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Therapy (Lodge novel)
1995 novel by David Lodge
Therapy is a 1995 British novel by David Lodge. The story concerns a successful sitcom writer, Laurence Passmore, plagued by middle-age neuroses and a failed marriage. His only problem seems to be an "internal derangement of the knee" but a mid-life crisis has struck and he is discovering angst. His familiar doses of cognitive therapy, aromatherapy, and acupuncture all offer no help, and he becomes obsessed with the philosophy of Kierkegaard. Moreover, Tubby, as Passmore is nicknamed, and referred to by several characters in the novel, undertakes a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in order to find his first love. Structure of the novel. The novel is divided into four parts. The first part is written as a journal, the second part is written in dramatic monologues, the third part consists of journal entries and a memoir and the fourth part is a narrative written after the events happened and Tubby has returned to London. In the first part, Tubby starts writing a journal triggered by a description he had to write for his cognitive behavior therapist. Before that Tubby wrote only screenplays but no narrative texts. During the writing Tubby reflects upon his problems and depression. The dramatic monologues seem to present an outward look on Tubby but the reader finds out later that the monologues were written by Tubby himself which ruins the objectivity of this part. The reader cannot step out of Tubby's perspective but reads everything filtered through his eyes.

Question: Who is the author of Therapy?
Answer: David Lodge, David John Lodge
The Best of Friends (play)
The Best of Friends is an epistolary play by Hugh Whitemore about the friendship of George Bernard Shaw, Sydney Cockerell and Dame Laurentia McLachlan, based on the lengthy correspondence that passed between them for over 25 years. It was inspired by "The Nun, the Infidel, and the Superman", a book by Dame Felicitas Corrigan, a Benedictine nun at Stanbrook Abbey in the U.K.
George Bernard Shaw is considered one of the most important English-language playwrights of the 20th century. Sydney Cockerell was the curator of the Fitzwilliam Museum of the University of Cambridge and was well-connected to many intellectuals of his time. Dame Laurentia was a Benedictine nun and Abbess of Stanbrook from 1931 to 1953 and an authority on church music. Originally produced as a stage play it first ran at the Apollo Theatre in London in 1988, with Ray McAnally as Shaw, Sir John Gielgud as Cockerell, and Rosemary Harris as McLachlan. In 1991 it was filmed for television, under the direction of Alvin Rakoff, with Patrick McGoohan as Shaw, Sir John Gielgud, and Dame Wendy Hiller. The play was also recorded as a radio dramatisation by the BBC and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 30 March 1991. Gielgud was joined by Denys Hawthorne as Shaw and Rosemary Harris as McLachlan. The play was performed in New York City in 1993 with Roy Dotrice as Shaw, Michael Allinson and Diana Douglas.

Question: Who is the author of The Best of Friends?
Answer: Hugh Whitemore, Hugh John Whitemore
Way Up High
1992 novel by Roger Zelazny
Way Up High is a children's book by American writer Roger Zelazny. It is one of two stories he wrote for children, the other being "Here There Be Dragons", and one of three books without heroic protagonists. One thousand copies of each of the two books signed by Zelazny were published in 1992 with illustrations by Vaughn Bodē. Zelazny wrote "Here There Be Dragons" and "Way Up High" in 1968-69. He admired the work of underground comics artist Vaughn Bodē and commissioned him to illustrate the two books. The drawings were exhibited at the 1969 World Science Fiction Convention in St. Louis, but before the books could be published Bodē informed Zelazny that although Zelazny owned the pictures he did not have the reproduction rights. Christopher S. Kovacs in his literary biography of Zelazny explains the issue: “Zelazny saw the book as two of his tales illustrated by Bodē, but Bodē viewed it as a showcase of his art illuminated by Zelazny’s text.” The publication of the books foundered when Zelazny and Bodē insisted on equal royalties. Bodē died in 1975 and his estate agreed to the publication of the books with Bodē’s illustrations in 1992. Zelazny dedicated "Way Up High" to his daughter, Shannon, and "Here There Be Dragons" to her best friend Lexie Strumor. Plot synopsis.

