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# List of English-language books considered the best

This is a list of English-language novels that multiple media outlets and commentators have considered to be among the best of all time. The books included on this list are on at least three "best/greatest of all time" lists.

## List

| Name | Author | Year |
| The Adventures of Augie March | Saul Bellow | 1953 |
| All The King's Men | Robert Penn Warren | 1946 |
| Animal Farm | George Orwell | 1945 |
| Appointment in Samarra | John O'Hara | 1934 |
| Atonement | Ian McEwan | 2001 |
| Beloved | Toni Morrison | 1987 |
| A Bend in the River | V. S. Naipaul | 1979 |
| The Big Sleep | Raymond Chandler | 1939 |
| Brave New World | Aldous Huxley | 1932 |
| Catch-22 | Joseph Heller | 1961 |
| The Catcher in the Rye | J.D. Salinger | 1951 |
| A Clockwork Orange | Anthony Burgess | 1963 |
| A Dance to the Music of Time | Anthony Powell | 1951-75 |
| The Day of the Locust | Nathanael West | 1939 |
| Deliverance | James Dickey | 1970 |
| The Golden Notebook | Doris Lessing | 1962 |
| The Good Soldier | Ford Madox Ford | 1915 |
| Go Tell It on the Mountain | James Baldwin | 1953 |
| The Grapes of Wrath | John Steinbeck | 1939 |
| The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald | 1925 |
| Heart of Darkness | Joseph Conrad | 1899 |
| Light in August | William Faulkner | 1932 |
| Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov | 1955 |
| Lord of the Flies | William Golding | 1954 |
| The Lord of the Rings | J.R.R. Tolkien | 1954 |
| The Maltese Falcon | Dashiell Hammett | 1930 |
| The Moviegoer | Walker Percy | 1961 |
| Lucky Jim | Kingsley Amis | 1954 |
| Midnight's Children | Salman Rushdie | 1981 |
| Mrs. Dalloway | Virginia Woolf | 1925 |
| Nineteen Eighty-Four | George Orwell | 1949 |
| Of Human Bondage | W. Somerset Maugham | 1915 |
| On The Road | Jack Kerouac | 1957 |
| A Passage to India | E.M. Forster | 1924 |
| Portnoy's Complaint | Philip Roth | 1969 |
| The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Muriel Spark | 1961 |
| Scoop | Evelyn Waugh | 1938 |
| Sophie's Choice | William Styron | 1979 |
| The Sound and the Fury | William Faulkner | 1929 |
| The Sun Also Rises | Ernest Hemingway | 1926 |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee | 1960 |
| To the Lighthouse | Virginia Woolf | 1927 |
| Tropic of Cancer | Henry Miller | 1934 |
| Ulysses | James Joyce | 1922 |
| Under the Net | Iris Murdoch | 1954 |
| Under the Volcano | Malcolm Lowry | 1947 |
| Wide Sargasso Sea | Jean Rhys | 1966 |

## Publications

* Time's List of the 100 Best Novels (2005)
* NPR's 100 Years, 100 Novels (2009) (2)
* Modern Library 100 Best Novels (1998)
* The Daily Telegraph's 100 Novels Everyone Should Read
* The Guardian's 100 Best Novels Written in English (2015)
* Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century (1999)
# Alexander Buckley

Alexander Henry Buckley, VC (22 July 1891 – 2 September 1918) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

## Early life

Buckley was born on 22 July 1891 to James and Julia Buckley at Gulargambone, New South Wales, Australia. One of four children, he was home schooled on his parents' property Homebush during his childhood. After completing his schooling, he worked on the family farm with his father.

## Military career

Buckley enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 3 February 1916, volunteering for overseas service. After completing basic training at Bathurst, New South Wales in June, he was sent to England among a draft of reinforcements. Just prior to departing Australia, Buckley became engaged. He was posted to 54th Battalion, an infantry battalion assigned to the 14th Brigade, which was part of the 5th Division.
Joining the battalion on the Western Front in November 1916 at Flers, France, Buckley served with it as it manned defensive positions along the Somme during the winter months. The following year, after the Germans withdrew towards the Hindenburg Line, Buckley took part in the fighting around Bullecourt, Polygon Wood and Broodseinde and in November 1917 he was promoted to temporary corporal. In August 1918, the 54th Battalion took part in the initial stages of the Allied Hundred Days Offensive around Amiens. On the night of 1/2 September 1918, at Peronne, France, during the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, Buckley performed the deeds that led to him being posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.
He was originally buried at St Radegonde, but was later re-interred at Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension.

