The census report found that median household income, adjusted for inflation, was $51,017 in 2012, down about 9 percent from an inflation-adjusted peak of $56,080 in 1999, mostly as a result of the longest and most damaging recession since the Depression.
J. R. R. Tolkien was a professor at England's Oxford University and a respected scholar of medieval literature.But he is best known as the author of the fantasy novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa.At the age of three he moved with his mother to Sarehole, a village outside Birmingham, England.. R. R. Tolkien was a professor at England's Oxford University and a respected scholar of medieval literature.
Best Selling Books Of All Time: The Lord of the Rings. 3. The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exup?ry â The Little Prince is the first title in this list that its original language is not English. The manuscript was originally in French, though the first publication of the story was in English, in 1943.er masterpiece was first published in 1939 and since sold some 100 million copies. Best Selling Books Of All Time: And Then There Were None. 5. Dream of the Red Chamber, by Cao Xueqin â The oldest book in this list was first published in 1791, and since sold 100 million copies.