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Arts & Literature
Welcome To Arts & Literature where we try to answer questions of a scholarly nature.If you are looking for information about books then head to Books & Authors. The Arts section covers all sorts of topics like theatre, exhibitions, paintings and much more.
For me, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, The Water Babies, Brothers Grimm and Hans Anderson's fairy tales, and one my lovely friend at church gave me and with which I...
There is a book written by Neville Shute about a nan successfully treated in a local hospital who then revives the local shipbuilding industry, it's one I read many years ago and would like to... ...
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I was cleaning out my books and decided to re read the Cat Who series by Lilian Jackson Braun, light reading for those who know how intelligent their fur babies are. The final two in the series... ...
Does anybody know if you can use a National Book Token (the credit card type) on Amazon?
Every year for the last eight or nine years, I have received the new Jack Reacher novel as a present, they come out this time every year. I have just started reading it, and already feel... ...
In the eighties you could buy a paper packet containing dried thin sticks. When put in a saucer of water they opened up and bloomed into flowers. I think they were paper. They were an inexpensive... ...
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It's that time of year when I enjoy a travelogue, written by a witty raconteur who endures hardships and joy along the way. Long distance journey, meeting interesting people and different... ...
Hi there I am just wondering, what is this a form of "This green fruit and my stomach are not friends" Is it a similie or personification? Or something else Many... ...
Thinking of selling some Victorian/Edwardian water colours, and some later Limited Editions. Where is the best place to go, or who to ask for a valuation? Also quite a lot of Victorian and later... ...
In 2015, after Richard Plantagenet ( Richard III )‘s body was found in an unmarked grave, he was given a royal ceremony and reburied. At the service, a poem by Carol Ann Duffy was read by Benedict... ...
If any of you readers out there need a very good read then I would suggest "The Salt Path" by Raynor Winn. A true account of a couple's problems when thay are made homeless. Part is heart rending... ...
Any idea who this person could be? I know he is alive and he is not David Baldacci. Public school education, no idea of age
Hello, My sister and I were born in the mid 1970's. We both remember a book when we were young about two children going to school and it followed them during the day. The only thing I can really... ...
Don't you care for my love? she said bitterly.
I handed her the mirror, and said:
Please address these questions to the proper person!
Please make all requests to head-quarters!
In all matters of... ...
I handed her the mirror, and said:
Please address these questions to the proper person!
Please make all requests to head-quarters!
In all matters of... ...
Many readers can identify a book by its opening line, and Amazon Books have conducted a survey of the most recognisable, with Charles Dickens' 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times'... ...
Not necessarily a detective as the prime character, could be the pathologist, the serial killer or anyone involved in a long running crime series. Must be British, though, and I don't mind if they... ...
How can the combination of imagery, color palette, and typography effectively create an atmosphere of suspense and curiosity in a mystery horror UK book cover design? What design elements can be...
The grey beards wag, the bald heads nod, And gather thick as bees, To talk electrons, gases, God, Old nebulae, new fleas. Each specialist, each dry as dust And professional oaf, Holds up his little...
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