I knew that a conversation with the author would not settle such questions, because a man is not the same as his writing: in the last analysis, the questions had to be settled by the work itself.

But to return to the main line of our inquiry, it is doubtful that Utopia is still widely read because More was medieval or even because he was a martyr -- indeed, it is likely that these days many who read Utopia with interest do not even know that its author was a martyr.

To the extent that a tale is twice told, its final author must be suspect, although plagiarism in an oral tradition is less a misdemeanor than the standard modus dicendi.

The author of Crystal Structures is Ralph W.G. Wyckoff, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.

He selected as Comptroller of Defense, not a veteran accountant, but a former Rhodes Scholar, Charles Hitch, who is author of a study on The Economics Of Defense In The Nuclear Age.

Postmaster General J. Edward Day, who must deal with matters of postal censorship, is himself author of a novel, Bartholf Street, albeit one he was obliged to publish at his own expense.

Not only should this provision be enforced but other economic and political actions might be taken which, this author believes, `` must surely be supported by every American who values the freedom that has been won for him and whose conscience is not so dominated by the lines in his account books that he can willingly and knowingly contribute to the enslavement of another nation ''.

The dialogue is sharp, witty and candid -- typical `` don't eat the daisies '' material -- which has stamped the author throughout her books and plays, and it was obvious that the Theatre-by-the-Sea audience liked it.

A semi-serious literary document entitled `` The Wings Of Henry James '' is noteworthy, if only for a keenly trenchant though little-known comment on the master's difficult later period by modest Owen Wister, author of `` The Virginian ''.

the author possesses an uncommonly fine English style, and he is dealing with subjects of vast importance that are highly topical for our time.

`` He has married me with a ring of bright water '', begins the Kathleen Raine poem from which Maxwell takes his title, and it is this mystic bond between the human and natural world that the author conveys.

This is not only a compliment to Mijbil, of whom there are a fine series of photographs and drawings in the book, but to the author who has catalogued the saga of a frightened otter cub's journey by plane from Iraq to London, then by train ( where he lay curled in the wash basin playing with the water tap ) to Camusfearna, with affectionate detail.

Mr. Sansom is English, bearded, formidably cultivated, the versatile author of numerous volumes of short stories, of novels and of pieces that are neither short stories nor travel articles but something midway between.

This latter failure is more than merely bad reportage and it is distinctly more important than it would have been had the author drawn Clerfayt as, say, a tournament golfer.

The man most firmly at grips with the problem is the University of Minnesota's Physiologist Ancel Keys, 57, inventor of the wartime K ( for Keys ) ration and author of last year's bestselling Eat Well And Stay Well.

While Swift ’ s proposal is obviously not a serious economic proposal, George Wittkowsky, author of " Swift ’ s Modest Proposal: The Biography of an Early Georgian Pamphlet ", argues that to understand the piece fully, it is important to understand the economics of Swift ’ s time.

Korzybski is remembered as the author of the dictum: " The map is not the territory ".

* Salvatore Iro, artist, author of Manifesto Art is ... Shit, a collection of works conceived to decrypt the language of modern and contemporary art, in 2012 creates the artwork Ceci est une pomme, marked by the subheading: " non aristotelian obviousness ".

Isabel Allende is a prominent Chilean author of the 20th and 21st centuries.

A useful property of Cook's reduction is that it preserves the number of accepting answers.

Mrs Waters ' The Cook's Decameron suggests the following recipe: the sauce is made by placing three-quarters of a pint of white sauce into a saucepan, and when it is nearly boiling, adding half a cup of concentrated fowl stock.

The first written reference to the word, " tattoo " ( or Samoan " Tatau ") appears in the journal of Joseph Banks, the naturalist aboard Captain Cook's ship the HMS Endeavour: " I shall now mention the way they mark themselves indelibly, each of them is so marked by their humor or disposition ".

All of Cook's records released from that point onwards have involved both of them to varying degrees ( Thornton is credited in 2004 as " Executive Producer ", for example ).

The band's first album, I Think We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat, is the first to be co-produced by Cook's longtime engineer Simon Thornton, who also sings on one track.

The Banksia genus was first described and named by Carolus Linnaeus the Younger in his April 1782 publication Supplementum Plantarum ; hence the full name for the genus is " Banksia L. f ." The genus name honours the English botanist Sir Joseph Banks, who collected the first Banksia specimens in 1770, during James Cook's first expedition.

Cook's thesis in this regard was strengthened when Rodger Young pointed out that the Hebrew of Hosea 5: 5 has a vav before Israel and then another vav before Ephraim, which is the Hebrew method of expressing " both.

The Dolphin Hotel is a pub on the Barbican in Plymouth, England, notable as the setting of several of the artist Beryl Cook's paintings.

* World War I ace Harvey Weir Cook was born and raised in Wilkinson ; Indianapolis International Airport's main terminal is named in Colonel H. Weir Cook's honor.

Dating back to the mid 1800s Cook's United Methodist Church is one of the oldest churches in Mt.

European history of the area is considered to start with Captain Cook's visit to the sounds in 1770s, discovering a plant ( Cooks Scurvy Grass ) high in vitamin C which helped to cure scurvy amongst his crew.

* In Glen Cook's 1982 novel Shadowline, first in the Starfishers trilogy, a planet named the Big Rock Candy Mountain is the location for several scenes of the story.

Captain Cook's surveying crew in 1776 to 1779 landed on a beach which is now above sea level due to volcanic uplifting.

The first episode of the BBC television comedy Blackadder in part parodies the Olivier film, visually ( as in the crown motif ), Peter Cook's performance as a benevolent Richard, and by mangling Shakespearean text (" Now is the summer of our sweet content made o ' ercast winter by these Tudor clouds ...")

The Selfridges department store is a prime example of the early 21st century movement referred to as " blobitecture ", and has been compared to Peter Cook's Kunsthaus in Graz, Austria.

One of the works by Kippis is Cook's Voyages.

There is considerable debate as to the value of such a product like this ; while most baking experts believe it reduces the flavor potential of the finished product, Cook's Illustrated magazine, among others, feels that at least for direct-rise recipes, it makes little difference.

The Cook's Decameron: A Study In Taste, Containing Over Two Hundred Recipes For Italian Dishes is a cookbook by Mrs. W. G. Waters that was published in 1901 and is now in the public domain.

" Highsmith's Bruno is a physically repugnant alcoholic ... but in Cook's hands, the film's Bruno became a dandy, a mama's boy who speaks French, and who professes ignorance of women.

A full-size replica of local-born Captain James Cook's ship HM Bark Endeavour is moored at the quayside and provides entertainment and educational functions.

Located north of Toronto on Cook's Bay ( part of Lake Simcoe ), Keswick is part of the Town of Georgina.

Cook's latest voice-over role is for the video game Yakuza where she voices the role of Reina.

Kimball is the founder, editor, and publisher of Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country magazines, and former publisher of the now defunct Cook's Magazine.