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In 1916–1917 Maugham and his secretary-companion Gerald Haxton travelled in the Pacific, and the stories in this collection are among the writings produced as a result. . During the voyage, the ship had to pause at Pago-Pago for a quarantine inspection, and some fellow-passengers who lodged on the island became models for Maugham's story "Rain"; he also met there a young American sailor who ...
Suddenly, Ranchipur is ravaged by a two-fold natural disaster: a series of earthquakes that shatter the dam and many buildings, and the ensuing flood, exacerbated by pouring rain, which wipes out buildings and bridges. After the first tremors, Safti runs for the hospital, leaving Edwina in a frenzy, partly caused by the fact that she is sick.
Barbara Kopple American Dream: Won First woman with multiple wins in this category. Shared with Arthur Cohn. Susan Robinson: Building Bombs: Nominated Shared with Mark Mori. Judith Montell Forever Activists: Stories from the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: Nominated 1991: Allie Light: In the Shadow of the Stars: Won Shared with Irving ...
The Mackintosh raincoat (abbreviated as mac) is a form of waterproof raincoat, first sold in 1824, made of rubberised fabric. [ 2 ] The Mackintosh is named after its Scottish inventor Charles Macintosh , although many writers added a letter k .
The Reader's Digest Select Editions [1] are a series of hardcover fiction anthology books, published bi-monthly and available by subscription, from Reader's Digest.Each volume consists of four or five current bestselling novels selected by Digest editors and abridged (or "condensed") to shorter form to accommodate the anthology format.
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Story US Edition UK Edition "In a Season of Calm Weather" (filmed as The Picasso Summer, 1969) 1: 4 "The Dragon" 2: 9 "A Medicine for Melancholy" 3 "The End of the Beginning" 4: 18 "The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit" 5: 15 "Fever Dream" 6: 2 "The Marriage Mender" 7: 12 "The Town Where No One Got Off" 8: 7 "A Scent of Sarsaparilla" 9: 5 "Icarus ...