Books & Authors - September 2006

It doesn't have anything horribly inappropriate in it, does it? I just started reading it and my sister wants to read it, too.

2006-09-13 05:40:10 · 5 answers · asked by Alicia 2

Its name is W.H.W. Jr and starts as follows:

"Speak to me, friend! Or is the world so wide
That souls may easily forget their speech,
And the strong love that binds us each to each ..."

I've already checked on the web with no positive results. I found a small reference in the following page: http://books.guardian.co.uk/extracts/sto...

The remark published says: "A sonnet Cummings wrote that year, celebrating their friendship, is titled "W.H.W., Jr.," and bears the dedication "In Memory of 'A House of Pomegranates'," a reference to Wilde's prose poem that Thayer had shared with Cummings".

Thanks in advance!

2006-09-13 05:35:45 · 3 answers · asked by Smurfette 3

credentials, vip status at clubs in las vegas,passes to avn etc?

2006-09-13 05:32:40 · 3 answers · asked by Sassy Tease-Sex With Sassy Radio 3

Of Human Bondage .. W.Somerset Maugham
Madame Bovary... Gustave Flaubert
Vanity Fair .. William Makepeace Thackeray
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.. Mark Twain

2006-09-13 04:46:00 · 4 answers · asked by Out Of The Blue 2

2006-09-13 04:12:53 · 6 answers · asked by able a 1

2006-09-13 03:49:35 · 3 answers · asked by Amber J 1

Many of today's best-selling authors use apalling grammar, misuse words, and give innacurate information in their novels. I can only conclude that no one checks their manuscripts for errors.
Whenever I see "NYT Best selling author" on a cover, the first thing I think is "bad grammar".
One very popular and prolific writer recently had a character get on a train going north from London to go to Cornwall! How long would it have taken her to look at a map and find out that Cornwall is south west of London?
I write novels and, even after five or six revisions, I need someone else to go through the manuscript and find things I've overlooked.
Shouldn't the editor at the publishing company do this, or have a copy editor go over the manuscript before sending it to be typeset?

2006-09-13 03:41:17 · 4 answers · asked by The Gadfly 5

Guys, I am a published author and I have recently completed writing my second book which happens to be a touching romantic novel… Love thriving amidst harsh and impossible circumstances.. Story is based on a real life occurrence…. Unlike the first time, I do not wish to get my book published. Instead I want to sell it through the Internet for about $ 5 only and if someone wants to buy it, I can directly email her/ him the file containing my book. This way, instead of paying about $ 15, the buyer has to pay only $ 5 to read my book. Shipping and handling charges will be saved and also the expensive cost of book will be reduced by about 70%. Do you think my book stands a better chance of being read more (by this method)? Do you think this is a good idea?

2006-09-13 02:38:11 · 5 answers · asked by Wiickid 1

2006-09-13 02:26:20 · 19 answers · asked by A M P 1

What certain issues and philosophies did you find interesting?

2006-09-13 02:24:50 · 10 answers · asked by Katrine Nyce 2

I read this somewhere and just wondered if anyone agreed with it?

2006-09-13 01:53:44 · 36 answers · asked by b17_fortress 2

By Vladimir Nabokov

2006-09-13 01:13:50 · 2 answers · asked by airesed 2

2006-09-13 01:13:47 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

The name of the book is "Tell me your dreams", I dont know the author I once read this book in 1997 and I lost it, it was a gift from my father and I love it. Please assist, am in SA.

2006-09-13 01:06:57 · 6 answers · asked by popi 1

anything.....so long as its not too scary..... ;-)

2006-09-13 00:18:19 · 42 answers · asked by fairydust 2

2006-09-13 00:06:32 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-12 23:40:01 · 8 answers · asked by Parisha 2

I have a stack of "not read yet" books, because I buy them as used paperbacks at the local thrift store, for the most part, and I buy what I can get when I am there. Then I find some rising to the top of the stack, and some falling. But whenever there is more than one by the same author, I always try to read them in chronological order by date of publication. Do you have a special protocol for the books you have stashed?

2006-09-12 23:34:55 · 14 answers · asked by auntb93again 7

Thanks!!!

2006-09-12 23:19:39 · 26 answers · asked by Naomi 1

2006-09-12 23:18:20 · 4 answers · asked by indigoangel63 1

While in line at a book store a while ago I read the back cover to this book about a guy who realizes his intelligence has gotten him nowhere in life, and has lead to many of his downfalls. The book is about his quest to become less intelligent. It sounded really interesting, but I can't remember the title! please help me out here, and If you've read it, I'd love to hear what you thought of it. It seemed like it had the potential to be really good or really pretentious and self indulgent.

2006-09-12 23:07:49 · 4 answers · asked by Kenji S 1

2006-09-12 22:43:59 · 1 answers · asked by snuffles_1816 2

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2006-09-12 22:32:30 · 42 answers · asked by lat2477 1

2006-09-12 22:09:28 · 13 answers · asked by Perfectly Flawed 5

I mean like more than fifty years old, those leather-bound kind of hardbacks. Something with a really original, thrilling and chilling story that will keep the hardened Stephen King fan happy. Not Frankenstein or Dracula, they're too well known.

2006-09-12 21:55:23 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-12 20:26:22 · 28 answers · asked by ramniwas k 1

i have a friend who just came from China , he's exchange student , unfortunately he just lost his eye glasses at airport , we're short of money right now , the school just start , he have to pay for bus pass , school supply , house rental, and show many material things and fee.....now he is living with me and he's really need the eye glasses ,he's does't have insurant yet, any one here know where can he get an eye exam or eye glasses for cheap? or how can he get a health plan or insurent ? we are living in Portalnd , Oregon,i am very very appreciate who can help us , any help , any !

2006-09-12 20:08:30 · 4 answers · asked by jayzilla 2

Which one could be considered the most ghastly play produced by Samuel Beckett?

2006-09-12 19:20:42 · 10 answers · asked by The Narrator 1

Anna University in Chennai has introduced blogging as an academic course - a first for any institute in India. What would be the depth and breadth of this subject....

2006-09-12 19:16:41 · 3 answers · asked by seema 2

does anyone know of any forums or websites offering information on antique and rare books? (perhaps like a search engine style website for books, or preferably a forum)

2006-09-12 19:09:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous