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Bluffer's Guides
The ''Bluffer's Guides'' are a collection of humorous pocket-sized guidebooks, written by experts and offering readers the opportunity to pass off appropriated knowledge as their own on a variety of subjects. The series has sold five million copies worldwide. History The guides were published between 1965 and 1975 in England, where four million copies of 16 books in the series were purchased. Peter Wolfe, the series' first publisher, sold its publication rights to Anne Taute, a second British publisher. Doug Lincoln, a CliffNotes vice president, discovered the guides while strolling through the Frankfurt Book Fair. He saw a throng of viewers looking at the Bluffer's Guides. Wolfe entered into an agreement with Taute to publish the guides in the United States under the CliffNotes brand. The ''Fort Worth Star-Telegram''s Terry Lee Goodrich wrote that the ''Bluffer's Guides'' have been referred to as the CliffsNotes of life. The books in the series are roughly 60 percent humor and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin American-Statesman
The ''Austin American-Statesman'' is the major daily newspaper for Austin, the capital city of Texas. It is owned by Gannett. The paper prints Associated Press, ''New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'', and ''Los Angeles Times'' international and national news, but has strong Central Texas coverage, especially in political reporting. The ''Statesman'' benefits from the culture and writing heritage of Austin. It extensively covers the music scene, especially the annual South by Southwest Music Festival. The newspaper co-sponsors Austin events such as the Capital 10K, one of the largest 10K runs in the U.S., and the Season for Caring charity campaign. In the Austin market, the ''Statesman'' competes with the ''Austin Chronicle'', an alternative weekly. Circulation In 2009, the ''Austin American-Statesman'' ranked 60th in circulation among daily newspapers, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Figures from Scarborough Research show the ''Statesman'' — in print an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Coleman
Francis Coleman (12 January 192410 April 2008) was a conductor and television producer and director. Early life and education Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Coleman began working in an office at the age of fourteen while studying music at evening classes.Edward Joffe, "Obituary: Francis Coleman", ''Stage Screen and Radio'', July/August 2008 He continued his musical education at McGill University, the Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec and then the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, before conducting under Pierre Monteux.Philip Purser,Obituary: Francis Coleman, ''The Guardian'', 17 June 2008 Career In Canada Coleman conducted a range of ensembles, including the Royal Canadian Air Force band, and was appointed the first musical director of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. This led him to become the editor of ''Dance Magazine''. He also conducted concerts broadcast for CBC Radio, and it was this which attracted him to work on CBFT, the first televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Starling
Boris Starling (born 1969)Sohn, Amy (1999) "GETTING A HANDLE ON HOT 'MESSIAH' SCRIBE", ''New York Post'', 7 September 1999, p. 22, ("at 30 he's already been on endless European best-seller lists") is a British novelist, screenwriter and newspaper columnist. Career Starling has written seven crime novels. His first book, ''Messiah'', was published in 1999. Notable for its fast pace and high levels of gore, ''Messiah'' was a commercial and critical success, reaching both ''The New York Times'' and the official UK bestseller lists. It was subsequently adapted for television by the BBC, with Starling taking a cameo role as a murder victim's corpse.Henry, Andrea (2004) "A STIFF ONE; VODKA by BORIS STARLING", ''Daily Mirror'', 5 March 2004Weinman, Sarah (2007) "DEADLY PHOTO, SLEUTHING FAMILY, LONDON FOG ; CRIME FICTION", ''Baltimore Sun'', 4 March 2007Heffernan, Virginia (2004)TELEVISION REVIEW; A Litany of Murders Most Grisly, Unfolding Most Succinctly, ''New York Times'', 26 July 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been described as a '' sui generis'' political entity (without precedent or comparison) combining the characteristics of both a federation and a confederation. Containing 5.8per cent of the world population in 2020, the EU generated a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of around trillion in 2021, constituting approximately 18per cent of global nominal GDP. Additionally, all EU states but Bulgaria have a very high Human Development Index according to the United Nations Development Programme. Its cornerstone, the Customs Union, paved the way to establishing an internal single market based on standardised legal framework and legislation that applies in all member states in those matters, and only those matters, where the states have agreed to act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Toner (journalist)
Michael Toner (born 1944) is a British journalist. He was political editor, diplomatic correspondent and leader writer at the ''Sunday Express'', chief leader writer on the ''Daily Mail'' until 2006, a political author and novelist.School of the Black & Red, A History of Bedford Modern School, A.G. Underwood (1981) Life and career Toner was born in Bedfordshire in 1944 and educated at Bedford Modern School and the University of Cambridge. He began his career in journalism at the ''Stoke Sentinel'' before moving to the ''Sunday Express'' where, in 1981, he interviewed Margaret Thatcher with fellow ''Express'' journalist Keith Renshaw. He became leader writer of the ''Sunday Express'' where he covered many of the controversial topics of the 1980s and 1990s including articles about the IRA, ''Britain Fumes at US Over I.R.A. Guns'', the miners' strike, the Falklands War, child abuse and the war crime allegations involving Kurt Waldheim. David Alton described Toner's approach to Alton's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas V
