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The Book of Snobs is a collection of satirical works by William Makepeace Thackeray published in book form in 1848, the same year as his more famous Vanity Fair. The pieces first appeared in fifty-three weekly pieces from February 28, 1846 to February 27, 1847, as "The Snobs of England, by one of themselves", in the satirical magazine Punch .
Donald Bengtsson Hamilton (March 24, 1916 – November 20, 2006) [1] was an American writer of novels, short stories, and non-fiction about the outdoors.His novels consist mostly of paperback originals, principally spy fiction, but also crime fiction and westerns, such as The Big Country.
The book since I read it in black, pouring weather on Tweedside, has always haunted and puzzled me. It is without doubt a real work of imagination, ponderated and achieved. The novel Gilchrist (1994) by Maurice Leitch is a reworking of Confessions in a contemporary Northern Ireland setting, with a central character loosely based on Ian Paisley.
Charles Hamilton Boys' Realm 1910 33 St Dorothy's School Charles Hamilton Boys' Realm 1909-1910 36 Ken King - South Seas Charles Hamilton Modern Boy 1928-1939 208 The Popolaki Patrol - Africa Charles Hamilton Popular 1930 15 Rio Kid - Westerns Ralph Redway Modern Boy, Popular 1928-1938 60 Bunny Hare - Boy Adventurer Charles Hamilton Modern Boy
The Carl Hamilton novels is a book series by Swedish author and journalist Jan Guillou centered on the fictional Swedish spy Carl Gustaf Gilbert Hamilton. The main character is an elite military officer working for the Swedish Security agency and Intelligence agency during the end of the Cold War , residing in Stockholm but active internationally.
Midwood Books was an American publishing house active from 1957 to 1968. Its strategy focused on the male readers' market, competing with other publishers such as Beacon Books. The covers of many Midwood Books featured works by prolific illustrators of the era, including Paul Rader.
Joseph Hamilton Basso (September 5, 1904 – May 13, 1964) [1] was an American novelist and journalist. Born in New Orleans , Louisiana , Basso worked as reporter for several newspapers in New Orleans, wrote 11 novels, primarily about the South , and was an associate editor at The New Yorker for more than 20 years.
Ford, an American, was unable to find a publisher in the US or UK, and the book was barred from being shipped there. 1933: Am Rande der Nacht: Friedo Lampe: Germany [At the Edge of Night] The book was seized by the Nazis, withdrawn from sale, and included on their ‘list of damaging and undesirable writings’. This was due to the homoerotic ...