Question: Who is the author of Way Up High?
Answer: Roger Zelazny, Roger Joseph Zelazny, Roger Joseph Christopher Zelazny, Harrison Denmark
Salvation (novel)
1999 novel by Steve Lyons
Salvation is a BBC Books original novel written by Steve Lyons and based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It features the First Doctor, Dodo, and Steven. Key points. The novel expands and elaborates on the circumstances under which Dodo first begins to travel with the Doctor. The "gods" of this story are created in the same way as the inhabitants of "The Crooked World", another "Doctor Who" novel by Steve Lyons. Reference is made to a film called "Pray for a Miracle" filmed a couple of years after the events in the novel based on the campaign to defeat the Gods, with the role of the Doctor being played by Peter Cushing. References. &lt;templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" /&gt;

Question: Who is the author of Salvation?
Answer: Steve Lyons
Weekend (novel)
2006 novel by William McIlvanney
Weekend is a novel by the Scottish writer William McIlvanney published in 2006. Critical reception. Writing in the "Guardian" in 2006, Irvine Welsh describes the book as having the "hunger, verve and freshness of a debut novel", and notes that "one of McIlvanney's greatest gifts as a writer has been the unerring humanity he invests in his characters, even at their most desperate". Stuart Kelly in the "Telegraph" highlighted the "terrifically comic moments" and "scenes of utter poignancy in the book" and wrote that "Weekend is Chekhovian in its unspoken moments and hard-won affirmations." In The "Scottish Review of Books" it is noted that in ""Weekend" William McIlvanney offers a masterclass in how to treat our very ancient modern condition: with as much high seriousness and sly wit as it deserves, with compassion for our foolishness and awe at our powers of endurance – simply our getting up every morning to begin again". Carol Birch in the "Independent" writes that "A complex, clever book, Weekend showcases McIlvanney's expertise with one-liners. Easy to admire, though curiously uninvolving, it packs a chilly punch". References. &lt;templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" /&gt;

Question: Who is the author of Weekend?
Answer: William McIlvanney
Images (book)
1994 book by David Lynch
Images, first published in 1994, is a book by David Lynch. The book "in which he chooses representative selections from his various modes of self-expression" may serve as an introduction to his own work. Reception. In her monograph on Lynch's photographic work, Petra Giloy-Hirtz states that "Images" "offers a window into the iconic filmmaker's creative vision." References. &lt;templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" /&gt;

Question: Who is the author of Images?
Answer: David Lynch, David Keith Lynch
Doll (manga)
Japanese manga series by Mitsukazu Mihara
 is a science fiction "josei" (targeted towards women) manga by Mitsukazu Mihara. Appearing as a serial in the Japanese manga magazine "Feel Young" from 1998 to 2002, the thirty-three chapters of "Doll" were collected into six bound volumes by Shodensha and published from August 2000 to August 2002. Taking place in the future, the plot focuses on relationships between people and the eponymous androids; the series has an overarching plot that follows an illegal reprogrammer of Dolls and his revenge against the corporation which creates them. One of the characters, the corporation that manufactures the Dolls, and the concept of the Dolls appeared earlier in Mihara's short manga (1995), later collected in "IC in a Sunflower" (1997). In 2003, Tokyopop licensed the series for an English-language translations in North America and the United Kingdom, publishing the series from August 2004 to October 2005. The series has received several positive reviews from English-language critics, and the first volume placed in ICv2's list of the top 100 best-selling graphic novels for July 2004. In 2011, Tokyopop's North American branch stopped publication and returned its manga licenses. Plot. Set in the future, "Doll" centers around relationships between humans and the eponymous androids—created by Kaoru and Motohiko Kirishima and manufactured by SG Corporation.

