Author: Wim Tigges
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004484027
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 299

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Author: Roger Lewis
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1466864524
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 378

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Interviewer: "On what occasions do you lie?" Anthony Burgess: "When I write, when I speak, when I sleep." He was the last great modernist. Novelist, composer, librettist, essayist, semanticist, translator, critic, Anthony Burgess's versatility and erudition found expression in more than fifty books and dozens of musical compositions, from operas, choral works and song cycles to symphonies and concertos. Here now is a kaleidoscope of a book--the culmination of twenty years of writing and research--about a man who remains best known for A Clockwork Orange, the source of Stanley Kubrick's ground breaking, mind bending and prescient film. Tracking Burgess from Manchester to Malaya to Malta to Monte Carlo, Roger Lewis assesses Burgess's struggles and uncovers the web of truth and illusion about the writer's famous antic disposition. Burgess, the author argues, was just as much a literary confidence man and prankster as a consummate wordsmith. Outrageously funny, honest and touching, Anthony Burgess explores the divisions that characterize its irascible subject and his darkly comic, bleakly beautiful world of fiction.

Author: Anthony Burgess
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486813460
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129

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Like Lewis Carroll's Alice, Edgar plunges into a wonderland of bizarre adventures among curious creatures. The author of A Clockwork Orange plays with logic and language in this captivating tale for all ages.

Author: Anthony Burgess
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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"A sort of through-the-looking-glass tale in which Edgar vanishes through the inkwell in his school desk, and from learning about the Anglo-Saxon kings of England comes to meet them in person. This is after negotiating such matters as free will, the expanding universe and the theory of relativity ..."--Jacket.

Author: Denyse Waissbluth
Publisher: Greystone Books Ltd
ISBN: 1771646020
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 21

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A celebration of diversity and deliciousness, Teatime Around the World reveals all the wonderful ways we can enjoy a cup of tea—or two! Let’s go on an adventure to discover new cultures and friends through tea! In this fun and lyrical picture book for ages 4-8, kids will learn how tea is enjoyed in Thailand, Japan, Russia, Egypt, Pakistan, Hong Kong, Uruguay, South Sudan, India, and more countries! Did you know that po cha, the traditional tea in Tibet, is thick and salty like soup? Or that in Iran, tea is served with a rock? (A rock candy, that is!) Or that afternoon tea was dreamed up in England by a duchess who complained of being hungry between lunch and dinner? With vivid poetry, vibrant illustrations, and unique facts about different tea cultures, Teatime Around the World tells the delightful story of a beloved beverage.

Author: Braden Richard Braden
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440167478
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 101

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This is not a children's or teenagers' story, but it definitely 'hits home' where adults are concerned. This is fiction but several real people are included in this story. The two main characters have firm convictions about several issues, to include politics, love, war, economics, life styles, and religion. So be ready to either cheer for or against the positions taken in this book. This is a story about two old soldiers in their late fifties, both ex-army men, who have retired from their military services and are soon planning to fully retire from industry so they can enter their 'golden years'. One is an American, Bryan Wetherington, a retired Major from the U. S. Army, and the second is Timothy O'Doul, a citizen of the United Kingdom (UK), a retired Major from the Royal Army. The two men have known each other since the glory days of the 'Gulf War', the battles fought in Iraq in the early 1990s to put down Saddam Hussein. The two men spent most of their military days in armored units, the behemoth 'panzers' of the twentieth and twenty-first century. They became acquainted in Basra, Iraq during the war. After the war ended they went their separate way. Fourteen years passed, and the two men corresponded with each other, first in letters written on lightweight stationery, and now in emails. Then, one day in 2005, Timothy O'Doul sent a special email to Bryan Wetherington, imploring him to come to Scotland and attend a two-man, week long, Persian Gulf War fourteenth year reunion. At first Bryan was hesitant to attend, but his wife, Carlie, read a lot more into Timothy's email, and prevailed upon Bryan to make the trip to the UK. This is the story of that reunion.

Author: Darnell "Saki" Dickerson
Publisher: Darnell "Saki" Dickerson
ISBN: 1300058846
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 15

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Come, have a seat… Meet Ms. May and Ms. Joyce Anderson two loveable, spunky residents of the Crossroads Nursing Home as they sit together for afternoon tea. But keep your wits about you, there’s more to this place than meets the eye. “Tea Time” is a Saki Short Story and to say any more would give too much away, but one thing’s for certain, this is a tea party you will never forget. *Please be advised. Disturbing subject matter. Please keep in mind the genre of the story (Horror/Thriller).

Author: Lorna Ables Reeves
Publisher: 83 Press
ISBN: 9781940772646
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 136

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For tea devotees, there is no better way to mark the holiday season than with festive tea parties. This collection of ten beautiful, yet varied, table settings, accompanied by more than 70 delectable recipes for scones, savories, and sweets, will inspire anyone who is planning a Christmastime celebration. Tea pairings, along with a tea-steeping guide, make it simple to select and perfectly prepare a pot of tea to serve along with the array of tempting treats in this 136-page book.

Author: Ethel S. Tucker
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1467040525
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 261

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In the "Tea Time of Life," author Ethel S. Tucker shares reflections and recipes from nearly a century of life in Crittenden County, Kentucky. As a young girl, Tucker's widowed mother moved her family to Marion so that the children could attend school. As adults, each had loving marriages and successful careers while living through many periods of historical significance, including the Great Depression and the advent of space travel. "Tea Time of Life" chronicles Tucker's life and the recipes she has used to entertain thousands of dinner guests in her Crittenden County homes. Tucker is also the author of "From Pilot Knob to Main Street: A Collection of Recipes from Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow," published in 2005.

Author: Mark Stephen Meadows
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1593763697
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 305

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A journalist’s travelogue of war-torn Sri Lanka “brings refreshing clarity and enlightenment” to our understanding of terrorism (Robert Young Pelton). Armed with a map and a motorcycle, Mark Stephen Meadows ventures to Sri Lanka’s war zone to interview terrorists, generals, and heroin dealers on their own terms. He seeks only to understand the conflict and witness the civil war’s effects on the country. As he travels north through Colombo, Kandy, and the damaged city of Jaffna, Meadows discovers an island of beauty and abundance ground down by three decades of war. He is invited into an ancient culture where he learns to trap an elephant, weave rope from coconut husks, cast out devils, and even have afternoon tea with terrorists. Meadow’s story and take on the war focuses on the interconnectedness of globalization, the media, and modern terrorism in what Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea, calls “an excellent undertaking.”