### Citation

   For most conspicuous bravery and self-sacrifice at Peronne during the operations on the 1st/2nd Sept. 1918. After passing the first objective his half company and part of the company on the flank were held up by a machine gun nest. With one man he rushed the post shooting four of the occupants and taking 22 prisoners. Later on reaching a moat, it was found that another machine gun nest commanded the only available footbridge. Whilst this was being engaged from a flank Cpl. Buckley endeavoured to cross the bridge and rush the post, but was killed in the attempt. Throughout the advance he had displayed great initiative, resource and courage, and by his efforts to save his comrades from casualties, he set a fine example of self-sacrificing devotion to duty.

## Medals

Buckley's Victoria Cross is displayed at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. He also earned the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
# Takedown gun

A takedown gun (typically a takedown rifle or takedown shotgun) is a long gun designed to be taken apart, significantly reducing its length, making it easier to store, pack, transport, and conceal. A variety of barrel, stock, and receiver designs have been invented to facilitate takedown. For example, the hinged design of many break-action firearms allows takedown. Some regular firearms can be modified to allow takedown after custom gunsmithing.

## Rifles

American gun manufacturers including Marlin, Ruger, Savage, and Winchester have made takedown rifles since the late 19th century. Some early examples include the Browning 22 Semi-Auto rifle, Remington Model 24, Remington Model 8, Winchester Model 86, and Winchester Model 94 by Fabrique Nationale, Remington Arms, and Winchester Repeating Arms Company. Many militaries in the early 20th century also experimented with takedown systems, particularly for the use by paratroopers. An example of this is the Japanese experimental TERA Rifles.

## Machine guns

The AA-52 machine gun has takedown capabilities.

## Shotguns

Most single-barrel and double-barrel shotguns readily break down to separate the buttstock and action from the barrel and forend and are often transported cased as takedown guns. Among repeating shotguns, the Winchester Model 97 and Model 12 shotguns were factory-made as takedown guns. Savage also makes a series of takedown over/under rifle/shotgun combination guns.

## Submachine guns

Submachine guns, usually used for clandestine warfare such as the MCEM 3 submachine gun, MGD PM-9, Hotchkiss Type Universal, and UC-9 have takedown capabilities. A semi automatic carbine exists as the Stemple takedown gun manufactured by the BRP Corp.

## Survival guns

Survival guns such as the ArmaLite AR-7 may be disassembled and their barrel, action, and magazines stored within its plastic butt-stock. This lightweight 2.5 lb (1.1 kg), .22 caliber (5.6 mm), semi-automatic rifle measures 35 inches (89 cm) overall when assembled, 16 inches (41 cm) when disassembled, and can even float. Although the AR-7 was designed as a pilot and aircrew survival weapon, it is commonly used by target shooters and backpackers and is frequently stowed away in vehicles and boats.
# Edwin Palmer (cricketer)

Edwin Vidal Palmer (23 May 1869 – 28 April 1917) was a New Zealand cricketer, sheep farmer, and local politician.

## Life and career

Palmer was born in Christchurch and educated at Christ's College, Christchurch, and Jesus College, Cambridge, where he completed a BA degree.
A left-arm pace bowler, Palmer played cricket for Canterbury in the 1892–93 and 1893–94 seasons. On his first-class debut he took 3 for 22 and 5 for 32 to help Canterbury to a two-wicket victory over Otago. The next season, when a selected player had to withdraw, he played in New Zealand's first representative first-class match, against New South Wales in Christchurch.
On 3 June 1902 he married Edith Tabart at St Mark's Church, Opawa, Christchurch. They bought a sheep farm at Whatatutu, north of Gisborne, and moved there. He served as a member of Waikohu County Council for several years.
Palmer had been in poor health for some time before his death, and travelled to Dunedin for an operation, but it was unsuccessful, and he died at the age of 47. He and Edith had a daughter, Peggy.
# Imperial House (New York City)

