| 单词 | greatest |
| 例句 | The following day we took a three-hour bus trip to Hammanskraal, a rural ghetto outside Pretoria, there to see what my mother described as the greatest diviner in the country. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like she waited for the greatest question to ever come out of a human being. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Gat has a list of the hundred greatest novels ever written, and he’s pushing his way through whatever he’s been able to find on the island. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Giving away black market goods is any smuggler’s greatest sacrifice. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z There’s such a big difference between being dead and alive, I told myself, and the greatest gift that anyone can give anyone else is life. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z This crime has wronged one of the worlds greatest painters. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “That, in that situation, it’s the greatest gift you can give them. Just as it was when both of your parents died for you.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Luke could remember a time when his greatest longing had been for Mark to outgrow the train so Luke could have it all to himself. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Thus one of the greatest jokes in the world is the spectacle of the whites busy escaping blackness and becoming blacker every day, and the blacks striving toward whiteness, becoming quite dull and gray. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They had settled what they could, tabled, what they had to, and begun the chicken a la king lunch over which Alice had taken the greatest pains. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Joinville bows from the waist and says to the children, "It has been the greatest honor." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Just as the greatest plays of Aeschylus, in the fifth century, are about Atreus’ descendants, so the greatest plays of his contemporary Sophocles are about Oedipus and his children. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They went out almost straight, as if he were doing his greatest leap—and then quivered, trembling in the agony of death. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z By July 9, New York City was baking in the greatest heat wave in American history. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “She really is the greatest dog in the world,” said Via. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z In 2008, researchers from the University of Paris ascertained that the Chauvet paintings - which lie within huge, inaccessible, pitch-black networks of tunnels - are located at the points of greatest resonance in the cave network. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z We know we are approaching the greatest of mysteries. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The neutron and deuterium were both discoveries from that miraculous year of 1932, when nuclear physics gave up some of its greatest secrets. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But the greatest scheme ever would involve a lot of work. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It was Fischer’s greatest triumph in an international tournament to date. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The Waffen-SS supplied the greatest number of commandos—about 34 percent. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Wish I could watch the Lakers’ greatest point guard of all time humiliate himself on a cable infomercial station, but somebody has to pay the bills around here, so heigh-ho! Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Why was Gregor the only one condemned to work in a firm where at the slightest lapse someone immediately attracted the greatest suspicion? The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z I had relieved her of the greatest fear of every Afghan mother: that no honorable khastegar would ask for her daughter’s hand. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I wish I had the money to buy you the greatest gift you've ever received. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Dad said, smiling like he thought he got me the greatest present in the whole universe. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Arguably the greatest social change that the speakeasies brought about was the way that so many of them welcomed both black and white clientele. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “The greatest single factor in preventing insects from overwhelming the rest of the world is the internecine warfare which they carry out among themselves,” said the entomologist Robert Metcalf. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z This was probably the single greatest day of his life. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z And he was going to have to make better use of perhaps his greatest resource, George Pocock. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The cause of this long-lasting fame was a war told of in one of the world’s greatest poems, the Iliad, and the cause of the war went back to a dispute between three jealous goddesses. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z While fencing was still my priority, using my opportunity as an Olympian to unify and to lead was the greatest call-to-action of my life. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z So over you is the greatest enemy a man can have—and that is fear. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “And our greatest fear about those methods has now been confirmed,” said Helms with evident satisfaction, “by the murder of Dr. King.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z ‘But do not give up hope! Gandalf is greater than you Shire-folk know — as a rule you can only see his jokes and toys. But this business of ours will be his greatest task.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z No, he must defend King's Landing, Stannis was the greatest threat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was with Burnham that Olmsted felt the greatest kinship. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Dumas’s dad was the greatest general in Napoleon’s army.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z By greatest grace, here I am in The Angels holding close close this dear piece of family whom I thought I had lost. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z But if that was the case, he had to be the greatest actor on the face of the earth. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z A sigh escaped her, and she whispered the words she’d repeated to herself so many times before in her greatest moments. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The greatest hero ever\\ Everything was going to be okay. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “To sing a song about attacking King Degravaunt, our greatest hero, the founder of our elfin nation?” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Further hint: one of the greatest measurable causes of the crime drop does not appear on the list at all, for it didn’t receive a single newspaper mention. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z This is not the greatest free democracy in the world. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z As with most visits, the greatest pleasure often lies in the recollection of it, but this time, I could not stop worrying about my mother. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the greatest day of the bug boys’ lives. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Not only did C.P. represent many of Durham’s poor white residents but his son Timmy attended Hillside High School, the school with the greatest racial problems in the city. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The man stopped eating, and regarded me with the keenest scrutiny and the greatest surprise. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “It’s this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what’s happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That’s the world’s greatest lie.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It could have been the greatest moment in the partnership of Lawrence and Oppenheimer; the unveiling of earthshaking experimental findings with solid theoretical underpinnings. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “In fact I’m gazing fondly toward one of my greatest accomplishments—the tidal turbines. I trust you know about the turbines?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z To be so young and have the trust of America’s greatest landscape architect, Codman must have been very bright indeed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z This was shaping up into the greatest school year ever. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z It wasn’t the greatest supper in the world, and the cooks served it in flak jackets. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As he said later, it was the greatest moment in Hot Seat history. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z We had heard that John Vorster, the minister of justice, had told friends that Prime Minister Smuts’s greatest blunder during the Second World War was not hanging him for his treason. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z No one should wonder if, in speaking of principalities that are completely new as to their ruler and form of government, I cite the greatest examples. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Their world—their culture and generation and family history—gave them the greatest of opportunities. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z It seems then, as now, the greatest freedom is found in forgiveness. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “They keep talking about fusing metals. I wonder—” “They were talking about the greatest Titan weapon,” I said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He has puzzled the greatest medical minds, and sent many of them gibbering to their own hospitals. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z It is no accident that in the entire Western Hemisphere, the greatest localized concentration of addicts is in Harlem. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I he on the couch and just listen to the greatest of the greats jam on vinyl. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite the lack of elbow room, they were busy tossing torn bits of paper over the side, creating a steady rain of confetti onto the "greatest and most significant" parade in New York City's history. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Michelangelo—arguably the greatest artist mankind has ever seen—became so pathologically obsessed with sculpting David that he didn’t bathe, or take care of himself for months. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She had read about the Imperial Russian Ballet in Saint Petersburg, where the world’s greatest dancers went to study and perform. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z These young men just might be the greatest collegiate crew of all time. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Kerr gave an encore performance of “Spagoni the Toreador” for oldtimes’ sake, but the greatest applause of the evening went to James, who composed a song he performed for the occasion: Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “It gives me the greatest delight to see you; but tell me how you left my father, brothers, and Elizabeth.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z The source of Burnham’s greatest dismay was the failure of the architects to finish their drawings on schedule. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “All right. Your name before mine. You are the greatest sword maker, you deserve to come first.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The men were too young to remember, but once, a long while before, she had done the danse du ventre at the greatest fair in history. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Wang Lung listened to this in the greatest astonishment he had yet had from his three sons. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z So, if this was part of the price to pay to participate in the greatest sporting event in the world, I was happy to pay my dues. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z War Admiral had run the greatest race of his life, running by far his fastest time for the distance, but he had not been good enough. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Even the rulers of Terabithia come into it only at times of greatest sorrow or of greatest joy. We must strive to keep it sacred. It would not do to disturb the Spirits.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z But the greatest complaint was always that they could not leave this apartment, which was too big for their present means, since it was impossible to imagine how Gregor might be moved. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z In many ways, Bram Fischer, the grandson of the prime minister of the Orange River Colony, had made the greatest sacrifice of all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d won the all-around by almost four points, yet I knew it hadn’t been my greatest performance. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Bailey was the greatest person in my world. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone yelled, “New York’s the greatest! Salem’s next!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Tucked under the pillow was Mosca's greatest treasure, his lucky charm. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s ever so much grander than you described it, Enoch. And oh, did you describe it! For seventy-five years: London, London, London! The greatest city on Earth!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Back at the door, he opened it with the greatest caution, then pushed it wide and stepped inside. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z If being wise and just was pressure, imagine being considered the greatest hero out of the entire story. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Soon she felt much better and went hopping around the house, examining everything with the greatest care and interest. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z My name had been put forward by Archbishop Desmond Tutu from South Africa, one of my father’s greatest heroes because of his fight against apartheid. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Only the greatest hero could ask such a boon, Mars said. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But since Peeta’s greatest confusion centers around me — and not everything can be explained simply—our exchanges are painful and loaded, even though we touch on only the most superficial of details. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Uto'pian, ideal, fanciful, chimerical: from "Utopia"—an imaginary island, represented by Sir Thomas More, in a work called "Utopia," as enjoying the greatest perfection in politics laws, and society. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, they didn't help Amber, the greatest rule-follower of us all. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Anyone who might wish to invade that dominion from abroad would be more hesitant; so that living right there, it is only with the greatest difficulty that the prince can lose it. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z He could make himself inconspicuous; it was his greatest talent. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “This is the greatest hospitality my nation can give you right now, esteemed guest.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit had delivered what many of them thought was the greatest performance in racing history, and had lost simply because of a fluke in the weight system, and a foul from another horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The greatest American scientist, the most deft diplomat, the most accomplished prose stylist, the sharpest wit, Franklin defied all the categories by inhabiting them all with such distinction and nonchalant grace. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The Godslayer had always been a threat to them—the greatest threat. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But I don’t tell attorney Fitzgerald that part—about how my father’s wife and children are his greatest regret because we got in the way of the life he dreamed for himself. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps the greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And yet, we shall succeed because we must—we have no choice in the matter—to fight or to submit to the greatest indignities and outrages. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Toomer had taught that all fish, the greatest and smallest, listened to the testimony of the tide in their every nerve ending, in every bone, and in every cell. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been his greatest worry—how Crane-man would eat while he was away Of course, his friend could always go back to rifling rubbish heaps and foraging in the woods. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Heaven knows how she found it, but to us it was the greatest place on earth. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z This six-part ricercar is still, to this day, considered by musicians and composers the greatest, most complex feat of counterpoint of all time. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Sometimes they would leave gifts on my sleeping bag, like a pair of jelly sandals with silver sparkles that I thought were the greatest shoes I ever had. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z But at the moment of my greatest despair, we found hope. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Fort Hare was both home and incubator of some of the greatest African scholars the continent has ever known. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z You come from a long line of great poets, some of the greatest poets since Homer. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “The greatest hunter in the world and you say I am a coward?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z But at last they found themselves alongside Father Christmas, who went to the greatest trouble in helping them choose their presents. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z One late Friday evening when I was nearing the end of my tenth year an event occurred that precipitated the greatest crisis of my childhood: I was an eyewitness to a murder. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He is my greatest friend and comrade for nearly fifty years. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Garfield hated watching men die from wounds, but the greatest killer of the Civil War was sickness. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “This is going to be the greatest party we’ve ever had!” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Whatever a dentist is, I hope, someday, you’ll be the greatest.’ Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Mom, Dad, and I had cake and ice cream and played Monopoly, which Dad declared was the greatest game ever invented. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They knew the greatest heroes didn’t get happy endings. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Horatio Alger was the greatest writer in the world. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything she says is nice and thoughtful and makes her look like the greatest mom in the world. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z If proof is found that it is an early work of Michelangelo, the museum will have purchased the greatest bargain in art history; it was purchased at an auction last year for $225.00. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The sailors all took the greatest delight in watching the curious little birds at their explorations. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Many of history’s greatest horses had faltered under 128 pounds or more; Seabiscuit had set two track records under 133 pounds and four more under 130 while conceding massive amounts of weight to his opponents. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately, though taunting was one of Seabiscuit’s greatest pleasures, once he was challenged, the games ended. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He said the Amber Room was the greatest of the world’s treasures. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z According to W George Lovell, a geographer at Queen’s University in Ontario, it was “the greatest destruction of lives in human history.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The greatest failure of the Reform Act, however, has nothing to do with one’s due process rights once property has been seized in a drug investigation. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Of all his accomplishments as president, Roosevelt believed that the construction of the Panama Canal was his greatest achievement. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z At the beginning of the year he finally took up the appointment, and at the age of 29, Hooke also published his greatest work, Micrographia. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Bacteria are the greatest of all at setting up joint enterprises, on which the lives of their hosts are totally dependent. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His greatest legacy to music, though, is the inspiration he provided for his young colleague, and possibly pupil, Perotin. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Dell didn't have any photos of his cat, which also struck me as strange because from everything that I'd read, photographing a pet seemed to be where most animal owners found their greatest joy. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z His life’s greatest setback was not having had the moth that he had discovered named after him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Kreisler was among the greatest violinists of the twentieth century. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Sammy used to brag that this was the greatest country on earth. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z And, since no one bothered to explain otherwise, he regarded the process of seeking knowledge as the greatest waste of time of all. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z And a year that had begun with one of the weirdest disasters in history would end with the nation’s greatest sports scandal. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Half a century later the whereabouts of the century’s greatest astronomer remain unknown. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Two days before the stay-at-home, the government staged the greatest peacetime show of force in South African history. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Here we had found the greatest hero of all time, and he'd decided to hang up his sword belt. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Annabeth Chase faces her death alone, terrified and crippled, at the hands of her mother's greatest enemy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Olmsted’s greatest concern, however, was that the main, Jackson Park portion of the exposition simply was not fun. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z "I wrote about liberty, fraternity, equality. The three themes of the French Revolution, which I see as one of the greatest events in history." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I zip into my universe dress—the greatest thrift store find of my entire life. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z But I didn’t have the time or the energy to look for a new coach in the midst of the greatest moment of my athletic career. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Then he contradicts himself and says, Freedom is the greatest of all ideals. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Not the greatest comeback, but my palms begin to sweat. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z My greatest wish for humanity is not for peace or comfort or joy. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z And the greatest hue and cry came from Rob Hall, who was leading a small, impecunious New Zealand team. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Besides, there was this sick trickle of curiosity pumping through me, the same stuff that has everyone rubbernecking at a crash site or devouring the details of the latest, greatest murder. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The person at the head of the table was the greatest star of the young science of paleontology. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He sent home for her, writing his wife that he had arranged a great marriage for her, to Achilles, who had already shown himself the best and greatest of all chieftains. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It has been called "the greatest unanswered question in the geological sciences." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Mohammed didn’t tell his father about such endeavors, and he certainly didn’t tell him when, a few years later, he decided that he was destined to be the world’s greatest long-distance swimmer. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z One master will hit you if you don’t know that Eamon De Valera is the greatest man that ever lived. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z First came Chimor, then the greatest empire ever seen in Peru. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In fact, on Boxing Day it was customary to give the servants the day off, and most household employees considered this the greatest gift of all. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z My parents were the greatest leaders in the Resistance’s five-hundred-year history. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Someday, I’m going to see it in person. I’m going to build the greatest monument to the gods, ever. Something that’ll last a thousand years.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z At the upper end of Odessa that week were the delirious fans of Permian, virtually all of them white, preparing themselves for that greatest moment of all, a state championship game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z By evening the pines around the lake were lit from below by a hundred fires, and the greatest fire of all was built in front of the gathering cave. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My greatest hope lies in the fact that young people, all around the world, are not only aware of the problems, but actually want to try to help solve them. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z While they taught that duty to one’s country is the greatest thing, we already knew that death-throes are stronger. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Eddie was to become one of my greatest friends in prison. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "He was the greatest man who ever lived," she heard her mother say. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z That has always been my greatest regret, and the most painful aspect of the choice I made. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z To discover that abortion was one of the greatest crime-lowering factors in American history is, needless to say, jarring. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Here in the Brotherhood was the one place in the country where we were free and given the greatest encouragement to use our abilities, and he was trying to destroy it! Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrote an apology, “but the greatest care must be exercised in the future.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Jews were the greatest artists, the greatest poets, composers, stage directors. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z His mouth is open wide in a grin and he’s shaking slightly, but no sound comes out: his Belly-Laugh smile, the gauge of his greatest point of happiness. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z More wives could keep their husbands if they realized their greatest urge is to be men. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I found the whole program of the greatest delight. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Abigail was a genius biochemist, but her greatest fashion statement was her white lab coat. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z Why shouldn’t he be the greatest of the twelve? The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z That to me remained the greatest of all amazements–how scientists work things out. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Its college faculty was supposed to be excellent, and its rabbinic faculty consisted of some of the greatest Talmudists in the United States. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z One of the event’s coordinators let her know that “her greatest fan,” a fellow attendee, wanted to meet her. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Despite recent efforts to locate the title in the twentieth century, they comprised, by any informed and fair-minded standard, the greatest generation of political talent in American history. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z This is the woman who crushed my parents under her steel-bottomed boot, who brought the Resistance to its knees by killing the greatest leaders it ever had. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Almost at a stroke, just 168 men had dealt a devastating blow to the greatest empire on earth. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In all the long wars with the Dark Tower treason has ever been our greatest foe. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It was this encounter that led Newton to write the Principia, establishing his image as the greatest scientist who ever lived. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z You had a wonderful chance on your drive back to see one of the greatest sights on earth, the Grand Canyon, something every American should see at least once in his life. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And there is broad consensus that the greatest of these threats is climate change, or, more specifically, global warming. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Newspaper coverage about the parade exceeded Paul’s greatest expectations. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z A sickly peasant who was healed by magic and went on to perform the greatest of deeds. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z But the greatest change of all was that she jabbed a foot at Frightful when she came into the box with food. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Next the Whisperer would ask what his greatest fear was, and poor Sticky would be powerless to hide it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The German scientist Hermann von Helmholtz, no intellectual slouch himself, wrote that Kelvin had by far the greatest "intelligence and lucidity, and mobility of thought" of any man he had ever met. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The only thing is—I still haven’t gotten the chance to make Tina see that I could be the world’s greatest boyfriend. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It would, said Booth, “be the greatest thing in the world.” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I guess it does. So as he’s explaining all this, Sir Patrick Moore pulls the greatest feat ever—he walks right into the heart of the black hole and disappears.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Harriet sang: Of all the whole creation in the East or in the West, The glorious Yankee nation is the greatest and the best. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys and the other soldiers who were the audience clapped as if I had just fulfilled one of life’s greatest achievements. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Perhaps this is because they enclose the unique, the spectacular, the astounding—the greatest waterfall, the deepest canyon, the highest cliff, the most stupendous works of man or nature. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Not long ago archaeologists with new techniques unraveled the tragedy of Cahokia, near modern St. Louis, which was once the greatest population center north of the Rio Grande. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It’s not the greatest one, but it’s the best I can come up with. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Maybe I am just a sub, maybe I am just along for the ride, but this is the greatest thing that has ever happened to me. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Tycho had the greatest body of accurate astronomical data yet assembled, but was tired and in need of help to analyse the material. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The Tour de France was the greatest sporting event in the world. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z You couldn’t walk around with a sign saying, “Be careful, this is the greatest fencer since the death of the Wizard of Corsica. Do not burgle.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Getting your itses mixed up is the greatest solecism in the world of punctuation. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z In a convent of thousands of Sun Maidens, such a selection was the greatest of honors. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “Especially because the first king of the City of Bright Moonlight is known for being the greatest ruler in the city’s history. All his descendants, including King KaeJae, revere him.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Our first principles told us that Pauling could not be the greatest of all chemists without realizing that DNA was the most golden of all molecules. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The White Sox were simply one of the greatest baseball teams ever assembled. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I send you one who will be greatest of the wizards of Gont, if the wind blow true. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Chamberlain raised his saber, let loose the shout that was the greatest sound he could make, boiling the yell up from his chest: Fix bayonets! The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She is a lady I have watched with the greatest admiration. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z It is my greatest hope that the pages in this jar stir your deepest well of human compassion. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “And you were the greatest news analyst who ever lived.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z His victory at Harpers Ferry, the greatest triumph for the Confederacy in the Civil War, was almost entirely because for once he followed the instructions of Robert E. Lee. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z At first, I thought it was the greatest table in the whole lunchroom! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z "With a stroke, you'd make me one of the greatest lords in the realm. Not that I'm ungrateful, my lord, but—why?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps that's my greatest social crime, I've overstayed my hibernation, since there's a possibility that even an invisible man has a socially responsible role to play. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z From there, it was almost like this mental courage built up inside of me because I had toppled one of the greatest. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z When we exited the highway, you can bet I pretended not to see the old Red Carpet Inn, scene of my latest, greatest mistake. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z No fewer than four of the codices treat the story of 8-Deer Jaguar Claw, a wily priest-general-politician with a tragic love for the wife of his greatest enemy. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “This is the Testing Room for my very latest and greatest invention—Television Chocolate!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z “This isn’t magic — it’s logic — a puzzle. A lot of the greatest wizards haven’t got an ounce of logic, they’d be stuck in here forever.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Until the spring, improbable as ever, brought among its pretty new fashions, the greatest shock yet. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad said to leave it, it was just garbage, but something told me it would make the greatest sled ever. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z My father will now be on hand to witness my two greatest moments of humiliation in a life that has been just building up to them. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z The union used its newspaper, the New Majority, to foster goodwill between the Irish and blacks, where friction was the greatest. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Confirming the radio listeners’ worst fears, a downcast voice lamented, “They wrecked the greatest country in the world.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “Heaven forbid! That would be the greatest misfortune of all! To find a man agreeable whom one is determined to hate! Do not wish me such an evil.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z He sat down to help me draw up a list of intelligent questions so I wouldn’t embarrass myself in front of this greatest of West Virginia’s native sons. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I would advise you to take the greatest precaution with your wife who is still breast feeding. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “What are you telling of, Pip?” cried Joe, falling back in the greatest amazement. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I thought it was the greatest thing in the world. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Yeah, grown-up stuff. You know, things like cool clothes and”—June lowered her voice and looked around like she was about to spill the world’s greatest secret—“love.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Easily one of the greatest kid flicks ever made. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z 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 In 1792 he told Washington that the bargain made that evening with Hamilton was the greatest political mistake of his life. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I suppose since I was the greatest offender, my pain and loss and humiliation should be in the brightest spotlight. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Sickly, feeling abandoned by his parents, quarrelsome, unsociable, a virgin to the day he died, Isaac Newton was perhaps the greatest scientific genius who ever lived. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I bought a comic book of Wolverine, the second greatest hero of all time. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z It has some of the greatest Nobel Prize winners of this last century, nuclear physicists that almost cracked the atom—but kids around here don’t even know it’s there. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I was going through the hardest thing, also the greatest thing, for any human being to do; to accept that which is already within you, and around you. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, it was one of the greatest feats of practical geometric inference in history. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Soft enough to hold baby Cynthia and stare at her and laugh and laugh like she was the greatest joke ever told. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “But like about a zillion other soldiers who never knew each other, we fought on the same side—the winning side—of the greatest country in the world. And I’m proud of it.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z GINNY: Harry, you have one of the greatest hearts of any wizard who ever lived, and I do not believe your heart told you to do this. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Papin had worked with two of the greatest scientists of the day, Huygens and Boyle. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Caution is de greatest thing in de world. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Her greatest dread is when there is no work and she can’t. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The two greatest players to put on Yankee pinstripes since Babe Ruth. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I mean, it's basically like the world's greatest chicken or something. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “When you talk about the greatest fighter of all time you have to talk about heavyweights.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And to top it all off, he’d turned his last will and testament into the greatest videogame contest of all time. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Above her hung the two dozen framed flower prints she had selected and arranged with the greatest of taste and care. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I would travel back in time and make it so the greatest day of my father’s life never happened at all. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth was trying to cheer up Hazel, regaling her with Percy’s greatest Seaweed Brain moments, when Frank stumbled down the hall and burst into her cabin. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Of all the contenders, the one who made the greatest progress toward winning Blanca’s hand was the King of the Pressure Cookers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He was Zeus, greatest of gods, and all he was doing was from love of her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sure thing," said Megan, dancing to the music “This lemonade stand was the greatest idea. It's like a birthday for the whole neighborhood!" The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z It was one of the ferryman’s greatest virtues that, like few people, he knew how to listen. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z This was not the greatest conversation starter in the world. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z When he was young, he was a world-class tennis player, and over the past fifty years, he has coached and counseled and known many of the greatest tennis players in the history of the game. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z But here, for starters, is Quintilian: “The whole art of oratory, as the most and greatest writers have taught, consists of five parts: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I may not be the greatest student, but I read all the time and I remember everything. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Asta’s son, listen to me with the greatest care. When I baptized you, you were named . Crispin.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “My son, my greatest pride ... my poor May ...” He sounded so devastated I didn’t know what to say. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Here was my squad leader, for whom I had no love, giving me what felt like one of the greatest gifts I had ever received. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The team approach to physics, Alvarez judged, was “Lawrence’s greatest invention.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z One of the greatest indignities about being old is that people insist on helping you with things like bathing and going to the washroom. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z New York City was a clear innovator in police strategies during the 1990s crime drop, and it also enjoyed the greatest decline in crime of any large American city. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Stan Smith, tall, lanky and powerfully built, with blond hair and blue eyes, was one of the world’s greatest serve-and-volley players. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “The power unleashed by the jailing destroyed the Star—and the Coven. But the Scholars rejoiced, for the jinn were defeated. All but the greatest of them.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He’s upstairs sitting by the fire, smoking a cigarette, reading The Irish Press, which he loves because it’s De Valera’s paper and he thinks De Valera is the greatest man in the world. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Yeah. You told me he was the greatest Lakota warrior, a long time ago.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z “Think of it this way,” she said as if she were telling the greatest secret ever. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Precisely at noon—as the sun, the greatest manifestation of the Great Mystery, reached its zenith—men took hold of the casket and began to lower it into the hole. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Three thousand nine hundred weeks. So. You tell me your greatest fear is that Ma and Pa'll be mad at you for one of these almost four thousand weeks. Or two. Or three.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z In this sense, speed is both the rower’s ultimate goal and also his greatest foe. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It is her greatest fear coming true, and I feel sorry for her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Fellow composer Gustav Mahler described hearing this as the ‘greatest and most soul-wrenching experience of my life’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The greatest improvement in their situation at this moment, of course, had to come from a change of dwelling. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z It was George Rowley’s greatest hits, played on an endless loop. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Growing up, I knew Ali was a heavyweight champion and one of the greatest of all time in the world of boxing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Only Zau, the greatest goldworker in all Thebes, could make such a cup. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The greatest wave of immigration the world has ever known engulfed America between the end of the Civil War in 1865 and the outbreak of World War I in 1914. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z People say Grandpa was the greatest hunter in the district. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z "Yes, I said it and I mean it! This here brother constitutes one of the greatest dangers ever confronted by our movement." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1974, Anthony Saidy wrote in The World of Chess that “perhaps half of all of the greatest players of the past hundred years have been Jews.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And the greatest of them, Balerion, the Black Dread, could have swallowed an aurochs whole, or even one of the hairy mammoths said to roam the cold wastes beyond the Port of Ibben. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Back then, he thought it was the greatest place on earth. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Another master will hit you if you don’t know that Michael Collins was the greatest man that ever lived. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Before him, it was that pirate Drake. And before him, Odysseus. They were all the same! The gods send me the greatest heroes, the ones I cannot help but...” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And then realizes he’s soiled the magic carpet of the greatest empire in the world and says, “Oh!” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I thought about introducing myself but decided maybe now wasn’t the greatest time. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “But Graetz was a great scholar. I read up on him before I started reading his history. He was one of the greatest Jewish scholars of the last century.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The greatest fencing machine since the Corsican Wizard was barely even practicing the sword. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Sure enough, the states with the highest abortion rates in the 1970s experienced the greatest crime drops in the 1990s, while states with low abortion rates experienced smaller crime drops. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z His achievements are carefully excluded or, when they demand attention, they are handled with the greatest care to avoid the impression that anything good the individual Negro does is typical of his race. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The greatest achievement of the human race was not conquering death. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Now the sky presented the greatest scientific puzzle they had ever encountered, and they were all considering their place in it, and their chances of solving it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It’s like a greatest hits of his closet. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z My greatest desire was to walk into Jack’s, sit down at the lunch counter, and order French fries with ketchup. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z These are the greatest three strikes that a black man has against him in this country. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z "Bow to the greatest king in my empire!" When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The dark water of the true gulf is the greatest healer that there is. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z "Only the greatest of heroes could hope to defeat my husband. And then only on their very best day." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Only then did he permit them to bury him, not in any ordinary way, but with the honors reserved for Macondo's greatest benefactor. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Daedalus was the worlds greatest inventor. He created the Labyrinth, but much more. Automatons, thinking machines ... What if Kronos wishes Daedalus to make him a new form?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z On the one hand, I know college could be one of the greatest times of my life, but on the other, starting my professional baseball career early could help me reach my goals sooner. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Percy Jackson, you don’t understand. Typhon is our greatest enemy.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z But it was then that I understood one of my mom's greatest virtues: her capacity for empathy. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Olakunde narrates always with looks of the greatest solemnity, but raveled deep in his demeanor is his joy in telling these tales, and to an audience so delighted with his testimony. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z For millions of others, about to lose one of their greatest enjoyments, it was hardly something to cheer about. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Everyone knew what the greatest treat in the world was. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z When my mother died of tuberculosis, my father’s greatest concern was Anni. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z On Thursday, April 13, Olmsted wrote to his son John, “Every body here in a keen rush, the greatest in imaginable outward confusion.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The race, anticipated to be the greatest in the sport’s history, was on. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “The greatest military achievement in all history,” praised Douglas MacArthur, a top American general. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am the greatest wrestler in the world, boy,” he warned. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Well, if that isn’t the greatest rubbish I ever heard,” cried Jo indignantly. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z What’s more, she had seen off these “Calibans of brute strength, enormous bankrolls and stupendous power” using only “Nature’s greatest resource, a radiant intellect.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “He is the greatest living mathematician, the greatest,” he said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Even with the murders, they kept on coming, the greatest oil barons in the world. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z We gagged the man and hauled him into his loft, where we left him lying, entombed by heat, eyes expressive of the greatest terror. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I already know that becoming a mother will be the greatest jay of my life. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Fire had killed fifteen more, and an assassin had transformed the closing ceremony from what was to have been the century’s greatest celebration into a vast funeral. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z For the birth of her beloved grandchild was just as the dragon had told her, the greatest joy and sadness at the same time. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The passage of Prohibition had only compounded the territory’s feeling of lawlessness by encouraging organized crime and creating, in the words of one historian, “the greatest criminal bonanza in American history.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Nurse Myerson helped him up into the ambulance, and the greatest eighth grade president we ever had was gone. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I let my anger propel me into my greatest demand. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z This was the greatest, most beloved spot on earth! Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Miss Nsia said, “I am the greatest fool that ever walk on mud.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Mkentane’s depiction of Lincoln was stately and formal, and his recitation of one of the greatest of all speeches, the Gettysburg Address, won a standing ovation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “It describes people’s inability to choose their own Personal Legends. And it ends up saying that everyone believes the world’s greatest lie.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet genetic deterioration through man-made agents is the menace of our time, “the last and greatest danger to our civilization.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z At its core, he plans a kilometer-long museum: a trove of the greatest achievements in human culture. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z By two noses in two runnings of the race he and his wife most wanted to win, Howard had lost $182,150, and Seabiscuit had been denied the title of history’s greatest money winner. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z One prong of it became the Polynesians, who populated the most remote islands of the Pacific and were the greatest seafarers among Neolithic peoples. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He offered, “Things have come to an entertaining pass, when a city under siege—the spot of greatest danger in the colony — is the only place that might offer us safety.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Among them all, Jinx was hailed as a local hero for coming up with the greatest scheme ever. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Even Lord Stannis would hesitate to wake the anger of the greatest and most powerful of the Free Cities. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He was one of those, like Stuart, who looked on war as God’s greatest game. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It must be so, because every human being is doomed to die, which is the greatest of all failures. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He went on to be the greatest pirate ever! I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Throughout the next day the company went with greatest caution, for flights of gwythaints, Arawn’s fearsome messenger birds, were now seen against the clouds. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “What is your greatest fault?” asked Fred, by way of testing in her the virtue he lacked himself. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Kreisler had called her, by her own account, “the greatest female violinist I have heard.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “You are the greatest source of joy in her life. But she cannot help it. She has left behind a part of herself in India.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z What should have been the crowning moment of Bernard’s whole career had turned out to be the moment of his greatest humiliation. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Bentley was the greatest classical scholar of his age, but he would also become a Fellow of the Royal Society. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Relay race by Culper spy ring delivers “news of the greatest consequence” from Townsend to Roe to Woodhull to Brewster to Washington. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But on that day, I found the greatest of treasures, a sportsman’s magazine, discarded by the campers. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But as the world’s greatest scientist, I could surely determine whether Fig was really sick. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z But he wasn’t doing just any dance—he was a man possessed, a man who knows in his heart that he is the greatest dancer on earth. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z There in 1841–the fateful year in which Owen would achieve his greatest glory for naming and identifying the dinosaurs–Mantell was involved in a terrible accident. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Every day we're told that we live in the greatest country on earth. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z It was his greatest terror, the idea of his son in jail. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He paused a moment, then said, “I think it quite necessary that the authorities here should be prepared to meet and deal with the greatest congregation of criminals that ever yet met in this country.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Therefore, with his impetuous move, Julius accomplished what no other pontiff would ever have achieved with the greatest of human prudence. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Of these, complexion had the greatest single value. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The piece he was playing was called “Come Back to Sorrento,” and by the greatest good luck, it happened to be Mama Bellini’s favorite song. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The greatest reward of this constant interrogation, of confrontation with the brutality of my country, is that it has freed me from ghosts and girded me against the sheer terror of disembodiment. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “The work has advanced to an exceedingly important stage and the greatest difficulty now facing us is no longer of an experimental nature, but one of finance.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He also may have been the greatest riding talent racing ever saw. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z That was his greatest pleasure, even though the pipe was empty. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “You can never predict my Prince; that is why he is the greatest hunter.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The occasional solo of the whip added to the symphony of brutality Adarlan had created for its greatest criminals, poorest citizens, and latest conquests. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In a great blur of snow and silvery glass the building’s roof—that marvel of late nineteenth-century hubris, enclosing the greatest volume of unobstructed space in history—collapsed to the floor below. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z While the walls were decorated with the greatest care, there was nothing but the black cavern above their heads. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The greatest coaling port in the world at that time was Cardiff, in South Wales. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z But the living were not the only ones to be found on the greatest railroad in the nation. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z David ran up and put his foot on my stomach and pounded his chest and said, “For I am the greatest hunter alive!” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It was only going to be the greatest boxing match in the history of the world: our favorite, Joe Louis, going up against the heavyweight champion of the world, Jim Braddock. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “When he got shot,” said one infantryman, “people were walking around going, ‘What are we doing here when they’re killing one of the greatest men the world has ever known back there? Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The greatest distraction, though, came in the years after 1615, when Kepler’s mother was accused of witchcraft. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I knew how much I needed it—to be a part of such a beautiful school and be taught by some of the greatest art teachers in the country. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z And this was the greatest praise he knew how to give. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z They’re on that television criticizing the greatest civil-rights leader known to man, and all he ever wanted was to bring peace to this country. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “That’s good news, trooper. Great news. This is some day, isn’t it? One of the greatest days in history. Fantastic undertaking.