Question: Who is the author of Doll?
Answer: Mitsukazu Mihara
The Disk
"The Disk" is a 1975 short story written by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. It appears in the collection "The Book of Sand". Synopsis. The story deals with a woodcutter who lives in the midst of a deep wood in old England and who has never seen the sea. He tells the reader of the time a man appeared at his door and asked for lodging. The woodcutter notes that the man was elderly, as the visitor referred to England as "Saxony" which was not in use at that time. The next day the visitor wishes to leave. Before he does, he claims that he is a King and is descended from Odin. He tells the woodcutter that he is exiled, but that he will always be a king because he holds the Disk of Odin. The visitor claims the Disk of Odin is the sole thing in the world that has but one side. The visitor opens his hand and "shows" the disk. The woodcutter sees only an empty palm but when he touches it he feels a chill in his fingers and sees a flash. He lies that he has a full chest of gold and wants to trade it for the disk, but the visitor declines. When the visitor turns to leave, the woodcutter kills him with an axe and the visitor drops the disk face side down. The woodcutter drags the visitor's body and throws it into the river. He then comes back and searches for the disk, which he never finds.

Question: Who is the author of The Disk?
Answer: Jorge Luis Borges, Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges, Chorche Louis Borches, Jorge Luis Borges Acevedo, Horhe Luis Borhes, J. L. Borges, H. Bustos Domecq, Khorkhe Luyis Borkhes, Borges, Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo
A Planet for the President
Book by Alistair Beaton
A Planet for the President (2004) is a novel by Alistair Beaton. Set in the not-too-distant future, it satirically ponders the question of what action the President of the United States might take if he finally realized that global climate change is converting the earth into an increasingly uninhabitable planet, also for Americans. Eventually persuaded by his aides to "think the unthinkable", the President in the novel, Fletcher J. Fletcher, greenlights drastic measures to stop environmental destruction and to secure for himself a place in history as the saviour of the earth. A biting political satire, "A Planet for the President" is a (deliberately) thinly disguised take on George W. Bush and his administration. Plot summary. The environmental situation. In the face of all sorts of natural disasters of an unprecedented scope, an ever-increasing percentage of the U.S. population demands leadership from their president. So far, however, Fletcher has turned a blind eye to ecological concerns, repeatedly dismissing warnings from scientists and environmentalist groups alike as the rantings of "eco-nuts".

Question: Who is the author of A Planet for the President?
Answer: Alistair Beaton
Windy (The Association song)
"Windy" is a pop song written by Ruthann Friedman and recorded by the Association. The song reached No. 1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in July 1967, becoming the group's second U.S. No. 1 hit following "Cherish" in 1966. "Billboard" ranked the record as the No. 4 song for 1967. The lead vocals were sung primarily by guitarist and new band member Larry Ramos along with vocalist Russ Giguere (both would sing lead together in the band's last Top 40 hit "Time for Livin'"). Ramos, who was of Filipino descent, was a rare Asian-American lead singer to have a number one hit single. Composition. Friedman was introduced to the Association by her friend and Beach Boys lyricist Van Dyke Parks. She wrote "Windy" in waltz time, but the group's producer Bones Howe changed it to the more common to ensure the song's commercial appeal. Friedman had written the song about a man but the Association changed the gender in the lyrics. In an interview with Songfacts, she said:&lt;templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" /&gt;I have heard so many different permutations of what the song was about. Here is the TRUTH. I was sitting on my bed – the apartment on the first floor of David Crosby’s house in Beverly Glenn [sic] – and there was a fellow who came to visit and was sitting there staring at me as if he was going to suck the life out of me.

Question: Who is the author of Windy?
Answer: Ruthann Friedman
The Traveler (novel)
2005 novel by John Twelve Hawks
The Traveler (The Traveller in the UK) is a 2005 novel by American author John Twelve Hawks. A "New York Times" bestselling novel, It was the first in his The Fourth Realm Trilogy. Book two,"The Dark River", was published in July 2007. The final part in the trilogy, "The Golden City", was released September 8, 2009. The trilogy has been translated into 25 languages and has sold more than 1.5 million books. Setting. The book is set in the near future, in a world where power lies in the hands of a secret organisation that calls itself the Brethren; its enemies call it the Tabula. The Tabula is a centuries-old secret society that believes in the importance of control and stability. The Tabula wishes to enforce a Virtual Panopticon: a society where all individuals become so accustomed to being watched and monitored that they act at all times as if they were being observed, and are thus controllable. This Virtual Panopticon is made possible through the use of surveillance cameras, centralized databases, RFID-like tags for each citizen, and assorted spy gear. The Tabula consider Travelers to be a threat to its control. The Travelers are individuals with a special gift which allows them to detach from their bodies and journey through elemental barriers to other realms. Pathfinders are individuals capable of teaching potential Travelers how to break free from their body. Harlequins are specially trained warriors who are committed to protecting Travelers. Travelers, Pathfinders, and Harlequins are hunted by the Tabula.

