* Niall G. F. Christie: The Presentation of the Franks in Selected Muslim Sources from the Crusades of the 12th Century

They contain stories of the legendary kings of Ireland, for example Cormac mac Airt, Niall of the Nine Hostages, Éogan Mór, Conall Corc, Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin, Diarmait mac Cerbaill, Lugaid mac Con, Conn of the Hundred Battles, Lóegaire mac Néill, Crimthann mac Fidaig, and Brian Bóruma.

Hollins was involved in one of the main stories of the series, which saw Tom kidnapped by crazed Niall Rafferty.

" Just as Christie attempts to make fun of their clothes ( which Romy and Michele designed and sewed ), classmate Lisa Luder ( Elaine Hendrix ), a former member of the A-Group who has since changed her ways and became an associate fashion editor for Vogue, announces her professional opinion that the outfits are actually very well-done.

Jeff Christie had initially worked with several bands including The Outer Limits, who released " Just One More Chance " / " Help Me Please " ( 1967 ) and " Great Train Robbery " / " Sweet Freedom " ( 1968 ), and Acid Gallery, whose single " Dance Around The Maypole " ( 1969 ) was written by Roy Wood.

In six stories, Christie allows the murderer to escape justice ( and in the case of the last three, implicitly almost approves of their crimes ); these are The Witness for the Prosecution, Five Little Pigs, The Man in the Brown Suit, Murder on the Orient Express, Curtain and The Unexpected Guest.

While accompanying Mallowan on countless archaeological trips ( spending up to 3 – 4 months at a time in Syria and Iraq at excavation sites at Ur, Ninevah, Tell Arpachiyah, Chagar Bazar, Tell Brak, and Nimrud ), Christie not only wrote novels and short stories, but also contributed work to the archaeological sites, more specifically to the archaeological restoration and labeling of ancient exhibits which includes tasks such as cleaning and conserving delicate ivory pieces, reconstructing pottery, developing photos from early excavations which later led to taking photographs of the site and its findings, and taking field notes.

Many of Christie ’ s books and short stories both set in the Middle East and back in England have a decidedly otherworldly influence in which religious sects, sacrifices, ceremony, and seances play a part.

A 1945 radio series of at least 13 original half-hour episodes ( none of which apparently adapt any Christie stories ) transferred Poirot from London to New York and starred character actor Harold Huber, perhaps better known for his appearances as a police officer in various Charlie Chan films.

Lots of detective stories were written by G. K. Chesterton, Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers.

In genre fiction Agatha Christie was an important writer of crime novels, short stories and plays, best remembered for her 80 detective novels and her successful West End theatre plays.

* Murder on the Orient Express ( 1934 ) by Agatha Christie is one of the best known stories related to the Orient Express.

In the 1970s, Ronald Neame directed the festive favourite Scrooge ( 1970 ), while adaptations of Agatha Christie stories Murder on the Orient Express ( 1974 ) and Death on the Nile ( 1978 ) were critically acclaimed.

In a short piece in John Bull Magazine in 1956, Christie was quoted as saying, " I never take my stories from real life, but the character of Ariadne Oliver does have a strong dash of myself.

The book introduces the characters of Tommy and Tuppence who feature in three other Christie books and one collection of short stories written throughout her writing career.

Their other appearances were in Partners in Crime, a 1929 collection of short stories ( each reminiscent of another writer's work ); N or M ?, a 1941 espionage novel ; By the Pricking of My Thumbs ( published in 1968 ); and Postern of Fate in 1973, the last novel Christie ever wrote ( although not the last to be published ).

In their early appearances, they are portrayed as typical upper middle class " bright young things " of the 1920s, and the stories and settings have a more pronounced period-specific flavour than the stories featuring the better known Christie characters.

Agatha Christie has been well represented with several seasons ' worth of stories featuring Hercule Poirot starring David Suchet as well as two versions of Miss Marple's mysteries.

The announcement of the publication of these stories in the Blue Book had been made as far back as November 1925 when, at the end of their publication of The Lemesurier Inheritance, the editors announced, " Further stories by Agatha Christie, who is firmly established in the front line of writers of mystery and detective tales, will appear in forthcoming issues of The Blue Book Magazine.

Needing funds, her brother-in-law, Campbell Christie, suggested compiling the Sketch stories into one novel and helped her revise them into a more coherent form for book publication, rather than undergo the strain of composing a completely new novel.

There is also a reference in Death in the Clouds ( 1935 ) by Agatha Christie: " Mr. Clancy, writer of detective stories ... extracted a Continental Bradshaw from his raincoat pocket ... to work out a complicated alibi.

Three stories of the stories in the collection, The Girl in the Train, Jane in Search of a Job and The Manhood of Edward Robinson were adapted for by Thames Television in 1982 as part of their ten-part programme The Agatha Christie Hour, a series of one-off plays from short stories by the writer.

Dirk directed adaptations of several Agatha Christie short stories for Radio Four, and a production of Bill Naughton's Alfie for the BBC World Service.

Foreshadowing This is done most deliberately by Stoppard to further send up the predictable nature of Christie ’ s stories by allowing certain characters to predict exactly what is going to happen.

Something's Afoot is a murder mystery musical that spoofs detective stories, mainly the works of Agatha Christie, and especially her detective novel And Then There Were None ( a. k. a. Ten Little Indians ).

The novelist Raymond Chandler criticised her in his essay, " The Simple Art of Murder ", and the American literary critic Edmund Wilson was dismissive of Christie and the detective fiction genre generally in his New Yorker essay, " Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?

At first, and for a great many pages, he is asking himself: " Is Agatha Christie going to let me down?

* Harris, Christie ( 1975 ) Sky Man on the Totem Pole?

When Sedaka moved his family to the UK, British singer Tony Christie recorded and released the Sedaka / Greenfield composition "( Is This the Way to ) Amarillo?

Punshon in The Guardian of 26 August 1941 briefly summed up the plot in a eulogistic piece which began, " Is it going too far to call Mrs. Agatha Christie one of the most remarkable writers of the day?

As a publisher Christie founded Cienfuegos Press ( 1972 ) and edited the Cienfuegos Anarchist Review ( 1977?

But does the plot matter so much with Mrs Christie?

In The Observer of December 18, 1938, " Torquemada " ( Edward Powys Mathers ), a stated admirer of Christie, finished his review by stating defensively, " Is Hercule Poirot's Christmas a major Christie?

But will Agatha Christie allow the little egg-headed egomaniac to carry out his frightful threat of retirement?

Just a grubby little bunch of international bandits and assassins and squatters who have perpetrated the most massive, cynical fraud in human history ... I recall seeing a television program on revisionism a few years ago which closed with Deborah Lipstadt making some statement to the effect that: the real purpose of Holocaust revisionism is to make National Socialism an acceptable political alternative again.

As a theatrical impresario, he took his own touring production ( Intercontinental Entertainment ) to 30 countries, including Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Oman and the UAE ( Abu Dhabi and Dubai ) and so provided himself with material for many stories on Just a Minute.

The novel predates the Just William books and Molesworth stories, but begins in a similar fashion to these books, describing the school lives of Rupert Ray and his friends at their public school, Kensingstowe.

Just William is the first book of children's short stories about the young school boy William Brown, written by Richmal Crompton, and published in 1922.

Later it became clear to the press that the blackout might not be directly attributable to underinvestment, but this was still the main thrust of the stories: e. g. The Independent, 30 August: " Just admit it, Mr Urwin.

Gerber's own contributions were often prose stories with a handful of illustrations, such as the " Just Plain Folks " series of bizarre biographies.

* Anthony Martin, fictional character in the Just William stories

He was known for the J. G. Reeder detective stories, The Four Just Men, The Ringer, and for creating the Green Archer character during his lifetime.

He is probably best known for his long series of readings of Richmal Crompton's Just William stories, which show his characteristic and flexible reading voices.

During its initial run, SatireWire, like its peer The Onion, was regularly nominated for the Webby Awards, and its stories were continuously emailed around the Internet, most notably a story entitled " China, Libya, Syria form Axis of Just as Evil " in response to President George W. Bush's " Axis of Evil " speech.

William Does His Bit is the 23rd book of children's short stories in the Just William series by Richmal Crompton.

Just Chuck Billy ( Chico Bento ), which actually came in the same year ( 1963 ) as Monica itself, has a separate comic book, but once in a while there are stories from one into another book.

In 1984, the stories were loosely adapted in The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak, a movie by Just Jaeckin starring Tawny Kitaen in the role of Gwendoline.

In some of Wagner's later stories Kane appears in the present day — for example, as a drug dealer in " Lacunae " and as a somewhat suspect publishing magnate in " At First Just Ghostly ".

She also published a series of short stories How the Stone Found its Voice ( 2005 ), inspired by Kipling's Just So Stories.

The author wrote his Just So Stories after the boy Nelson asked him to publish a book of animal stories.

In 2008 the New York Neo-Futurists put on ( Not ) Just a Day Like Any Other, four autobiographical stories woven together with accompanying Bollywood music videos, relationships charted via PowerPoint, and margaritas for all.

Path of the Just ( 2003 ) featured an introduction by Denny O ' Neil and included stories by John Ostrander, Steven Grant, and Ed Greenwood.

Just like Rapunzel, Snow White and the countless other passive victims who populate our culture's stories, this woman awaits her rescuer.

Just underneath the Riga City Council building ( destroyed during WWII, rebuilt in 2003 ) is a narrow cobble-stone street which is home to different souvenir and flower shops, a giant cascading waterfall three stories high and the remains of an ancient tree stub unearthed during the re-construction process.

Just like the book, it's a collection of short horror stories linked to water.

Just ' a Lotta Animals is a fictional superhero team that appeared in stories published by DC Comics.

This phrase was popularized by the publication in 1902 of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, containing fictional and deliberately fanciful tales for children, in which the stories pretend to explain animal characteristics, such as the origin of the spots on the leopard.