![]() ![]() ![]() At the age of 16 she went to a business college, where she studied shorthand, typewriting, and languages. When she was quite young, her health forced her to be privately educated at home. ![]() Her mother was Alice Louise Burford, née Tate. She inherited a love of reading from her father, Joseph Burford, a dock labourer. Hibbert was born Eleanor Alice Burford on 1 September 1906 at 20 Burke Street, Canning Town, now part of the London borough of Newham. (The ship is seen here in 1986 at Venice). Personal life Įleanor Hibbert died aboard the cruise ship Sea Princess in 1993. She continues to be a widely borrowed author among British libraries. By the time of her death, she had written more than 200 books that sold more than 100 million copies and had been translated into 20 languages. ![]() In 1989, the Romance Writers of America gave her the Golden Treasure award in recognition of her contributions to the romance genre. She also wrote light romances, crime novels, murder mysteries and thrillers under pseudonyms Eleanor Burford, Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow, Anna Percival, and Ellalice Tate. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in different literary genres, each genre under a different pen name: Jean Plaidy for fictionalized history of European royalty, Victoria Holt for gothic romances, and Philippa Carr for a multi-generational family saga. Eleanor Alice Hibbert ( née Burford 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of historical romances. ![]()
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![]() While arguably the most complete Cobain biography, Cross opted to include his own impression of what Cobain's final days were like. The lead singer, Tad Doyle, was very obese the name which was thought up by the tour promoters, was meant in part to poke fun at the inaccurate idea that Tad alone weighed more than all of the members of Nirvana put together. Ĭross took the name "Heavier Than Heaven" from a tour Nirvana did with the band Tad in the United Kingdom. Notably, neither Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl nor Cobain's mother contributed to the book. Cross.įor the book, Cross desired to create the definitive Cobain biography, and over four years conducted 400+ interviews in particular, he was granted exclusive interviews and access to Cobain's private journals, lyrics and photos, by his widow Courtney Love. ![]() Heavier Than Heaven is a 2001 biography of musician Kurt Cobain, the frontman of the grunge band Nirvana. ![]() Room Full Of Mirrors - A Biography Of Jimi Hendrix ![]() ![]() ![]() What secrets did Marty capture on his cameraΓÇöand who would do anything to destroy it? As Gina searches for answerssheΓÇÖs pulled deeper into the shadowy truths hiding behind the Third Door. When Marty is brutally murderedwith Gina as the only witnesssheΓÇÖs determined to track down his killer. ![]() When she discovers the former cigarette girl died under mysterious circumstances. But the staff buzzes with whispers about GinaΓÇÖs predecessorwho died under mysterious circumstancesand the photographerMartywarns her to be careful. Find items like Murder Knocks Twice at Bas Bleu. SheΓÇÖs enchanted by the harshglamorous world she discovers: the sleek socialites sipping bootlegged cocktailsthe rowdy ex-servicemen playing poker in a curtained back roomthe flirtatious jazz pianist and the brooding photographerΓÇöall overseen by the clubΓÇÖs imposing ownerSignora Castallazzo. ![]() Gina Ricci takes on a job as a cigarette girl to earn money for her ailing fatherΓÇöand to prove to herself that she can hold her own at ChicagoΓÇÖs most notorious speakeasythe Third Door. The first mystery in Susanna CalkinsΓÇÖ captivating new series takes readers into the dark,dangerousand glittering underworld of a 1920s Chicago speakeasy. THE CRY OF THE HANGMAN, scalkins3s latest Lucy Campion novel, is a vivid historical mystery set in an era I love, Restoration England. ![]() ![]() ![]() The girls run into Elijah, a poor orphan immigrant, hawking delicious empanadas in the streets of London. Helena and Penelope are culinarians–students of a prestigious culinary arts school–and they’re working on their final projects. ![]() We have Helena Higgins, Penelope Pickering, and Elijah Little, and they’re all seventeen years old. However, this time the genders of these roles have been switched. In this retelling of Pygmalion, we still have the three main characters of the self-centered know-it-all, the sympathetic and helpful friend, and the poor laborer trying to get ahead in a class conscious society. What do you get when you mix an alternate historical timeline into a YA romance with the scenario of My Fair Lady then add in elements of the Food Network? Why, you create a lively concoction called My Fine Fellow. ![]() ![]() His work has been translated into many languages, including Japanese, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Czech, Spanish, Polish and Lithuanian. His short stories have appeared in more than 50 anthologies and other publications and he is included in The Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English. Indeed The House on the Brink (1970) is regarded by admirers as one of the greatest novels in the Jamesian Tradition. ![]() His work has been compared to that of the acclaimed ghost novelist M.R. The adventures are often set in The Fens, an environment John found mysterious and inspirational in his own adolescence, and contain elements East Anglian folklore (such as the doom dog – Black Shuck). ![]() Most of John Gordon's novels are in the supernatural fantasy and horror genres and feature teenagers in the central roles. The giant under the snow by Gordon, John, 1968, Hutchinson edition, in English. He wrote sixteen fantasy novels including The Giant Under the Snow, four short story collections, over fifty short stories, and a teenage memoir. ![]() John (Jack) William Gordon (19 November 1925 – 20 November 2017) was an English writer of young-adult supernatural fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() We worship those who perplex and defeat our ability to understand them. Perhaps only in some future period will we be able to understand him the past could not do so.