ti_opinion - Letters: Electoral reform The books' subjects: overwhelmingly war, thrillers, espionage, science, underworld, sci-fi, sports and adventure. The only mention of gender in the children's selection is where one book is described as a "lauded release for boys". ... Your (all male) panel has clearly not sought out the recent pleasures of Janice Galloway's biography This is not about me; nor Haifa Zangana's Iraq memoir Dreaming of Baghdad; or Sara Wheeler's exploration of the Arctic Magnetic North; ... http://opinion.independentminds.livejournal.com/1408753.html
Bear Alley: Paperback Cover Cavalcade He wrote dozens of books on spies and espionage, biographies of Charles Laughton, Danny Kaye and Ernest Hemingway and edited 20 or so anthologies of horror stories. The World's Greatest Spy Stories edited by Kurt Singer (Digit R559, 1962) ... These are the authentic escape-stories of R.A.F. aces of the last war who achieved the seemingly impossible—they got back from behind enemy lines. From Germany, from the desert, from the freezing wastes of the Arctic, they made their ... http://bearalley.blogspot.com/2009/11/paperback-cover-cavalcade_17.html
Andrew Lownie Literary Agency | A Literary Agency Week Submit proposal by a music psychologist to a UK editor, a customised US version of a book to some American editors and a biography proposal to several UK publishers giving them the usual month's deadline though I know in my heart of hearts ... Overnight submissions include: a collection of interviews with famous writers; a romantic thriller set in Ireland in 1920s; a World War Two memoir based on transcribed tapes which I suggest be sent to a specialist military list; ... http://www.andrewlownie.co.uk/2009/11/15/a-literary-agency-week
The Books In Sync Blog: Books In Sync Announces Mystery Thriller ... He died in the Great War. You cannot imagine how happy she felt, my poor, dear, old mother. So she asked me—can you imagine?—to get in contact with a reliable medium—I believe that is what they call such people—and have them try to get in touch ... That is why I decided to contact you for help. The problem is, he or she would have to talk to my mother directly—she will not have it any other way—and tell her the details..." Book Details: Genre: Mystery Thriller/Espionage ... http://booksinsync.blogspot.com/2009/11/books-in-sync-announces-mystery.html
A Pacifist's Love Of War Movies « cinephilia General George Patton was an imposing, brash, egotistical man but a brilliant tactician and the ideal fodder for a movie biography. Francis Coppola and former military man Edmund North wrote a terrific script that perfectly captured ... start of the Second World War to give audiences a glimpse into the heretofore unknown world of the silent service, it stars Cary Grant as the skipper of a sub that has the unenviable task of sneaking into Tokyo Bay on an espionage mission, ... http://argento2665.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/a-pacifists-love-of-war-movies/
Haus Publishing: Mannerheim: President, Soldier, Spy (Published by ... When the Russian Revolution broke out in 1917, he narrowly escaped St Petersburg, then led anti-Bolshevik forces during the civil war in Finland. However, his finest hour arguably came at the age of 73, when he led Finland in the 1940 ' Winter War' ... Jonathan will be speaking at the Finnish Institute at 6pm on Wednesday 18th November 2009 as part of the launch of this biography. If you would like more information about this event or the book itself, please contact Haus ... http://blog.hauspublishing.com/2009/11/mannerheim-president-soldier-spy.html
Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: Four more new books from ... Mixed with interesting details about Japanese history and culture, the biography traces Nagai's spiritual quest as he studied medicine at Nagasaki University, served as a medic with the Japanese army during its occupation of Manchuria, and returned to Nagasaki to dedicate himself to the science of ... It has all the hallmarks of a best-selling fictional thriller: espionage, conspiracy, a struggle against evil powers, undercover work by dark of night... but it's all true. ... http://insightscoop.typepad.com/2004/2009/11/four-more-new-books-from-ignatius-press.html
UT Professor's Book Nominated for Los Angeles Times Book Prize ... KNOXVILLE — UT Associate Professor Ernest Freeberg's book, “Democracy's Prisoner: Eugene V. Debs, the Great War, and the Right to Dissent,” has been nominated for a Los Angeles Times Book Award in the biography category. ... In 1918 Debs was sentenced to 10 years in prison for violating the Espionage Act for questioning America's entry into World War I. Debs served only three years before he was pardoned by President Warren Harding, who yielded to a rising national ... http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2009/03/05/ut-professors-book-nominated-for-los-angeles-times-book-prize/
The Tablet editor who was a spy of genius - Catholic Herald Online Papa Spy is an exciting story with a strong Catholic angle, enjoyably complex because it is set in the world of wartime espionage. Its subject, Tom Burns, was a publisher in the Thirties who signed up early works by Graham Greene and Evelyn ... There is a vivid spy story at the heart of this book and also some rich social history of the changing pre-war alliances within the British Catholic community. Burns acquired the Tablet in 1936 after a long campaign with friends ... http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/reviews/r0000539.shtml
Prague Classifieds - Items For Sale - books Famous novel of cold war espionage. "The best spy story I have ever read." --Graham Green. 50kc . Listfield, Emily Variations in the Night Bantam New Fiction. “From New York City's downtown night spots to Lower East Side lofts, a wry and bittersweet look at ....Autobiography. NY Times Bestseller. Poitier tells of his experiences on stage and screen, and as first black to be awarded the Academy Award, Lilies of the Field, 1963. 100kc. Poynter Is There A Book Inside You? ... http://prague.tv/classifieds/viewpost.php?postid=57098