Imperial House is a high-rise apartment building at 150 East 69th Street in Manhattan in New York City. It was New York's largest post-war apartment building at the time of its construction. The building was owned and built by the Fisher Brothers. The architect was Emery Roth & Sons. The project engineer was W.R. Cosentini & Associates, Raisler Corp were the mechanical contractors. The garden of Imperial House collapsed into its underground garage shortly after construction.
Construction started on Imperial House in 1959 and was completed in 1961. The building has 30 residential floors with 350 apartments and offices. Interiors were designed by the Raymond Lowey Group. The actor Joan Crawford lived at Imperial House from November 1968 to her death in 1977. Crawford lived at apartment 22G from 1968 to 1973 and at 22H from 1973 to 1977. Her 22H apartment was featured in Architectural Digest in 1975.
Imperial House is noted for its distinctive white brick design; a 2010 New York Times article on white brick buildings described it as a "star" of the 140 white brick apartment buildings of Manhattan.
Imperial House was sold for $51.6 million in 1971 (equivalent to $383,694,330 in 2023). It was converted into a housing cooperative in a process beginning in 1971 by N. Anthony Rolfe and other investors. There were 378 apartments in the building at the time. 213 apartments were sold by 1980, the process was almost complete by 2007, with 7 apartments remaining. The process led to "court battles and confrontations" according to the New York Times. In 1971 a one-bedroom apartment cost $43,000 (equivalent to $323,507 in 2023) with an "upper-floor three-bedroom with a gallery, living room, dining room, library, four bathrooms and a maid's room" going for $150,000 (equivalent to $1,128,513 in 2023).
# Guy Accoceberry

Guy Accoceberry (born 5 May 1967, in Vittel) is a former French rugby union footballer. He played as a scrum-half.
He played for Tyrosse RCS and for CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde, from 1993/94 to 1998/1999, where he achieved the greatest success of his career.
Accoceberry had 19 caps for France, from 1994 to 1997, scoring 2 tries, 10 points in aggregate. He had two matches played at the 1995 Rugby World Cup finals, and won a Grand Slam at the Five Nations, in 1997.
# Funahirayama Station

Funahirayama Station (船平山駅, Funahirayama-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

## Lines

Funahirayama Station is served by the JR West Yamaguchi Line, and is located 52.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shin-Yamaguchi.

## Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. There is no station building, but only a small shelter on the platform. The station is unattended.

## History

Funahirayama Station was opened on 1 April 1961. With the privatization of the Japan National Railway (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan railway Company (JR West).

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 3 passengers daily.

## Surrounding area

* Senpukuji Temple
* Funahirayama Ski Resort
# Torquay Football Club

The Torquay Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Torquay, Victoria. The Tigers teams currently play in the Bellarine Football League.

## History

The area between Torquay and Anglesea was served by the Freshwater Creek Football Club until 1952. The original "Torquay Football Club" was formed after World War I, and its first colours were blue and white. The club was disbanded during World War II. In 1952, Geo McCartney founded a junior Torquay FC team, while a senior squad was reformed in 1953. The first games were played on the Laurie Dean oval at the camping ground. The first competition the club played in was the "Jarman Cup", coached by Joel Witherton.
Because second-hand jumpers were donated by the Richmond Football Club, the club became known as the Tigers. The club won its first premiership in 1960. Torquay then played in the Polwarth Football League, from 1964 to 1970.
The Torquay Football Club was a founding member of the Bellarine District Football League in 1971.

## Premierships

* Geelong & District Football League (3): 1960, 1961, 1962
* Bellarine Football League (10): 1971, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1998, 2006, 2017, 2023, 2024

## Notable VFL/AFL players

* Travis Boak with Port Adelaide
* Robert Scott with Geelong and North Melbourne
* Dale Lewis with Sydney
* Jasper Pittard with Port Adelaide
* Charlie Curnow with Carlton
* Peter McDonald with Richmond and Melbourne

## In popular culture

The 2013 film Blinder was set around a fictional story about a group of players of the Torquay club. Ten years after a scandal tore the fabric of the club apart, Tom Dunn returns home to face the townfolk who hadn't forgotten. Inspired by his late coach, Tom sets about mending fences and helping his old club.
Starring Oliver Ackland (as Tom Dunn) and Anna Hutchison, the film was not well received by critics, being negatively reviewed.
# Kawanakajima Station

Kawanakajima Station (川中島駅, Kawanakajima-eki) is a railway station in the city of Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

## Lines

Kawanakajima Station is served by the Shin'etsu Main Line and is 4.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shinonoi Station. Shinanoi Line and Shinano Railway trains also stop at this station after continuing past the nominal terminus of these lines at Shinanoi en route to Matsumoto. The station is also a freight terminal for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

## Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

### Platforms

| 1 | ■ Shin'etsu Main Line | for Shinonoi, Matsumoto and Shiojiri |
| | ■ Shinonoi Line | for Shinonoi, Matsumoto and Shiojiri |
| | ■ Shinano Railway Line | for Togura, Ueda and Komoro |
| 2 | ■ Shin'etsu Main Line | for Nagano |

## History

Kawanakajima Station opened on 20 July 1917. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,585 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

## Surrounding area

* site of the Battle of Kawanakajima
# Vavel Games

Vavel Games is an international game development company with offices based in Washington, D.C., U.S., Rugby, UK and Warsaw, Poland.
The company is mostly known for being the developer and publisher behind the game Imperium Galactic War. Which they acquired in 2017 from Kabam, with the intent of relaunching the title. The deal was financed by Gold Town Games, a game development and publishing company from Skellefteå, Sweden.

## Games
### Imperium Galactic War

Imperium Galactic War (abbreviated IGW) is a massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game by Vavel Games, originally developed and published by Kabam in 2013. The game runs on a freemium model, and is supported through the use of microtransactions. The game's trailer is narrated by American Star Trek actor, Jeffrey Combs.
The premise of the game is simple; players must choose one of three warring factions to battle against one another for supremacy within the Maelstrom Galaxy (the game's main fictional location). In the heat of the battle, all three factions must also face off against a common threat, known as the Imperium. Players begin by picking which faction they would like to be a part of. There are three factions. The Tyrannar Empire, The Sovereignty, and The Intergalactic Alliance. Whichever decision the player makes, will ultimately effect the way the rest of their game-play looks, feels, and functions. Each player has their own starbase, and fleets they have to upgrade in order to defend themselves from other players, or even attack other players and non-player characters (NPCs). Players can earn experience points and level up by upgrading their fleets and starbase, completing game missions, and engaging in live combat with other players and NPCs.

## Financing

Aside for the investment from the founders, Vavel has received investments from two publicly traded companies from Sweden including Gold Town Games and Gaming Corps.

### Acquisition of IGW from Aftershock

On March 24, 2017, Gold Town Games has made an investment in Vavel Games, which enabled Vavel to purchase the rights to the game Imperium Galactic War.

### Gaming Corps and plans for IPO

On May 20, 2018, the company Gaming Corps (NASDAQ:GCOR) has made a public announcement of a deal aimed at listing Vavel at a Swedish MTF stock exchange in 2018.
# Bothrops alcatraz

Bothrops alcatraz, also known as the Alcatrazes lancehead, is a pitviper species found only on the Alcatrazes Islands off the coast of southeastern Brazil. No subspecies are currently recognized. Like all pit vipers, it is venomous.

## Description

Grows to a maximum size of 46.2/50.5 cm for males/females. Its small size and relatively large eyes are considered paedomorphic (juvenile) characteristics. Until 15,000 years ago, only common Bothrops lived by the island, which was at that time still connected to the continent due to the receded sea waters. When the sea rose back again (with the end of the last glacial period) and the mountain returned to its archipelago status, the Bothrops that became isolated there quickly fed on all available rodents, which are its main food. They ended up resorting to cockroaches and scolopendra and, due to their much smaller nutritional value, the snakes slowly shrunk their size until they couldn't grow beyond 50 cm – a process known as allopatric speciation.

## Geographic range

Found only on Ilha Alcatrazes, 35 km off the coast of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil. This island, which has a total area of only 1.35 km², is one of four islands than make up the Alcatrazes Archipelago. The type locality given is therefore the same: "Alcatrazes Island, (24°06'S, 45°42'W), São Sebastião, São Paulo, Brazil".

