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George Ronald Rougier. . . ( m. 1925) . Georgette Heyer ( / ˈheɪ.ər /; 16 August 1902 – 4 July 1974) was an English novelist and short-story writer, in both the Regency romance and detective fiction genres. Her writing career began in 1921, when she turned a story conceived for her ailing younger brother into the novel The Black Moth.
A best-selling author, Heyer's writing career saw her produce works from a variety of genres; in total she published 32 novels in the romance genre, 6 historical novels, 4 contemporary novels, and 12 in the detective fiction genre. [ 1][ 2] Born in Wimbledon, London, the nineteen-year-old Heyer published her first novel, The Black Moth, in 1921 ...
Map based on last Senate election in each state as of 2024. Starting with the 2000 United States presidential election, the terms "red state" and "blue state" have referred to US states whose voters vote predominantly for one party—the Republican Party in red states and the Democratic Party in blue states—in presidential and other statewide elections.
0-7434-3167-7. Followed by. A Murder of Quality. Call for the Dead is John le Carré 's first novel, published in 1961. It introduces George Smiley, the most famous of le Carré's recurring characters, in a story about East German spies inside Great Britain. [ 1] It also introduces a fictional version of British Intelligence, called "the Circus ...
Artists' books are books or book-like objects over the final appearance of which an artist has had a high degree of control; where the book is intended as a work of art in itself. — Stephen Bury [3] Artists' books are made for a variety of reasons. An artist book is generally interactive, portable, movable and easily shared.
Movement. Concrete art, Op Art, Fluxus, Maximalism. Dieter Roth (April 21, 1930 – June 5, 1998) was a Swiss artist who gained recognition for his diverse body of work, which included artist's books, editioned prints, sculpture, and creations from found materials, including rotting food stuffs. [ 1] He was also known as Dieter Rot and Diter Rot .
Preceded by. Animal Farm. Nineteen Eighty-Four (also published as 1984) is a dystopian novel and cautionary tale by English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, it centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and ...
978-1338843415. Melissa, previously published as George until April 2022, is a children's novel about a young transgender girl written by American author Alex Gino. [ 1][ 2] The novel tells the story of Melissa, a fourth-grade girl who is struggling to be herself to the rest of the world. The rest of the world sees Melissa as George, a boy. [ 3]