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Ring Lardner
Ring Lardner (Ringgold Wilmer Lardner), 1885-1933, American humorist and short-story writer, b. Niles, Mich. He was a sports reporter in Chicago, St. Louis, and Boston from 1907 to 1919. His first collection of short stories, You Know Me, Al (1916) revealed his talent for the racy sports idiom he... Read more
blowgun
blowgun hollow tube from which a dart or an arrow is blown by a person's breath. The arrow was usually tipped with a poison, such as curare , which would stun or kill the struck prey. Blowguns were widely used by prehistoric peoples. In modern times they are still employed in SE Asia and by some i... Read more
Dumas Malone
Dumas Malone , 1892-1986, American historian and editor, b. Coldwater, Miss. He received his Ph.D. from Yale in 1923 and was an instructor of history at Yale (1919-23) and associate professor (1923-26) and professor (1926-29) at the Univ. of Virginia. He was an editor of the Dictionary of American ... Read more
Count Folke Bernadotte
Count Folke Bernadotte , 1895-1948, Swedish internationalist; nephew of King Gustavus V. He was active in the Swedish Red Cross and became its president in 1946. Early in 1945 he arranged the evacuation of Danish and Norwegian prisoners from German concentration camps and conveyed a peace offer from... Read more
Perry Miller
Perry Miller 1905-63, U.S. historian, b. Chicago. He received his Ph.D. from the Univ. of Chicago in 1931 and taught at Harvard from 1931 until his death. A towering figure in the field of American intellectual history, Miller wrote extensively, especially about colonial New England. In The New En... Read more
Ogden Nash
Ogden Nash 1902-71, American poet, b. Rye, N.Y., studied at Harvard. He was popular for a wide assortment of witty and immensely quotable doggerel verses, ranging from urbane satire to absurdity in their subject and rhyme. For several decades his work appeared regularly in The New Yorker magazine... Read more
Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker (Dorothy Rothschild Parker), 1893-1967, American short-story and verse writer, b. West End, N.J. While serving as drama critic for Vanity Fair (1916-17) and book critic for The New Yorker (1927), she gained an almost legendary reputation for her sardonic wit. Her first volume of ... Read more
William Beckford
William Beckford 1760-1844, English author. A wealthy dilettante, Beckford had a great desire to ascend to the nobility. Unfortunately his erratic and strange behavior often worked against his ambitions. About 1796 he built in Wiltshire an extravagant Gothic castle, Fonthill Abbey, where he lived i... Read more
Alfred Kazin
Alfred Kazin , 1915-98, American critic, b. New York City, grad. College of the City of New York (B.S., 1935) and Columbia (M.A., 1938). Kazin was one of the outstanding literary critics of his time. His first book, the influential and pioneering On Native Grounds (1942), is a critical study of Am... Read more
S. N. Behrman
S. N. Behrman (Samuel Nathaniel Behrman) , 1893-1973, American dramatist, b. Worcester, Mass., grad. Harvard 1916. His sophisticated comedies often attempt to probe the consciences of the wealthy and privileged. They include The Second Man (1927), Rain from Heaven (1934), No Time for Comedy ... Read more

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John George Diefenbaker
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...his family. It was from this love of books that young John learned of Canadian prime...leader of the Opposition Party. In a stunning upset in the 1957 election, Diefenbaker...New legislation flooded the statute books, helping pensioners and farmers and cutting...of Diefenbaker, although an official ... Read more
Frances FitzGerald
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Frances FitzGerald (born 1940) wrote one of the most influential books on the Vietnam War to appear while the conflict was still in...extraordinary praise. Fire in the Lake was hailed for its "stunning clarity" by one reviewer and as "one of the best descriptions... Read more
Kauffman, Angelica
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...rage in late eighteenth century London. Kauffman enjoyed stunning popularity during her lifetime and was the most sought after...fragments of scrap chalk her father gave her. When given writing books, Kauffman ignored the words she was supposed to copy and...Thirty years later, in 1794, Kauffman painted one of ... Read more
Robert Newton Peck
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...critics: "[This novel] is a stunning little dramatization of the...Among the best known of these books are Soup (1974), Soup and Me...that while the plots of the books have grown increasingly repetitive...and powerful scenes of these books, yet find them marred by what... Read more
Gardner, Ava
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...insignificant to her. Gardner had reportedly read only two books thus far: the Bible and Gone with the Wind. Her scant education...insecurity later in life. Gardner, who by age eighteen had become a stunning, green – eyed brunette, was visiting her sister Beatrice... Read more
Jim Thorpe
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Thorpe kicked four field goals, two over 40 yards, en route to a stunning 18-15 victory. Carlisle lost only two games in 1911 and 1912...medals won at the Olympics and erased his name from the record books. Thorpe's plea to the A.A.U. that "I did not know that I was... Read more
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Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...although rarely performed outside the country, Rusalka is a stunning lyric fantasy, an evocative retelling of the familiar story...x159; á k: his life and times, Speldhurst Eng.: Midas Books, 1980. Clapham, John, Dvo ř á k, New York: Norton... Read more
Thorpe, Jim
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...x2014; two over 40 yards — and the game ended in a stunning 18-15 victory. Carlisle lost only two games in 1911 and 1912...medals won at the Olympics, and erased his name from the record books. Thorpe, a great athlete but not a great baseball player, almost... Read more

