![]() ![]() ![]() The book showed, they said, 30% fewer word types than Destination Unknown, which she wrote aged 63, 18% more repeated phrases, and almost three times as many indefinite words. The most abrupt decline was seen in a novel Christie wrote aged 81, Elephants Can Remember. "These language effects are recognised as symptoms of memory difficulties associated with Alzheimer's disease." "We found statistically significant drops in vocabulary, and increases in repeated phrases and indefinite nouns in 15 detective novels from The Mysterious Affair at Styles to Postern of Fate," said the academics, Dr Ian Lancashire from the English department and computer scientist Dr Graeme Hirst. They found that the vocabulary size of the creator of Poirot and Miss Marple decreased sharply as she neared the end of her life, by 15 to 30%, while repetition of phrases and indefinite word usage (something, thing, anything) in her novels increased significantly. ![]()
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![]() This gave her the opportunity to work in various archaeological sites during summer while still a student at Phi Beta Kappa. Harris pursued a carrier in Greek and Latin Classics as well as archaeology. Harris grew up before moving to the United States upon his father’s retirement.Īfter high school, C. Her father spent most of his days as a military man in Spain and North Africa. Harris was born of a US Air Force Officer who later went on to become a history professor after retirement. ![]() ![]() Harris is also an award winning writer having been nominated, started and won several awards. Graham has written over two books that include mystery series, Thriller series, historical romances and a few non fictional works. Harris, also known by the names Candice Proctor and C.S. ![]() ![]() Head has 134 acting credits on his IMDb profile since making his acting debut in 1978. Anthony is an English actor best known for his role in Bridgerton, Little Britain, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and many more. He died as a result of thirst and hunger in the wall and his ghost is haunting the premise.Īnthony Head plays Sir Simon's character in the new retelling of The Canterville Ghost. He is haunting the estate for the past 500 years after he killed his wife at the mansion and his wife's brothers sealed him in one of the walls of the mansion. Sir Simon de Canterville is the resident ghost at Canterville Chase, a huge estate in the English countryside. Anthony Head Plays Sir Simon de CantervilleĪnthony Head as seen as Sir Simon de Canterville in the series The Canterville Ghost. ![]() The Canterville Ghost 2022 Channel 5 cast includes Anthony Head, Haydn Gwynne, Caroline Catz, and Cathy Tyson among others. ![]() ![]() ![]() Pioneer life is sometimes hard since the family must grow or catch all their food as they get ready for the cold winter. ![]() Four-year-old Laura lives in the little house with her Pa, her Ma, her sisters Mary and Carrie, and their trusty dog, Jack. Laura Ingall’s story begins in 1871 in a little log cabin on the edge of the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Little House in the Big Woods – available in Kindle, hardcover, and paperback You’ll also find some great 5-star fan reviews from Amazon and information about purchasing the books in different formats. ![]() The 85th anniversary of the first publication of the Little House on the Prairie novel in 1935 is marked in 2020.Ĭlick on the links below to read a brief synopsis of each book provided by HarperCollins. These classics have sold over 60 million copies in more than 100 countries. Written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and published by HarperCollins, these beloved books remain a favorite to this day. These are the books that started it all – the stories that captured the hearts and imaginations of children and young adults worldwide. ![]() ![]() ![]() I suspect the influence of the Marvel style and the concept of more rights for creators beginning to be felt. Creator credits start appearing on the title pages as well. We also see improvements in the artwork as Mike Sekowsky is given a bit more free reign to express an individual style. Rachel Weisz as the Mantle twins, Elliot and Beverly, in 'Dead Ringers.'. Since the change seems to come in late '66, and I seem to recollect that the Adam West Batman TV show debuted that same year, I'm assuming a connection. THR's awards expert weighs in on 24 categories. Mid-Nite's "cyrotuber" or Sandman's gun that makes glass and concrete objects (because sand, apparently.) The dialogue beomes more jokey and the sound effects become more prominent. Suddenly the Justice Society heroes all have outlandish weapons, like Dr. There's a shift in tone about halfway through the book. I noticed some differences in storytelling. ![]() If nothing else, there's certainly plenty of variety here. Like the man who tried to give the world a conscience, or The Unimaginable. More mid 60's DC goodness than you can shake a stick at! Though who goes around shaking sticks at things like mid 60's DC goodness anyway? That's just stupid. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They attend an exclusive private school and work on spycraft in their spare time. All live together in a manor home in Scotland with Mother and Monty, two MI6 agents. All the young spies are thusly named, Kat was recruited in Kathmandu, Sydney in that Australian city, Rio in Brazil, and Brooklyn in that New York borough. Paris is named for the city where he was recruited. He is loaning the priceless treasure to a museum where the deception would surely be uncovered. The story is gripping from the start as we read about Paris, one of the young spies, climbing the side of a mansion to return to the billionaire owner a priceless Fabergé egg which, unbeknownst to him, had been swapped for a exact copy containing a bug that allowed British Intelligence to spy on him. Let me begin by saying I love the “City Spies” series by James Ponti, and his newest entry, “Forbidden City,” is no different. City Spies: Forbidden City by James Ponti ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The nations of the earth must someday make a common front against attack by people from other planets.' The cadets must have wondered which planet MacArthur himself was from, but his fears were no more far-fetched than the current government-fed paranoia that millions of us are about to be murdered in our beds by Islamofascist superbiotoxins kept at 45 minutes' readiness in a bedsit in Tipton and activated by psychotic double-amputees. In October 1955 General Douglas MacArthur told the cadets of West Point: 'The next war will be an interplanetary war. That alleged quote has since been cited in a variety of works and web sites related to UFOs and extraterrestrials and still surfaces in newspapers and other publications from time to time: ![]() The subject here is a quote attributed to a 1955 West Point address by General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, in which the famous military man supposedly mused about the next war being an interplanetary one. However, by combining things the same person said at different times and places, one could come up with a reasonable approximation of the original statement. ![]() This item is a difficult one to classify: It's literally false as worded, because the person named didn't speak the specific words attributed to him at the time and place claimed (or at any other time and place). ![]() ![]() It has been translated into more than thirty languages. One of the remarkable features of the life of Mere Christianity is that, unlike most other books of its time, it is even more popular today than when it first came out.ĭuring the first fifteen years of the twenty-first century, it sold more than 3.5 million copies in English alone. Even though it is relatively new and is not, like many of the works, an official authoritative text of a religious movement, it has a claim to being one of the most important religious works of the twentieth century. Lewis’s Mere Christianity as an appropriate addition to the series. When I was asked to contribute to this project, I saw C.S. So far, the volumes include The Book of Genesis, The Book of Job, The Book of Mormon, The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Augustine’s Confessions, Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologica, John Calvin’s Institutes, among others published or forthcoming. Recognizing this, the religion editor of Princeton University Press instituted a series called the Lives of Great Religious Books. ![]() ![]() ![]() That is especially true of religious books. A biography of a book may sound like an unusual concept, but books do have their own lives, and some books have shaped the world profoundly. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The trio meets Button-Bright, a cute and wealthy little boy in a sailor's outfit who is always getting lost. They take the seventh one and soon find themselves lost in what appears to be another dimension. Further on, the road splits into seven paths. The girl agrees to show him the way, bringing her dog with her. ![]() He politely asks Dorothy for directions to Butterfield, which is the nearest town on the prairie. He is a friendly, yet slightly senile hobo with an optimistic, care free mentality. PLOT: While Dorothy Gale is at home in Kansas one day, she and her pet dog Toto meet the Shaggy Man who comes walking past the Gale farm. It was originally published on Jand documents the adventures of Dorothy Gale's fourth visit to the Land of Oz.The book was dedicated to Joslyn Stanton Baum, the author's first grandson, the child of Baum's eldest son Frank Joslyn Baum. The Road to Oz: In Which Is Related How Dorothy Gale of Kansas, The Shaggy Man, Button Bright, and Polychrome the Rainbow's Daughter Met on an Enchanted Road and Followed it All the Way to the Marvelous Land of Oz. ![]() ![]() Esteemed fairy tale scholar Jack Zipes offers accessible translations that retain the spare description and engaging storytelling style of the originals. These narrative gems, newly translated and brought together in one beautiful book, are accompanied by sumptuous new illustrations from award-winning artist Andrea Dezsö.įrom "The Frog King" to "The Golden Key," wondrous worlds unfold―heroes and heroines are rewarded, weaker animals triumph over the strong, and simple bumpkins prove themselves not so simple after all. ![]() For the very first time, The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm makes available in English all 156 stories from the 18 editions. Yet few people today are familiar with the majority of tales from the two early volumes, since in the next four decades the Grimms would publish six other editions, each extensively revised in content and style. When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children's and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as "Rapunzel," "Hansel and Gretel," and "Cinderella" would become the most celebrated in the world. The original vision of Grimms' tales in English for the first time, now in paperback! ![]() |