http://www.toptenz.net Life, on the short list. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:25:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-widely-sought-after-out-of-print-books.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-widely-sought-after-out-of-print-books.php#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:01:44 +0000 Ash Grant http://www.toptenz.net/?p=5324 There’s nothing better than being able to pick up a book one day and sitting down to read it. It’s a wonderful experience being able to find that one book that really grabs your eyes and fingers and doesn’t let you put it down until you’re finished. Finding a book that sucks you in and [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-widely-sought-after-out-of-print-books.php/feed 2 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-reclusive-artists.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-reclusive-artists.php#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:15:57 +0000 Evan Andrews http://www.toptenz.net/?p=4521 While some celebrities and artists embrace the attention their fame brings them, others shy away from the spotlight and choose to lead lives of solitude away from the constant examination of the press. Ironically, this often only inspires an evidaen more cultist devotion from their fans, and encourages the media to speculate about their whereabouts [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-reclusive-artists.php/feed 13 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-unfinished-works-of-art.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-unfinished-works-of-art.php#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:01:21 +0000 Evan Andrews http://www.toptenz.net/?p=3964 For every great work of art, literature, or architecture that gets completed, there are probably just as many that are abandoned and left unfinished because of wars, political strife, lack of funding, or the death of the artist. Most of these works are lost and forgotten, but some, by masters like Da Vinci and Mozart, [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-unfinished-works-of-art.php/feed 7 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-classic-childrens-books.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-classic-childrens-books.php#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:24:10 +0000 Anne Iredale http://www.toptenz.net/?p=3780 Most of us have fond memories of bedtime stories. Parents love to pass on their own favorite books to their children. Stories are important in sparking children’s imaginations and they teach them about the world. Here are some you will undoubtedly know along with some that are less familiar, and you don’t have to be [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-classic-childrens-books.php/feed 14 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-unfinished-works-of-literature.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-unfinished-works-of-literature.php#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:01:28 +0000 Ash Grant http://www.toptenz.net/?p=3696 Ever since writing has been known to man, literature as become an extremely important part of everyday life, even for those who aren’t writers. Literature allows people to express their thoughts and feelings, and then have others read them, take it in, and draw their own conclusions and thoughts. As a writer myself, it’s definitely hard [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-unfinished-works-of-literature.php/feed 14 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-tortured-artists.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-tortured-artists.php#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:03:38 +0000 Heather Matthews http://www.toptenz.net/?p=3314 These writers, musicians, and painters created masterpieces in the realms of literature, music, and art. At different stages of their lives, every person on this list suffered from severe hardships, mental illness and feelings of loneliness and despair. All of them suffered for their art in order to create legacies of great imagination and epic [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-tortured-artists.php/feed 28 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-love-poems.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-love-poems.php#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 06:07:20 +0000 Anne Iredale http://www.toptenz.net/?p=2871 As long as there have been poets, there have been love poems. After all, if love cannot inspire, what can? Our minds turn to love on special anniversaries, Valentine’s Day and weddings, but how to express it? We are not all blessed with the gift of poetic words. The list below may include a romantic [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-love-poems.php/feed 22 http://www.toptenz.net/top-ten-works-stephen-king.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-ten-works-stephen-king.php#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:39:01 +0000 Elizabeth Downing Johnson http://www.toptenz.net/?p=2546 Stephen King is quite prolific, having penned over 40 novels and 166 works of short fiction.  Therefore, for this Top Tenz list, we couldn’t narrow it down to just novels or short stories.  Any reader of King’s knows that he threads many of his works together, but the purpose of this list is to praise [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-ten-works-stephen-king.php/feed 17 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-strangest-how-to-books.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-strangest-how-to-books.php#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:22:41 +0000 Ash Grant http://www.toptenz.net/?p=2196 We all know about to how-to, DIY, books for dummies, whatever you want to call them, pieces of literature. Many have proven to be extremely helpful, such as those dealing with computer programming or doing something simple such as knowing how to prepare a great Italian dinner for your family. With censorship out the window and [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-strangest-how-to-books.php/feed 13 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-banned-books.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-banned-books.php#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:02:50 +0000 Ash Grant http://www.toptenz.net/?p=2031 Throughout the history of the world, starting with the church, censors have been put on many different things. The church was able to create a list of banned books, and many of the books were burned. The first list of banned books came from Pope Paul IV who established The Index of Prohibited Books to [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-banned-books.php/feed 30