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Available from Hachette Books, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc. It Starts With One by Jason Lipshutz is on sale Oct. 1 and available for preorder now, wherever books are sold.
“Downton Abbey” creator and writer Julian Fellowes has paid tribute to the late Maggie Smith, who passed away on Friday at the age of 89. While the most famous collaboration between Smith and ...
Friendships not only make us feel better but also contribute to our overall longevity, which should make them a crucial priority in our lives. Related: According to the 7 Friends Theory, These Are ...
Writing in the New Statesman in 1971, Kingsley Amis identified "loneliness, old age and approaching death" as the main subjects of the book. [1] While their material circumstances are relatively comfortable, the elderly Claremont residents are subject to loneliness and boredom, and depend on family visits to prove to themselves and others that they have not been abandoned by their loved ones.
Texts from Bennett was a Library Journal "pick of the month" for "African American Fiction". Writing for the journal, Rollie Welch notes "The author’s portrayal of poverty, drug use, and the working poor white folks’ struggle to get by has serious street cred." [9] According to Welch, although "lengthy sidebars drag down the story," "it's ...
Malapropism. A malapropism (/ ˈmæləprɒpɪzəm /; also called a malaprop, acyrologia, or Dogberryism) is the incorrect use of a word in place of a word with a similar sound, either unintentionally or for comedic effect, resulting in a nonsensical, often humorous utterance. An example is the statement attributed to baseball player Yogi Berra ...
Doctor Sleep (novel) Doctor Sleep. (novel) Doctor Sleep is a 2013 horror novel by American writer Stephen King and the sequel to his 1977 novel The Shining. The book reached the first position on The New York Times Best Seller list for print, ebook, and hardcover fiction. Doctor Sleep won the 2013 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel.
"The famous book review blurb page-turner is rarely used to describe exhaustive bios, but in this case that description fits like a finely crafted Dents glove made of peccary leather," observed ...