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Becoming Unbecoming, by English author Una, depicts the effects of misogyny and sexism on twelve-year old Una growing up in northern England in 1977 while the Yorkshire Ripper is on the loose, creating a panic among townspeople. Honor Girl is a graphic memoir written and illustrated by Maggie Thrash. It is the story of Thrash's first crush at ...
That same year Barbara sailed as "cabin-boy" on the lumber schooner Frederick H. from New Haven to Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. Knopf published her narrative—The Voyage of the Norman D.—in 1928. Ford Madox Ford (né Hueffer) (1873–1939) published in 1892 two children's stories, The Brown Owl and The Feather, and a novel, The Shifting of the ...
The most important difference between pyromania and fire-setting is that pyromania is a mental disorder, but fire-setting is simply a behavior and can be more easily fixed. Minor or non-severe fire-setting is defined as "accidental or occasional fire-starting behavior" by unsupervised children. [ 4 ]
Fortunately, our roundup of the best TV shows for nine to 12 year-olds includes a whole host of thoroughly vetted, age-appropriate content that will appeal to a wide range of interests. Read on ...
Pyromania is characterised by a recurrent failure to control strong impulses to set fires, resulting in multiple acts of, or attempts at, setting fire to property or other objects, in the absence of an apparent motive (e.g., monetary gain, revenge, sabotage, political statement, attracting attention or recognition).
Autobiographies adapted for other media (2 C, 1 P) Works based on autobiographies (3 C, 1 P) Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography–winning works (44 P)
The Years Flew Past: 40 Years at the Leading Edge of Aviation: 2001 Robert K. Morgan: The Man Who Flew the Memphis Belle: Memoir of a WWII Bomber Pilot: 2001 Peter Masefield: Flight Path: The Autobiography of Sir Peter Masefield: 2002 Donald L. Mallick: Smell of Kerosene: A Test Pilot's Odyssey: 2003 Bernard F. Fisher
Moab Is My Washpot (published 1997) is Stephen Fry's autobiography, covering the first 20 years of his life. In the book, Fry is candid about his past indiscretions, including stealing, cheating, and lying. The book covers some of the same ground as Fry's first novel, The Liar, published in 1991. In that work, public schoolboy Adrian Healey ...