Family of British writers, including DameEdith Sitwell(1887-1964), whose experimental poetry is collected in volumes such asClowns' Houses(1918) andMusic and Ceremonies(1963). Her brother SirOsbert(1892-1969) is known especially for his five-volume autobiography (1944-1950). Their younger brotherS...
Detection of tetrodotoxin from the grey side-gilled sea slug - Pleurobranchaea maculata, and associated dog neurotoxicosis on beaches adjacent to the Haura... Investigations into a series of dog poisonings on beaches in Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, resulted in the identification of ...
When you grow up by the sea (as I did) there is a magic that enters your blood – you can move away to live in a city – but at some point the coast will draw you back. I am still very much at the beginning of this exciting new journey. I hope you like what I have created...
Louisa Connolly-Burnham. Actress: Sister Wives. Louisa Connolly-Burnham is a British actress from Solihull, Birmingham, she is the eldest of three and grew up living in a pub. She was nominated for Best Actress at the Queens World Film Festival for her r
up the waves of this black sea of human figures, the dense mass commenced to undulate to and fro, and a wail of distress arose, growing louder and louder, until it finally broke out into the terrible cry: "The emperor has deserted us! the emperor and the empress have fled from Vienna...
“Never,” she answered, with a despondent but decided air. “Rome took all the vanity out of me, for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live and gave up all my foolish hopes in despair.” Page 1 Page 2 ...
CHAPTER FORTYTHE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW When the first bitterness was over, the family accepted the inevitable, and tried to bear it cheerfully, helping one another by the increased affection which comes to bind households tenderly together in times of trouble. They put away their grief, and each...
The open Polar Sea: a narrative of a voyage of discovery towards the North pole, in the schooner "United States". By Dr. I. I. Hayes. The open polar sea : a narrative of a voyage of discovery towards the North Pole in the Schooner "United States" I.I. Hayes Hurd and Houghton, ...
The Old Man and the Sea is one of the most famous and also my favourite. It came out in 1952. The main character in the book is a fisherman. He is an old man and fishes alone. People think he is a man with bad luck, because he doesn’t get a fish in eighty-four days. ...
“He is rich, a gentleman, and has delightful manners,” began Amy, trying to be quite cool and dignified, but feeling a little ashamed of herself, in spite of the sincerity of her intentions. “I understand. Queens of society can’t get on without money, so you mean to make a good...