famous beach court, right there between the walkway and the sand. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Grandfather had a famous saying that caused great pride in his family: “Bah Jesus, I live for my wife, my children and my dog.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is that so? I thought that artists don’t become famous until after they’re dead. Like mummies.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The famous celebrities would have been miserable without their air-conditioning and entertainment centers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The arrests filled the headlines, but Booth, the most famous and recognizable man in America, remained free. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z If it were only the news itself that mattered in a word-of-mouth epidemic, Dawes would now be as famous as Paul Revere. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Morrie looked straight into the eyes of the most famous interviewer in America. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, for too long he had lived under the shadow of his famous father, with most people falsely thinking that his father, not he, was responsible for the sharp insight behind Bragg’s Law. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Now, of course, Josh Trammell’s fire would no longer be the most famous fire in Shaker Heights. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I said I saw our struggle as parallel to this famous rebellion, and we discussed this historical episode for quite a while. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently the Junior Researcher trainees all have to attend a presentation from some really old, really famous magical scientist who’s visiting from the Bureau’s London outpost. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Rutherford had once been a famous caricaturist, whose brutal cartoons had helped to inflame popular opinion before and during the Revolution. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The British took it badly and burned down the White House which caused First Lady Dolley Madison to save the famous portrait of George Washington. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Charles’s mother, Susanna, was the daughter of Josiah Wedgwood, who had founded the famous and profitable Wedgwood pottery company. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Leale wanted, most of all, to catch a glimpse of the famous general who had won the Civil War. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I wished he’d been famous, famous like a movie star, which is what he deserved. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The island of Gont, a single mountain that lifts its peak a mile above the storm-racked Northeast Sea, is a land famous for wizards. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Her father always told them the Arabs were famous for their hospitality. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Almost their whole town, and even witches from other towns, had come to see the famous, stupendous Spares. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He was famous, he thought wryly, but not in the way he’d wanted. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The corned beef over there is famous along the whole front. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps the most famous demonstration in support of economic justice is the March on Washington for Jobs and Economic Freedom in August 1963. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The wealthy and the famous were recognized—ccWe wish to recognize in our presence the former governor of...” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I know she was famous, but you don’t catch the most dangerous magician of all time and not get famous. Maria was cool with giving Quinton the spotlight, though, letting him do all the interviews.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Ac-cording to members of the extended family, his moods can be dark and mercurial, although they say his famous temper has lost much of its volatility in recent years. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Rosa Parks opened the door for one of the most famous boycotts of our time and introduced the struggle for civil rights. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z "Did you know her? Before she became famous?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It was as big around as one of Mother Paula’s famous buttermilk flapjacks. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “For the stuffed potato balls. Papito is famous around here for them.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Billy’s son Robert had a lot of trouble in high school, but then he joined the famous Green Berets. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She quoted famous lines of poetry and the opening sentences of the classics. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z If this was going to be a famous batde we needed more fighters. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Both were famous Public Schools, but that was all I knew about them. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z A famous example involves Japan’s abandonment of guns. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Even at 9 A.M. on a Saturday, New York City is just as loud and jam-packed as it’s famous for being. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Some girl started singing a famous old folk song called “This Land Is Your Land.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I was sitting in the Palm, a famous steakhouse, trying to enjoy a rib-eye steak cooked medium rare. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The parade of famous visitors spreading the farm’s renown made the place into a symbol of colored uplift—and a target. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Lynn planned to become either a rocket scientist or a famous writer. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Grandma claims he’s been a dentist for like forty years, and whenever he pulls a tooth from someone famous, he saves it. Then he sells ’em to people. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z AH round the panelled walls there were ancient paintings of departed badgers, famous in their day for scholarship or godliness, lit from above by shaded glow-worms. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Hanging there in the air, he looks like the famous Michael Jordan silhouette. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She would never see the famous minarets up close, and she would never pick fruit from Herat’s orchards or stroll in its fields of wheat. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z My dad turned to Jared S. “See? You are famous.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z They had been sent down from Auburn, New York State’s famous second prison, to construct Sing Sing, its third. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Back when they used to live here, they heard about Anatole from some other missionaries and saved him from the famous diamond mines and taught him to love Jesus and how to read and write. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everyone we know is named the same as me. It’s not like we know any other Calebs. Not even famous ones.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z When he replied that he didn’t care to be rich and famous, they didn’t believe him and said he was only being lazy. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I read over my notes about John Draper, aka Captain Crunch, and the toy plastic whistle that had made him famous in the annals of hacker lore. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “But he can be whatever he wants. Lynn is going to be either a rocket scientist or a famous writer.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z His side of my parents’ bedroom grew more cluttered with stacks of used and yellowed paperbacks of famous plays. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z We run through the cafeteria doors and join the throng around the famous vlogger. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The famous story of Cupid and Psyche is told only by Apuleius, who writes very much like Ovid. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Will Mr. Homer Zuckerman bring his famous pig to the judges’ booth in front of the grandstand. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z He issued instructions that anticipated by many years Louis Sullivan’s famous admonition that form must follow function. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The visual image congealed; he saw at once a famous landscape, the old, brown, barren ascent, with tufts of dried-out bonelike weeds poking slantedly into a dim and sunless sky. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Joe will end up living in New York City and he will be a famous writer. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Many Silvers belong to famous families, called houses, with dozens of members. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z The large island of Madagascar, about 250 miles east of the African mainland, offers a famous example. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It is the most famous song in all of Cuba. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “The only thing that would be better is if I became a famous musician too.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Any of this would have been enough to make Hooke famous and delight readers such as Samuel Pepys. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The work made Dalton famous–albeit in a low-key, English Quaker sort of way. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z On March 9,1973, the journal Nature published a letter from J. Douglas, a biologist at Brunei University: It is twenty-one years since George Gey established the famous HeLa cells in culture. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Actually, Twig’s mom is the one who named her, after some famous old supermodel. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Her dad was probably fixing his famous blueberry pancakes as well. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z So by Thursday Chester Cricket was the most famous musician in New York City. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Some kids look like popular presidents or famous movie people. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z They constantly badgered me to do the “James Brown” for them, a squiggling of the feet made famous by the “Godfather of Soul” himself, who back in the sixties was bigger than life. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Every famous scientist had been out there as a routine thing,” he recalled. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Observers in the audience have heard the pop and are amazed by the famous actor making a sudden surprise appearance on the stage—perhaps adding some comical whimsy to this very special evening. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Muhammad Ali is undeniably the most famous and influential American Muslim of all time. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The school had an internationally famous music program and student choir. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z There were mostly black-and-white portraits of bands and a few famous paintings. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Barry’s dad was a little famous in the Lower Nine: His band, Roddy Tucker and the Blasters, played in jazz clubs around New Orleans. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z We might be almost as famous as that school in Whitwell, Tennessee, and their paper clips project—and somebody made a movie about them. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He enumerated the names of famous Charleses in order to stir up genetic ambition in the boy. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He said that once I became a millionaire, I would be famous just like him. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z In 1661, between the first two editions of The Spring of the Air, Boyle published his most famous book, The Sceptical Chymist. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z When James Garfield and Chester Arthur ran for office in 1880, Guiteau saw an opportunity to reach his ambition of becoming a great and famous man. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z That they were intended to have a patriotic, as well as a nostalgic, purpose is clear from his dedication of the most famous of the set, no. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Ms. Washington let me turn the classroom into a pretend baseball field for my oral presentation on a famous inventor. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z I got dreams—go to college, move my family away from here, be rich and famous, maybe own a hardware store. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Out of all the Pandava brothers, Arjuna was the most famous. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z People look at you because your dad’s the famous Harry Potter, savior of the wizarding world. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “The most famous Greek statue of all time. It was forty feet tall, covered in ivory and gold. It stood in the middle of the Parthenon in Athens.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He was the grandson of a famous chief named Chief Chicken which is a funny name for a chief. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As though I’m a famous actress on a soap opera. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was one book, written by a famous scientist, that had a chapter about rats. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z There was no problem persuading her to spend a Saturday afternoon this way, for we told her that she was participating in perhaps the most famous event in biology since Darwin’s book. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The most famous Supreme Court decision upholding mandatory minimum sentences is Lockyer v. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “I Bought Me a Cat” is a traditional American song arranged by the famous American composer Aaron Copland. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z As soon as the guests arrived, Oppenheimer announced it was time to mix a batch of his famous martinis. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Paul Revere’s ride is perhaps the most famous historical example of a word-of-mouth epidemic. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I also become renowned in school for imitating famous singers, using an imaginary microphone, flinging my hair around and dancing and singing and pursing my lips. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “What would a trip to the Starlight Room be without a ride in our famous glass elevators? They go up like rockets.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Great-uncle Edisto always cooked his famous corn bread and good black snap beans and corn on the cob, if it was summer. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It seemed like magic to me when I put on the headphones Tsalig handed me and heard the famous trumpeter of Kraków marking the noon hour with his horn, hundreds of miles away. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Everyone wore colorful robes and drove around in chariots and lived in massive stone buildings with tall columns and statues of famous leaders and generals and thinkers. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A white kid can play a famous black dude in a play, and it’s no big deal. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Had he really been a famous jazz musician? Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z It’s a by-product of the famous superstition about splitting an infinitive. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave me his famous Death Stare, then leaned over Joey and whispered, “No cars, no cows, but I counted yo’ momma six times already.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t heard of the summit, but when I Googled it, I saw that it was run by a famous magazine editor, Tina Brown. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Birge “asked me the outright question had I ever studied Rutherford, Chadwick, and Ellis, the most famous book in the field? And I had to admit that I had not. I hadn’t had time.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And he wasn’t afraid to disagree with his more famous colleague. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Grandma Aly was also famous for passing out in her room after especially grueling practices. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Emma and Charles’s first grandchild, Bernard, grew up to be a lawyer and a famous golf writer. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ancient Egypt had famous queens, you know. Duh, Nefertiti—who was gorgeous, by the way.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He was a historian of boxing lore and could narrate all twenty-six rounds of Jack Johnson’s famous bout in Havana in 1915 when the first black heavyweight champion of the world lost his title. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In reality, even for the most famous and apparently decisive modern inventions, neglected precursors lurked behind the bald claim “X invented Y.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Barred from the closed meeting, he had to cool his heels for hours, watching “my friends and any number of famous military men go upstairs to a closed GAC session.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z This is how I’m going to meet the most famous young man in the world. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Even famous people had been children at some point. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z No one knew what went on inside of Mr. Popper’s head, and no one guessed that he would one day be the most famous person in Stillwater. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z He has the largest private medical practice in East Africa, and it has made him a famous figure in Nairobi. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The famous Schaffhauser grilled cheese was the best sandwich I ever ate. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Mary Elizabeth came to school with a book of poems by a famous poet named e. e. cummings. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Suppose His Majesty’s famous bounds were to go nimrin’ riot after a unicorn or something? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And it is a mistake to believe that Arthur’s civilization was weak in this famous science of ours. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Harlem’s famous image spread until it swarmed nightly with white people from all over the world. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And, really, Edison had tried so hard just because he wanted to beat other inventors, and be more famous. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Do you know how many famous people started acting at the playhouse?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Next year we’ll have a goose or a nice ham and why wouldn’t we, isn’t Limerick famous the world over for the ham? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I wish she could see this famous artist is just like her. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The only famous authors he could think of were Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, and Mark Twain. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z One of their most famous parties took place in November 1938, when the world situation was grim and their own workload was intense. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “You would shake hands with some man, he’d only have two fingers or something like that, and he might’ve been a famous radiologist.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z So I could move to America and become the most famous Persian actress alive. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “He invited me to feel his biceps,” Churchill recalled, “saying that a famous prize-fighter had envied them. This was reassuring.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z An officer in the Royal Navy, and here’s a picture of him with other officers all having dinner with a famous American film star Jean Harlow. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The famous blue crab of the Chesapeake Bay and other Atlantic Coast areas is an example. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The famous politician had his hat off and was waving it wildly and his white hair was flowing and bobbing, conspicuous, distinguished. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I scan the crowd for the famous freak. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Then came the famous British Museum Massacre. Two thousand culture fans gassed with dichlorethvl sulphide.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z His most famous tune, I believe, was “Yes, Indeed!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I believe a famous architect had designed it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The famous rock paintings in Chauvet, France, made by cave- dwelling people of the Upper Palaeolithic period, or European Ice Age, are 32,000 years old. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “This is it,” said Hagrid, coming to a halt, “the Leaky Cauldron. It’s a famous place.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “We are all going to Tai Lake. The family has rented a boat with a famous chef. And tonight at the ceremony you will see the Moon Lady.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She scolded, muttered, and shook her whiskers at everyone, including her famous nephew. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Sneaky thinks it’ll make us famous, and he wants to practice, like, ALL the time. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Acre-size patches of bobbing vegetation, the famous “floating islands” of the Amazon, drift by. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I am so glad that I knew Olduvai before that famous discovery. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Instead of that famous Life magazine cover showing an astronaut on the moon, it says “Apollo 11 Gets Tow from Friendly Alien Cruiser after Running Out of Fuel.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I plan to decline her coffee offer, but she's laid out two cups and her good china, blue and white, the famous style from the city of Delft. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Battle Tactics Caesar’s troops may have been vastly outnumbered, but Caesar fought back, using the daring and ruthless moves that made him famous. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mrs. Burke wrote novels and, according to Leslie, was more famous than Mr. Burke, who wrote about politics. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The Michelson-Morley outcome became, in the words of William H. Cropper, "probably the most famous negative result in the history of physics." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z "It's very famous and very good. If it's too long for you, just let me know and I'll find something shorter and a bit easier." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Brainwashed by his teachers, he believed his sole aim in life was to enter a famous university and become a scientist—” “Hey!” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the statues were really holographic projections, they had chisel-type labels floating in front of their pedestals identifying who the famous people were. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “What? My — my mum and dad weren’t famous, were they?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The song also provides the music for two other very famous songs, “Baa, Baa Black Sheep” and the “A-B-C” song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z That whole winter, Hassan and I took turns wearing the hat, and belted out the film’s famous music as we climbed mounds of snow and shot each other dead. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Stella used to perform in a large and famous circus, and she still does some of those tricks for our show. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “Well, even if they don’t,” Harry answered, “I’m sure the Bellinis will do very well. They’re famous now too.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He learned in this way the art of divination as no one ever had, and he became a famous soothsayer. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew some famous American foods had molasses in them, like baked beans and gingerbread. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z “Can you identify the following famous people?” was written beneath the headline. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “You’re going to call them, right? You’re going to be their drummer, and I’m going to go to all your shows, and when you become famous, I’m going to tell everyone I know you.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z When this story goes out into the world, I may become the most famous hermaphrodite in history. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He was working there, he told Kurnakov, alongside some of the world’s most famous scientists. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z If this seems absurd, consider the situation in the citrus groves of California, where the world’s most famous and successful experiment in biological control was carried out in the 1880’s. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Tell your mama her beans will go perfect with the killed lettuce. I hope Mrs. Odom is bringin’ her famous corn pone,” Stella’s mother said as she stirred another pot. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Such a famous lady. You probably don't know how much she has done for the orphanage.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z In one city, a famous gangster robbed a bank of five thousand dollars and spent the whole lot on candy bars that same afternoon. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z He was the central clown in an unconscious travesty of that famous oil painting, “The Spirit of ’76.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Bill made money enough in that apartment speakeasy to open up a Creole restaurant famous in Harlem. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Today, my Fantasticos, we are going to jump from our social studies unit and talk a little bit about some famous people. People I bet some of you know.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z One of the girls in yellow was playing the piano and beside her stood a tall, red haired young lady from a famous chorus, engaged in song. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Bod, in the sack, was uncomfortable, being painfully slammed against the famous writer Victor Hugo’s back and occasionally banged on the ground. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z She could have been a famous scientist or doctor or something. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z We passed the famous Shah Faisal Mosque on the way there, reputedly the biggest mosque in the world, with its giant concrete girders and soaring minarets. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Beale was pressing her famous meatloaf into a baking pan one day, when Maniac started talking his trash to her. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z All around us were portraits of famous old peculiars, not framed but drawn directly onto the walls in oil and charcoal and grease pencil. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z If she was so famous, why had I never heard of her? Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z A Trip to the Moon, Melies’ most famous film, followed a group of explorers as they went to the moon, fought the moon men, and returned home with a captive, to great acclaim. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z How did the farmers win out over the famous warriors? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It was filmed with a fixed camera on one of the summit terraces and showed a man sitting at a table, as if at an open-air restaurant, during one of its famous blows. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z As soon as possible, which was three days later, Malcolm hurried to the priory to learn more about the child of the famous explorer. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Wolverine, the company that makes Hush Puppies, was thinking of phasing out the shoes that made them famous. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Storm clouds gather as we explore Paris's famous university, and a sudden downpour catches our group by surprise. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He revived the famous Maxwell brothers who found a vein of gold and hid the traces of it so carefully that they could never find it again. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Recently, Nan had worked some famous artists’ quotes into her rotation for my benefit. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z We returned to the the city talking of nothing more than a famous cinema actress who had just married, and the mosquito bites we got by the river. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z She also prepares her famous enrolladitos, swirls of bread filled with a blend of tuna fish, ketchup, and cream cheese, with an olive in the center. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z He is there for the light, the warmth, and the famous beauty of the women—the Arlésiennes, with their classic looks and bright clothes. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The next year Descartes formulated his famous doctrine cogito ergo sum, ‘I think therefore I am’; consequently, there is something, one thing, I know for certain. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Now, in 1914, he was famous enough as an Antarctic explorer to be able to raise the money he needed for his new journey. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Bell, who had accompanied the celebrated naturalist John James Audubon on his trip up the Missouri River, was the most famous taxidermist of the time. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z When we were in New York, we found that our favorite restaurant had a soup-starter base that would replicate its famous soup at home. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Dad had made his famous salt roast, which was my favorite dish, but I had no appetite. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And somewhere in there a nice man named Seymour Lawrence gave me a three-book contract, and I said, “O.K., the first of the three will be my famous book about Dresden.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z "I'd a little rather not be the polo player," said Tom pleasantly, "I'd rather look at all these famous people in--in oblivion." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The next day, he brought me a book about famous buildings and the men who had designed and built them. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z If we pulled off a successful escalator trade of our own, we’d be famous for sure. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He was a rich and famous billionaire white dude. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z But continuing on with the highlights of my life: My parents were famous trapeze artists known as the Flying Elefantes. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He sang for pay, for the praise of women—one in particular—and for the honor of a famous king’s hand on his arm. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z And the next thing I knew, Seanie, who was definitely not famous for his tackling ability, took me right down with a diving side tackle. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z His famous mane of white hair was windswept from a morning of sailing on Long Island Sound. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “What a joke! Poor little rich girl’s fallen in love with the Republic’s most famous criminal. And it’s even worse since you’re the reason he’s there in the first place. Right?” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I'm famous all right, but I don't think it's what she had in mind. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Mark never thought he’d hear those words—a boat coming down one of the most famous streets in the world, where cars are supposed to drive. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z It was here, ten thousand years ago, that the ancient fairy race, the Dé Danann, had battled against the demon Fomorians, carving the famous Giants’ Causeway with the strength of their magical blasts. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He was famous for changing identities and for charming his way in and out of impossible situations. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z She met so many people who said, Oh, I want to be famous! Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Hilary Putnam, perhaps the most influential analytic philosopher of the second half of the twentieth century, published a famous article called “The Meaning of Meaning” in a learned academic volume. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Not the words of his speech—those famous phrases printed on posters and in schoolbooks. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z We do know that Jefferson’s famous dinner was not, as he implied, the only such occasion. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z They was famous, all right, but they did bad things too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "Bruno," she said, "the time has come to restore you to the famous bosom of your family." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Among zookeepers, Goliath’s death is famous; he was a bull elephant seal, a great big venerable beast of two tons, star of his European zoo, loved by all visitors. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He was everything, the most famous and accomplished athlete in Syrian history. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He thinks he has failed in the real world, although he once created a famous illustration for canned pork and beans that I can remember from childhood. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Once the most famous geyser in the park was Excelsior Geyser. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z We’d take tons of pictures, in case we ever need to trick people into thinking we know famous people. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z They were famous, all right, but they weren’t no heroes. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Seven took a bite of her mother’s famous pineapple-jam cake and scowled. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I looked at my famous Schaffhauser grilled cheese and found the perfect spot to take my next bite. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z This is the protozoan, not yet as famous as he should be, who seems to be telling us everything about everything, all at once. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I will be the famous Park in the family. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z When Roosevelt returned home, he was not only a hero but also the most famous man in the country. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The phrases “saddles on their backs” and “a favored few, booted and spurred” had been lifted from a famous speech delivered by Col. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z This was the beginning of the famous quests. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When Libby and I workshopped our two-person Fiddler on the Roof, for the private performance we put on for her mom right when she started getting sick, I decided to stage the famous Bottle Dance. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I guess being on a famous reality TV show kind of makes you a celebrity. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z We were going to New York City to see a famous doctor. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Soon the aviator Charles Lindbergh, perhaps the most famous man in America, would claim in a speech that Jews had too much influence over “our motion pictures, our press, our radio, and our government.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I’ve slept in my famous female filmmakers T-shirt every night this week to get into the mind-set of a butt-kicking female director. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She was famous for remembering something that she forgot to yell at you earlier, and dropping the wrath right back on you. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The most famous mosque of Jerusalem, the Dome of the Rock, gleamed golden against the sky. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z When we told the security guards at the gate who I was and flashed them our passes, they ushered us inside like we were famous. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Secretly, the mother was disappointed because she had always meant for her Yo to be the famous one. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Bengalis are famous for nicknames—we each end up with about a dozen. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Others, like Niko Tinbergen, another very famous early ethologist, do experiments out in the place where the animals live. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The people who first got to the crash scene were young Austrian ski instructors from the famous ski resort below. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z There was not another wharf in all America so large, so famous, so rich. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But among intelligence circles, Riverbank was becoming famous, not only in the United States, but also farther afield. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The original name was Salt Spring, and it’s famous for its casino, fancy spa and resort, basketball player Larry Bird, and healing springs. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z This is the famous story of how Galileo dropped different weights from the Leaning Tower to show that they would arrive at the ground below together. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Many famous improvisors, when interviewed, mention how useful it was to them to learn from other soloists by transcribing their solos in this way. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z One result of this act would be the birth of Robert Pilgrim, who would become a problem in high school, but who would then straighten out as a member of the famous Green Berets. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know, but it’s a shame because he was famous around here.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z This violin was built by the famous Amati famib of Cremona, Italy, whos mid-sixteenth-century violins are the world’s oldest surviving example of the instrument. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Okay, the first week of school Mrs. Henry, our English teacher, said we had to write poems in the style of some famous poet. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Rooms were booked for us in a place called the Hotel Magnificent in the famous seaside town of Bournemouth. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z These were not the kin of famous captains nor the blood of the great Houses of the Iron Islands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The famous Java Homo erectus fossils prove that humans have occupied at least western Indonesia for a million years. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “When I grow up and become a famous dancer, I’m gonna move far, far away from here.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Wagner’s debt to Liszt is evident even in Wagner’s most famous chord - so famous, in fact, that it has its own name. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z For a famous place, it was very dark and shabby. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “No. You will be great and famous,” he insisted. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z One of the scientists who consulted for Reader was Leonard Hayflick, arguably the most famous early cell culturist left in the field today. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “And now I shall go back and show my fellow elves that the child of a clerk and a seamstress is as good and brave as the most famous knight in the kingdom.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z No, it wasn’t as famous as Mount Hood, across the border in Oregon. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Even before high school, I thought that it would be a cool thing to do if I ever got really famous. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The arrival of the electric chair in 1891 marked the beginning of the grim period for which Sing Sing grew world famous: as a center for executions. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Much more often, we know nothing about the individuals responsible for devising famous alphabets of the past. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z One of the country's most famous modern-day exports - Lurpak butter - features the horn both in its name and on its packaging. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z When the white bus driver recognized the famous man coming through the door, he smiled and said, “I believe you are Reverend King, aren’t you?” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z He kept a lot of books at his house about famous criminals from history. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I’ve always asked myself, “Why do only famous people make the headlines?” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z An observer of the present day, who knew the Arthurian legend only from Tennyson and people of that sort, would have been startled to see that the famous lovers were past their prime. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The first is the genome of the DNA in chromosomes, the genome of the famous human genome project, which proclaimed its success with great fanfare in 2000. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z One of the most famous speeches of modern times was the one made—apparently extempore—by a British army officer on the eve of the invasion of Iraq. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z This was, in fact, the basis of his acquaintance with most of the famous people in his life. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She told him that in the Renaissance the most famous dukes were known for their aesthetic taste and patronage of the arts, and this idea appealed to him. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Uh, no one famous. Says he had a couple brothers, but no mention of whether they had kids. I can probably find out if you want.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Six days after her visit the first fires occurred and destroyed several structures, among them the famous Peristyle. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And when it ends, when you walk out the door that last time from the world’s most famous address, you’re left in many ways to find yourself again. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Gold was the most famous ingredient in a red, white, and blue solution nicknamed the “barber pole” that employees of the Keeley Institute injected into patients’ arms three times a day. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “The fact that I was unable to interpret it did not bother me. It was certainly better to imagine myself becoming famous than maturing into a stifled academic who had never risked a thought.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The Edsel, the Ford Motor Company’s famous flop from the 1950s, failed because people thought it looked funny. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Sandi remembered when the famous Doctor Fanning and his wife had come down to instruct the country's leading doctors on new procedures for heart surgery. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z That night she chose to direct it toward her famous steamed pork and preserved vegetable dish, which she always served with special pride. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know what a mini-bar was, so I called the Plaza Hotel, which I knew was a famous one, and asked. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Did I ever show you how to make a famous Schaffhauser grilled cheese?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Specifically the famous, terrifying scene from The Shining where Jack Nicholson’s demonic smile and bulging eyes appear through a splintered door. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z You probably know that in 1927, Babe Ruth hit his famous sixty home runs in a single season. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “It’s pretty famous. But we’ve got a long, long way to go.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z This was quite remarkable because, for one thing, Einstein and his theory were world famous by now. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Idaho isn’t famous for many things, so I figured I’d have heard of whatever “Ruby Ridge” was. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “The weird thing is, these are famous people.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The 33rd President of the United States handed Bod over to the famous writer Victor Hugo, who threw the boy into his sack and put it over his shoulder. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The famous director wanted to meet the class that I had dubbed “as colorful as a box of Crayola crayons” and their “rookie teacher who was causing waves.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Zork was one of the earliest and most famous text adventure games. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “The place was packed. He’s a very famous technology prophet. His TED Talk, ‘Our Brilliant Tomorrow,’ has been watched nearly two million times online.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t understand why Malala is famous,” he said to my father. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She shares quotes from famous novels, random facts about nature, or sometimes even song lyrics. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Titid was young then, just a young priest starting out, not a famous Monsieur le President. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Spoken like a child of Mars! Too bad I have to kill you. And this one... my, my, I’ve been waiting to meet the famous Percy Jackson.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They made a list of all the famous players from each of the teams, then added pi to each famous player’s jersey number, but didn’t know what to look for after that. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I do. And now I’m going to be famous. I’m going to be the first bird to ever find a missing child. I’m going to be on TV!” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “Feel free to mingle with one another. Don’t forget: only you can put the friend in friendly competition. There’s a refreshments table on that back wall, starring my famous sweet tea, of course.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He emerged victorious after slaying the wildcat with his ancient sword, which became famous throughout the land. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It belongs to Dartmouth College, of Hanover, whose famous Outing Club has been looking after it in a commendably diligent and low-key way since the early years of this century. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Throughout my childhood, he sang me a song about my famous Pashtun namesake. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A famous brain surgeon came up from Boston and operated on him for three hours. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But then a call came from the president of that famous music college in New York. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z The press had learned that Gerhardt was somewhere in Germany—and that Bobby was in the country—and they were trying to track down the father so they could interview his famous son. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I have already discussed his work on light and colour, which led to the famous row with Hooke. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z And even then, Mr. Abbas has to explain that every village in Iran has its own colors and patterns they’re famous for. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “So what will this world famous blog be called then?” she asked. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I remember, Harry Potter. Even amongst goblins, you are very famous.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, Einstein never accepted that the universe was governed by chance; his feelings were summed up in his famous statement “God does not play dice.” A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Nearly ninety years ago, Thomas Mott Osborne, a politically connected prison reformer, spent a week in voluntary confinement at New York’s other famous historic prison, Auburn. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That the whole thing—the grandmother, his heritage, the bar mitzvah—was just the latest and most elaborate of the series of unfunny pranks that he and his idiot friends are famous for. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z A limousine drove past us slowly, and I wondered if there was a famous rapper inside. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z It was a giant hardback filled with pictures of stuff famous architects had built from all over the world. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “There’s not a name more famous in the supernatural world than Van Helsing.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z He had a grand feeling, no doubt, a compensation of vigour and clarity and uplifting of the heart Perhaps his famous God did give him something which she could not give. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A repeating pattern showing the famous trio of drummer boy, fife player, and lame old man. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Not because he was strong and famous and all that?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Today Meteor Crater is the most famous impact site on Earth and a popular tourist attraction. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z As someone who could make them famous among their peers, I was no longer a person to be trifled with. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Their first perch was the swanky Raleigh Hotel, famous for its roof garden, tenth-floor ballroom, and Beaux Arts glamour. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The beginning of this struggle can be traced to the famous Seneca Falls Convention, which was held from July 19 to July 20, 1848, in Seneca Falls, New York. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “You can’t figure it out?” she flashed that famous smile, white teeth in the prettiest black face in Harlem, and disappeared into her hallway leaving me on the stoop. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z "Got loose, he did! My dancing bear. World famous!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Then Dad pulled one of his famous tricks on me. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She became so famous for this act that, after she was a victor, she had her teeth cosmetically altered so each one ends in a sharp point like a fang and is inlaid with gold. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Formerly almost everything she used came to her on her hundreds of famous ships. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He knows something’s up, like when Feather could tell we were going to have that one, famous Pittsburgh tornado, and kept knocking Mom’s Sleepless in Seattle commemorative plates off the wall with his tail. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Your kid was great tonight. You just might have a famous actor on your hands someday.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z The JPL Spacecraft Assembly Facility, known as the "clean room," was the little-known birthplace of the most famous spacecraft in Mars exploration history. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z K B could have been the initials of a famous author. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I told him, “Richard Buckminster Fuller was a scientist, philosopher, and inventor who is most famous for designing the geodesic dome, whose most famous version is the Buckyball. He died in 1983, I think.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It reminds Lourdes of a photograph she saw once of the famous Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles with its endless ricocheting light. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It was that famous one in all the postcards and T-shirts about San Francisco. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Syracuse was the richest city on the island of Sicily, and Archimedes was its most famous resident. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z An obvious example on the southern coast is the Nazca, famous for the huge patterns they set into the ground. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It struck me as peculiar that the crack trade was flourishing openly perhaps a hundred yards from one of the most famous maximum-security prisons in the world. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She tried and quickly abandoned trying to teach them how to play charades; they were simply no good at guessing the names of famous people, since they had never heard of any of them. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z A memory came to her from childhood, of seeing at an afternoon birthday party the famous tablecloth trick. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “I suppose that’s always the goal these days. Everything has to be famous or it doesn’t count. We all need our personal business splashed across the media. There’s no such thing as privacy anymore.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z You’ve known for a long time that my greatest wish is to be a journalist, and later on, a famous writer. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Except for Uncle Lew who was in politics, Potters are famous for not saying anything they don't mean. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The star of the show was Hank Williams, a famous country singer from Montgomery. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Basically, this guy Abraham Maslow became famous for his theory that certain needs must be met before you can even have other kinds of needs. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z On our ride into Havana, I got my first glimpse of a political billboard, an enlarged version of the famous photograph of the Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara wearing a beret. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Yes, but becoming the world’s most famous assassin is!” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He also wrote about his dogs, and made Bob famous for his hothouse face of despair. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He used to wear a military-style khaki suit replete with epaulets and gold buttons, and carried a baton like that made famous by Field Marshal Montgomery. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "The famous Cornwall sisters," mentioned the Queen coldly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of soup cans and movie stars, I’d be famous for my weather charts and formal suits and that would be good. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Of these deaths and flowery resurrections the most famous was that of Adonis. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He was supposed to have lived a generation earlier than the most famous Greek traveler, the hero of the Odyssey. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps the best way to create an accurate picture of Artemis is to tell the by now famous account of his first villainous venture. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Pablo Picasso, another famous painter, who created a modem style that no one had ever seen before. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Jefferson was an elegant stylist, to be sure, which was one of the main reasons that he, John Adams, had selected him to draft the famous document in the first place. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Probably named after the famous fort from Revolutionary War days. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z While the “Checkers Speech” has become famous for that crowning moment, the whole speech is a rhetorical classic. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z She hid them away, but now she was famous. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Toscanini was perhaps the most famous personality in the musical world at that time. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z This included business leaders, politicians, and poets, plus a coterie of famous people, from singers to athletes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I’m standing inside a level that few will ever get to see, with some of the most famous players in the world. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Train was one of the most famous men of the day, though no one knew quite why. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “So ends the famous Harry Potter,” said Riddle’s distant voice. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The old woman had been famous in the city for inking the most beautiful elilith. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He was surpassed in all Hobbit records only by two famous characters of old; but that curious matter is dealt with in this book. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Whenever you get the available answer to a straight question, like, say, where does the most famous and worst of the four-letter Anglo-Saxon unprintable words come from, the answer raises new and discomfiting questions. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Even famous and beloved citizens felt the landlord’s bite. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I had thought of going to the famous university there, but Mum could not afford to send me unless I won a major scholarship. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z My friends would tell me that they would meet a famous author one week and, the next, they would be read a really interesting book. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Did Bueli make you one of her famous toilet paper covers yet?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z But my mother had studied at a famous nursing school in Shanghai, and she said she knew all about genetics. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “No big deal? That dude is nuts. He sells teeth that he says are famous people’s!” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He ignored the famous wine, women, and song. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I almost turned and went back outside, but then Mother appeared behind me and said, “Let me finally meet this famous Liz.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z His famous equation, E=mc2, did not appear with the paper, but came in a brief supplement that followed a few months later. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I learned this trick the day Jay Cee took me to lunch with a famous poet. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z People speak of the Allies and their famous evacuations. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The Coca-Cola mystique had always been based on its famous secret formula, unchanged since the earliest days of the company. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z When Billy joined the regiment, it was in the process of being destroyed by the Germans in the famous Battle of the Bulge. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Volpe scurried in briefly to meet the famous producer, but he had a cast to ready for a show and, in any case, was far too nervous to eat. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The highways in southern Georgia were famous for how dark they were, no light anywhere—no farm lights or streetlights or town lights. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Instead of chasing my own fame, I wrote about famous athletes chasing theirs. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In the famous nineteenth-century novels of Horatio Alger, young boys born into poverty rise to riches through a combination of pluck and initiative. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Marble statues of the Goddess of Beauty and famous Belles peek out of every corner. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The world’s most famous fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, said that once you have eliminated all the possibilities, whatever remains, however improbable, must be true. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z It had high-rise handlebars with black rubber grips and its famous banana seat. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The encyclopedia said Arizona is famous for sun and blue skies. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z He had written many popular German plays and poems in his time, and had married a famous German actress named Resi North. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was kind of cool in the beginning, being famous and all that. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “The Masjid-e-Jameh. It’s a very famous mosque. Hundreds of years old.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The young doctor was soon famous for his willingness to help the poor and the untouchables. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The name of it was Troy and even today no city is more famous. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z This one was a last-minute fill-in for a famous violinist who’d gone down with the flu. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Rachel says it was part of a locomotive train, but she is famous for making things up out of thin air and stating them in a high, knowing tone. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Biri, a famous rain priestess, and her two brothers had founded the eland clan. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She showed some slides of his prints, including the really famous one of a skeleton woman wearing a big hat. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Jay Cee had to flatter the more famous man at the same time as she was careful not to hurt the less famous lady. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “A course. Can’t have no proper sandwich on no raw bread. And this afternoon I’ll make one a Minny’s famous caramel cakes. And next week we gone do you a fried catfish...” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He was crying, only a boy, famous hero or not: a poor miserable virgin. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z This building happened to be a famous factory where they made chocolate, and almost at once a great river of warm melted chocolate came pouring out of the holes in the factory wall. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z My disease is as rare as it is famous. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The villagers of Kasensero are fishermen who were, and are, famous as smugglers. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Lyons had been a famous football star at Mason High School, was highly thought of in Mason, and consequently he now worked around that town in menial jobs. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z On top of our motel rum and Cokes, we've had a few of Capri's famous frozen daiquiris. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z "I was thinkin' more of a grandmother who was a famous enchantress, or an uncle who was a prominent warlock, or a brace of fairies somewhere in the family tree." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z There is a famous painting, Nighthawks, by Edward Hopper. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z "It's a famous one," Miss Honey said, picking up the book and returning to her table in front of the class. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z So I lie and say my favorite quote is Dory’s famous line from Finding Nemo: “Just keep swimming.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t know anything about the key, so the paintings meant nothing to me, even if I knew they were famous. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The International Confederation of Wizards argued the matter out at their famous summit meeting of 1692. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Hercules, the most famous demigod of all time, and Percy didn’t get to meet him either. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “We’ll kill him the hard way—-just keep slashing until we find the weak spot. Once we defeat Percy Jackson, we’ll be more famous than Medusa! Our patron will reward us greatly!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Wish they could see famous Harry Potter now, he thought savagely as he spread manure on the flower beds, his back aching, sweat running down his face. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z After he was famous and riding around with bodyguards in that white Thunderbird some admirer had given him. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, George Lucas is one of the most famous examples of someone who got his start at USC’s film school, which also happens to be my dream school. But...” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z So it isn’t famous people who drive the name game. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I take another bite of this place’s famous rice. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z In the year 1919 he ran for his college track team in the famous Penn Relays. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z These maidens are famous—far more so than anyone reading their story would expect. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It is the subject of one of his most famous odes, written in the first half of the fifth century. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z My wall was covered with photos of famous buildings—the Wrigley Building, Marina City, the Egyptian pyramids, the Guggenheim Museum, the Taj Mahal, the palace of Versailles. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Wagner uses them prolifically throughout his ten most famous operas to evoke pain or anguish, or to tell you something grim might be about to happen. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Bought this book of spells at a collector’s auction last year. It once belonged to Madame Violet, one of the most famous illusionists who’s ever lived.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z In the distance, I could see the manicured lawns of Pickett’s golf course, and beyond that the glass-and-steel Pickett mansion, which had been designed by some famous architect. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z She had been dying to go to Griswold’s famous San Francisco book carnival since she first heard about it five years ago. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z And then, all of a sudden, I feel sad as Keisha goes on about how famous Albert will be. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “For someone so famous, I’ve never heard of this De Leon person.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z One of the soldiers sent to oversee the hanging was Thomas J. Jackson—soon to become famous as Stonewall Jackson—and one of the eager onlookers in the crowd was John Wilkes Booth. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Sure, the newsreels would roll up, the TV cameras would arrive, reporters would hang in the trees, and you’d be famous.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Today, when we hear the word clone, we imagine scientists creating entire living animals —like Dolly the famous cloned sheep—using DNA from one parent. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z While I was studying to be an anthropologist, I was also working as a police reporter for the famous Chicago City News Bureau for twenty-eight dollars a week. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Although once Penelope could have sworn she heard someone say, “And where are these famous savages, I wonder? Locked in cages no doubt! Anybody seen Ashton? Where the devil can he be?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Just make a few changes, and you have the famous first sentence of Tolstoy’s great novel Anna Karenina: “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Right. What kind of music is he famous for?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z The BFG changed into his famous top gear and all at once he began to fly forward as though there were springs in his legs and rockets in his toes. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z One faculty wife would always remember his exclamation when she encountered him on a wooded walkway as Berkeley was waking up to a chilly spring morning: he shouted at her, “I’m going to be famous!” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He took a room with three other men in a colored boardinghouse in Five Points and hung a shingle as a barber until he met the famous Eugene Wheeler. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He should have expected it; the kids had been talking about the Cozy Table’s famous pancakes since the start of school. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He carefully noted the position of the Gondwannan Embassy before sitting by the panoramic window that made the Starlight Room famous. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Telegrams and letters from both famous dignitaries and ordinary citizens flooded the White House with heartfelt wishes for Garfield's recovery. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z In 1890, for example, if you’d asked most educated people in the West to name a famous living composer, they would very likely have given you that of a Russian, Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “He was very famous in my country,” Qendrim explained as he thumbed through the book one afternoon. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z In Galileo’s famous words, which provide the epigraph to this chapter, the book of the universe is written in geometrical figures. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A famous gang, famous for drugs and liquor. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “Are you famous?” she asked, possibly sensing Bobby’s fame, or maybe because she’d seen his photo in Morgunbladid or some other periodical. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She says it’s from a famous movie based on a book by Stephen King. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “I’ve done wonderfully well. There’s others went out alonger me as has done well too, but no man has done nigh as well as me. I’m famous for it.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Davenport, the Harvard-trained zoologist famous for establishing the Eugenics Record Office, created a standardized evaluation form to judge the fittest babies. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Alexis de Tocqueville is famous for his seminal book Democracy in America, but what is less well known is his original purpose in coming to the United States. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “How is your famous civilization going? Might for Right? You mustn’t forget I have been away a year.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As an example, let’s take the famous equation we all learned in high school: rate times time equals distance. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Then, suddenly, there she is—that famous coppery green woman, raising her torch high in the harbor. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And then the story started to spread: Harry Potter, the famous Harry Potter, their hero of two Quidditch matches, had lost them all those points, him and a couple of other stupid first years. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z In the country’s earliest years, the North End was home to the city’s colonial governor, Thomas Hutchinson, and to a well-known silversmith named Paul Revere, destined to become famous for a different reason. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z One of the most famous—or infamous—of these New Departure feminists was Victoria Claflin Woodhull. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I have even remembered some electrifying famous last words which I have been saving up to finish with. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The hotel was also renowned for catering to famous guests. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z How, she asked herself, does one choose a famous grown-up book for a four-year-old girl? Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z But no one could test the theory, because two years after Carrel’s death, his assistant unceremoniously threw the famous chicken-heart cells in the trash. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I went to a couple of the famous May balls at Oxford. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Marian took classes in German and French, studied with a famous teacher of German lieder, and met many people in London’s close-knit music community. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Some believe Mesopotamia was the site of an even more famous historical garden—the garden of Eden. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z “They were trying to make the, um, the biggest blueberry muffin in the world. So they could get in the Guinness Book of World Records and be all rich and famous and stuff.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z So goes a famous Pashtun tapa, a couplet my grandmother taught me. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When she worked at the famous circus, Stella had to balance on a pedestal for her most difficult trick. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z I tell myself that the next time I come here I will be a famous singer in a sequined dress, and these sights and sounds will mean nothing to me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I will only take you if you tell me your name. It would be murder to take you unless you are a famous knight” “My name is Lancelot.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The case was somewhat famous, because the partner had been a New York City policeman. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Simply by looking at the picture we have raised enough doubts to challenge the traditional view of this famous painting. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I was just there to get famous and win an Oscar someday. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He is the son of a famous professional hunter named Iain MacDonald, who was killed at the controls of a light plane that crashed on the African plains in 1967, when Robin was thirteen. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyone truly familiar with my father’s ideology, autobiography, and speeches sincerely understands the significance of the now- famous phrase. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But you would never have got anyone at Crunchem Hall to admit that the Headmistress was a less formidable foe than the famous Frenchman. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z They also knew about the famous Nuremberg Trials. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z In the event, the concert became famous for one reason only. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It was noon, and all over Boston work had stopped and everyone, except himself, had either gone home for dinner or to one of the famous taverns. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Another article, by Tom Oliphant, contained a message from the country’s most famous fugitive. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It was not a particularly big bear, but the deed was sufficient to make him famous. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z And, I realized, since the Scoreboard was viewable to the entire world, my avatar had just become famous. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z True, he would have preferred living on the beach in California, but it was still kind of cool to have someone in your family robbed by a famous outlaw. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z And unlike the other guests, Angelo always wound up in the kitchen cooking the dinner or passing platters of his famous fennel cakes. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He has been told that he was named after a famous Russian author, born in a previous century. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Over his bed he has a pink-and-white plaster angel, some pictures of famous athletes, and two or three photographs of naked women. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z The museum is a famous attraction, full of Bollywood actors, members of the royal family, and the dimpled stars of boy bands, all sculpted in wax. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “That the famous Aech, renowned gunter and the most feared and ruthless arena combatant in the entire OASIS, was, in reality, a...” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “I don’t remember anything about the days before I was a ghoul,” said the famous writer Victor Hugo. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z One of the two most famous guns in the world. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Maybe some of them are famous people’s, and anyway, like Grandma said, they’re like good luck charms,” Genie said, trying to calm him down. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Clyde "Sweet Feet" Livingston was a famous baseball player. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z In a famous story, a medieval cosmologist is asked what holds the earth up. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “I was a poor boy from a poor village,” El Patron began, addressing the assembled presidents, dictators, generals, and other famous people. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z For two summers, he worked on corn hybrids at the famous Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island, New York. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The Mellon family had financed a hospital called Hospital Albert Schweitzer, named for the famous German theologian and physician who had worked as a doctor in West Africa. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “You have not heard of it? It is a famous thing.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Surely a famous courtesan like yourself is accustomed to the ministrations of handmaidens,” Theodora said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “But I’m Mr. Popper, and these are my Performing Penguins, famous from coast to coast.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z And it was cool that if I did get famous for something, it would be for Harmonee. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Besides, our famous shadows, Mutt and Jeff, were parked across the street, faithful as hound dogs in their vigilance. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Historic buildings everywhere I turned, and plaques and markers and statues for famous events and men. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Alexander Graham Bell, famous for inventing the telephone five years earlier, suggested using induction balance, with which he had worked while perfecting his invention. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I told her about how it stunk to not be a famous TV star, even though I never knew before I wanted to be one in the first place. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z This law was discovered in 1787 by Jacques-Alexandre Charles, a French physicist already famous for being the first to fly aboard a hydrogen balloon. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Probably one of the most famous songs in the world! The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She was famous for her coat which held magical objects and changed color like the sky. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Tyson carried out many other famous dissections, including a rattlesnake and an ostrich. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z As he waddled around, giggling for the American doctor, Farmer’s famous blush spread over his forehead and down his neck, and, I imagined, past his necktie toward his feet. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z This ‘brute’ fact has become a brute fact for us; but that is because the process by which the mountain was discovered, measured, named and made famous has become invisible to us. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And even though I knew I was named after my grandfather, I also knew I had inherited the name of the world's most famous philosopher. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z It was while puzzling over this problem that Bohr was struck by a solution and dashed off his famous paper. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “The guy you are looking for is in that box. I came in to look around this famous lodge. I found him here with two falcons.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “What a lot of swill. You just want to show off how famous you are.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Jared had to smile when my dad made a show of shaking his hand as if he was a movie star and saying, “Thank you, famous man. Thank you.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I was working on my famous book about Dresden. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z When the famous Dr. Johnson was told of Berkeley’s opinion, he cried, “I refute it thus!” and stubbed his toe on a large stone. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She tells of how a famous Russian pilot and a triple Hero of the Soviet Union, A. I. Pokryshkin, landed at the airfield to refuel his fighter plane. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Right beside the gates, in a small group that was carefully shielded from the crowds by the police, stood the five famous children, together with the grownups who had come with them. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z “I’ll say the name and then you tell me if you know why they’re famous, deal? No need to raise your hands. Just call out.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z They probably assumed that now those famous “leaders” were endorsing and joining them. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z We arrived and all I could think about was bumping into somebody famous. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z From what little she had seen of this famous old city, it looked like a place where it would be easy to get lost. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The famous one, famous only in hindsight, was the stick person dragging a square by a rope—a suitcase with wheels? How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Don’t believe everything you hear about me. Being famous isn’t as fun as you might think.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was the first time he had ever been angry with Clara and the first time she saw him have one of his famous tantrums. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And if I become a rich and famous questioner, does that make me a questionnaire? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z They were way less famous than the other great apes, the chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans, even though a recent study showed they were our closest relatives, sharing over 98.7 percent of our DNA. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z About the same time, on the nearby island of Cos, Hippocrates was establishing his famous medical tradition, now barely remembered because of the Hippocratic oath. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” said Miguel, “once we have more clues, we can use Sherlock Holmes’s famous ‘deductive reasoning’ method to make logical connections between all the random junk.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Soon the Laughing Man was regularly crossing the Chinese border into Paris, France, where he enjoyed flaunting his high but modest genius in the face of Marcel Dufarge, the internationally famous detective and witty consumptive. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z She spoke them carefully, clearly, quoting word for word the famous bold print on page one of the “Handbook of Robotics.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He also told us that a lot of those famous people were not afraid to make mistakes no matter how many they made. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z In North Beach you had the glitzy strip palaces like Carol Doda’s with her famous bust outlined on the marquee. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When the famous George Finkle showed up at the door that Saturday morning, it was the biggest news to hit the trailer park in years. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Having a famous dad has given her a big head.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z That the water came from the county and not the famous village was a subtlety upon which Burnham and McElroy did not dwell. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Not now. They’ve been registered in Albany. These two little birds are quite famous and are under the protection of the United States government.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z And when I tap it, the famous unibrow is crammed into the frame of my phone screen. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z We’d be eating way too many of Mom’s famous peanut butter cookies. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z "Well, if you can feign love or compassion half so well as you can feign an agonizing death, you'll be as famous as Burbage." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z "Ah, that famous teen sarcasm. No parent's life is complete without it." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z There is a famous painting of the two boys together in Florence in 1770, Mozart at the piano, Linley with the violin. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I situated myself in the chair and rocked back and forth, listening to the creaking sounds that rocking chairs are famous for. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In his most famous puzzle, “The Achilles,” Zeno proves that swift Achilles can never catch up with a lumbering tortoise that has a head start. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “I’m going to the capital, because I want to be rich and famous.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In England, the famous scientist, Professor Foulbody, invented a machine which would tell you at once, without opening the wrapper of a candy bar, whether or not there was a Golden Ticket hidden underneath it. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z “A gesture that began with Glenn Burke, the man who invented the world’s most famous handshake.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z ‘They is all absolutely terrified of Jack. They is all hearing that Jack is a famous giant-killer.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Another famous Frenchman was Jules Verne, who was born about a hundred and fifty years ago. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was not only a famous monument. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Sure, Texas has all the famous landmarks that everyone’s heard of, but we have all these unknown gems, too. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Maybe she’s trying out my mom’s famous theory that if you smile for no reason at all you will actually start to feel happy. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “No. I know only that the lords of Osskil have famous treasuries.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “I never said he was famous,” I said. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I thought to myself, This is what it feels like to be famous. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “It would be just like Lancelot to lay about him at unarmed men, without looking to see who they were. He was always famous for that.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In one he had read that, many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europe. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The news anchors chuckle and shake their heads as they read other famous people’s rude comments about it. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “What Jo would give for a sight of that famous speck!” said Amy, feeling in good spirits and anxious to see him so also. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The recorded voice of somebody famous he has never heard of tells him to remember to wear his seatbelt. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Some of them were famous names whom most people never thought of as Jews. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He declined, saying that he intended to make the name of Cicero as famous as those of Scaurus and Catulus, political giants of previous generations. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I wanted to ask him if being rich and famous and helping to direct the school to become what it was, wasn't enough; but I was afraid. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh my. Yes, I’m the coolest. Now, most popular? Let’s just say that being Internet famous carries little cachet among my classmates.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He did not take any interest in the discarded skins of famous goblin heroes and actors, despite all of the interesting dioramas. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I listened to his stories about how our life would be after he became famous. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z We pretended the old lady picking up a to-go order used to be a famous Broadway actress. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I was famous in my neighborhood just because of the color of my skin. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z When the screen blinks on, I’m awaiting the famous scene in Cool Hand Luke when Luke finally breaks and everyone deserts him. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z That book, which has been described as the most influential work in the history of science after Kuhn’s Structure of Scientific Revolutions, presents a number of arguments which have become famous. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Very famous! Right downtown. Is that where you wanted to go?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And this seemed a fair end point—sweet, if ceaselessly pink, accommodations; reasonably nice people, one of whom made him feel slightly famous; and the home of his first-ever Eureka. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Ray whizzes the famous kicks right past my nose, so close it tickles. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Remember that, in case I get famous or something. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The deuton, Livingston added, “was what made the Berkeley laboratory famous. We were opening up a whole new field of science.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Someday, I’m going to be a famous scholar of the temple.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z In the United States they include major corporations famous for their homey domestic manufactures. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Piper thought about her dad’s most famous movie, King of Sparta, and how the Spartans were portrayed as invincible supermen. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z On New Year’s Eve 1853 a famous dinner for twenty-one prominent scientists was held inside the unfinished iguanodon. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z They had advanced so rapidly, the famous German strategy of Blitzkrieg, "lightning war," that their supply lines couldn't keep up with them. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The Bay is famous for its sudden summer storms. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But I never wanted to be the next...whoever the most famous runner is. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z They’d never seen the likes of this, but they’d leave their mark on this new land, as surely as those famous souls at Jamestown, making it theirs through unstoppable racial logic. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Ever since the famous Maniac Magee had showed up at their house, Russell and Piper McNab had become famous in their own right. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Kopp’s is Milwaukee’s famous, and our favorite, frozen custard place, and we started off the summer with some on the last day of school. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z No watching him try to find an opening so he can talk about himself and all his plans for the future and how he’s going to be famous one day. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z She would make her circus get famous and get jobs in Europe, and maybe even China or Japan. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He was right about the concept, right about its importance, and right about one more thing: it was going to make him famous. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Now the matures! or the saddest phase had come, in which enthusiasms had been need up for good, and only our famous seventh sense was left to be practised. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Among his writings were plays that would later become famous operas, The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z As the camaradas paddled down the smooth river, they could see the surrounding forest peppered with Brazil’s famous rubber trees, which ranchers harvested for a milky-white sap called latex. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I recognized another man whose picture I’d seen in the newspapers: the famous lawyer Thurgood Marshall, the man who had delivered the argument that resulted in the Supreme Court’s 1954 school integration ruling. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I taught creative writing in the famous Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa for a couple of years after that. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was going to be Ramose, after a famous Egyptian wise man. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Momma was famous for pulling the quilts off after we had fallen asleep to examine our feet. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon I was staring at the famous bookcase that had hid Anne Frank, her family, and four others. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Mrs. Atanabi was kind of famous for laughing at her own jokes. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Dad gave his famous answer, “Out,” and closed the door behind him. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Andrew says some eighth graders are taking bets on when the famous couple will get back together. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The Compromise of 1790 is most famous for averting a political crisis that many statesmen of the time considered a threat to the survival of the infant republic. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Before long she was telling this stranger about her anxiety in not being able to phone her father, and giving details of her family life, including about her famous mother, Patricia Neal, the actress. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z She had once been a famous athlete, and even now the muscles were still clearly in evidence. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z The office where Haupt was expected wasn't far from the famous Berlin Zoo. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “Oh, of course, you wouldn’t know — Chocolate Frogs have cards inside them, you know, to collect — famous witches and wizards. I’ve got about five hundred, but I haven’t got Agrippa or Ptolemy.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z There are several watercolor copies of famous paintings hanging on the walls. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z This became a famous event and never failed to draw a crowd. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A few minutes later, while I’m waiting for Mom to pick me up, I google “famous people with vitiligo” and scroll through the list. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z "And I'm off to a good start getting assigned to you. You, Mr. Manhattan Doe, are becoming quite famous on this unit." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Sure enough, the famous jazz singer is sitting at the bar. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She was just about the most famous movie star in all the world. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Maybe he's right, and maybe I just want to be famous. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Mrs. O’Connor says, Oh, thank you, Maura, and next week, Cyril, you can show Frankie a few of the steps that made you famous. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The first thing Claudia had done was go to the library on Fifty-third Street and do research on the famous Renaissance artist Michelangelo. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z J. S. Bach wrote his famous "Well-Tempered Klavier" in part as a plea and advertisement to switch to a well temperament system. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “A famous parole officer told me that once.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He’d really done something to be proud of now — no one could say he was just a famous name any more. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “We hire a band. A famous one, like Queen or the Beatles, but still alive.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z For some reason if you were famous for being smart no one thought you’d ever looked at a dirty book. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z What they were doing was real exploration, real thinking—not just finding out about what a bunch of dead, famous grown-ups believed. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Amos Squire’s tenure at Sing Sing coincided with that of two of its most famous wardens, Thomas Mott Osborne and Lewis Lawes. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Khosrou—I’ll stop writing it so you can stop skipping it—was the famous king who made the carpet called “The Spring of Khosrou,” where the rubies and emeralds were flowers in a golden field. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Miss Thomas looked over at Mr. Jimmy real quick, then said, “Sweetheart, did you know a whole lot of people all over the state know Mr. C., did you know he’s pretty famous?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Everyone's hooting as the cameras find Haymitch, who is by now famous for his head dive at the reaping, and he waves them away good-naturedly and points back to me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Not a double play combination like the famous Chicago Cubs’ Tinker to Evers to Chance. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Bay Area industry began to perceive the value of a relationship with Lawrence and his increasingly famous machine. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “This is a famous printer’s special sign,” explained Elinor, stroking the dolphin’s pointed nose with one finger. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “What about you, famous race blogger, Princeton fellow, how have you changed?” he asked, smiling, leaning towards her with his elbows on the table. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z This seems the most appropriate closing scene in our attempted recovery of “The Duel” as a famous and eminently visual story. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “One of his most famous works,” Hollister said, before shuffling back to his window display. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He was thin and slouchy, with the easy boastfulness that came with his inherited wealth, his famous surname. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It was a monumental irony: The man famous as the indefatigable orator of independence in the Continental Congress was obliged to remain silent in the legislative councils of the new government. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Convulsions made the man dance flappingly all the time, made him change his expressions, too, as though he were trying to imitate various famous movie stars. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Mary!’ the famous voice was saying rather sharply. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “But nothing I have seen in the world has supported your famous pronouncements that love is more powerful than my kind of magic, Dumbledore.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “I could fill the coffin with jewelry, like they used to do with famous Egyptians, which I know about.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Nine times out of ten, your European name was chosen at random, plucked from the Bible or taken from a Hollywood celebrity or a famous politician in the news. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Unless I finally make it back here after my trip and really do know what I’m missing out on, because I actually eat one of the famous New York street pretzels. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Daedalus built the Labyrinth, famous throughout the world. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And even when there weren’t famous guests to meet, Elizebeth and the other workers were served fine meals, and they dressed up for dinner. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z When I’m a famous pianist, I’ll make sure the name written in fancy script on the program says my full name—Isabella Badia Thornton. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z So I suppose you could say that John F. Kennedy was the most famous man I almost met. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to imagine her with a name I associate with Swiss cartoon characters or a famous supermodel—not my twelve-year-old Korean best friend. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “I wonder if that would have been Travis someday. A rich and famous writer, taking the time to meet with kids who were like him.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Your gallant tales are worth all the harp strings in Prydain. And you, Taran and Doli, must promise to tell me more of your famous deeds. But first, I must find Lord Gwydion.