Defining Moments in Books: The Greatest Books, Writers, Characters, Passages and Events That Shook the Literary World

7 best books like Defining Moments in Books: The Greatest Books, Writers, Characters, Passages and Events That Shook the Literary World (Lucy Daniel): Don Quixote, The Immoralist, What to Expect When You're Expecting, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time, Ancient China, The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception

Don Quixote
AuthorMiguel de Cervantes Saavedra
ISBN0142437239
Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading chivalric romances that he determines to become a knight-errant himself. In the company of his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, his exploits blossom in all sorts of wonderful ways. While Quixote's fancy often leads him astray—he tilts at windmills,...
The Immoralist
AuthorAndré Gide
ISBN0142180025
In The Immoralist , André Gide presents the confessional account of a man seeking the truth of his own nature. The story's protagonist, Michel, knows nothing about love when he marries the gentle Marceline out of duty to his father. On the couple's honeymoon to Tunisia, Michel becomes very ill, and...
What to Expect When You're Expecting
AuthorHeidi Murkoff
ISBN0761121323
I seem to disagree with most of the reviews of this book.

This book got me through my pregnancy. Period.

I wasn't overwhelmed by the amount of information; instead I found it to be the only friendly, comforting book out there. While other books were telling me that if I'd had a glass of...
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
AuthorGreg McKeown
ISBN0804137382
Have you ever found yourself stretched too thin?
 
Do you simultaneously feel overworked and underutilized?
 
Are you often busy but not productive?
 
Do you feel like your time is constantly being hijacked by other people’s agendas?
 
If you answered yes...
Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time
AuthorJeff Sutherland
Se você já foi surpreendido por quão rápido o mundo está mudando, Scrum é uma das razões. Para aqueles que acreditam que deve haver uma maneira mais eficiente de se fazer as coisas, este é um livro sobre o processo de gestão que está mudando a maneira como vivemos. Desde o advento do método,...
AuthorArthur Cotterell
ISBN0756613825
کتاب کوتاهی است که اطلاعات اولیه مفیدی درباره چین باستان ارائه می دهد. کتاب برای رده سنی کودکان و نوجوانان نگاشته شده و توضیحات به انضمام تصاویر مختلف آورده...
The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception
AuthorEmmanuel Carrère
ISBN0312420609
On the Saturday morning of January 9, 1993, while Jean Claude Romand was killing his wife and children, I was with mine in a parent-teacher meeting...

With these chilling first words, acclaimed master of psychological suspense Emmanuel Carrère begins his exploration of the double life...
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