>>The author Carol Shields jumped to mind as maybe a similar...<
Hi - while I was reading this it was announced on the local news that Carol
Shields, has just died of breast cancer at age 68. Shewrote "The Stone
Diaries", "Larry's Party" and a book about, I think Jane Austen. She won the
Pullits
>>The author Carol Shields jumped to mind as maybe a similar...<
Hi - while I was reading this it was announced on the local news that Carol
Shields, has just died of breast cancer at age 68. Shewrote "The Stone
Diaries", "Larry's Party" and a book about, I think Jane Austen. She won the
Pullits
(snip)
> watched by many male Pakistani tourists, eager to see women with
> unveiled faces.
With *their* *veiled wives* 'at home' ?
(snip)
> Several Muslim girls watched from a nearby flat roof.
> The adjustment of their veils appeared to be a necessary pastime. The
> Muslim faith is making conv
Good books...hmmm. Good books are like old friends and you keep wanting to
re-visit them, so my list would contain some older books as well. Perhaps
I'll start with some home-grown authors. My all-time favourite Canadian
author has to be W.O. Mitchell. When he was resident author at our
Univers
I've just learned that Winston Graham, author of the Poldark series of
books, died last week on 12th July aged 93.
There were 12 books in the series, the last being Bella Poldark published in
2002 (paperback 2003).
He wrote an additional short story. 'The Horse Dealer' that wasn't
published, but
One of my favourite authors is Ian McEwan. Lovely macabre, twisted stories.
I often wonder how he thinks them up
Edith
North Nottinghamshire
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> I'm such a fan that not only have I got the first 11 books in paperback,
but
> all 12 in hardback as well. I've also got the videos of the TV series
> amounting to 27 hours of viewing, including the dreadful episode made by
ITV.
> Jean in Poole
I did the same (bookwise only) with
the "Ann
> http://www.poldark.com/poldark/thehorsedealer.htm
> Jean in Poole
Whoa ! that site offers an HTML version
as well - that flipped up on my monitor
in the space of 1.5 seconds instead of
the ?? *minutes* required by .pdf files . . .
*And* the second paragraph of the story :
>>> "He lived in a ro
Thanks for the information about Winston Graham. I saw nothing in the
newspapers nor heard anything on radio or television news about his death. Was this
just me missing it or did his death go unreported? Its of more interest to
me than the broken foot bone or wrist of a certain footballer.
Patricia wrote:
I saw nothing about it either until I did my usual ebay search to see if any
of his other books - he wrote 'Marnie' (made into a film by Hitchcock) among
many others - and a seller mentioned that he'd recently died in the selling
blurb. So I did a google search and found confirma
Hi everyone
I wrote:
>The author Carol Shields jumped to mind as maybe a similar sort of 'read'
>- but I've only scimmed her titles in the bookstore - always seem to pick
>out the same one and reading the page think ugh, this is contrived...
and now feel abashed...on the news this morning I hear
I belong to a drunken book club (we're a drinking group with a reading
problem). We're all reading The Thief of Time by Tony Hillerman.
For some reason, this summer I've been reading a lot (usually reserved for
winter time). I finished Harry Potter 5, and 2 books on English Romance/History.
Ca
I'm sure I've seen some of this before, but, perhaps not all..
From: A.E.
Reasons Why English is so Hard to Learn!
1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
Hello Everyone,
I'm a newcomer to the group. I just learned to do bobbin lace and would like some
help. I cut my first piece from the pillow and it looks like a spider's work when it
was on LSD!
First, I would like to know in the series cross-twist-cross-twist, where do I place
the pin? In the m
Hi, i wanted to thank my Secret pal for the July package! I enjoyed
everything, the bobbins are lovely, and the lavender tatting thread shall be utilized
this weekend- I plan to start an edging for a hankie. The treats are all very
much appreciated, i anticipate Augusts' package and eventually
In addition to HP, I've just finished Primo Levi's Survival in
Auschwitz, plus A. J. Stirland's Raising the Dead: The skeleton crew
of King Henry VIII's great ship, the Mary Rose. This is a somewhat
popularized book of forensic anthropology (in my next life, maybe
I'll be an archaeologist...) o
Two of my favourite books for light summer reading are Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn
Forbes, and Mrs. 'Arris goes to Paris, by Paul Gallico. I have read each of them
several times and never get tired of them.
I also love reading biographies of movie stars. At the moment am reading a biography
> I belong to a drunken book club (we're a drinking group with a reading
problem).
> Jana in Michigan
I probably *look* like I'd fit into your club -
just 'smelling the cork' turns my nose so red
it almost 'lights up' like Rudolph The Red-Nosed
Reindeer - add a new twist to that, a
developing case
http://www.msnbc.com/news/940186.asp?cp1=1
excerpt : (actually, it's the lead paragraph . . .)
WASHINGTON, July 17, 2003 -
The 2001 recession, the country's first downturn
in a decade, officially ended in November of that
year, only eight months after it had begun, an
academic group declared Thu
> On Monday, Jul 14, 2003, at 17:59 US/Eastern, Webwalker (Susan) wrote:
> > What I am hoping is that some of you might list a few books that you
> > have read over the years that stick out in your minds as having been
> > worthwhile.
I have just read 4 books by Elizabeth Lowell; Amber Beach, Ja
I have read with interest the books that have been recommended for
reading this summer. Then just yesterday on the news there was film
about Chawton House near Alton, Hampshire once owned by
Jane Austen's brother Edward Jane spent her last years at Chawton.
Now the house is owned by a trust, wh
Gentle Spiders,
I've had my Mac for just over a year, and have loved with with only
slight reservations (and those surfaced but rarely)... The past 28 hrs,
however, have been like going back to the Windows quagmire...
First, my printer got terminally hung up on the instructions for the
Folded
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