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z I was looking for the tomb of a famous writer—Marcel Proust, I think, or maybe George Sand. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z However, the famous explorer didn’t think that Roosevelt’s current plans, to travel down an already well-known river, “could offer anything new to an Expedition whose object was to unravel unknown aspects of our wilds.” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Quite the contrary: some of his most famous papers are marred by rudimentary mathematical errors, occasionally leading to erroneous conclusions. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “We’re probably all over the Internet. When we get out of here, we’ll be famous. They’ll want to interview Diana because of her father, but everyone is going to want to talk to us, too.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She looked like that famous statue, The Thinker, but thin, with her brown plaid skirt covering her skinny knees and her ponytail flopped to one side. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Eventually two other Cavendish scientists invented a more powerful proton-beam device, while in California Ernest Lawrence at Berkeley produced his famous and impressive cyclotron, or atom smasher, as such devices were long excitingly known. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Aboard the vessel were Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman, two of the most famous and influential of all the anarchists who had been charged with inciting revolution in America. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z It also reminded me of Annie, the most famous girl orphan. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Even Otto, the famous scientist, was a schoolboy with a pencil, doing his long division. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The vicious, arrogant white man put up the famous signs, “Chinese and dogs not allowed.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Every inch is lined with covers from famous magazines from the known world, like Time and National Geographic, only they’ve changed the pictures to show what really happened. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The Merchant’s House was famous for its locks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “There is good hunting. You would like the people and though it is cold it is clear and dry. You could stay with my family. My father is a famous hunter.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The novelist would later win the Nobel Prize, but he was already famous for his classic Southern epics like The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z "And I bet you're going to be famous now," she tells me with her head tilted and her mouth in a smart twist. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They probably have something to do with the daredevil stunts the Dauntless are famous for. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Maybe I can be a famous singer when I grow up. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m famous for my love of animals, too, and have created quite a little menagerie in the compound between the garden and the restaurant for everyone’s amusement. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look, you have a good chance of winning. People know you. Junior Scandals made you famous!” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Another one about two men named Laurel and Hardy, who are famous for being a funny comedy team. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z This is a statue of a famous general who lost an arm, And this is me with my head cut off. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Americans are famous for talking about money, and I do everything possible to keep our reputation alive. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The name Stead was well known in America because of Herbert’s more famous brother, William, the former editor of London’s Pall Mall Gazette and recent founder of The Review of Reviews. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She called it Mrs. B’s casserole, and she was supposedly famous for it. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z The most famous letter in this mode—famous because it eventually found its way into the newspapers against Jefferson’s will—was prompted by the passage of Jay’s Treaty. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z When I said Montgomery, they launched into a lecture about Monroeville’s prominence as a result of Harper Lee and her famous novel. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Even though Hyperion’s true location is protected, anyone with a botanist for a parent would know about the famous tree. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Then there was a pause punctuated by gasps from the famous voice as the newspaper article was clearly being read and digested. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I had planned on attending an elite high school, and then one of the famous universities. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Even though her dad is a famous journalist?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The most famous of these studies were conducted in New Jersey and Maryland in the 1990s. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I stared at him dumbfounded as he chanted the Gregorian version of this famous text. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “The marquess made sure Dumas could fence. Skilled, courageous, Dumas was famous right up to the day he was jailed.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Outside, the famous harbor was full of ships. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “This is probably what Balto felt like!” cried Reginald, referring to the intrepid husky sled dog who had made the famous lifesaving medicine run from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Just outside the Quarter’s huge door, on the path to Jaffa Gate, sat the Sandrouni family’s famous ceramics shop. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The famous Schaffhauser grilled cheese had a secret layer of Dijon mustard. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “I’m getting ready to be a famous actor.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z "It's a reproduction of a famous painting by an impressionistic French artist who was famous." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m glad you have so much faith in me, Mami! Don’t worry, I will still love you when I am famous.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z But the famous Michelson-Morley experiment demonstrated that such an aether does not exist. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He suggested I look into Ralph Waldo Emerson, a supposedly famous old poet. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z On Thursday, October 24, 1929, on Wall Street in New York City, men in finely tailored suits began jumping from the windows of the city’s famous skyscrapers. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Somehow he connected with Ayenwatha, an Onondaga who was a famous orator. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It doesn’t look right to see a famous singer in indi'gena clothes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Last year when El Lider jailed a famous Cuban poet, she sneered at “those leftist intellectual hypocrites” for trying to free him. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z These cliffs are the most famous in the whole of England, and they are hundreds of feet high. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Squire recognized that readers would want to know about the thing that made Sing Sing increasingly famous as an object of fascination and horror: the Death House. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Invited next to join the March were four famous white public figures: one Catholic, one Jew, one Protestant, and one labor boss. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z His most famous student, Alexander the Great, spread the doctrine as far east as India before Alexander’s untimely death in 323 BC. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The priests here were famous for arguing to get the best altars for their own services. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Right, that. She told me the Pandavas had lived in a place like that. A famous demon king, who was also a really great architect, made it for them.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He died rich and famous, and was the subject, a few years after his death, of the first ever book-length biography of a musician. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The weatherman called Michael Fish, who is famous for getting it wrong, actually got it right. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z If Armpit didn’t know better, he would have guessed that he was the rich and famous one of the two. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The most famous gun-control law is the Brady Act, passed in 1993, which requires a criminal check and a waiting period before a person can purchase a handgun. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “To quote a famous peculiar: ‘At the heart of nature’s mystery lies another mystery.’” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The famous Schaffhauser grilled cheese had three different kinds of cheese in it—Swiss cheese and two other ones with funny-sounding names I couldn’t pronounce. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t a famous air raid back then in America. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s start with question two: Would you like to be famous and how?” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The spot corresponding to the famous crossroads lies just a few yards north of the mosque. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z My sprawling house is famous in these parts and never fails to get a reaction. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z There is the famous example of the philosopher Cremonini, who, despite being a close friend of Galileo, refused to look through his telescope. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The Slater family, which she married into, is an old name in these parts and famous for offspring with extremely hard heads. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Pineapple-jam cake was her favorite, and her family’s recipe was famous. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Indeed, in his own time, Kepler was more famous as an astrologer than as an astronomer, although the distinction between the two was rather blurred. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The book that most interested the boy told the stories of the famous alchemists. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t mean to brag, but I’m pretty famous around here for my dip bait.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z He was famous, and that wasn’t too bad, but when they started following him with cameras and wanting to make movies of him and his life it got a little crazy. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z The win at the County Science Fair made us a little more famous. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z At first it had been exciting, like being famous. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z It was a built-to-scale reproduction of some big old Victorian in San Francisco—according to my dad, it was a famous one on a famous street. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z ‘What on earth’s the matter, Mary?’ the famous voice was saying. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z At the other end, the Capitol was under construction, with scaffolding bracing the inside of its famous dome. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He was probably around six, and just knew that he was going to grow up to be a famous singer. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “What if those are the pictures that were going to make you famous?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They told stories about famous peculiars and about Miss Peregrine in the strange, exciting, early days of her loop, and eventually they came around to telling their own stories. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It is just like the dress I used to picture as a little girl, when I imagined myself a famous singer. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Where are these famous pirates? I am beginning to think that you and Illyrio made them all up.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z On the shady side of the Target, Hali runs into her friend, Sydney, who is famous for talking an awful lot but saying absolutely nothing. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Do like I say, Will. And when you get famous, don’t forget to mention it was your Aunt Loma that pushed you towards your destiny.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I don’t want him to feel bad, so I say, “But someday, I might tell someone about stargazing with the NBA’s best point guard, Russ Allen, back before he was famous.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Lancelot had better return to Elaine, to the mother of his famous son. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “My dad ... My dad’s job. He’s kind of a famous businessman.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Oh, here and there was the look of a famous ancient cave or a Chinese opera. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Aeneas, the son of Venus, was among the most famous of the heroes who fought the Trojan War. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In these dreams, I’m a famous writer who wears flamboyant scarves and travels all around the world, meeting fascinating people. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The way you can never stray too far from the thing you’re famous for without the world getting up in your business. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z When I was somewhat younger, working on my famous Dresden book, I asked an old war buddy named Bernard V. O’Hare if I could come to see him. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1425, Brunelleschi placed just such a point in the center of a drawing of a famous Florentine building, the Baptistery. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The most famous flu epidemic of all — the pandemic of 1918 — was first spotted in the spring of that year and was, relatively speaking, quite tame. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The famous upstart neurologist wanted to be my lover, it turned out, and actually won me to his bed for a time. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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