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A reviewer in The Telegraph (UK), noted: "This unsettling small-town noir draws us deep into the dark heart of Ireland, where corruption, desperation, and crime run rife. A gritty look at trust and betrayal where the written law isn't the only one, The Ruin asks who will protect you when the authorities can't-or won't."
Roman pool (with associated modern superstructure) at Bath, England.The pool and Roman ruins may be the subject of the poem. "The Ruin of the Empire", or simply "The Ruin", is an elegy in Old English, written by an unknown author probably in the 8th or 9th century, and published in the 10th century in the Exeter Book, a large collection of poems and riddles. [1]
The story begins with the narrator explaining his current social situation: he has to deal with the public scrutiny he has received from many of his peers. He is removed from Oakland High and placed into OMLC, a school which Telephone Man describes as a place for "kids who are 'eccentric' along with kids who should be in prison". [ 3 ]
Free Love and Other Stories is a short story collection by Scottish Booker-shortlisted author Ali Smith, first published in 1995 by Virago Press. It was her first published book and won the Saltire First Book of the Year award. [1] and a Scottish Arts Council award [2] It contains twelve short stories. "A Sweetly memorable collection" - The ...
Browning's poem inspired or gave its title to many subsequent works, including a painting by Edward Burne-Jones, Warwick Deeping's second novel, a 1953 novel by Evelyn Waugh, a 1975 TV-movie with Katharine Hepburn and Laurence Olivier, an episode of the American TV series Mad Men, and an album and song by the band 10,000 Maniacs.
The book is loosely based on Shute's own experience at Howden in Yorkshire as Calculator of the R100 project [2] and his experience as a director of Airspeed Ltd. [3]In 1935, Airspeed signed a manufacturing licensing agreement with Fokker and considered making the Fokker D.XVII fighter for Greece, who wanted to buy from Britain for currency reasons.
“The New York Times story made it less likely than ever that legitimate, knowledgeable, passionate physicians get involved with treating addiction with buprenorphine or anything. And that is a tragedy of the story,” Newman said. Overdosing on bupe is “almost impossible,” according to Dr. Seppala of Hazelden.
The Day of the Triffids is a 1951 post-apocalyptic novel by the English science fiction author John Wyndham. After most people in the world are blinded by an apparent meteor shower , an aggressive species of plant starts killing people.