The Last Word argues that the Hollywood novel opened up space for cultural critique of the film industry at a time when the industry lacked the capacity to critique itself.
Spiritual surgeon, sage, writer, comic.All things considered, it seems the only label that fits author Buckingham is Jamie!"THE LAST WORD" is eight-two chapters of truth that cut incisively into the heart of human life.
Hanif Kureishi has created a tale brimming with youthful exuberance, as hilarious as it is touching, where words have the power to forge a world.
A compilation of one hundred obituaries that have appeared in the "New York Times" in recent years ranges from the inventor of nylon to a man who braved racial hostility to integrate the University of Georgia
A poignant and brilliantly entertaining book, THE LAST WORD is a tale of youthful exuberance, as hilarious as it is moving, and is Kureishi's most important work to date"--
"Mamoon Azam is an eminent Indian-born writer who has made a career in England--but now, in his early seventies, his reputation is fading, his book sales are nonexistent, and his...
I TOUCH YOU BENEATH THE SHEETS I touch you beneath the sheets, and you turn and smile, we linger a moment staring into one another, touching with our hearts. Then with flowing smoothness you reach to hold me in the night air.
The Indy's practice of appending bylines to obituaries was an innovative feature for UK's daily broadsheets at the time, having since become more commonplace. Thereafter, over the next 19 years till 2007, when the Marxist leader ...
Dreams of white satin fingers are lying on the backs of swans, fluid dreams, full of sparks. ... boney fingers over the breech of dreams; being cloudlike, warm and distilled, like everything blanketed by the silk dress of woven masks.
Melchizadek of Salem recognized Abraham's righteousness and blessed him and fed him, Genesis 14:18-20. All who came in contact with Abraham recognized the Grace God bestowed upon him. Whatever God told Abraham to do, he obeyed.
An outrageous, clever and very funny novel of sex, lies, art and what defines a life.
There is a twist in The Last Word series. The general rule when reading a book in series is that you read from the first book through to the last book of the series. This, however, is not the case with The Last Word.
"The first may be last, and the last first." Verse 14, "And death and ... None of the words in the book of The Revelation are idle words. ... The world is presently on the brink of the last days, and God is going to have the Last Word.
Dawood's stories are lit with humor and wit that make the myriad medical challenges seem surmountable. The stories though appearing in the Surgeon's Diary are fresh and authentic.
The Last Word: An Eye-witness Account of the Trial of Jeremy Thorpe
... Film Fame,” Literary Digest, July 3, 1920, 63. 34. Kenneth Taylor, “'No Visitors'; They Mean It,” Los Angeles Times, October 7, 1923, III3. 35. Quoted in Anthony Slide, Hollywood Unknowns (Jackson: University of Mississippi Press, 2012) ...
The Last Word tells the story of a handful of insiders who used fiction as a way to expose the harsh realities behind the silver screen. Unauthorized and unfiltered, these works uncover a new history of Hollywood during the studio era.
Can We Still Trust the Bible to Lead the Church?
... Scoop hadn't even known I was returning there today . " Because trouble follows you . " Time for a topic change . " So , what's up ? " " Pop's - I thought there might be a story there . " " Pop's Place ? You mean that new guy hangout ...
Collection of quotations by great women past and present that includes advice on how to work quotations into speeches.