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In Steward Sinclair, Part II, Sinclair takes on more cases and
becomes more and more blunt and outspoken about the dysfunctional
society in which he lives to the dismay of his inexperienced
assistant who is meek and mild, an archaeological student in a gap
year who earns pocket money on the side being a drag artist in a
seedy Sailors' Club in London Docklands. One of the cases Sinclair
takes on verges on the Gothic horror story, hopefully acting as a
brain teaser.
Elizabeth Greenwood studied sculpture at St. Martin's School of
Art, and in Florence and Rome. She had a classical education,
preferring Greek to Latin for the richness of its vocabulary and
her sculpture with its reference to Greek mythology reflects this
predilection; she is also a dedicated writer. Apart from poetry,
she enjoys producing emblematic fiction based on Mary Poppins'
philosophical song 'a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go
down', thus fulfilling the writer's task as entertainer cum
moralist, Both creative activities date from early childhood.
Although they were largely ignored, she was fortunate in having
been born into a family where close relatives had universal minds,
uniting a passion for Literature with a keen interest in Politics,
the Cinema and Science, especially Space Science. Officially, she
began her writing career by producing educational scripts for the
BBC World Wide Services which taught her the invaluable benefit of
dedicated researching. In later years, to counteract a tendency to
create works of the imagination, she has applied herself to the
discipline of academic work in the field of biblical studies with
particular regard to the Dead Sea discoveries, now well-documented,
which give insights into the rise of Christianity. Her particular
interest in Sherlock Holmes as an innovative detective relates to
his having been born in America in a play on Broadway where it was
an immediate success, with a famous actor in the lead while Conan
Doyle, the British creator of Sherlock Holmes, was serving with the
Friends' Ambulance Service as a volunteer front-line surgeon during
the Boer war in South Africa.
This evocative and gripping investigative look into romantic
relationships between incarcerated people and their spouses on the
outside "is impossible to put down" (The Globe and Mail, Toronto).
What is it like to fall in love with someone in prison? Over the
course of five years, Elizabeth Greenwood followed the ups and
downs of five couples who met during incarceration. In Love in the
Time of Incarceration, she pulls back the curtain on the lives of
the husbands and wives supporting some of the 2.3 million people in
prisons around the United States. In the vein of Modern Love, this
book shines a light on how these relationships reflect the desire
and delusion we all experience in our romantic pairings. Love in
the Time of Incarceration infiltrates spaces many of us have only
heard whispers of--from conjugal visits to prison weddings to
relationships between the incarcerated themselves. "A tour de force
of empathetic nonfiction storytelling" (Vanessa Grigoriadis, author
of Blurred Lines), Love in the Time of Incarceration changes the
way you look at the American prison system and perhaps
relationships in general. Previously published as Love Lockdown.
"A delightful read for anyone tantalized by the prospect of
disappearing without a trace." --Erik Larson, New York Times
bestselling author of Dead Wake "Delivers all the lo-fi spy
shenanigans and caught-red-handed schadenfreude you're hoping for."
--NPR "A lively romp." --The Boston Globe "Grim fun." --The New
York Times "Brilliant topic, absorbing book." --The Seattle Times
"The most literally escapist summer read you could hope for." --The
Paris ReviewIs it still possible to fake your own death in the
twenty-first century? With six figures of student loan debt,
Elizabeth Greenwood was tempted to find out. So off she sets on a
darkly comic foray into the world of death fraud, where for $30,000
a consultant can make you disappear--but your suspicious insurance
company might hire a private detective to dig up your coffin...only
to find it filled with rocks. Greenwood tracks down a British man
who staged a kayaking accident and then returned to live in his own
house while all his neighbors thought he was dead. She takes a call
from Michael Jackson (no, he's not dead--or so her new
acquaintances would have her believe), stalks message boards for
people contemplating pseudocide, and gathers intel on black market
morgues in the Philippines, where she may or may not obtain some
fraudulent goodies of her own. Along the way, she learns that love
is a much less common motive than money, and that making your death
look like a drowning virtually guarantees that you'll be caught.
(Disappearing while hiking, however, is a way great to go.) Playing
Dead is a charmingly bizarre investigation in the vein of Jon
Ronson and Mary Roach into our all-too-human desire to escape from
the lives we lead, and the men and women desperate enough to give
up their lives--and their families--to start again.
Elizabeth Greenwood studied sculpture at St. Martin's School of
Art, and in Florence and Rome. She had a classical education,
preferring Greek to Latin for the richness of its vocabulary and
her sculpture with its reference to Greek mythology reflects this
predilection; she is also a dedicated writer. Apart from poetry,
she enjoys producing emblematic fiction based on Mary Poppins'
philosophical song 'a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go
down', thus fulfilling the writer's task as entertainer cum
moralist, Both creative activities date from early childhood.