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z When the connection is made, and a particular lymphocyte with a particular receptor is brought into the presence of the particular antigen, one of the greatest small spectacles in nature occurs. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps the opportunities for the more conventional types of biological control are greatest in the forests. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He was fond of her, but Chaol didn’t know if he could sleep at night knowing that he had retrained and released the world’s greatest assassin. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He was come to the heart of the realm of Sauron and the forges of his ancient might, greatest in Middle-earth; all other powers were here subdued. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I felt like a kid standing in the world’s greatest video arcade without any quarters, unable to do anything but walk around and watch the other kids play. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z One of my greatest faults was that of letting his horse run away, and go down to his father-in-law’s farm, which was about five miles from St. Michael’s. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z This was the rowing event that nations boasted about more than any other, the ultimate test of young men’s ability to pull together, the greatest display of power, grace, and guts on water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But more than any shame I feel about my own actual violence, my greatest regret was that in seeking to defend you I was, in fact, endangering you. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “They wrecked the greatest country in the world,” he tells Pierson. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Elijah Muhammad teaches that the greatest and mightiest God who appeared on the earth was Master W. D. Fard. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I say, "Jesus taught that the greatest commandment was to love God with all your heart and all your soul and all your might." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z "Rani and Viji Ma'am are taking a walk together. As for finding your grandparents, that's the greatest success story of my career." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z During an eight-year career playing for seven major league teams, he became known as one of the greatest base stealers the game had yet seen. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Perhaps the greatest paradox concerned his feelings about money. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Neda and Mitra were best friends who were cut from a very different cloth, and I wanted to cherry-pick their greatest qualities so I could be the perfect combination of the two of them. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Out of Major League Baseball’s greatest scandal would come one incident that would be remembered long after almost all the facts and details of the tainted affair had faded from memory. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He confessed to me in later life that he knew even then that his greatest pleasure lay in teaching. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The crowd was small and selected of the greatest enthusiasts among the Regiment; they played upon cookware. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Oh, nothing. Only the greatest road trip in the history of road trips.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z And it's always stated as an undeniable fact: Leos are born between July 23 and August 22, fitted queen-size sheets measure sixty by eighty inches, and America is the greatest country on earth. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Of all the commandments, number ten gives me the greatest pause for thought. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Ellsworth assured Olmsted that by agreeing to help, he would be joining his name to one of the greatest artistic undertakings of the century. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Who could pity the greatest sword maker in the history of the world?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The greatest thing about this story is that every time my dad tells it, it never changes. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z One greatest and suddenest storms on record has just been experienced here, with results both strange and unique. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He concocted a scheme to abduct “this greatest of traitors” while he was leading raids in Virginia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They carried the soldier’s greatest fear, which was the fear of blushing. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Stamitz, who was born 120 kilometres from Prague and baptised Jan Stamic, has probably the greatest claim to being the inventor of the symphony as we know it, though posterity has largely forgotten him nonetheless. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z And, in addition, under the car seat where it could not roll and break, a bottle of Chablis wine knocked back and forth: the greatest rarity of all. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “It’s just that I’m not the only one that’s been caught. There’s irony in three of the greatest experts in robotics in the world falling into the same elementary trap, isn’t there?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Learning is the greatest form of happiness known to man. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “My Jo, you may say anything to your mother, for it is my greatest happiness and pride to feel that my girls confide in me and know how much I love them.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a senior when I was a freshman, and he considered telling everyone I’d been abducted by aliens and turning me into a social pariah his greatest achievement. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “For the world’s greatest assassin, this is pathetic,” said Dorian, stepping from the doorway. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z 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 I want to contradict him and say that my own country is the greatest. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z This narrative opened with a storm, the hurricane Donna, far and away the greatest sendoff an expedition ever had and I thought at the time a little overboard. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Aside from his love, it was the greatest gift I could ever receive. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Then Mr. Mikoyan would read me quotes from Tolstoy, whom he considered the greatest of all Russian authors, to copy onto the blackboard. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Louis of France is not yet thirty, and already he is the greatest king in Europe. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Burnham was a talented artist and architect in his own right, but his greatest strength lay in his ability to win clients and execute Root’s elegant designs. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Thus it is here, in the poverty-stricken, racially segregated ghettos, where the War on Poverty has been abandoned and factories have disappeared, that the drug war has been waged with the greatest ferocity. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But the greatest paradox of the sport has to do with the psychological makeup of the people who pull the oars. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z To me, the greatest mystery of science continues to be that a man could father six children who shared absolutely none of his interests. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He makes it sound like it’s the greatest place in the world. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Bobby gave Michael lessons, and the young man went on to become an international grandmaster some eight years later, perhaps inspired by his meeting with the world’s greatest player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z "I believe you. I told you, kid. You're one of the world's greatest." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z She included her in the Friday sessions and raised her in the greatest intimacy with spirits, with the members of secret societies, and with the impoverished artists whose patroness she was. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The greatest difference from them seems to be in the external shape, and wanting feet. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The honor of that fell to Edward Everett, a distinguished classicist then regarded as one of the greatest orators America had ever seen—now, all but forgotten. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Many of the greatest cities emptied, as did much of the countryside around them. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z You come from a long line of great poets, some of the greatest poets since Homer. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z My hair isn’t the greatest today, so I tie it up in a high ponytail, staring at my unsure expression. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Although prosecutors, as a group, have the greatest power in the criminal justice system, police have the greatest discretion—discretion that is amplified in drug-law enforcement. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z With the greatest respect, Minerva—you don’t have children — GINNY: Harry! Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Brooding, he became convinced, at times, that “the NSA considers me their greatest security risk.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z But it is only after the deepest darkness that the greatest joy can come; it is only after slavery and prison that the sweetest appreciation of freedom can come. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But arguably the greatest aspect of Corelli’s revolution was his approach to dynamics: the manipulation of loud and soft passages in music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “But, you,” she said, stroking my cheek, “are my sweetest gift. The life surprise that soothed all my ills and gave me my greatest joys. I feel so blessed you are mine.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z I stunk at Greek names, but even I knew the greatest warrior of all time, who had died from a wounded heel. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z There was a silver spark, then a wavering light, and then, with the greatest effort it had ever cost him, the stag burst from the end of Harry’s wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Hercules, the greatest of all heroes, was there; Orpheus, the master musician; Castor with his brother Pollux; Achilles’ father, Peleus; and many another. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The secret of one of fight history’s greatest upsets was that months before that night, Clay had out-thought Liston. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fine. But only because you identified my greatest weakness.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Okay, I am also very impressed that you Googled your way to Elliott Smith, who was quite possibly the greatest songwriter since Lennon and McCartney. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “Oh, the greatest fun,” he answered, but in a voice so mournful, with an expression so profoundly miserable, that Lenina felt all her triumph suddenly evaporate. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The greatest movie star in history was sweeping the country at that time, a girl younger than Mary Alice named Shirley Temple Shirley could sing and act, and she was a tap-dancing demon. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z But the greatest part of his condescension he had bestowed on Kit, once he had understood that her grandfather had been Sir Francis Tyler. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z This will be the greatest challenge of your ministry, Jesus, to cure Ben Meecham, the boy whose face is one big goob.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “In my experience, a quick and painless gleaning is the greatest mercy I can show.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z In human terms, this was Tyson’s greatest achievement. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I feel a little funny about my faded Boston Marathon T-shirt even though it was the greatest tag sale find of the summer last year. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Thus died the greatest mind in the ancient world, slaughtered needlessly by the Romans. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He lived in the greatest city in the world, and what made it great was its people. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z It was one of the greatest rides anyone had ever seen. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Towering at the peak of the mountain was the greatest palace of all, the glowing white hall of the gods. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Doctor Warren began to eat as doctors will even under greatest strain. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is the greatest place. I’m really glad my folks bought it.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a compound, Fjerda’s ancient stronghold, home to an unbroken succession of kings and queens, repository of their greatest treasures and most sacred religious relics. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The historian named Strabo declared the marketplace in Alexandria to be “the greatest emporium in the inhabited world.” Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Although such interior exhibits were compelling, the earliest visitors to Jackson Park saw immediately that the fair’s greatest power lay in the strange gravity of the buildings themselves. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Even under the greatest duress, my capability to dissemble was scarcely diminished. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Her dedication to church was like my commitment to becoming the world’s greatest scientist. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Here was one of the greatest heroes of America’s past saluting one of the foremost heroes of its future. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z At Howard University, one of the greatest collections of books could be found in the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, where your grandfather once worked. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Perhaps the greatest lesson to be learned from all these issues is that as a nation we must make certain that in our desire for progress, personal rights and liberties are not denied. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Willingness to hire people with criminal records is greatest in construction or manufacturing—industries that require little customer contact—and weakest in retail trade and other service sector businesses. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z White Water Rapids also has an arcade with Street Fighter II, which is the greatest arcade game of all time. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Pong's schooling at Namwon was fairly pitiful, but one lesson was drilled into the prison children over and over again: the greatest danger in the world was fire. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z But the greatest grief is this: Your brother, Laertes, and Prince Hamlet have slain each other with poisoned swords. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “When Mr. Daniels told us about people with dyslexia...I mean some of the greatest minds the human race has ever see....I’ve been kind of wishing I could have it, too.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z In Salinas we were aware that the United States was the greatest and most powerful nation in the world. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The greatest time I ever spent in my life was when she was home. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I felt then that these men—these “fathers”—were the greatest of cowards. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Why, you could cause us the greatest humiliation simply by confronting us with something we liked. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “To be chosen as an Aspirant for the Trials is to be granted the greatest honor the Empire has to offer.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z But by far the greatest responsibility was to respond to the priest in memorized Latin prayers. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He used the smallest possible circumference of the Earth and the greatest eastward extension of Asia he could find in all the books available to him, and then exaggerated even those. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I fell in love with his books, filled as they were with not only great adventures but scientists and engineers who considered the acquisition of knowledge to be the greatest pursuit of mankind. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The greatest cathedral in the world, perched miraculously at the narrowest edge of an island in the middle of the river Seine. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I smile, angry in the thickening dusk, and feast my eyes on the greatest of meadhalls, unsatisfied. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The shoes were Ben’s greatest challenge and most enduring joy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Williams was perhaps the greatest hitter of all time, a man revered for his knowledge and insight into the art of hitting. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Kemp, a case that presented convincing empirical evidence that the race of the victim is the greatest predictor of who gets the death penalty in the United States. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He would do such work himself as an example to his followers whom he taught that idleness and laziness were among the black man’s greatest sins against himself. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The greatest jolt came when Dr. Moroka tendered a humiliating plea in mitigation to Judge Rumpff and took the witness stand to renounce the very principles on which the ANC had been founded. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But maybe the last part of the symphony was the music she loved the best—glad and like the greatest people in the world running and springing up in a hard, free way. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Lilya Litvyak’s greatest fear as a fighter pilot was that her Yak would be shot down over enemy territory and that she’d die there, or that her body wouldn’t be found. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He had now made unscathed, for the first time, that crossing-over and return which only a wizard can make with open eyes, and which not the greatest mage can make without risk. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z A girl’s mother is always her greatest influence, friend, and adviser. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z To ecologists, the great tropical forest in South America was and is the planet’s greatest wilderness, primeval and ancient, an Edenic zone touched by humankind lightly if at all. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “And you will make me the greatest sword since Excalibur.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z On the Greek side, with Achilles gone, the two greatest champions were Ajax and Diomedes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Is the farmer, the doctor, the Indian, the greatest problem in America today? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a young man, a Mr. Stone by name, with what Dr. Finch called the greatest talent for dullness he had ever seen in a man on the near side of fifty. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z But the authorities’ greatest mistake was keeping us together, for together our determination was reinforced. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hello, sons of Ivaldi. I have asked around, and people here tell me that Brokk and Eitri, his brother, are the greatest dwarf craftsmen there are or have ever been,” said Loki. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z For those extinct American mammals whose bones are available in greatest abundance and have been dated especially accurately, one can pinpoint the extinctions as having occurred around 11,000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It was the pride one can feel only when, far from home and surrounded by a captive audience, you are called upon to explain what is undoubtedly the single greatest thing about your country. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z When the pressure is greatest and the game is on the line, how well does he perform? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z One of these rare tales told of a mysterious object called a book, which held the key to the greatest magic Kelanna had ever known. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z We selected them as the most immediate burden pressing on the lives of the people, and the best way to engage the greatest number of people in the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His tendency to jump to the latest and greatest idea might be considered a weakness, but in this case he was certain that IDA’S plan could serve PIH well. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Not the greatest specimen,” Mack says, “but I got her cheap from this bankrupt circus out west. They had her shipped over from Africa. Only had her a month before they went bust.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z And to anyone who questioned the morality, he replied that “The Star-Spangled Banner” was the greatest piece of music ever composed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z My greatest lack has been, I believe, that I don’t have the kind of academic education I wish I had been able to get—to have been a lawyer, perhaps. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Second, among Mediterranean zones, western Eurasia’s experiences the greatest climatic variation from season to season and year to year. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Antoine Thomas is the greatest quarterback in the history of Tangerine County. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A good example is the history of Thomas Edison’s phonograph, the most original invention of the greatest inventor of modern times. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z At the age of one year old, Harry had somehow survived a curse from the greatest Dark sorcerer of all time, Lord Voldemort, whose name most witches and wizards still feared to speak. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z But in part because it seemed so seminal and symbolic of sectional cooperation, the Adams-Jefferson tandem stood out as the greatest collaboration of them all. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She thought he was missing the greatest joy on earth by being committed to a life of celibacy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “They flew through the air with the greatest of ease. They were famous. They had personalized luggage.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z But it was radio that had the greatest impact. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They are best known for assembling the greatest empire ever seen in Mesoamerica. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Of these by far the greatest was Orpheus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Each “house” had three floors and, greatest blessing of all, each inmate had his own room. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Radar, your failure to bop that lovely honeybunny is the greatest humanitarian tragedy of our time.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “Now she’s decided the Smoke is the greatest place in the world. And that I’m the best person in the world for bringing her here.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Byrne knew that even though he was on the wrong end of the result, he’d lost one of the greatest games ever played, and in so doing had become part of chess history. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I tumbled head over heels, but I soon righted myself in time to see the greatest aerial display a man will ever see. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I emphasize the word "greatest" and look across at Lou again. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The greatest challenge she faced was finding a course that didn’t duplicate Dr. Claytor’s meticulous tutelage. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Now they displayed the greatest interest and directed their attention obsessively to the primitive column, adding new pellets and fragments of earth. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The world’s greatest biological thinkers, having pored over the problem of heredity, had scarcely advanced the field beyond the cryptic musings of two men who had lived on two Greek islands two thousand years earlier. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “There are rumors,” the nobleman said, “that deep in the hills behind Toledo lives a genius. The greatest sword maker in all the world.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The greatest test of the airplane’s new prowess—a nonstop flight through the turbulent skies over the Atlantic Ocean—remained to be achieved, though. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Dallben, he knew, would consult Hen Wen only on a matter of greatest urgency. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The greatest benefit of my crude English was that, for the first time, I could understand a few stock phrases in the movies. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z "If we brought this off, it would be the greatest triumph in the whole history of witchery!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z We seemed to be playing on the tame fringe of the last and greatest wilderness. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z As he continued east on F, he approached two of Washington’s greatest landmarks: to the left, the huge marble Patent Office. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The Aeneid, the greatest of Latin poems, is the chief authority for this story. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “If the master would make a vessel he considers worthy of the court’s attention, it would be my greatest honor to be allowed to take it to Songdo for him.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “Sit here, Diana. Dad is the world’s greatest soup chef.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Dear Diary, Last night I got the greatest news of my life! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “The greatest thrill comes from games where the stakes are the highest.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “I have felt pain and heartache in unexplainable great measures the last few years. But I know my greatest pain cannot compare to the pain they felt after losing a loved one,” Reggie said. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z We left at midnight, and throughout the twenty-four-hour journey— to my greatest disappointment, for I had hoped to have a glimpse at the white world—we never saw daylight. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Her solution this time was to pay everyone the same amount—$2,000—therefore saving face and securing the greatest American player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Even Charles Lyell, the greatest geologist of the following century and a man who read everything, admitted he couldn’t get through it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z On New Year’s eve, I have my greatest dream and my worst nightmare. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mahalia Jackson, the greatest of them all—she was a preacher’s daughter in Louisiana. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Any leak at that point would ruin Sheehan’s chances of breaking what James Reston was now calling “the greatest story of the century.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z My greatest hope is that, in time, our wisdom will become as perfect as is our knowledge. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Who is the greatest fighter pilot that ever lived?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Richard Harding Davis called the exposition “the greatest event in the history of the country since the Civil War.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “No, Cyril. How could I leave the scene of my greatest triumph?” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Accordingly, the two greatest of the chieftains left alive by then, Odysseus and Diomedes, determined to try to steal it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Orpheus was the greatest musician who ever lived,” said the music teacher. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Being near an acoustic instrument or speakers offers the greatest benefit from the sound. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z One of the greatest surprises I have ever had in my life came just after we left port for Okinawa. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, I wish you were here to take my picture! Aaaaah! I always thought Broadway was just a cluster of the greatest theaters on the planet. It’s an actual streeeeeet!” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “That impertinent youngster of mine thinks it’s time your daughter was given the greatest experience in the known world,” the senator mentioned, as the masseur pummeled him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Urutoraman is Japan’s greatest superhero. His powers belong in Japanese hands.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Aegir was the greatest of the sea giants. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z In his greatest vote of confidence, he asked Burnham & Root to build an entry portal for the Union Stock Yards that would reflect the yards’ growing importance. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Two years ago, she’d inherited the machine from the greatest inventor of all time, and it was loaded with invention ideas, schematics, and diagrams, most of which Annabeth was still trying to figure out. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z From Cyrus’s point of view this was possibly the greatest of her virtues. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Beside the road I saw a very large establishment, the greatest distributor of sea shells in the world—and this in Wisconsin, which hasn’t known a sea since pre-Cambrian times. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Into this area, which generally had the greatest concentration of inmates, ran the inmate fleeing the pat-frisk. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As the world’s greatest scientist, I wasn’t afraid of ghosts. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Arjuna was the greatest hero who ever lived.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z We might not have the greatest country on earth, but we certainly have an interesting one! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z What happened next is something that Aunt Joan told only my mother, years later, with the greatest of shame. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Tenochtitlan dazzled its invaders—it was bigger than Paris, Europe’s greatest metropolis. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Gen was the only one who knew where the crystals were, and it was her greatest secret as far as both of them were concerned. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “Want some cereal? Milk in America is the greatest thing ever.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z My brother Chris was handsome and shy, a sweet, skinny kid with the greatest smile in the world. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “He felt that this was the greatest opportunity ever offered to his profession in this country, and he could not make them appreciate it,” she said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “They gave me the two greatest gifts of my life.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Instead, it brought her the greatest shame and humiliation of her entire religious life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the greatest pearl in the world. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “Cap Anderson was the greatest person it’s ever been my honor to know. How are we ever going to get along without our president?” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Thanks to all these factors, Eurasia was the continent on which technology started its post-Pleistocene acceleration earliest and resulted in the greatest local accumulation of technologies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Lucy always said that the greatest friends have nothing and everything in common all at once. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z If anybody had asked Amy what the greatest trial of her life was, she would have answered at once, “My nose.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The King James translation of the Bible is considered the greatest piece of literature in English. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z When she got home that night, Anthony wrote in her journal, “The greatest judicial outrage history ever recorded! We were convicted before we had a hearing and the trial was a mere farce.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z A Syrian winning the world’s greatest long-distance competition? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z My mother’s greatest fear was that I would end up paying the black tax, that I would get trapped by the cycle of poverty and violence that came before me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But the Amber Room was the greatest treasure of all. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Mayor Clarkson’s greatest concern was the mounting number of penniless people in Philadelphia. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Alexandria was the greatest city the Western world had ever seen. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Io’s descendant would be Hercules, greatest of heroes, than whom hardly the gods were greater, and to whom Prometheus would owe his freedom. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not the greatest sorcerer in the world,” said Harry, breathing fast. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Unless he’s the greatest actor in history, I totally believe that he’s just found this out about himself. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Rather than use logos—detailed arguments and eye-glazing statistics about the ways in which the charity achieves the greatest good, distributes its funds, and so on—the ad shoots straight for the heart. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “It’s got to be the greatest thing,” he said, “to work in the West Virginia capitol every day.” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z “You will be able to teach him all your tricks, so that he grows up to be the greatest knight in the world.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you kidding me? This is the greatest prom dinner ever.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z It’s a greatest hits of Finch—Split Enz, the Clash, Johnny Cash, and on and on. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The greatest of all Greeks, Socrates, was killed as a ‘demagogue.’ The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the daunting task of following the greatest hero in American history, Adams faced a double dilemma. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z One of Geisbert’s greatest happinesses in life, apart from his work, came from being in the outdoors, fishing for black bass and hunting for deer. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Frisby—are you perhaps aware of this?—your late husband was one of our greatest friends. You are welcome here.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z And in this moment, my greatest fear is that my mom will say no. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Costly mistakes, like sexual confusion and nuclear weapons, which by the way are both legacies passed down from the greatest generation—the guys who whipped Hitler—are strongly related to extinction. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z DELPHI: “A much-underestimated part of modern witchcraft”—you two are the greatest, you know that? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z I can’t believe it, can’t believe we are brought to this, that the greatest happiness I have ever known—my life with him—was an illusion. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Being chosen is the greatest gift you can give to another human being. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Six days into what should be the greatest month of my life, and it's turned into a nightmare. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The greatest loss of life at the dam occurred soon after full-scale construction began. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I’ve been afraid of many things these past months, but when it comes to Jasmine, I realize that’s been my greatest fear of all. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z With the greatest of care, Malcolm stood up and stepped down to the earth floor. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z It was commonplace in the South—the greatest fear all black parents had for their girls. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Olmec society was surprisingly unaffected by the collapse of its greatest polity. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Frank’s was the first idea; and his the greatest zeal in pursuing it; for the lady was the best judge of the difficulties, and the most solicitous for accommodation and appearance. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z "Enough, my lords. If I had a dozen vans, all of you should have one, but the greatest glory by rights belongs to the greatest knight. Ser Loras shall strike the first blow." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was the greatest windstorm the Seattle area had ever seen. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Tom Watson himself, who had spoken with passion and idealism about wiping out the color line, became one of white supremacy’s greatest supporters. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Then the man in black launched his greatest assault. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “You have the greatest mom in the world,” he said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z His shoulder had begun to throb and smart from the goldsmith’s touch, like a sleeping devil roused to angry wakefulness, but the greatest pain was in his mind. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z And this is said in disparagement, whereas it is one of the greatest talents the species has and one that has made it superior to animals that are satisfied with what they have. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z For Doha, his greatest worry was for his father. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z From the movie Gunga Din, which I’ve seen sixteen times and I still think is the greatest adventure movie ever ever ever made. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Because she has maintained her beautiful skin and enviable figure, Amy remains my father's greatest treasure. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The tug-maker’s letter, he complained, framed the boat question solely in terms of moving the greatest number of passengers between different points at the exposition as cheaply and quickly as possible. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And Sam and Patrick looked at me like I said the greatest thing they ever heard. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “Please. This is the greatest moment in my life. Please. I’m begging you.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The greatest part of human existence was spent in such a time. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the guidance of my new preceptors I entered with the greatest diligence into the search of the philosopher’s stone and the elixir of life; but the latter soon obtained my undivided attention. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Why did Gotama once sit down beneath the bo tree in his greatest hour when he received enlightenment? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z For dangling before her, tantalizingly, what He knew would give her the greatest happiness, then pulling it away. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Then he walked solemnly around the table, and between the dishes of food, inspecting everything with the greatest interest, though he touched nothing. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z “He is one of the bravest men I know. That and more, for he has the heart of a true bard. Someday he will surely be our greatest, you can mark my words.