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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]
Lisa Genova (born November 22, 1970) is an American neuroscientist [1] and author. She self-published her debut novel, Still Alice (2007), [2] about a Harvard University professor who suffers early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
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".
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."
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.
Still Life is a 2021 novel by Sarah Winman, set in London, England and Florence, Italy. It was a Sunday Times bestseller, BBC "Between the Covers" pick and a BBC Radio 4 "Book at Bedtime" selection. [1] Winman won the £10,000 inaugural InWords Literary Award, given to 'a novel published in English or a writer's body of work'. [1]
Hot Cocoa "Paint colors that exhibit moodiness without being terribly dark will be very present in 2025. Hot Cocoa by Sherwin-Williams is a chocolatey-mauve that provides depth but still reflects ...
The Underground Railroad Records is an 1872 book by William Still, who is known as the Father of the Underground Railroad.It is subtitled A record of facts, authentic narratives, letters, &c., narrating the hardships, hair-breadth escapes and death struggles of the slaves in their efforts for freedom, as related by themselves and others, or witnessed by the author; together with sketches of ...