She is understandably miserable when she rejects Gilbert in Anne of the Island, and later spends a night in agony when she believes he is dying; when Anne’s newborn daughter, Joyce, dies in Anne’s House of Dreams, her pain isn’t made light of (in fact, in the last chapter of Ra...
When Kel finds an artifact from Black London, he becomes the unwitting pawn in someone else’s deadly game. But even more perilous than the puppeteer pulling at Kel’s strings is the Black London artifact itself. Grey London is devoid of magic. It’s dull and weak and boring. It’s ...
Collins's true aims were in terms of Kevin's success as a math student. In the sitcom "Ellen," starring Ellen DeGeneres, Gilborn played Ellen's father, who, when Ellen famously came out as a lesbian, was afraid she would not have a happy life or a family. In "The Brady Bunch ...
Given the step-wise, often collaborative nature of scientific breakthroughs, it’s often hard to predict who might win the ultimate prize in science – a Nobel – and when. But given the unbelievably powerful AI models unleashed on the world last year, you probably wouldn’t ...
Once you’ve chosen the place where you’ll do the writing, it’s vital that you keep it organized. Keeping your writing tools organized and easily accessible helps reduce the inertia you feel when you are starting to write. The easier it is to get started, the more likely you are to ...
Hemarched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.in the 1960s, helped get the late Mayor Harold Washington elected in 1983, wrote books, and counseled many. State Street between 49th and 50th streets carries the honorary name Dr. Timuel Black Street. Dr. Black is also the first recipient of th...
4. “Built for Europeans who cameon the Orient Express:” Queer Desires of Extravagant Strangersin Sinan Ünel’sPera Palas“a fucking palace:” Grand HotelWhen Agatha Christie visited the Pera Palace Hotel in Istanbul in the mid-1930s and allegedly began to write one of her most famous ...
A badass to the very end, Nungesser survived the war only to disappear mysteriously, presumably lost at sea as he attempted to fly from France to America just two weeks before Charles Lindbergh accomplished the feat traveling in the opposite direction. His co-pilot's lack of depth perception...
When the men saw the women move towards the house they drew their revolvers and rushed forward. Sheriff Howard reached the back step at the same time as Bertha. He struck her in the mouth with his pistol butt. Mrs. Lowman picked up an axe and rushed to her daughter’s aid. A deputy...
The mighty Lace or Pike is taken to be the Tyrant, as tile Salmon is the King, of the fresh waters. It’s not to be doubted but that they are bred, some by generation, and some not: as namely, of a weed called Pickerel -weed, unless learned Gesner be much mistaken; for he say...