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Patrick Skene Catling (born 14 February 1925) [1] is a British journalist, author and book reviewer, best known for writing The Chocolate Touch in 1952. [2] He has written 12 novels, 3 works of nonfiction and 9 books for children.
Years ago, when novelist Don Winslow first read Aeschylus, he recognized that the Greek father of literary tragedies had explored every major theme found in modern crime fiction, from murder ...
The Touch is a historical novel by Colleen McCullough published in 2003. It is about the life of a Scotswoman, Elizabeth Drummond, who travels from her home in Kinross, Scotland to New South Wales in order to marry her wealthy cousin, Alexander Kinross. The story takes place over the latter half of the 19th century.
A Touch of Sin (Chinese: 天注定; lit. 'Destiny') is a 2013 Chinese anthology thriller film written and directed by Jia Zhangke and starring Jiang Wu , Wang Baoqiang , Luo Lanshan, and Zhao Tao , Jia's wife and longtime collaborator.
Children of Ruin is a 2019 science fiction novel by British author Adrian Tchaikovsky, the second in his Children of Time series. The novel was well received, winning the 2019 BSFA Award for Best Novel. [1] The book was followed by the third book in the series, Children of Memory, in 2022.
McCourt described the book as "a memoir, not an exact history", and admitted to fabricating the story about Willie Harrold's sisters. [17] Similarly, Alan Parker , who directed the film version, said that Angela's Ashes "was a work of art which met Gore Vidal 's definition of autobiography, being an 'impression' of a life, rather than a memoir."
Bones recovered from the 1545 Mary Rose shipwreck reveal new insights about life for the crew in Tudor England as well as shed light on how work changes our bones.
The Runes of the Earth is a fantasy novel by American writer Stephen R. Donaldson, the first book of The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series. It was first published in 2004. It was first published in 2004.