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Midnight Express
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Screenplay, and Best Score, 1978. Publications Books: Hayes, Billy and William Hoffer, Midnight...1992/1993. "Parker, Alan," in Current Biography , vol. 55, no. 3, March 1994. * * * British...to Rolling Stone , he "found the same stunning ignorance of international law among college... Read more

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Out of the ordinary: photo books take a luxurious turn from family histories to high fashion.(Trends & Technology)
Magazine article from: PMA Magazine - Connecting the Imaging Communities; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; Photo books are a hot product for professional...for high-end, custom-made books is rising. For instance...Providence-based Heirloom Books and owner Mandy Syers to...thought the book might be a biography, George Champagne Sr. wanted...generations. This is a particularly stunning book because ... Read more
Nancy Tessman: revitalization chief. (People ).(Biography)
Magazine article from: Utah Business; 6/1/2003; ; 535 words ; ...silence. Where five stories of glass illuminate thousands of books, and transparent elevators accent brick, concrete and steel...reinvention of downtown's new main branch. But more than a stunning architectural feat -- a welcome challenge to Salt Lake's sedate... Read more
BOOKSHELF.(books by and about African Americans)(Bibliography)
Magazine article from: Ebony; 1/1/2001; 700+ words ; ...Pulitzer Prize-winning first volume of his biography of William Edward Burghardt DuBois...My Shoulder: An Autobiography (Warner Books, $25.95), by Natalie Cole with Digby...of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Warner Books, $22.95), edited by Clayborne Carson...Your Dreams in 7 Simple Steps (Broadway ... Read more
Big, lovely gift books can be matched to nearly any interest.(Books)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 12/16/2007; 498 words ; ...Register-Guard When it comes to gift books, there is something for everyone...Knopf, 450 pages, $50) is a stunning companion to Burns' recently...boxed, $200). An 800,000-word biography, regarded as the gold standard...third volume of a masterful biography covering the years of the artist... Read more
One-time teacher answers call of the camera.(special report: Timmins)(passion of Graeme Oxby)(Biography)
Magazine article from: Northern Ontario Business; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...corporate mining circuit, he has traveled the globe capturing stunning photos for international mining companies. Although Oxby always...don't think there is any one school, instructor, or set of books that make one a photographer, he says. It has to be a passion... Read more
Triumph of the new.(books, arts & manners)(Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction)(Book review)
Magazine article from: National Review; 7/9/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...pieces about innovation. Several new books are targeted at readers hungry for...Street. There is even a movie: The stunning new film The Call of the Entrepreneur...the subject of an extraordinary new biography. Prophet of Innovation by Thomas K...Skidelsky's magisterial multi-volume biography. ... Read more
Gandhi. (Books).
Magazine article from: New Internationalist; 4/1/2002; 257 words ; ...Peter Ruhe in Gandhi (Phaidon ISBN 0 7148 4103 X), a photo-biography of one of the most extraordinary lives of the 20th century...various times lived. The breadth and range of pictures is quite stunning: from intimate family snaps to mass satyagraha (non-violent... Read more
Books in Brief.("Napoleon")(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: National Review; 6/3/2002; 291 words ; ...Times, narrows his focus in his most recent work, a slender biography of Napoleon. This splendid addition to the Penguin Lives...meteoric rise up the ranks of the French army and through his stunning victories in battle after battle. Johnson offers an impressive...lack of goodness. As Johnson writes in the last ... Read more
Books listings.
Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine); 9/17/2002; ; 451 words ; ...Case of Benjamin Button, Apt. 3W by Gabriel Brownstein. A stunning debut, this short-fiction collection is mainly set in one...23.95) Wild Heart: A Life by Suzanne Rodriguez. A riveting biography of Natalie Clifford Barney, a privileged woman born in 1876... Read more
Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God. (Books: dying for God's sins).
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 1/2/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...MUCH about Jack Miles's new book, a sequel to his 1995 God: A Biography, which not only became a New York Times best seller but also...sacrifice of himself in atonement for his own sins. This is a stunning inversion of conventional Christian thought: Christ dies not... Read more