## Habitat

Described as "low Atlantic Forest vegetation". The highest point on island is 266 metres (873 ft).

## Conservation status

This species is classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Although Bothrops alcatrazt is relatively abundant on Alcatrazes, its range is very small (less than 1.35 km²), making it vulnerable to stochastic events. Previously, the island was used as a Naval target practice area.

## Cited references

* 1 2 3 4 Marques, O.A.V.; Martins, M.R.C.; Sawaya, R.J. "Bothrops alcatraz". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T46344A123179114. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T46344A123179114.en.
* 1 2 3 4 5 Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
* 1 2 3 Bothrops alcatraz at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 November 2022.
* ↑ Vitt, Laurie J. & Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. p. 303. OCLC 839312807.
* ↑ Escobar, Herton (18 December 2016). "Alcatrazes – um mundo perdido no litoral paulista (Capítulo 1: Biodiversidade terrestre)". O Estado de S. Paulo. Grupo Estado. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
# Rakovec nad Ondavou

Rakovec nad Ondavou (Hungarian: Rákóc) is a village and municipality in Michalovce District in the Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia.

## Etymology

The name is of Slovak origin. It derives from rak - a crayfish.

## History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1266.

## Geography

The village lies at an altitude of 146 metres and covers an area of 15.218 km$^2$. The municipality has a population of about 1080 people.
# Hage Station

Hage Station (半家駅, Hage-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the Nishitosahage neighborhood of the city of Shimanto, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "G33".

## Lines

The station is served by JR Shikoku's Yodo Line, and is 38.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Wakai.

## Layout

The track runs along a hillside. There is no station building and the station is unstaffed. From the main road, National Route 381, a flight of steps leads up to a single side platform. A shelter is provided for waiting passengers. At the base of the stairs and across the road, there are some parking slots, a bike shed, and a public telephone call box.

## Adjacent stations

| « | « | Service | » | » |
| JR Shikoku |||||
| Yodo Line |||||
| Tōkawa | Tōkawa | - | Ekawasaki | Ekawasaki |

## History

The station opened on 1 March 1974 under the control of Japanese National Railways. After the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.

## Surrounding area

* Shimanto Municipal Honmura Elementary School
* Japan National Route 441
# William Henry Washburn

William Henry Washburn (June 1842 – March 24, 1916) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

## Biography

Washburn was born in June 1842, sources have differed on the exact date. During the American Civil War, he served with the 28th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army. He was a travelling salesman by trade.

## Political career

Washburn was a member of the Assembly in 1879. Previously, he was a Supervisor of Pewaukee, Wisconsin in 1868. He was a Republican.
# Emeka Ononye

Emeka Ononye is a Canadian soccer player who last played for Toronto FC II in the USL.

## Club career
### College and amateur

Ononye played at Wright State University for four years. He made 76 appearances, scoring 7 goals. In his junior year Ononye received Second Team All-Horizon League honors and in his senior year he earned First Team All-Horizon League and was selected to NSCAA Third Team All-Great Lakes Region.
In 2014, he played with PDL side K-W United FC and made 14 appearances.

### Professional

After trialling with USL side Toronto FC II, he was signed to a contract on April 29, 2015. He made his debut on May 14 against St. Louis FC. Ononye was let go at the end of the 2015 season as his contract was not renewed .
# Blackstone Boulevard–Cole Avenue–Grotto Avenue Historic District

The Blackstone Boulevard–Cole Avenue–Grotto Avenue Historic District is a predominantly residential historic district roughly bounded by Blackstone Boulevard, Cole Avenue, Grotto Avenue, President and Rochambeau Avenues on the east side of Providence, Rhode Island. It encompasses one of the last areas of the city be developed residentially. Covering about 100 acres (40 ha), most of its building stock was built between about 1889 and the 1940s, with a notable building spurt taking place in the 1920s. The architecture in the area is heterogeneous, with Colonial and Georgian Revival styles predominating. The area was developed after the city built Blackstone Boulevard with the intention of developing the area into a streetcar suburb.
The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.