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The steep hill along Queen Anne Avenue has grades of up to 19 percent between Mercer and Comstock. [1] [a] The initial cable car service to the top of the hill that was completed in 1891 used a route north via Second Avenue from the existing cable car powerhouse at Denny Way and 2nd, west via Aloha Street to Queen Anne Avenue, then north via Queen Anne to the terminus at Highland Drive. [3]
Edgar Pangborn was born in New York City on February 25, 1909, [1] to Harry Levi Pangborn, an attorney and dictionary editor, and Georgia Wood Pangborn, a noted writer of supernatural fiction.
The book was begun as a collaboration between McCain and Salter regarding foreign policy and national security. [6] Agreement with the publisher was reached in February 2017 but no public announcement was made. [7] The tentative title was It's Always Darkest Before It's Totally Black, one of McCain's trademark sardonicisms. [7]
Sandra Cararo, owner of Staunton's The Book Dragon Shop, first came up with the idea of Queen City Word Fest, a book festival and literary event downtown set for Oct. 19.
One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger is a book by Matthew Yglesias, first published in 2020. One Billion Americans argues that America is not over-crowded and that the USA should aim to increase its population to 1 billion in order counterbalance China and be "the greatest nation on Earth".
Richard Russo is back with the third book in his “Fool” series, and while it feels climactic, the author hasn’t formally said if it officially ends the trilogy he began in 1993 with ...
Jennifer Lauck (born December 15, 1963) is an American fiction and non-fiction author, essayist, speaker and writing instructor. She is the author of four books including the New York Times best seller Blackbird.
The book presents the story through Alice's point of view, and the thoughts of other characters are not stated. Alexis Gordon of the University of Toronto Medical Journal wrote that Still Alice uses a "plain, unornamented, and sometimes even clinical style, which belies the strong emotions the book brings forth."