![]() The youngest of three children of the Miller family. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. ![]() According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. ![]() This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. ![]() More than seventy detective novels of British writer Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie include The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), and And Then There Were None (1939) she also wrote plays, including The Mousetrap (1952). Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan. ![]()
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![]() Two very different groups of people have plans for Max though – the CMI (Change Makers Institute) and the equally mysterious but far more sinister Corp. She’s also an orphan who lives in a squat. Max Einstein is a genius aged 12 she’s already enrolled herself at university, where she’s careful to score perfect Cs in every test (she doesn’t want to stand out). ![]()
![]() ![]() As with Marilyn, we are left with Elizabeth as a Warhol icon. In making screen prints of her, Warhol bequeathed us an image for art history and – it could be argued – of eternal regal glamour. Photographs of Queen Elizabeth, taken by Dorothy Wilding in 1952, on display as part of 2012's "The Queen: Portraits of a Monach" exhibition at Windsor Castle. The Queen, wearing a tiara, is blue-eyed, regal and handsome, but also outlined and abstracted in blocks of color. The image is based on an official photographic portrait taken in 1975, shortly before her 49th birthday. With the Queen’s silkscreen, Warhol was – as always – playing with the idea of celebrity and dissecting the relationship between subject and public persona. They were produced in 1985, as part of his “Reigning Queens” series, just two years before his own death. ![]() His silkscreen prints of the Queen, however, are among his last and are less well-known. ![]() Warhol’s silkscreen prints of Marilyn are among the first he ever published, executed in the months immediately after her death in 1962. A cameraman recorded the moment for posterity and, as luck would have it, Andy Warhol went on to make silkscreen prints of both women. The women probably had precious little in common aside from their age (both were then 30), global fame and glamour. Queen Elizabeth II met Marilyn Monroe at a London film premiere in 1956. It was one of those photogenic if historically insignificant moments when one (bona fide) icon fleetingly met another. ![]() ![]() " LAST CHANCE is a thrill ride and a half. Her lips curled in a sardonic twist and he lifted his gaze, colliding with the most beautiful pair of green eyes he’d ever seen. The woman had skin like smooth cream and a lush curve to her lips.ĭel was staring at her mouth when she entered the circle around Hector and the pilots. ![]() The man’s features were heavier and his skin had a dusky quality. Blue-black hair framed refined features, hers in a severe braid between her shoulder blades, and his in short disarray over his forehead. The arrivals were stunningly attractive, good-looking enough to turn heads wherever they went. They moved like predators coming into view of their prey, and the crowd parted before them as if they knew they were the next meal.Īs they neared, Del sucked in a startled breath. They had an air of unconscious arrogance only the rich and powerful could manage, with a hint of real danger in their fluid strides. One male and one female, they were dressed in unrelenting black. The new arrivals levered themselves out of the sleek slicers with liquid ease. ![]() ![]() A new, greedier current of energy ran through the crowd, and Del watched for the two pilots with increased interest. Others reacted to the arrivals with whitened faces, worshipful eyes, and muted whispers. The Shadow twins!" Hector moaned next to him.ĭel’s grungy companion now wore beads of sweat across his forehead and upper lip, eyes wide and bulging. ![]() ![]() ![]() One day, Truant and his friend find a piece of literature title The Navidson Record in the room of a man that recently passed away. He is the stereotypical dirty-type inner-city person - he uses drugs, has affairs with women, and only appears to care about himself. The first level of narration follows the story of Johnny Truant, the employee of a tattoo shop living in Hollywood. ![]() House of Leavesis an interesting novel in that it has multiple layers of narration - that is, while the reader is reading one thing, the character that the reader is reading about is also reading something, which the reader then learns about. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() Indeed, one suspects that once we cure the ills of the health care system, we'll look back and see that Gawande's writings were part of the story. Warren Warwick, two remarkable men who have been able to catapult their humanity into their work rather than constantly stumble over it. Cheerier, paradoxically, are the chapters involving polio and cystic fibrosis, featuring Dr. The heart of the book are the chapters "What Doctors Owe," about the U.S.'s blinkered malpractice system, and "Piecework," about what doctors earn. "The social dimension turns out to be as essential as the scientific," Gawande writes-a conclusion that could serve as a thumbnail summary of his entire output. Using chaperones for breast exams seems a fine idea, but it does make situations awkward. Doctors know they should wash their hands more often to avoid bacterial transfer in the ward, but once a minute does seem extreme. True, its a relatively short book, and I had some uninterrupted time on a bus. ![]() I cant remember the last time that happened. , addressed the unfathomable intractability of the body, this is largely about how we erect barriers to seamless and thorough care. First, as a quick proxy of how good it is, and as a way of enticing busy readers, I should note that I finished Atal Gawandes book Better: A Surgeons Notes On Performance in less than four hours. ![]() ![]() Surgeon and MacArthur fellow Gawande applies his gift for dulcet prose to medical and ethical dilemmas in this collection of 12 original and previously published essays adapted from the New England Journal of Medicine ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This new edition features a foreword by Mark Z. ![]() In Bachelard’s enchanting spaces, “We are never real historians, but always near poets, and our emotion is perhaps nothing but an expression of a poetry that was lost.” Houses and rooms cellars and attics drawers, chests, and wardrobes nests and shells nooks and corners: No space is too vast or too small to be filled by our thoughts and our reveries. Guiding us through a stream of meditations on poetry, art, and the blooming of consciousness itself, Bachelard examines the domestic places that shape and hold our dreams and memories. This lyrical journey takes as its premise the emergence of the poetic image and finds an ideal metaphor in the intimate spaces of our homes. The rare work of irresistibly inviting philosophy, Bachelard’s seminal work brims with quiet revelations and stirring, mysterious imagery. Since its initial publication in 1958, The Poetics of Space has been a muse to philosophers, architects, writers, psychologists, critics, and readers alike. A beloved multidisciplinary treatise comes to Penguin Classics ![]() ![]() ![]() SugarscapeĪs Teardrop ends you'll be feeling soooo many emotions and counting down the days until the next book. If you loved the Fallen series, you are going to fall head over heels for this epic new saga. Lauren Kate fans will surely enjoy this new offering. BooktrustĪn emotional tale with a mystical twist. A suspenseful and intriguing paranormal romance, Teardrop concludes on a breathless cliffhanger that will leave Kate's many fans eager for the next instalment. With an atmospheric Louisiana setting, and a complex central character in Eureka, this is full of romance, dark magic and danger. Teardrop by Lauren Kate 26,775 ratings, 3.57 average rating, 2,603 reviews Open Preview Teardrop Quotes Showing 1-30 of 55 Wisdom holds a candle to experience, but you've got to take the candle and walk alone. The ending leaves you praying for the next book, I definitely recommend it! uncorkedthoughts.blogspot ![]() Teardrop is one of those books that will keep you up until the early hours reading, I just couldn't get enough! It was riveting, fast paced, enjoyable and exciting. Be ready for Ander, he gives Four and Edward a run for their money. There's plenty of action, romance and swoon-worthy moments all setting this up to be a fantastic series. Check out the final trailer for TEARDROP, an epic saga of heart-stopping romance, devastating secrets, and dark magic from bestselling author Lauren Kate.Fin. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Like his older brother Námo, Irmo is one of the Fëanturi (Q. ![]() Pure white stars shine from deep within his eyes, giving him a glowing gaze.” Credits: ICE Enterprises - MERP Peoples - Valar and Maiar - The Immortal Powers Illustration by Kent Burles Robed in rich blue, he appears every bit the King. Manwë’s fana is that of a wise, bearded, white-haired lord with clear skin and sky-blue eyes. He is the leader, counselor, teacher, and overseer of his people and, along with his wife Varda, is the patron of the Vanyar who live on the slopes between his Halls and the fair city of Valimar. As King of Valinor, Manwë serves as the ultimate leader of the Council of the Valar and presides over all the deliberations in the Ring of Doom. With Varda, he determines the course of the light that crosses the sky. His breath governs the winds, and his vision clears the mists, and his anger spawns the storms that pound the earth. As Súlimo, the “Breather,” Manwë is master of the skies and controls the air and weather over Arda. When Manwë sits beside Varda in Ilmarin, he sees anything in Arda above the surface of the lands or water simply by parting the clouds. ![]() Their bond lends each additional power, and together they are far stronger than the sum of their separate talents. Manwë and Varda share an enduring love that knows no limits, one which survives the jealousy of Morgoth. No being stands above him in the pantheon of life. Only Morgoth and his spouse Varda rival his strength. “Manwë is the King of the Valar and is closer to Eru than any spirit. ![]() |