Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Kent Michael Nerburn: (born July 3, 1946 in Minneapolis, Minnesota). American author. He has published 16 books of creative non-fiction and essays, focusing on Native American and American culture and general spirituality. He won a Minnesota Book Award in 1995 for Neither Wolf Nor Dog and again in 2010 for The Wolf At Twilight The… Lees verder Kent Nerburn

Joseph Wood Krutch: (November 25, 1893 – May 22, 1970). American author, critic, and naturalist who wrote nature books on the American Southwest. He is known for developing a pantheistic philosophy. August creates as she slumbers, replete and satisfied. February, now more than ever, one must remind oneself that it is wasteful folly to wish… Lees verder Joseph Wood Krutch

Donald Edwin Westlake: (July 12, 1933 – December 31, 2008). American writer with more than one hundred novels and non-fiction books to his credit. He specialized in crime fiction, especially comic capers, with an occasional foray into science fiction and other genres. Westlake created two professional criminal characters who each starred in a long-running series:… Lees verder Donald E. Westlake

Josephine Edna O’Brien: (15 December 1930 – 27 July 2024). Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short-story writer. August is a wicked month.        

Anthony Visconti: (Brooklyn, New York, 24 April 1944). American musician and music producer. In his early days, he sometimes played in the background. His best-known work is his collaboration with David Bowie, with whom he worked from 1969 until Bowie’s death in 2016. He also produced Moody Blues, T. Rex, Mary Hopkin, Thin Lizzy, Ralph… Lees verder Tony Visconti

Donald Grant Mitchell: (April 12, 1822 – December 15, 1908). American essayist and novelist who usually wrote under the pen name Youth is in a grand flush, like the hot days of ending summer, and pleasant dreams thrall your spirit, like the smoky atmosphere that bathes the landscape of an August day.

Edward Blair: No information available. The August sun is pouring on the land. His scorching rays and vegetation stands, beseeching to the skies for showers again, and being answered like the prayers of men.

Antoine Arnault: (born 4 June 1977). French businessman who is the vice-chairman and CEO of Christian Dior SE. He is the second child and eldest son of billionaire Bernard Arnault, who controls LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. The Arnault family is one of the wealthiest in the world. The west coast of Corsica on a… Lees verder Antoine Arnault

Melanie Gideon: American author of the novels, Did I Say You Could Go, Valley of the Moon and Wife 22, as well as the memoir The Slippery Year: A Meditation on Happily Ever After. Her books have been translated into 30 languages. She was born and raised in Rhode Island and now lives in the… Lees verder Melanie Gideon

Montesquieu or in full Charles Louis de Secondat: Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (Château de La Brède near Bordeaux, France, 18 January 1689 – Paris, France, 10 February 1755), whose full name is also often shortened to Charles de Montesquieu, was a French philosopher and magistrate. He is considered one of the founders… Lees verder Montesquieu