Meeting People with Dogs
If you have trouble making friends, our resident scientist, Graeme Quirk, suggests that you get a dog. Recent research at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom showed that dogs can act as powerful social catalysts, making it easier for ... [... more]
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Jill Pitkeathley
Jill Pitkeathley was born on the Channel Islands of the United Kingdom. The former chief executive of the Carers National Association (now Carers UK), she is a Life Peer in the House of Lords and a longtime Austen fan. She lives in London. A: ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
June Skinner Sawyers
Named the top shopping destination in the United Kingdom outside of London, "Glasgow is a must-see destination...a mandatory stop on everyone's European travel itinerary" (The Philadelphia Inquirer) and Edinburgh has long been considered one of [... more]
Random House |
Sir Denis Forman
Sir Denis Forman was for nine years the deputy chairman of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in London. He was a founding member of the Granada television franchise in the United Kingdom and became its chairman and chief executive, ... [... more]
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Christopher Titmuss
CHRISTOPHER TITMUSS is the cofounder of Gaia House, one of the largest and most respected retreat centers in the United Kingdom, and a founding member of the international board of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. He travels all over the world ... [... more]
Random House |
Duncan Sprott
Duncan Sprott is the author of two previous books, The Clopton Hercules and Our Lady of the Potatoes, both historical reconstructions, published in the United Kingdom. He lives in Ireland. From a refreshingly antic new voice in historical ... [... more]
Random House |
Betool Khedairi
Betool Khedairi was born in Baghdad in 1965 to an Iraqi father and a Scottish mother. She received a B.A. in French literature from the University of Mustansirya and then traveled between Iraq, Jordan, and the United Kingdom, working in the food ... [... more]
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David Hodgson
Originally hailing from the United Kingdom, David left his role as a writer of numerous British video game magazines (including Mean Machines, Computer & Video Games, and the Official Nintendo and Sega Saturn magazines) and a bohemian lifestyle ... [... more]
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Louise Kehoe
LOUISE KEHOE is a writer and garden designer who lives in New Hampshire. In This Dark House won the National Jewish Book Award in 1995 and, in the United Kingdom, the Jewish Quarterly?Wingate Prize in 1997. In 1939 the influential architect ... [... more]
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Katharine McMahon
Katharine McMahon is the author of four novels published in the United Kingdom. She has taught in secondary schools, performed in local theater, and worked as a Royal Literary Fund fellow teaching writing skills at the Universities of ... [... more]
Random House |
Rachel Bean
Discover the small island that once "ruled the waves." Visit the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland. Learn about Welsh festivals. Meet Florence Nightingale. National Geographic Countries of the World: United Kingdom Rachel Bean [... more]
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Sidura Ludwig
SIDURA LUDWIG was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and has lived in Toronto, Ottawa, and Birmingham, England. Her short fiction has appeared in several magazines and anthologies in Canada and the United Kingdom, and she is the recipient of ... [... more]
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