...of this fiendishly difficult problem. GRAHAM ROBB I finally caught up with The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek ( Allen Lane ), in which the congenially authoritative Barry Cunliffe explains how a fourth-century bc...

In this article: Roberto Bolano, William Golding, Samuel Beckett, and John Updike

...the two films being screened in the restaurant, which can seat 40 diners. Whisky Galore , a 1949 Ealing comedy, followed author Compton Mackenzie's book of the same name. The book and film were inspired by the grounding of the ship SS...

In this article: Pizza, Whisky Galore, Rockets Galore, The Maggie, Whisky Galore, Compton Mackenzie, Lucky Number Slevin, Eriskay, and Hebridean

...where she will have sex scenes with Chris Masterson , who is the brother of her real-life husband Danny , who is also in the movie. OK, Mackenzie 's bombshell obviously makes this a lot worse, but I'd venture to say it was kind of icky before...

In this article: Carrie Prejean, Cindy Crawford, Kellan Lutz, Heather Locklear, J.Lo, Meanie, Jenny from the Block, and Compton Mackenzie

...site. To read this article in full you must be registered with the site. A PAIR of "magnificent" paintings once owned by Sir Compton Mackenzie are to fetch thousands of pounds at auction next month. Sir Compton , who died aged 89 in...

In this article: Compton Mackenzie, Anne Redpath, Scottish National Party, William McTaggart, Whisky Galore, Monarch of the Glen, and Edinburgh

...his letter of the 1920s and Christie sent a reply in which she acknowledged the part he played in the conception of the book. 1928, William Collins and Sons (Cheap Edition), February 1928 (One shilling) 1932, William Collins and Sons,...

In this article: Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Alibi, and William Collins

...of oil paintings of Christie and her family from the late 19th and early 20th century which do not appear in later editions. 1977, William Collins and Sons ( London ), November 1977, Hardcover, 544 pp ISBN 0002160129 1977, Dodd, Mead and...

In this article: Agatha Christie, William Collins, Hubert Gregg, Max Mallowan, Dodd, Mead and Company, and Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

...issue them monthly under the title Bradshaw 's Monthly Railway Guide. Many railway companies were unhappy with Bradshaw 's timetable, but Bradshaw was able to circumvent this by becoming a railway shareholder and by putting his case at company...

In this article: George Bradshaw, Network Rail, Revenue, Quaker, National Rail, Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie, and Riddle of the Sands

Cowboy is a 1958 western film starring Glenn Ford and Jack Lemmon. This film is an adaptation of the Frank Harris semi-autobiographical novel My Reminiscences as a Cowboy. Lemmon 's character is supposedly based on Harris. It was never...

In this article: Frank Harris, Cowboy, Cattle, Jack Lemmon, Glenn Ford, DVD, and Directors Guild of America

...mainly for his multiple-volume memoir My Life and Loves, which was banned in countries around the world for its sexual explicitness. Frank Harris was born James Thomas Harris in Galway, Ireland , February 14, 1856 of Welsh parents. At the...

In this article: Frank Harris, Oscar Wilde, Ruabon Grammar School, New York, H. G. Wells, Wales, Pearson's Magazine, Edited, and World War I

...familiar spirit or licensed jester, without which no Parliament was complete." The journalist and writer Frank Harris said of him that, " He met everyone, and knew no-one." " Shackleton 's naming an antarctic mountain after Sir Henry Lucy...

In this article: Henry Lucy, Punch, Internet Archive, Herbert Spencer, Liverpool, House of Commons, and Frank Harris

...the footsteps of his father Mads Wiel Nygaard and grandfather William Martin Nygaard who was leading the company in earlier years. William Nygaard was chairman of the Norwegian Publishers Association (Den norske Forleggerforening in...

In this article: William Martin Nygaard, Aschehoug, Islam, Qur'an, International PEN, Ayatollah Khomeini, The Satanic Verses, and Salman Rushdie

Tonson was the name of a family of London booksellers and publishers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Richard and Jacob Tonson (c. 1656-1736), sons of a London barber-surgeon, started in 1676 and 1677 independently as booksellers and...

In this article: Jacob Tonson, John Dryden, London, Virgil, Troilus and Cressida, and Alexander Pope

HarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins , Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row , an American company. The worldwide CEO of HarperCollins is Brian...

In this article: HarperCollins, William Collins, Ursula Nordstrom, Avon Books, News Corporation, Paul Fleischman, Glasgow, and Ramona Quimby

...which the copyright is well known and that are carefully managed by publishers. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has 6,000 books in print, David R. Godine , Publisher, has 700 books in print, The MIT Press has 3,500 titles in print, all under...

In this article: Google, John Kenneth Galbraith, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, MIT Press, Google Books, David R. Godine, Great Crash 1929, and Boston

...of the work by Elstad opened in the old schoolhouse at Otnesbukta; Anne Karin Elstad was present to cut the ribbon for the opening event. William Nygaard , Tom Kristensen and Mia Bull-Gundersen from Aschehoug forlag were also present during the...

In this article: Stroke, Aschehoug, and William Nygaard

...the younger (1682-1735) was his business partner. The business was continued by the younger Tonson 's son Jacob Tonson (1714-1767). of Jacob Tonson , chirurgeon and citizen of to have been related to Major Richard Tonson , who obtained a...

In this article: Jacob Tonson, Business partner, Statute of Anne, John Milton, John Dryden, and William Shakespeare

John Scott (1783 - 27 February, 1821), editor and publisher. He edited several liberal newspapers: the Statesman, which Leigh Hunt had recently founded; the Stamford News, published by John Drakard; Drakard 's Paper (a London edition of...

In this article: John Scott, John Gibson Lockhart, Leigh Hunt, London, Blackwood's Magazine, Aberdeen Grammar School, London Magazine, and John Clare

Jan Otto (November 8 1841, Pribyslav - May 29 1916, Prague ) was a Czech publisher and bookseller. He is most known for Otto 's encyclopedia, the largest encyclopedia published in the Czech language. Otto was the son of a country doctor. In...

In this article: Jan Otto, Prague, Svetozor, and Pribyslav