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In 1916–1917 Maugham and his secretary-companion Gerald Haxton travelled in the Pacific, and the stories in this collection are among the writings produced as a result. . During the voyage, the ship had to pause at Pago-Pago for a quarantine inspection, and some fellow-passengers who lodged on the island became models for Maugham's story "Rain"; he also met there a young American sailor who ...
The Mackintosh raincoat (abbreviated as mac) is a form of waterproof raincoat, first sold in 1824, made of rubberised fabric. [ 2 ] The Mackintosh is named after its Scottish inventor Charles Macintosh , although many writers added a letter k .
The Reader's Digest Select Editions [1] are a series of hardcover fiction anthology books, published bi-monthly and available by subscription, from Reader's Digest.Each volume consists of four or five current bestselling novels selected by Digest editors and abridged (or "condensed") to shorter form to accommodate the anthology format.
Story US Edition UK Edition "In a Season of Calm Weather" (filmed as The Picasso Summer, 1969) 1: 4 "The Dragon" 2: 9 "A Medicine for Melancholy" 3 "The End of the Beginning" 4: 18 "The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit" 5: 15 "Fever Dream" 6: 2 "The Marriage Mender" 7: 12 "The Town Where No One Got Off" 8: 7 "A Scent of Sarsaparilla" 9: 5 "Icarus ...
A couple chose to have "floral grandparents" instead of having a traditional flower girl at their wedding and a TikTok video of their walk down the aisle has quickly gone viral. Faye Plunkett ...
A raincoat is a waterproof or water-resistant garment worn on the upper body to shield the wearer from rain. The term rain jacket is sometimes used to refer to raincoats with long sleeves that are waist-length. A rain jacket may be combined with a pair of rain pants to make a rainsuit. Rain clothing may also be in one piece, like a boilersuit.
Macintosh was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of George Macintosh and Mary Moore, and was first employed as a clerk.Charles devoted his spare time to science, particularly chemistry, and before he was 20 resigned his clerkship to study under Joseph Black at the University of Edinburgh, [2] and to take up the manufacture of chemicals.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration is moving to strip a slimmed-down U.S. Agency for International Development of its independence and put it under State Department control, two ...