Saturday, September 14, 2024

Recommended reading - Great Tales of Crime and Detection (1995):


Great Tales of Crime and Detection

Edited by Charles Ardai.

Published by Bbs Pub Corp.
Published in 1995.
Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0883657716
ISBN-13: 978-0883657713

Description:

A collection of mysteries from a host of best-selling mystery writers features tales by Dick Francis, Graham Greene, Lawrence Bloch, Sarah Paretsky, Loren D. Estleman, John Lutz, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, and others.

Contents:

Introduction, by Robert Bloch; Foreword, by John Lutz; Out the window, by Lawrence Block; Major crimes, by Loren D. Estleman; Silent warning, by William J. Carroll, Jr.; The Third Man, by Graham Greene; The Cross of Lorraine, by Isaac Asimov; Nameless Enemy, by Miriam Allen DeFord; Tragedy of a Handkerchief, by Michael Innes; UNC Foils Show Foe, by John Jakes; Dangerows Widows, by Mignon G. Eberhardt; Ride the Lightning, by John Lutz; Till Tuesday, by Jeremiah Healy; The Day of the Losers, by Dick Francis; The Case of the Pietro Andromache, by Sara Paretsky; Susu and the 8:30 Ghost, by Lillian Jackson Braun; The Investigation of Things, by Charles Aardai; The Trailor Murder Mystery, by Abraham Lincoln; The Importance of Trifles, by Avram Davidson; The Double-Barrelled Detective Story, by Mark Twain; The Adventure of the Oval Window, by John H. Ddirckx; Your Appointment is Cancelled, by Antonia Fraser; Le Chateau de L'Arsenic, by Georges Simenon; The Nine Mile Walk, by Harry Kemelman; Crime in Rhyme, by Robert Bloch; The Purloined Letter, by Edgar Allan Poe; The Man with the Twisted Lip, by Arthur Conan Doyle.

Betsy Byars, on writing:


When I type a title page,
I hold it and I look at it and I think,
I just need four thousand sentences to go with this and I’ll have a book.

- Betsy Byars.

Friday, September 13, 2024

On this day in music history - I’ll Meet You In The Morning, by Kristin Asbjørnsen (2013):

The album I’ll Meet You In The Morning,
by Kristin Asbjørnsen,
was released September 13, 2013.

On this day in music history - B.B. King & Friends: 80, by B.B. King (2005):

The album B.B. King & Friends: 80,
by B.B. King,
was released September 13, 2005.

On this day in movie history - Dead Birds (2004):


Dead Birds

directed by Alex Turner,
written by Simon Barrett,
was released at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on September 13, 2004.
Music by Peter C. Lopez.


Cast:

Henry Thomas, Patrick Fugit, Nicki Aycox, Michael Shannon, Muse Watson, Mark Boone Junior, Isaiah Washington, Harris Mann, Melanie Abramoff, Donna Biscoe, Brian Bremer, Russell Durham Comegys, David Dwyer, Michael Faella, Steve Green, Douglas M. Griffin, Drew Hall, Evan Hipps, Sydney Jones, Terry Jones, Danny Kamin, Mikal Kartvedt, Ted Manson, Ken McGhee, Michael Purnell, Sam Rhymes, Bret Roberts, Terrie Thompson, Sam Breslin Wright, Allan B. Holt, Robbie (the dog).

On this day in television history - Everybody Loves Raymond (1996 - 2005):


Everybody Loves Raymond

was released on September 13, 1996,
and ran for nine seasons until May 16, 2005.


Cast:

Ray Romano, Patricia Heaton, Brad Garrett, Doris Roberts, Peter Boyle, Monica Horan, Madylin Sweeten, Sawyer Sweeten, Sullivan Sweeten, Katherine Helmond, Philip Rosenthal, Robert Culp, Chris Elliott, Fred Willard, Kevin James, Fred Stoller, Jon Manfrellotti, Amy Aquino, Andy Kindler, Bob Odenkirk, Tom McGowan, Skyler Gisondo, Charles Durning, Julie Hagerty, Len Lesser, Victor Raider-Wexler, Dave Mallow, Sarah Rush, Alex Meneses, Sherri Shepherd, Tina Arning, Stephanie Courtney, Sam Anderson.

On this day in music history - Mozart Portraits, by Cecilia Bartoli (1994):

The album Mozart Portraits,
by Cecilia Bartoli,
was released September 13, 1994.