Although they were largely ignored, she was fortunate in having
been born into a family where close relatives had universal minds,
uniting a passion for Literature with a keen interest in Politics,
the Cinema and Science, especially Space Science. Officially, she
began her writing career by producing educational scripts for the
BBC World Wide Services which taught her the invaluable benefit of
dedicated researching. In later years, to counteract a tendency to
create works of the imagination, she has applied herself to the
discipline of academic work in the field of biblical studies with
particular regard to the Dead Sea discoveries, now well-documented,
which give insights into the rise of Christianity. Her particular
interest in Sherlock Holmes as an innovative detective relates to
his having been born in America in a play on Broadway where it was
an immediate success, with a famous actor in the lead while Conan
Doyle, the British creator of Sherlock Holmes, was serving with the
Friends' Ambulance Service as a volunteer front-line surgeon during
the Boer war in South Africa.
Elizabeth Greenwood studied sculpture at St. Martin's School of
Art, and in Florence and Rome. She had a classical education,
preferring Greek to Latin for the richness of its vocabulary and
her sculpture with its reference to Greek mythology reflects this
predilection; she is also a dedicated writer. Apart from poetry,
she enjoys producing emblematic fiction based on Mary Poppins'
philosophical song 'a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go
down', thus fulfilling the writer's task as entertainer cum
moralist, Both creative activities date from early childhood.
Although they were largely ignored, she was fortunate in having
been born into a family where close relatives had universal minds,
uniting a passion for Literature with a keen interest in Politics,
the Cinema and Science, especially Space Science. Officially, she
began her writing career by producing educational scripts for the
BBC World Wide Services which taught her the invaluable benefit of
dedicated researching. In later years, to counteract a tendency to
create works of the imagination, she has applied herself to the
discipline of academic work in the field of biblical studies with
particular regard to the Dead Sea discoveries, now well-documented,
which give insights into the rise of Christianity. Her particular
interest in Sherlock Holmes as an innovative detective relates to
his having been born in America in a play on Broadway where it was
an immediate success, with a famous actor in the lead while Conan
Doyle, the British creator of Sherlock Holmes, was serving with the
Friends' Ambulance Service as a volunteer front-line surgeon during
the Boer war in South Africa.
In Steward Sinclair, Part II, Sinclair takes on more cases and
becomes more and more blunt and outspoken about the dysfunctional
society in which he lives to the dismay of his inexperienced
assistant who is meek and mild, an archaeological student in a gap
year who earns pocket money on the side being a drag artist in a
seedy Sailors' Club in London Docklands. One of the cases Sinclair
takes on verges on the Gothic horror story, hopefully acting as a
brain teaser.
The book is about the cases that the detective takes on and has to
solve. There are several different cases in the book. All more
exciting one than the other.
All the short stories in SOPHIE'S FRIENDS are based on Mary
Poppins' philosophical song 'A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine
go down', Elizabeth Greenwood's main purpose being to entertain the
writer while describing the various situations which her characters
encounter at home and abroad either realistically or figuratively,
thus Sophie portrays classical philosophy which needs to be
redefined in the Space age.
In Steward Sinclair, Part II, Sinclair takes on more cases and
becomes more and more blunt and outspoken about the dysfunctional
society in which he lives to the dismay of his inexperienced
assistant who is meek and mild, an archaeological student in a gap
year who earns pocket money on the side being a drag artist in a
seedy Sailors' Club in London Docklands. One of the cases Sinclair
takes on verges on the Gothic horror story, hopefully acting as a
brain teaser.
Elizabeth Greenwood studied Sculpture at St. Martin's School of
Art, and in Florence and Rome. She had a classical education,
preferring Greek to Latin for the richness of its vocabulary and
her sculpture with its references to Greek mythology reflects this
predilection. She also writes Poetry. Apart from poetry, she enjoys
producing emblematic fiction based on Mary Poppins' philosophical
song "a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down," thus
fulfilling the writer's task as an entertainer cum moralist. Both
the poetical and the modelling activities date from early
childhood. Although these were largely ignored, she was fortunate
in having been born into a family where close relatives had
universal minds, uniting a passion for literature with a keen
interest in Science (of Space especially), Politics and the Cinema.
In latter years, to counteract the tendency to create works of the
imagination, she has applied herself to the discipline of academic
works in the field of Religion, i.e. the Bible, with particular
regard to the Dead Sea discoveries, no well-documented. A
successful breeder and trainer of horses, she has campaigned
ceaselessly for higher education in Equine Studies, on the lines
devised in America where Hippology has been elevated to university
status, thus producing educated riders and saving the horse a lot
of unnecessary suffering, She considers horses to be regulators and
keepers of conscience, teaching stoical wisdom in the exercise of
man's power over life and death.
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