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—Yvonne De Carlo, Yvonne: An Autobiography De Carlo (left) and her mother at the Florentine Gardens, c. 1941 De Carlo was born Margaret Yvonne Kao Middleton on September 1, 1922, at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Her nickname was "Peggy" because she was named after the silent film star Baby Peggy. Her mother, Marie De Carlo, was born in France to a Sicilian ...
Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by American poet Walt Whitman. Though it was first published in 1855, Whitman spent most of his professional life writing, rewriting, and expanding Leaves of Grass[ 1] until his death in 1892. Six or nine individual editions of Leaves of Grass were produced, depending on how they are distinguished. [ 2]
For Your Eyes Only is a collection of short stories by the British author Ian Fleming, featuring the fictional British Secret Service agent Commander James Bond, the eighth book to feature the character. It was first published by Jonathan Cape on 11 April 1960. It marked a change of format for Fleming, who had previously written James Bond ...
A line from 52 from Song of Myself is featured in the film Dead Poets Society directed by Peter Weir. The line refers to the sounding of the 'barbaric yawp', which often illustrates the urgency of the films protagonists and was read out to them by their English teacher John Keating, played by Robin Williams . The poem figures in the plot of the ...
Six Significant Landscapes. " Six Significant Landscapes " is a poem from Wallace Stevens 's first book of poetry, Harmonium. It was first published in 1916, so it is in the public domain. [1] Six Significant Landscapes. I. An old man sits. In the shadow of a pine tree. In China.
Famous fans, colleagues and family pay tribute to actor Donald Sutherland, the star of “M.A.S.H.” “Klute” and “The Hunger Games” who died Thursday at age 88. Donald Sutherland brought ...
Twitter user Ronnie Joyce came across the poem above on the wall of a bar in London, England. While at first the text seems dreary and depressing, the poem actually has a really beautiful message.
The Eye of the Earth is a collection of poems by Niyi Osundare, published in 1986 by Heinemann Educational Books. The work was awarded the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the African poetry book category, and the Association of Nigerian Authors' Poetry Prize in its year of publication. The collection comprises nineteen poems that explore nature ...