During a summer internship as an obituary writer for her local northern New Jersey newspaper, 16-year-old Samantha D'Angelo makes some momentous realizations about politics, ethics, her family, romance and most importantly—herself.
Closing words of the will of the English composer Henry Purcell ( d . 1695 ) It is my intention to make no provision herein for my son Christopher or my daughter Christina for reasons which are well known to them .
Famous Last Words is part-thriller, part-horror story; it is also a meditation on history and the human soul and it is Findley's fine achievement that he has combined these elements into a web that constantly surprises and astounds the ...
Famous Last Words traces a broad historical transition- from the 1840s to the 1980s- from the more rigid dichotomy of the Victorian novel, in which good women must marry and fallen women die, to the more open alternatives of twentieth ...
Who said 'I should have drunk more champagne'? Did Nelson really utter 'Kiss me Hardy' from his deathbed? Which statesman was, at the end, 'bored with it all'? Which king begged, 'Let not poor Nelly starve .
This dissertation consists of a book-length collection of poems entitled Famous Last Words and a critical essay examining the development of an "American voice" in 20th century poetry, particularly the...
What were the final thoughts of great thinkers like Charles Darwin and Marie Curie? Or baseball legends like Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle? Joseph Hayden reveals all these stories and much more in a book that you’ll wish would never end.
“The deathwatch over American English has begun again,” writes Harvey A. Daniels who, basing his arguments on data from professional linguists and language historians, proves that there is no reason...
A compilation of deathbed utterances by famous people through the ages, including kings, queens, doctors, philosophers, pop singers and writers.
This tiny book collects the best final quips, dying words, and exit lines from Shakespeare’s spectacular oeuvre.
Across the county of Yorkshire, the notorious murderer known as The Crossbones Killer has become the most feared man in the country.