Question: Who is the author of The Traveler?
Answer: John Twelve Hawks, J12H, JXIIH
Wicked (musical)
2003 musical by Stephen Schwartz
Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is a loose adaptation of the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West", which is in turn based on L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" and its 1939 film adaptation. The musical is told from the perspective of two witches, Elphaba and Galinda, before and after Dorothy's arrival in Oz. The story explores the complex friendship between Elphaba (who becomes the Wicked Witch of the West) and Galinda (who becomes Glinda the Good). Their relationship is tested by their contrasting personalities, conflicting viewpoints, shared love interest, reactions to the corrupt rule of the Wonderful Wizard, and ultimately, Elphaba's tragic fall. Produced by Universal Stage Productions with producers Marc Platt, Jon B. Platt, and David Stone, director Joe Mantello and choreographer Wayne Cilento, the original production of "Wicked" premiered on Broadway at the Gershwin Theatre in October 2003, after completing pre-Broadway tryouts at San Francisco's Curran Theatre in May and June of that year. Its original stars included Idina Menzel as Elphaba, Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda, Norbert Leo Butz as Fiyero, and Joel Grey as the Wizard. The original Broadway production won three Tony Awards and seven Drama Desk Awards, while its original cast album received a Grammy Award.

Question: Who is the author of Wicked?
Answer: Winnie Holzman
The Culture of Collaboration
The Culture of Collaboration is a business book by Evan Rosen. It's the first book in The "Culture of Collaboration" series by Rosen. The second book in the series is "The Bounty Effect: 7 Steps to the Culture of Collaboration". "The Bounty Effect" includes a back-cover endorsement from Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple. "The Culture of Collaboration" is a gold medal winner in the Axiom Business Book Awards. The book explores how collaborative culture is changing business models and the nature of work. The author goes inside highly-collaborative organizations including Boeing, Toyota, the Dow Chemical Company, Procter &amp; Gamble, DreamWorks Animation, Industrial Light &amp; Magic, the Myelin Repair Foundation, and the Mayo Clinic. He explains how their methods can create value in almost any industry. The book also describes the trend towards real-time, spontaneous collaboration and the deserialization of interaction and work. In his preface, Rosen explains that his idea for the book originated when he was invited to the BMW engineering center in Munich during the final design stage for the X5 sports activity vehicle. Among the terms Rosen coins in the book are "mirror zones" and the "ten cultural elements of collaboration."

Question: Who is the author of The Culture of Collaboration?
Answer: Evan Rosen
The Wild (novel)
1991 novel by Whitley Strieber
The Wild is a fantasy novel by American ufologist and horror fiction writer Whitley Strieber that was first published in 1991. It tells the story of Bob Duke, a failed poet-turned-worker at Sculley-era Apple Computer's New York City branch who can barely pay the bills for his wife and 12-year-old son. However, as his grasp on his family's finances slips by the day, he begins to lose his very physical composition, gradually metamorphosing into a wolf. Soon, his wife, son, and therapist all are drawn into his predicament as he seeks to come to terms with what he has metamorphosed 
into without losing his still-human mind, or his very family. External links.

Question: Who is the author of The Wild?
Answer: Whitley Strieber, Louis Whitley Strieber
Question (short story)
 
"Question" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the March 1955 issue of "Computers and Automation" (thought to be the first computer magazine), and was reprinted in the April 30, 1957, issue of "Science World". It is the first of a loosely connected series of stories concerning a fictional supercomputer called Multivac. The story concerns two technicians who are servicing Multivac, and their argument over whether or not the machine is truly intelligent and able to think. Multivac, however, supplies the answer on its own. After the reprint, another author, Robert Sherman Townes, noticed the climax in the last sentence was very similar to one of his own stories, "Problem for Emmy" ("Startling Stories", June 1952), and wrote to Asimov about it. After searching in his library, Asimov did find the original story and, although he did not recall having read it, admitted that the endings were pretty similar. He then replied to Townes, apologizing and promising the story would never again be published, and it never was. Asimov mentioned "Question" in an editorial called "Plagiarism" which appeared in the August 1985 issue of "Asimov's Science Fiction" (although he did not mention Townes' name or the title of either story). "Plagiarism" was reprinted in Asimov's collection "Gold" (1995).

Question: Who is the author of Question?
Answer: Isaac Asimov, Isaak Osimov, Paul French, Asimov, Isaak Ozimov
Old Money (play)
Old Money is a play written by Wendy Wasserstein. The play is "a comedy of manners, one that examines the theme of materialism." Production history. "Old Money" premiered in an Off-Broadway Lincoln Center production at the Mitzi Newhouse Theater on December 7, 2000 and closed on January 21, 2001. Directed by Mark Brokaw, the cast featured John Cullum, Mary Beth Hurt, Mark Harelik, Emily Bergl, and Kathryn Meisle. Choreography was by John Carrafa and original music was by Lewis Flinn. Jane Greenwood won the Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Costume Design. Plot. The play takes place at a party at the private house of Jeffrey Bernstein on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. It time-travels between the present-day party goers and the "Gilded Era" of the early 20th century. Critical response. "New York Times" critic Ben Brantley wrote that the play was " busy, frazzled" and "emphasize[s] theme and situation over character...Every so often an unexpected surge of emotional current electrifies "Old Money," touching on feelings that range from the loneliness that follows the death of a family member to the anger that propels an outsider who wants in. But these eruptions subside all too quickly. What we're left with as we contemplate the lucre-worshipers of today and yesterday is a surface comparison of worlds defined by surfaces." References. &lt;templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" /&gt;

Question: Who is the author of Old Money?
Answer: Wendy Wasserstein
A Darker Domain
2008 psychological thriller novel by Val McDermid
A Darker Domain is a 2008 psychological thriller novel by Scottish crime writer Val McDermid. Reviewers often noted the fast paced style of the novel as it flashes back and forth between two plot lines, a contemporary crime in 2007 and the investigation of a cold case from 1984. The novel is set during the UK miners' strike of 1984–1985 in Fife. Her accounts of the strike are particularly pointed, exploring the effects of the strikes on the emotions of the people involved and their community. McDermid was raised in Fife, and one reviewer credits her accurate review of the strikes to her experiences earlier in her life. The reviews of the book were generally good, many of the reviewers comparing the book to her previous novels. "The New York Times" named the book one of the "Notable Crime Books of 2009." Synopsis. During the infamous UK miners' strike of 1984–1985, a wealthy young heiress and her infant son are kidnapped in Fife, before a botched payoff leaves her dead and the child missing. Twenty-two years later, DI Karen Pirie, an expert on cold cases, interviews a journalist who may have found a clue to the enigma while on vacation in Tuscany. However, she soon becomes preoccupied with another missing persons case from about the same time. Fellow mine workers and even his own wife believed that Mick Prentice notoriously broke ranks and left to join a group of 'scab' strike breakers far south in Nottingham, but recent evidence suggests that his disappearance might not have been as simple as that.

Question: Who is the author of A Darker Domain?
Answer: Val McDermid
Abele (opera)
Play written by Vittorio Alfieri
Abele is an Italian play inspired on the first Bible's chapters by Vittorio Alfieri (1749–1803) which he described as a tramelogedia. It was written in 1786 and first published after Alfieri's death in 1804 in London. The play's characters can be divided in two groups:
The first group includes the firsts earth's residents after the creation (Adam, Eva, Cain and Abel) and the second group represents the spiritual beings (God, Beelzebub, Sin, Envy, Death, Angels and Demons). References. &lt;templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" /&gt;

Question: Who is the author of Abel?
Answer: Vittorio Alfieri, Count Vittorio Alfieri