Gone a Hundred Miles explores exile and isolation in Appalachia
Heather Ross Miller's novel follows Dr. Philip Tscharner a German physician living on Apion Mountain with his French wife Kaethe and their daughter Lieschen. A mountain girl Cassandra becomes his lover amid tensions with his wife and locals Aaron and Hannah Bloodworth. The doctor dies in the forest ending the tale and revealing its themes of loneliness and contact with nature.
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Pouvier
Loire
France
North Carolina
Miles
Heather Ross Miller
Harcourt, Brace & World
Hannah
Dr. Tscharner
Agatha Christie Mousetrap still thrives after sixteen years in London
London’s Ambassadors Theatre keeps The Mousetrap in its 16th year as Agatha Christie’s mystery endures. The play has run about 75 thousand performances, drawn over two million viewers, and earned more than $3 million at the box office. Peter Saunders notes its family appeal and tourist draw, while Christie’s rights sit with her grandson.
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British Theater
Agatha
Decem
Christie
Lewns
Lannanad
Lynn Hginzerling
Associated Press
London
Ambassadors Theater
Miss Christie
the Ambassadors
Agatha Christie
Max Mallowan
Matthew Pritchard
Richard
Attenborough
Sheila Sim
Peter Saunders
John Harwood
Carol Haddon
Monkswell Manor
Maisie Wilmer-Brown
Mr. Paravicini
Paravicini
Saunders
Tower ‘of
Romulus Films
Romulus
Tree Cult Customs in India Symbolic Marriages Before Widower Status
Encyclopaedia Britannica notes that in some parts of India a man may symbolically marry a tree before marrying a widow. This ritual is tied to gaining equal status to widowers, after which the tree is cut down.
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India
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hybrid Tale Of Love by Iris Murdoch
Iris Murdoch explores a sprawling domestic web centered on Octavian Gray and his wife Kate. A lawyer John Du Cane and others drift through a tale of love, intrigue, and sly humor with a satirical twist on conventional romance.
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Iris Murdoch
Viking
Octavian
John Ducane
Gray
Paene
Murdoch
Concerts Bring World Class Artists to Local Colleges
Music critic notes the appeal of college concerts featuring top names like George Shirley and the Zurich Chamber Octet. Bennetts College Greensboro hosts sharp programming alongside Elon Guilford and community colleges. Greensboro Symphony with Walter Carringer and Fredrick Bergstone set for Jan 30, High Point Community Concert Assn. showcases Vienna Academy Chorus on Feb 14.
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Z. Melnikov
Bennett College
Greensboro
Zurich Chamber
Omeres Vallege Music Ent
George Shirley
Shirley
Temple University
Elon College
Guilford College
Tricity
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra
Walter Carringer
Fredrick Bergstone
Sheldon Morgenstern
High Point Community Concert Assn
Vienna Academy Chorus
Memorial Auditorium
Grant Sought for NC Pilot Police Training Program
Charles E. Clement announced the Governor's Law and Order Committee seeks a $41,800 federal grant to fund a pilot police training program for small North Carolina communities. The state would provide a matching share, Clement said.
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Raleigh
U. S. Office of Law Enforcement Resistance
North Carolina
Charles E. Clement
Governor's Law and Order Committee
Clement
Bookman's Holiday Nonviolent Defense Examined By AFSC
Neal Austin reviews a new book titled In Place of War An Inquiry into Nonviolent National Defense by the American Friends Service Committee. The work argues replacing armed defense with civilian nonviolent action to disrupt invasions detailing risks and flaws in assuming conventional invasion as the premise for national security.
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AFSC
American Friends Service Committee
Grossman Publishers
United States
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Wall Street Journal
Neal Austin
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