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Indiana * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel) 1969 novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Leckie
Peter Ross Leckie (born 6 May 1957) is a Scottish writer of historical novels, best known for his ''Carthage'' trilogy. Biography Leckie attended Drumtochty Castle Preparatory School and Fettes College. He studied classics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he was also President of the Junior Common Room. He met Vera Wülfing, a student of languages from Germany, and they married in 1979. They moved to Scotland in 1981. The couple had four children. In 1995 Leckie married Sophie Drinkall, and they had six children. They divorced in 2019. Works Carthage Trilogy # ''Hannibal'' (also as ''Hannibal: A novel'') # ''Scipio Africanus'' (also as ''Scipio: A novel'') # ''Carthage'' Non-fiction * ''The Bluffer's Guide to The Classics'' * ''Grampian Grampian ( gd, Roinn a' Mhonaidh) was one of nine former local government regions of Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Clayton
Peter James Clayton (25 June 1927 – 10 August 1991) was an English jazz presenter on BBC Radio, jazz critic, and author. From October 1968 until his death in August 1991, Clayton presented jazz recordings, interviews, studio performances, and live performances on BBC Radio 1, 2, and 3, as well as the BBC World Service. He co-authored several books about music and jazz with Peter Gammond and was a frequent contributor to jazz magazines. Early life The son of a railway clerk, Clayton was educated at Aske's School in South London. One day in 1942, "when I should have been doing my homework", he recalled hearing "broadcaster Spike Hughes playing jazz on the wireless and contracted chronic Boogie Woogie, an incurable condition whose twinges flair flair up even now in certain phases of the moon." After leaving school in 1945, he served three years in the RAF, serving mainly in Iraq and Kuwait. After demobilisation in 1948, Clayton was employed for a short while as a catering assist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Launay
André Joseph Launay was a novelist, essayist, humourist and dramatist of French descent who wrote in English under the pen names André Launay, Drew Launay, Andrew Laurance and Drew Lamark. He was the author of family dramas, psychic thrillers, humour and travel books published in the United Kingdom and in the US. Launay lived in Nerja, in the south of Spain until his death; He had three children: record producer Nick Launay, film director Matthew Launay, artist and illustrator Melissa Launay, and four grandchildren; Lee, Lana, Nicolas & Samuel. Fiction *The New Shining White Murder' *A Corpse in Camera' *Death and Still Life' *The Scream' *''The Premonition'' *''The Link'' *''The Unborn'' *''Catacomb'' *''Ouija'' *''The Black Hotel'' *''The Girl with a Peppermint Taste'' *''The Innocence Has Gone, Daddy'' *''The Snake Orchards'' *''The Medusa Horror'' *''The Latchkey Children'' (hard & paperback) *''The Harlequin’s Son'' (hard & paperback) *''Seance'' *She Modelled Her Coffi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haynes Manual
The Haynes Owner's Workshop Manuals (commonly known as Haynes Manuals) are a series of practical manuals from the British publisher Haynes Publishing Group. The series primarily focuses upon the maintenance and repair of automotive vehicles, covering a wide range of makes and models (300 models of car and 130 models of motorcycle); the manuals are aimed mainly at DIY enthusiasts rather than professional garage mechanics, as they lack the depth of coverage on particular vehicles or problems. The series includes a range of 'practical lifestyle' manuals in the same style for a range of topics, including domestic appliances and personal computers, digital photography, model railways, sport, animal care, men, babies, sex, and women. They also now publish the Bluffer's Guides collection. Additionally, Haynes have released manuals based on popular fictional series including '' Star Trek'' and ''Thomas and Friends''. History The Haynes manuals are named after John Harold Haynes (1938& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The English language, the Anglican Church, and Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katie Hopkins
Katie Olivia Hopkins (born 13 February 1975) is an English media personality, columnist, far-right political commentator, and former businesswoman. She was a contestant on the third series of ''The Apprentice'' in 2007; following further appearances in the media, she became a columnist for British national newspapers, including '' The Sun'' (2013–2015) and MailOnline (2015–2017). In 2015, she hosted her own television talk show ''If Katie Hopkins Ruled the World,'' and appeared on the fifteenth series of ''Celebrity Big Brother'', finishing as runner-up. The following year, Hopkins became a presenter for the talk radio station LBC and underwent major brain surgery to treat her epilepsy. In 2021, she joined the UK Independence Party (UKIP). Hopkins' social media presence and outspoken views, especially on UK politics, social class, obesity, migrants and race, have attracted controversy, criticism, media scrutiny, legal issues, protests and petitions. She has been accuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
