Arcadia Garden
In northwestern Sydney Warren Naylor and Tim Higgins have created an Italian style garden, complete with buildings inspired by the villas of the great architect Palladio. When they purchased the property eight years ago it was a typical bush ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Michael O. Wise
Michael Wise, who is among the foremost young scholars translating the Scrolls today, has been profiled in Time, The New York Times, and the Chicago Tribune. He is Scholar-in-Residence and Professor of Ancient Languages at Northwestern College, ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
David Ives
was born in Chicago and educated at Northwestern University and Yale School of Drama. A Guggenheim Fellow in playwriting, he is probably best known for his evening of one-act comedies called "All In the Timing". The show won the Outer Critics .. [... more]
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Harold Keith
Harold Keith grew up near the Cherokee country he describes in Rifles for Watie.A native Oklahoman, he was edu-cated at Northwestern State Teachers College at Alva and at the University of Oklahoma. While traveling in eastern Oklahoma doing ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Robert W. Walker
Robert W. Walker, a graduate of Northwestern University, is the author of thirty-six novels, including the acclaimed PSI Blue featuring FBI Psychic Rae Hiyakawa, the Instinct Series with FBI Medical Examiner Dr. Jessica Coran, and the Edge Series ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Janice May Udry
Janice May Udry was born in 1928 in Jacksonville, Illinois and was graduated from Northwestern University in 1950. Her first book, A Tree is Nice, was awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1956 for the illustrations by Marc Simont. [... more]
Harper Collins |
Starling Lawrence
Starling Lawrence is the editor in chief and vice chairman of W.W. Norton & Company. He is the author of the novel Montenegro and the story collection Legacies. He lives in New York City and northwestern Connecticut. [... more]
Harper Collins |
Southern Bottlenose Whale
The Southern Bottlenose Whale was described by William Flower in 1882 from a beach-worn skull found on Lewis Isle in the Dampier Archipelago of north-western Australia. This remains the most northerly record for this species. Most descriptions of ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
Appearance and genetic makeup
Beginners to advanced riders The Appaloosa is known for its distinctive coat of spotted and colour splashed patterns. The word Appaloosa is derived from the word Palouse, the name of a river found in north-western USA. It was in this region that ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Pauline W. Chen
Pauline W. Chen attended Harvard University and the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and completed her surgical training at Yale University, the National Cancer Institute (National Institutes of Health), and UCLA, where she ... [... more]
Random House |
Ellen Shanman
Ellen Shanman is a graduate of Northwestern University. She lives and writes in Brooklyn, New York. In this smart, sexy, wickedly funny new novel, the acclaimed author of In a smart, sexy, wickedly funny new novel, the acclaimed author ... [... more]
Random House |
Icchokas Meras
Icchokas Meras was born in 1934 in Kelme, a town in northwestern Lithuania. His novels, short fiction, essays, and plays have been widely published and translated. Meras has been the recipient of many literary awards including the International ... [... more]
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