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Mr. Sunshine (Korean: 미스터 션샤인) is a South Korean television series written by Kim Eun-sook and directed by Lee Eung-bok, starring Lee Byung-hun, Kim Tae-ri, Yoo Yeon-seok, Kim Min-jung, and Byun Yo-han. [4] [5] The series is set in Hanseong (present-day Seoul) in the early 1900s, and focuses on activists fighting for Korea's ...
Mma Ramotswe is now engaged to the mechanic Mr. JLB Matekoni, but he seems reluctant to set a wedding date, which makes her a little unhappy. She takes on an interesting investigation: Mma Holonga, a rich businesswoman who is seeking a husband, asks Mma Ramotswe to check the men on her shortlist of four, to eliminate those who only want her for her money.
The Book of Life is a 2014 fantasy novel by American scholar Deborah Harkness, the third book in the All Souls trilogy.As the sequel to the 2012 bestseller, Shadow of Night, it follows the final steps in the story of Diana Bishop, a historian who comes from a long line of witches, and Matthew Clairmont, a long-lived vampire, as they unlock the secrets of an ancient manuscript.
Mr. Smith, as depicted in a 1912 version of the book. The following characters are interwoven through the set of twelve stories of Sunshine Sketches: Josh Smith, proprietor of Smith's Hotel, one of the leading citizens of the town. Jefferson Thorpe, owner of the barber shop, who engages in mining speculations.
Mr, Mrs and Miss Marrable – a family living in Evergreen Lodge, Clifton, fond of "private theatricals" John Loscombe – Noel Vanstone's lawyer who also advises Mrs Lecount; Mrs Drake – Admiral Bartram's housekeeper at St Crux-in-the-Marsh; Mr Mazey – the "admiral's coxswain"; Admiral Bartram's elderly friend
Title page of Life of Mr Richard Savage. Samuel Johnson's Life of Mr Richard Savage (1744), short title Life of Savage and full title An Account of the Life of Mr Richard Savage, Son of the Earl Rivers, was the first major biography published by Johnson. It was released anonymously in 1744, and detailed the life of Richard Savage, a London poet ...
The singer-songwriter Paul Weller, who was born in 1958, has described the novel as "a book of inspiration". This quote was used on the cover of the 1986 paperback edition. Weller also chose the book when he appeared on the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs. [2] His group The Jam released a single called "Absolute Beginners" in 1981. It ...
Mr Hawley: A foul-mouthed businessman, he is an enemy of Bulstrode. Mr Mawmsey: A grocer; Dr Sprague: A Middlemarch physician; Mr Tyke: A clergyman favoured by Bulstrode; Joshua Rigg Featherstone: Featherstone's illegitimate son, he appears at the reading of Featherstone's will and receives a fortune instead of Fred. He is also the stepson of ...