32 Times A Famous Author Made A Cameo In A Movie
One of the coolest Easter Eggs you can find in a movie based on a book is a cameo by the person who wrote the source material ...
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This Author, Famous for His Rags-to-Riches Stories, Forever Shaped How We Talk About the American Dream
The stories took on a new cast during World War I and the Great Depression. Portraits of American authors, including Alger (top right) Public domain via Wikimedia Commons “Alger was at last ...
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Local author’s debut ‘Nordic noir’ novel takes place in Puget Sound
During the COVID lockdown, Lunstrum’s family sailed in South Puget Sound, an area unfamiliar to the author until then. “Suddenly I could think about the island’s history and its hauntedness ...
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Remembering celebrated Canadian thriller author Andrew Pyper
His bestselling novels include Lost Girls and The Killing Circle. Since the news of his passing, Canadian authors and readers alike have shared stories of all the different ways Pyper touched ...
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NASA won't decide on overhaul for Mars Sample Return mission until mid-2026
The agency is considering two possible MSR strategies but won't pick a winner for another 18 months or so. NASA is considering two ways to get its precious Mars samples back to Earth, but the ...
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Detecting affiliation in colaughter across 24 societies
We examined listeners’ judgments of affiliation based on brief, decontextualized instances of colaughter between either established friends or recently acquainted strangers. In a sample of 966 ...