Īnd remember, we begin to worship those we fail to understand in their lifetimes. All significant people come ahead of their time, but Krishna came too far ahead. It is only mediocre people who are born in their time. All great persons are born ahead of their time, and all insignificant people are born after their time. The truth is, Krishna was born much ahead of his time. He is more significant for the future than for the past. ![]() It is not that other significant people did not happen in the past - and it would be wrong to say that significant people will not happen in the future in fact, any number of remarkable people have walked this earth - but Krishna’s significance is quite different. ![]() He is the most significant person in all of history. If a man has to think, understand, and say something, for him there can be no more meaningful a topic than Krishna. Q: WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO SPEAK ON KRISHNA? AND WHAT IS THE CENTRAL THEME OF THIS DISCUSSION? ![]() ![]() ![]() In a case of great timing, one week before the movie version of “Margaret” hit theaters April 28, the documentary “Judy Blume Forever” was released on Prime Video. ![]() Thanks an awful lot.”Īh, the perfectly rendered narcissism of youth. I know you wouldn’t have missed this for anything! Thank you God. It is not until the end of the book, when she spies blood in her undies, that she has an epiphany: “I know you’re there, God. In her quest, Margaret attends temple with her grandmother, church services with friends and, unwittingly, confession at a Catholic church (which she flees when she realizes she has nothing to tell the priest). “But if you aren’t any religion,” asks Margaret’s friend, “how are you going to know if you should join the Y or the Jewish Community Center?” She puzzles over whether she should choose one religion over the other. It was about a girl trying to decide whether God really exists, about her dismay upon learning that her mother’s Christian parents disowned their daughter for marrying a Jew. ![]() ![]() “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” was also - and maybe even mostly - a story about an 11-year-old girl caught between the two belief systems of her parents’ families: Christianity and Judaism. I’m not sure it did, but we did love the book, and we discovered, to our delight, that it delved into topics even deeper than the physiological changes of the adolescent female body. Maybe a good novel would help pierce the veil of her denial? ![]() ![]() His books have sold in excess of 400 million copies worldwide. ![]() Now Max must not only save herself and her friends, but the entire planet, too.About the AuthorJAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. ![]() No easy task, even for a genius! But now Max and her friends must take on their biggest challenge yet, something that affects every living creature on the planet.Max must figure out how to prevent climate change from destroying the earth.But sinister forces want to keep Max from succeeding, and this time, even the very foundation of the Change Makers Institute is threatened. ![]() ![]() Product DescriptionMax finally meets her hero, Albert Einstein, as she dashes across glaciers, visits the Great Barrier Reef, and flies a solar-powered jet in a race to stop global warming - before it's too late for planet earth.So far, Max and her team of genius friends have solved problems that no one else could, including: bringing solar energy to remote locations, producing clean drinking water across the globe, and ending world hunger. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But I wanted to take a moment and thank you for your email. This will have to be a quick response as I’m currently swamped with work. I feel more like myself when I talk to you. I hope we have the chance to talk again later tonight. In fact, I’m staring at it right now as I type this email. The apple peeler is safe in its decorative place, pinned to my kitchen wall. You’ll be happy to know I’ve since taken down the listing from the website. I suppose in my excitement yesterday, the thought completely slipped my mind. You can imagine my surprise when I received the email. But I can’t seem to compel my brain to think of anything other than you and your kindness.Īnother user on that QueerList website reached out to me this morning and inquired if the apple peeler was for sale. ![]() It’s not that I have the luxury of endless time on my hands either. You probably don’t have the luxury of endless free time to think. I’d be absolutely devastated to know it was a lie conjured by somebody who simply had too much time on their hands. I once read somewhere that if your mind continuously returns to the same person over and over again, it means that they’re thinking of you as well. I know you’re probably busy at work, but I wanted to send you a quick note and let you know that you’ve been on my mind all morning. What Have You Done Today To Deserve Your Eyes? ![]() ![]() ![]() Chaplin eventually settled in Switzerland, where he remained for the rest of his life. He remained a British subject and, while travelling to England in 1952 to attend the premiere of his film Limelight, his American re-entry permit was rescinded. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Chaplin was accused of being a Communist sympathiser, which he denied. ![]() In 1918, Chaplin began producing his own films, initially releasing them through First National Pictures and then through United Artists, a corporation he co-founded with Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. Chaplin signed with the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company in 1915, and the year after with the Mutual Film Corporation. ![]() During his time at Keystone, he began writing and directing some of the films in which he starred. In 1913, while on tour in the United States with Fred Karno's comedy group, he accepted a contract to work for Mack Sennett's Keystone film company. Ĭhaplin was born in London and began acting on stage at the age of nine. In the 1910s and 1920s, he was considered the most famous person on the planet. ![]() During his early years in the era of silent film, he rose to prominence as a worldwide cinematic idol renowned for his tramp persona. (Sir) Charlie Chaplin (KBE) (1889–1977) was an English-born internationally renowned Academy Award-winning actor, comedian, filmmaker and composer whose was best known for his career in Hollywood motion pictures from 1914 until 1952, he subsequently appeared in two films in his native England. ![]() |