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z White realized that the greatest problem with the earlier investigations was not that agents had failed to uncover any leads; it was that there were too many. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In the 1860s and 1870s, the American economy went through perhaps the greatest transformation in its history. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z They should have the legendary power of the greatest battles of the mortal age, passed down by word of mouth, becoming as immortal as we are. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “That there are no boring parts in this, Shakespeare’s greatest play of all.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Tycho was the greatest observational genius of the age, and Kepler the greatest theoretician. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Power is the greatest aphrodisiac,” Kissinger famously said, and it must have been true: because Chapter Eleven was glued to the set night after night, following the machinations of diplomacy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Right now, she was a mathematician, an American citizen whose greatest talents had been recognized, and who was about to offer those talents in the service of her country. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z My father and my mother are the two greatest people in the world you would ever want to meet. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z At first when I disappeared, Dr. Luce was desperate, feeling that he had lost his greatest find. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z With the greatest of care Sister Fenella lifted her up, and Lyra’s rat dæmon leapt onto her tiny shoulder and became a shrew. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The greatest single epidemic in human history was the one of influenza that killed 21 million people at the end of the First World War. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In one sense I’m now the greatest bounty hunter who ever lived; no one ever retired six Nexus-6 types in one twenty-four-hour span and no one probably ever will again. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Bobby believed, they said, that the Soviets were so enraged by his winning the crown from Spassky and thereby diminishing their greatest cultural achievement that they wanted him murdered. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Coming next week, the shocking story of the flawed genius considered by many to be the greatest wizard of his generation. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The others had already flown to the King’s court—forced there by ambition because it was the greatest court in the world, or else to escape their mother. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The greatest damage was done to the tourist industry. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Hairwoman: “This is Hawthorne, one of the greatest American novelists! He didn’t do anything by accident—he was a genius.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “Just imagine. This really nice kid, this great chess player, maybe the greatest chess player who ever lived. When he plays chess he is...mean! I mean, really mean!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It is striking that the observational search for extraterrestrial life began in the same generation as the invention of the telescope, and with the greatest theoretician of the age. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For he knew from the first day of his new life that as far as he was concerned his father considered the greatest force the only appropriate response. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at all the children coming and going in the stores, most of them excited to see Santa Claus, and 1 felt the greatest longing to see my own. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “He used to think I was the greatest thing ever.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The AT is no longer the longest hiking trail—the Pacific Crest and Continental Divide trails, both out West, are slightly longer—but it will always be the first and greatest. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z She laid the baby in the crib, tucking her up and taking the greatest care not to brush a hand against her dæmon. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z It was his custom to sit on the table, and his manner to repel anything but the greatest courtesy with a haughty and malevolent tongue. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It was the greatest triumph of Nixon’s presidency. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Maybe I’m not the world’s greatest artist, but—“They look like catfish faces to me,” I said. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z The fair’s greatest impact lay in how it changed the way Americans perceived their cities and their architects. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Icelanders are among the most literate in the world and the Icelandic sagas rate among the greatest in literature. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Soon after he passed away, a magazine poll taken to determine who “was the greatest man in the United States” placed Billy Sunday eighth, tied with the legendary philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I was as still as I could be, and the whole time I was thinking, What trial is more important than the greatest play in history? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Arguably their greatest intellectual feat was the invention of zero. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Watching them play one-on-one was like watching two dance partners perform their greatest hits. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “It was, Dad. It was. So listen, I wonder if you’d help out with the new greatest Culver Creek prank ever.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “Let me out, curse you! I am your greatest warrion Take my burden so I may fight!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z What are some of your greatest experiences in the last three years? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The greatest poetry in Greece, and among the greatest in the world, was written for Dionysus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The greatest in thirty-five thousand years of human history, Mr. Scoresby. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Let’s say the greatest storyteller to ever entertain had infused it with magic somehow. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit switched lead legs, so that his left foreleg was bearing the greatest weight. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt like reminding him I’m not one of the greatest minds, but Tío Pepe is so smart, maybe his advice is worth a try? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “The greatest moralizing and socializing force of all time.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z With the assistance of Arthur’s policies this church—still the greatest of all corporations free to learned men on earth—had become a highway open to the lowest slave. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They called it Operation Hannibal, after one of the greatest military strategists in history. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Everybody knows New York City is the greatest city in the world.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z If I’ve learned anything in my studies, it’s that the greatest investors capitalize in times of crisis. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z It will be the greatest concentration of artillery ever fired. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When Bijan traveled to enemy territory to vanquish the boars, he fell in love with a princess, Manijeh, who was the daughter of his country’s greatest enemy. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I really wasn’t in the mood to have one more adult tell me that doing nothing was the greatest thing I could do, but I figured my mom deserved an update. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z As incredible as my Olympic journey had been, my greatest gift had been the chance to bring joy to those who love me most—my family. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It was an anomaly: the greatest city north of the Rio Grande, it was also the only city north of the Rio Grande. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Three-quarters of his vocabulary is derived from these regions, and they give an intimate flavour to expressions of his greatest joy as well as of his deepest indignation. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet the color boundary in my mind was and still is the greatest hurdle. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z At a war labor conference that Hampton Institute hosted in 1942, MacLean told attendees that the war could be “the greatest break in history for minority groups.” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It was the beginning of a great day, one of the greatest days of my life. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking at food that way robs us of one of life’s greatest pleasures. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Silvan Tomkins, maybe the greatest mind reader of them all, was compulsive about practicing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z But the greatest treasure of all, for us, was in the study. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Political complexity was greatest on Tonga and Hawaii, where the powers of hereditary chiefs approximated those of kings elsewhere in the world, and where land was controlled by the chiefs, not by the commoners. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Indian fire had its greatest impact in the middle of the continent, which Native Americans transformed into a prodigious game farm. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There was an article in a Pittsburgh newspaper that said it was the greatest sugaring year in the whole history of Pennsylvania! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Of all those trips, and all those schools, it was the University of Texas that had made the greatest impression. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ve been going through the greatest anxiety, our dear one has been very ill.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Then, while April glared at him, Toby told everybody his idea, and naturally everybody thought it was the greatest. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The ease with which he manipulates words is his greatest talent. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The greatest ideas are the simplest Now there was something to be done they worked with passion. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “I’ve always bragged about you two as being the ‘greatest pair of brains ever wedded in holy matrimony,’” an old Army friend wrote after reading the book, “and I never was wrong.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z They mete out justice to the world, and Tehlu is the greatest of them all—” “I have heard enough.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Stevie Wonder, surely one of the greatest of all twentieth- century musicians in any field, was one such gatherer of styles. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He thinks that Locke is the greatest philosopher who has ever lived and Newton the greatest scientist. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “We ate our sandwiches with grateful hearts for all the care that was taken of us, and the bottle of water was the greatest comfort,” Emma reported in a letter to her mother. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z That is how the greatest minds in history have survived tragedy. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z It has to do with one of the questions which in the whole range of parasitic pathology can, with the greatest right, claim to be of practical importance. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “I’ve had the benefit of being trained by the two greatest scythes who ever lived—you and Scythe Faraday. If that hasn’t prepared me for today, nothing could have.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But no matter which grade or pattern—no matter even if the greatest grandmother in the whole world wove it—every rug has a Persian flaw. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Thus, Atahuallpa’s capture interests us specifically as marking the decisive moment in the greatest collision of modern history. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Did you know that Indra’s Pandava son, Arjuna, was one of the greatest warriors who ever lived?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z My greatest preoccupation was that moment of transition when I would “pass over.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everybody knows that Einstein’s the greatest scientist in the universe, and someday I hope to be the same.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z South Africa was now deprived of one of its greatest sons, a man who would have been invaluable in transforming the country into a new nation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t the greatest thing to try to do mad. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The greatest number seemed to be young, well muscled, and in their twenties. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman could never be a prophet, yet here was Tyler, telling me I reminded him of one of the greatest prophets of all. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “There’s a war going to be fought, by all accounts, the greatest war ever known.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Most likely, the few wealthier members of the committee, such as Matthew Clarkson, Stephen Girard, and Israel Israel, shouldered the greatest part of the debt. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The music critic Harold Schonberg goes further: Mozart, he argues, actually “developed late,” since he didn’t produce his greatest work until he had been composing for more than twenty years. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z By 1910, the greatest minds in biology had accepted that discrete particles of information carried on chromosomes were the carriers of hereditary information. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z A gift from the greatest generation—the guys who saved the world! 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I don’t want to exaggerate, but the SnowCap Melter was the greatest thing anyone has ever eaten in the history of the world. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Collins was the greatest hero Ireland ever had, don’t you know? Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity, or power, but self rejection. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Secrecy is important, I know that: to violate it would be the greatest, the irreparable sin. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the greatest. What other books do you like?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z "Am I not the greatest man who has ever lived?" he called out. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z My country is rich in the minerals and gems that lie beneath its soil, but I have always known that its greatest wealth is its people, finer and truer than the purest diamonds. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Horses have strong preferences for particular courses, and Belmont was War Admiral’s home track, the site of his greatest performance. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Talking about farming is one of his greatest pleasures. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z It allowed him to fulfill his pledge to his parents to become the greatest architect in America, for certainly in his day he had become so. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Okay, not literally murder me, but they'd go mental. It's like...my greatest fear.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I’m not the greatest student in the world. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z In addition to assembling the greatest empire ever seen in the region, the conquests managed to kill off most of the siblings and cousins above him in the line of royal succession. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Well,” said Mrs. Weston, laughing, “perhaps the greatest good he could do them, would be to give Jane such a respectable home.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z But Malpighi’s greatest contribution to science was made as a result of work he carried out in Bologna in 1660 and 1661, and reported in two letters that were published in 1661. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z How can you top off four years of the greatest experiences a teenager could have? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z And then Tiny takes a step forward and joins him, harmonizing, and they launch into the greatest musical song I've ever heard. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z It was the greatest gift anyone had ever given to him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Their greatest difficulty lay in watching out for witnesses, but Kate and Reynie were good at this, and their teamwork produced excellent results. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z This has got to be the greatest office in the whole wide world. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z With this he slowly began to unpick his beard, muttering to himself meanwhile and taking the greatest precautions not to drop a stitch. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z At stake, after all, is the world’s greatest forest. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “I love you, Aunt Queen. It’s the greatest!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “His greatest anxiety seemed to be for her," Edson recalled, “though his chances for life appeared very few." Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Thousands of men and women wore buttons that said “Our Carter” and watched in silence as, carriage by carriage, the city’s greatest men drove past. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z This feels like the greatest day of my life. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Both boats were state- of-the-art shells—Pocock’s latest and greatest, sleek splinters of cedar, the Husky Clipper and the California Clipper. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Because seriously, if the greatest brains in the world couldn’t come up with any answers, what was some loser kid from Stokum going to add to life’s big mysteries? Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The Ancient Greeks reserved their greatest excitement in relation to music, though, for competitions, of which they had a large number. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z "And quite another to take on England, the greatest power in Europe." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “Public justice is the greatest kind of show, my brother. Drama. Suspense. And, best of all, education en masse.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And the greatest sin a person can do to another is to take away that life. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z "Yeah. Completely. I love our hot water heater. It's one of the greatest inventions." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have the greatest idea,” she blurted out before she saw my face. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Certainly during the Roaring Twenties, a time marked by what F. Scott Fitzgerald called “the greatest, gaudiest spree in history,” the Osage were not alone in their profligacy. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Lancelot was acknowledged to be the greatest fighter in the army. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In the north, in fact, the areas with the poorest natural endowments and the greatest susceptibility to drought were the most populous and successful. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Probably the greatest achievement in Chokecherry history, and were treating it like a dirty little secret. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The Russian Imperial capital of St Petersburg had, by the end of the nineteenth century, become one of the greatest musical centres in the world. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z "I don't know, probably. He was the greatest of all time." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z One of you just happens to have a vision predicting the disappearance of France’s greatest treasure. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z So now you know: that is how the gods got their greatest treasures. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z After a parade before the crowd and a brief, somewhat subdued ceremony in which Vanderbilt called Seabiscuit “the greatest horse of the year in America,” they took Seabiscuit back to his stall. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was one of the greatest frustrations of my life. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z ‘That is our greatest need. Leaders. Someone to unite and guide us.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “I’ll have you know that Mr. Ice, as he referred to himself, sampled that track from the greatest band in the history of bipedal man.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z The rope seemed almost alive, the greatest of all water serpents heading at last for home. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z And of course—we made the greatest weapon of the Titans! The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Established in 2001, the tortilla store is an innovative attempt to preserve one of earth's greatest cultural and biological assets: the many local varieties of maize in the narrow “waist” of southern Mexico. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Tiberinus saved two babies, one of whom went on to found the world’s greatest empire. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Her greatest fear was that Baby would die. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z All I can think of is that this makes me the greatest seventh-grade president in the history of student government. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z We had found the greatest hero in the world! City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Alexandria was the greatest seaport on the planet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Imagination is one of the greatest gifts we have. If we build it up strong enough, it can be anything we need it to be. A home. A friend. A whole entire world.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z One of the greatest things about high school is that you can drive. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The New York Times proclaimed it “the greatest dust storm in United States history.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z His greatest reservation was a worry about the loud noise which the fall must create and which presumably would arouse, if not fright, then at least concern on the other side of all the doors. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z And that right there was the single greatest moment of my twelve years of life, seeing Baba on that roof, proud of me at last. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I heard what you said to Mom after the play. You said we were your greatest regret.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I’d seen him act like that before, but only when there was the greatest danger. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z But in all his days, and on all his journeys through the greatest city in the world, Tucker had never heard a sound quite like this one. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m just going to tell you now his greatest greatness! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Hen Wen is the one in greatest peril. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Still, Mollie Burkhart and many others considered him Osage County’s greatest benefactor. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Then I must ask a question,” Colonel Meecham said, growing serious for a moment, then exploding with an exultant cry, “Who’s the greatest of them all?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Things were often incumbent upon him, and he frequently acted with greatest reluctance. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z In April Ulbrickson had all but crowed to both national wire services that this all-sophomore crew was great—“potentially the greatest crew I have coached,” he’d said, in front of the whole world. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “He said that the greatest of gods made the world, every wonder-bright plain and the turning seas. He said—” “Ridiculous.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z It was one of the greatest time-wasters he had ever invented. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He threw me into the greatest confusion by laughing heartily and replying in a very sprightly manner, “No, to be sure; you’re right.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z The other dog, strong swimmer though he was, made his way to the bank only with the greatest difficulty. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, aren’t they part of the greatest social experiment in modem history? Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z We had been so close to missing each other, he and I. He had turned out to be the greatest gift of all. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “This is indeed the greatest place in the world! There are bugs aplenty and wind does not tear down our webs!” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Of course I'm handling the matter with the greatest discretion and not disclosing even the slightest detail. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps at that moment I could have mounted the pulpit and led them all; perhaps that was to be my greatest moment of triumph! Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowds adored him, shouting “Ride ’em, cowboy!” as he powered down the stretch on his good-luck piece, a battered kangaroo leather saddle once carried by Phar Lap, the greatest racehorse in Australian history. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But the gar-den's greatest benefit, I feel, was not relief to the eyes, but to make the eyes see our neighbors. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was on the greatest ship in the world. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z The most aggressive rams, those that showed the greatest resistance to human control, were slaughtered first. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But his greatest pleasure had come from meeting His Excellency. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But her letters were the greatest deception of all. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It was just a contest between two different ideas of what was right, what was the greatest good for the greatest number. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z America believes itself exceptional, the greatest and noblest nation ever to exist, a lone champion standing between the white city of democracy and the terrorists, despots, barbarians, and other enemies of civilization. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Dr. Karen Singh was in constant motion, like a badly drawn cartoon, but she had the single greatest resting poker face I’d ever seen. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z My greatest wish—other than salvation—was to have a book. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The problem was that the Rosenwald overlapped with the great Hastings Christmas Congress in England, the annual international tournament that, over the years, had seen some of the greatest chess legends capture first prize. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I might not have been able to run out and buy Fig different food, but I was still the greatest scientist. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z This was no trivial setback, no mere snub; it was, to Bobby, the greatest insult he could imagine. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He described for Olmsted a vision of a dream city designed by America’s greatest architects and covering an expanse at least one-third larger than the Paris fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In his autobiography, Charles told his children that their mother was his greatest blessing. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re partial to poetry here. Nothing after the nineteenth century. The greatest poets worked then. I got something for you.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z In the history of culture the discovery of zero will always stand out as one of the greatest single achievements of the human race. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The greatest danger, though, lay between the gunnels of his own shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Yet this place was once the brain and glory of the greatest city on the planet, the first true research institute in the history of the world. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d been excited to share it with me after I’d told him I wanted to be the world’s greatest scientist, after Einstein, of course. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z "At any rate, through our very position in the vanguard we must do and say the things necessary to get the greatest number of the people to move toward what is for their own good." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a bewitching moment: a gorgeous train rocketing through the winter landscape carrying five of history’s greatest architects, all in the same car, gossiping, joking, drinking, smoking. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In short, with mercenaries the greatest danger is their reluctance to fight; with auxiliaries, their military virtue. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z "You turned the greatest weapon of all creation into a gardening tool?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Then, at the moment of greatest passion and conviction, that curtain flapped in his head and he forgot what he had been driving at. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z "Motors on one side, the Jade orbs that power them on the other. Isn't this place just the greatest?" A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Another bite and a crunch and a swallow and Odin, the all-father, greatest and wisest of all the gods, is gone as well, never to be seen again. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “So inefficient, so wasteful of effort, and so utterly exhausting” was the old plow, Temple wrote, “that this deficiency of plowing may rank as mankind’s single greatest waste of time and energy.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z You’ll know Jonathan Swift is the greatest Irish writer that ever lived, no, the greatest man to put pen to parchment. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “It's one thing to accuse me of laziness. But to malign the good name of America's greatest television judge—that's below the belt.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z What this cohort was missing, of course, were the children who stood the greatest chance of becoming criminals. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Greek art reached a pinnacle of beauty as respect for the individual flourished in Athens, and Roman relics attest to the might of the greatest empire in the ancient world. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z In fact, I was beginning to believe that walking away from Ocean now, at a time like this, would be the greatest act of cowardice. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But when they did, their grimaces of pain turned suddenly to broad white smiles, smiles that decades later would flicker across old newsreels, illuminating the greatest moment of their lives. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But the fact of the matter was, he had a scheme that was going to make the oracle bit just about the greatest thing that had ever hit the land of Egypt. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z By the end of the twentieth century, Halliday was widely recognized as the greatest videogame designer of his generation—and, some would argue, of all time. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Yet these were only minor cities in their day, whereas London was the greatest commercial capital the world had ever seen. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “It’s us. We are the greatest craftsmen there are.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Poverty was a gleaming thing; she could not conceive of poor people being vicious or nasty because their poverty had canonized them, and the greatest saints were the foreign poor. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Look here, old fellow, do you realize this has been the greatest meeting of artists since the fifteenth century?” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z "And I intend to read Emerson, too . . ." "Very good. Self-reliance is a most worthy virtue. I shall look forward with the greatest of interest to learning your contribution to my fate." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Not long ago they had seemed like the greatest enemy in the world. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Ironically, the greatest triumph for both protagonists was the time they were forced to cooperate during the goblin insurgence. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z His greatest weakness is instant lottery tickets, what he calls “los scratch,” and he sheepishly confesses that he can squander as much as $75 a week on them. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z This is why the simplest and clearest writing has the greatest power to delight, surprise, inform, and move the reader. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And just like that, it’s over—the greatest student government project in the history of school. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z These were the greatest days, when it was just him and me, going to one of his important meetings. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Either way, it was the greatest gift she could imagine. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It was, he would say later, the greatest moment of his life. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They were charged with what a reporter called “the greatest rum-running conspiracy” of them all. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Tijuana’s greatest tourist attraction was its racetrack, which benefited from the hard times afflicting the racing industry in the United States. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She told her boyfriend, “My greatest fear is never to see him again.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z And they stood, each as though waiting for the other to say something of the greatest importance, on the deserted corner. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Then, when he reaches his destination, it may seem to him the most extraordinary of coincidences, the greatest piece of luck: “Bless my soul, what have we here!” The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And then I discovered the greatest selling appeal of all—one that crawls through nearly all American life. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Salpeter and I imagined floaters kilometers across, enormously larger than the greatest whale that ever was, beings the size of cities. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The single greatest change brought by the hyper-rich is in the cost of housing. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Upon Messner’s return to civilization, his ascent was widely lauded as the greatest mountaineering feat of all time. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I haven’t got the greatest memory, don’t remember a whole hell of a lot from when I was little, but I do remember the first time I saw Fang. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Death-Cast did not call Ariel Andrade because he isn’t dying today, but since he’s an officer of the law, getting the call is his greatest fear every night when the clock strikes midnight. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Before the goddess disappeared, she pointed at the fire and said, ‘He will be the strongest of your clan, and the greatest. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The attorney Leahy would hail the outcome as “one of the greatest indications of law and justice that has been realized in the country.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The Osage have long been linked to the world of classical dance, having produced two of the greatest ballerinas, the sisters Maria and Marjorie Tallchief. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “What do you play, boy?” asked Estella of myself, with the greatest disdain. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Walking home from school, I pretended to be Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber, the greatest boxer who ever lived and the only black boxer headed to the heavyweight championship. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want you, Jamie, for the greatest adventure in our lives.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z At some length, I responded, “If you are asked, you may relate that most of our numbers shall swear fealty to whoever offers emancipation with the greatest celerity.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Who was the greatest man who ever lived?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "I can make some soup for ye," the old innkeeper says, as if it were the greatest hardship he's ever faced. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z But Seanie always had a way of obsessing about things like they were the greatest trespasses ever committed against his pitiful soul. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I am going to help him, you see, because the task he’s undertaken is the greatest in human history. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I always imagined the king laid the rug in his audience hall so that anyone who came to petition him would step on the greatest treasure in the kingdom. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “There are rewards in caring for sheep, and there are rewards for tilling the soil, but the greatest calling is to be a priest,” he said. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “The greatest ride I ever got from the greatest horse that ever lived.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The long ride on the trains was like a bad dream to me, the first letter from Jenny ran, but Mr. Milton talked to me with the greatest kindness and he kept my spirits up. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Steven’s mother has had to take a leave of absence from her job to take care of Jeffrey, so just when their need is greatest, half of their cash flow is gone. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps the greatest gift has come from the church’s priest. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “My greatest mistake,” said Xenocrates, “was choosing you as an apprentice all those years ago.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z And that was how Baba ended those humiliating food stamp moments at the cash register and alleviated one of his greatest fears: that an Afghan would see him buying food with charity money. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Whoever’s commercials created the greatest increase in response to the local TV Guide and Parade advertising would win the whole account. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z What if I did not love the child who would remind me of my greatest grief, the loss of its father’s love? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It brought to her the greatest sorrow she had ever felt. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Of all the stumbling blocks inherent in learning this language, the greatest for me is the principle that each noun has a corresponding sex that affects both its articles and its adjectives. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He had left the last teacher he had met, even he, the greatest and wisest teacher, the holiest, the Buddha. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “I desire to have made for me the greatest sword since Excalibur.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z In fact, though, it was on the Gallivespian that she made the greatest impression. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Some states use a turgid style which can get you lost with the greatest ease. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Pindar, the greatest lyric poet of Greece, began to write toward the end of the sixth century. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He had routed a force fifty times larger than his own, won the greatest ransom ever seen, and vanquished a cultural tradition that had lasted five millennia—all without suffering a single casualty. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He was often described as the greatest wizard of the age, but that wasn’t why Harry respected him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z My heart had been broken beyond the repair of King Khosrou’s greatest weaver, and carried in it a hole so big it could be said to be made up entirely of one big flaw. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z But this was the first time I realized that he was really a prodigy and might become one of the greatest players of all time. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z If I finish a book a week, I will read only a few thousand books in my lifetime, about a tenth of a percent of the contents of the greatest libraries of our time. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If he’d once defeated the greatest sorcerer in the world, how come Dudley had always been able' to kick him around like a football? Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Fischer told me that he thought Lopsang had the potential to be “the second coming of Reinhold Messner”—the famous Tyrolean alpinist who is far and away the greatest Himalayan climber of all time. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z At the moment—March 1893—the greatest inconvenience confronting Holmes was his lack of help. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She said Ms. Angelou is one of the greatest American writers. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z It is with the greatest regret, therefore, that I must inform you that you do not fulfill our requirements. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z But my execution that day wasn’t the greatest. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The Dursleys had everything they wanted, but they also had a secret, and their greatest fear was that somebody would discover it. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I didn’t particularly care, because I was already speechless thinking about being somewhere close to the greatest bands in the world. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He had bathed in the River Styx and taken on the powers of the greatest mortal hero, Achilles. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Teller’s talk filled him with “the greatest misgivings,” he would recall. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z For Booth, this was his final and greatest performance, not just for the small audience of soldiers at Garrett’s barn, but also for history. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The crews, the young men who’d transmuted their fear into rage, were the greatest danger. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z But the greatest moment of all was when the biggest hump broke like a small earthquake and out came the sloping back, the large, wise head, and the four baggy- trousered legs of an elephant. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z By far the greatest concentration of fans was at the finish line, on the Fruitvale Avenue Bridge. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We are Hassan and Amir, famed adventurers and the world’s greatest explorers, about to receive a medal of honor for our courageous feat... The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Upon learning that Washington intended to reject the mantle of emperor, no less an authority than George III allegedly observed, “If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Somewhere among them, he told the boys, was the greatest crew that Washington had ever seen. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But just a few years down the line, Royal Brougham would name him, along with Al Ulbrickson, as one of the two greatest oarsmen ever to sit in a shell for Washington. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z And someday the world would refer to me as the greatest scientist who’d ever lived. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He arranged recitals at his home and office and joined the best clubs and collected the best wines and was now leading the greatest nonmilitary campaign in the nation’s history. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Vincent remains exemplary in nursing and is also working with the greatest ambition on drawing and painting.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Which would normally be great, but right now he’s literally lying on pieces of G’ma’s greatest treasures. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z ‘Hades isn’t the greatest dad, but occasionally he has these want to know my son moments. I guess he thought the zombie was a peace offering. He said Jules-Albert could be my chauffeur.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Those who help you may not be on your side, and those who oppose you can be your greatest allies.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z ‘Our peril will be greatest just ere we reach the river,’ said Glorfindel; ‘for my heart warns me that the pursuit is now swift behind us, and other danger may be waiting by the Ford.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z At the last and greatest thunderbolt every man startled involuntarily, and each saw the other startle, until they laughed away their shame. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Gene patents are the point of greatest concern in the debate over ownership of human biological materials, and how that ownership might interfere with science. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Every culture in Germany was led by the Jew; he published the greatest newspaper. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t simply that Anning was good at spotting fossils–though she was unrivalled at that–but that she could extract them with the greatest delicacy and without damage. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z On the contrary, he had at least three legitimate ways of rising, the greatest of which was the Catholic Church. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She wishes I didn’t have scabby knees from running around kicking canisters and falling down pretending I was the greatest footballer in the world. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Anaxagoras was brought to Athens by Pericles, its leader in its time of greatest glory, but also the man whose actions led to the Peloponnesian War, which destroyed Athenian democracy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrote a letter to the then Imperial Mathematician, Reimarus Ursus, seeking his opinion on his own work, and sycophantically praising Ursus as the greatest mathematician of all time. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Yes, my sin—my greater sin...and even my greatest sin is that I nationalized Iran’s oil industry and discarded the system of political and economic exploitation by the world’s greatest empire. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z An engineer named Richard Whitcomb noticed that in the transonic speed range, the greatest turbulence occurred at the point where the wings of a model plane connected to its fuselage. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z History, government, religion, politics, and current events became his greatest interests, and during the thirty-three-year interval from his first Reykjavik stay to his second he spent most of his spare time reading and amassing knowledge. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z His earlier thought returned to him; probably she was not actually a member of the Thought Police, but then it was precisely the amateur spy who was the greatest danger of all. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Some chess players felt that it was an insult to proclaim Fischer the greatest American player at seventeen, and thereby diminish the reputation of Reshevsky at fifty. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He was a longtime Afrikaner nationalist, and an outspoken supporter of the Nazi cause; he once described Hider as the “greatest man of his age.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Inka empire, the greatest state ever seen in the Andes, was also the shortest lived. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Nokomis had told her that the bear must be addressed with the greatest respect, as a treasured relative, that the bear had human qualities and nobody quite understood the bear. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I look coolly into the blue eyes of the person who is now my greatest opponent, the person who would keep me alive at his own expense. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He was Weep’s beating heart, the liberator of his people, and their greatest hero. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Lancelot ended by being the greatest knight King Arthur had. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is the Ring Dance. It is said the crawlers perform it only in the greatest secrecy for ones they believe to be chosen,” answered Vikus. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The greatest player to put on Yankee pinstripes since Babe Ruth. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z One hundred and thirty was an enormous impost—many of history’s greatest horses had failed to win under it—but Howard’s statement was not well received. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And Eclipse Boy, studied by the greatest doctors in Europe but still a mystery to this day. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Riding a bike is pure and simple—Ronny says he thinks it’s mankind’s greatest invention, and although I thought that was stupid at first, these days I’m not so sure. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He was the greatest king who ever sat on the British throne. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can I swap your greatest fear for any one of mine? Take two of them. No, ten. Help yourself to a cartload. Please?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Here’s another thing that’s also true: I am my father’s greatest regret. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z "A mathematical Mind, the greatest Mind of all, a Mind full of perfection and love—this type of Mind is behind all of creation." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Tamika was coming over later and we were going to brainstorm possible experiments for our YouTube channel, Science Rocks, hosted by the two greatest scientists in the universe, after Einstein, of course. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The greatest British warship of them all were called men-of-war—floating cities that could hold a thousand men and almost a hundred big cannons. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z “I know you’re the inventor, but I invented the greatest acorn picker in the world and it’s ready to go.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I think what you would like to see,” said the dog, scratching himself just under half-past four, “is the number of greatest possible magnitude.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z It led Einstein to what he called the greatest mistake of his career. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “The only way to power for women is sorcery. Medea, Calypso, now there were powerful women! And me, of course. The greatest of all.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z In Ortygia, an island which formed part of Syracuse, the greatest city of Sicily, there is a sacred spring called Arethusa. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It hung heavily on the battlements, like thick icing on a very good cake, and in a few convenient places it modestly turned itself into the clearest icicles at the greatest possible length. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are they indeed!” cried Elizabeth, with the greatest satisfaction. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Mom told me I should tell them there was nothing wrong with being poor, that Abraham Lincoln, the greatest president this country had ever seen, came from a dirt-poor family. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z However, they were all heroes of renown, some of them the greatest in Greece, and they were quite equal to their adventures. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps my greatest wisdom is the knowledge that I do not know. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I beheld Richard Parker from the angle that showed him off to greatest effect: from the back, half raised, with his head turned. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He had found his calling, he wrote in 1868, and told his parents he wanted to become the “greatest architect in the city or country.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The pageant is my mother’s single greatest accomplishment. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z This was Chicago, on the eve of the greatest fair in history. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Athena and Poseidon had been the Greeks’ greatest allies among the gods, but when Troy fell all that had changed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat down and began at once, “Well, and beyond the starving of people, which is no news, the greatest news was the robbery at the House of Hwang.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I had less success arguing that the States’ greatest virtue was its wide-open spaces where people never went. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “You think he is mistaken? Or that I have somehow hoodwinked him? Fooled the Dark Lord, the greatest wizard, the most accomplished Legilimens the world has ever seen?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z "If you did that, then it is just about the greatest miracle a person has ever performed since the time of Jesus." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Taking the greatest care with the latch, Malcolm opened the door to the shed next to the lighted one. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I dared to look back with the greatest loathing I had ever felt. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Traditionally, the greatest perceived threat was sexual—the threat of intermarriage and race mixing. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The inferiority complex, he affirmed, was the greatest barrier to liberation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought: I am clearly the greatest kisser in the history of the universe. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z It came over Buford like a sunrise that he had just received Reynolds’ greatest compliment. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt safe with it, and his greatest need just now was to feel safe. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z It’s unveiled at the Commercial Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where it is hailed as the greatest technological advancement in entertainment since the television. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The facts Oppenheimer favored disclosing publicly “are of the greatest significance to the general staff of an enemy.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It was also their greatest treasure, in more ways than one. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z How would I complete my studies and become a doctor, which was my greatest hope at the time? Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They could burn my flag or pelt me with stones, but if there were taxidermied kittens to be had, then I would go and bring them back to this, the greatest country on earth. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He had become enamored of hunting and fishing and became so skilled that when his grandfather died he was adopted by the greatest of all living Eskimo hunters. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But she shouldn’t have, because her greatest fear was always going to come true, wasn’t it? Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery,” declared Mississippi as it left the Union, “the greatest material interest of the world.” Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z However, I have a stronger hunch that the greatest part of the important biomedical research waiting to be done is in the class of basic science. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Rose thought everyone in the family was the most beautiful, the smartest, the greatest, even if it wasn’t true. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She owed her greatest relief to her friend Miss Lucas, who often joined them, and good-naturedly engaged Mr. Collins’s conversation to herself. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “Oh, Charlotte says she hardly ever does. It is the greatest of favours when Miss de Bourgh comes in.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Even Mozart—the greatest musical prodigy of all time — couldn’t hit his stride until he had his ten thousand hours in. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z In taking the boat, most of the canoes, and some of the weapons from his famished troops, Orellana had displayed, Gonzalo said, “the greatest cruelty that ever faithless men have shown.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Everybody was so dangerous, big, mean and muscular, and so what if he was the greatest fencer in the world, who’d know it to look at him? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z "Ah," Miss Honey said, smiling for the first time, "that was two years ago. It was my greatest triumph." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z They schooled me in music, which is my greatest delight. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In the evenings there was no way to avoid intellectual games, which gave the greatest advantage to a large vocabulary. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He already had had several great games—the opener against El Paso Austin, the one against Midland High—but this was his greatest. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the “greatest feast of the year, the victory march of the human soul.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “That was one of the greatest magical feats ever performed in America,” I’d tell them. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Cicero was the great eminence of the Roman age—a lawyer, a politician, and so not only Rome’s greatest theorist of rhetoric but its greatest practitioner. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Living with a pet name and a good name, in a place where such distinctions do not exist—surely that was emblematic of the greatest confusion of all. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It's not every day you get compared to the world's first and, IMHO, greatest hero. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He reminded himself that he was probably holding one of the greatest treasures of the art world. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I held in my hand the greatest gift I could have given myself. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It may be the greatest display of raw speed ever seen in Thoroughbred racing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Walter, perhaps the greatest living historian of the ANC, began to tell them about the genesis of the organization and its early days. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Our mother was our greatest role model and fiercest protector, and I was going to take a lesson from her; ignore the haters and the naysayers and just focus on being my best self. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Axel is happy to move into one of the single greatest places in the entire world. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z When he asks her what her greatest strength in the arena will be, she doesn't hesitate. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z And what is the greatest single reason for this Christian church’s failure? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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