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Not Safe After Dark
Not Safe After Dark (1998) is the first collection of short stories by Peter Robinson; stories previously published in crime anthologies and magazines. They include three Inspector Banks short stories, one (''Going Back'') previously unpublished. The 1998 edition published by Crippen & Landru, Virginia as ''Not Safe After Dark and Other Stories'' included thirteen stories (according to the author’s website); the 2004 edition published by Macmillan, London as ''Not Safe After Dark and Other Works'' included twenty stories. Robinson is the writer of the Inspector Banks series of novels. Contents The stories are set in Yorkshire, London, Canada (often Toronto), the United States, Paris and Vienna. Several involve miscarriages of justice: either an innocent person convicted or no-one convicted. Two stories in ''Not Safe After Dark'': ''Missing in Action'' and ''In Flanders Fields'' are set in wartime (1940s) Yorkshire with Frank Bascombe a "special constable in the war" and v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Books
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is a Wikimedia movement affinity group for contributors with shared goals. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sister projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to the field at issue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vienna
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2004 Short Story Collections
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest composite number, its proper divisors being and . Four is the sum and product of two with itself: 2 + 2 = 4 = 2 x 2, the only number b such that a + a = b = a x a, which also makes four the smallest squared prime number p^. In Knuth's up-arrow notation, , and so forth, for any number of up arrows. By consequence, four is the only square one more than a prime number, specifically three. The sum of the first four prime numbers two + three + five + seven is the only sum of four consecutive prime numbers that yields an odd prime number, seventeen, which is the fourth super-prime. Four lies between the first proper pair of twin primes, three and five, which are the first two Fermat primes, like seventeen, which is the third. On t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Short Story Collections
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''). With up to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playing With Fire (Robinson Novel)
Playing with Fire may refer to: Film * ''Playing with Fire'' (1916 film), an American silent film * ''Playing with Fire'' (1921 German film), a silent comedy-drama film * ''Playing with Fire'' (1921 American film), a silent comedy film * ''Playing with Fire'' (1934 film), a German film * ''Playing with Fire'' (1975 film), a French-Italian film * ''Playing with Fire'' (1985 film), an American TV film starring Gary Coleman * ''Playing with Fire'' (2008 film), a film by David DeCoteau * ''Playing with Fire'' (2019 film), a film directed by Andy Fickman * ''Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind'', a 1980 Hong Kong film released in some regions as ''Playing with Fire'' Literature Fiction * ''Playing with Fire'' (Robinson novel), a 2004 Inspector Banks novel by Peter Robinson * ''Playing with Fire'' (Vailland novel), a 1945 novel by Roger Vailland * '' Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire'', a 2008 novel by Derek Landy * ''Playing with Fire'', a novel by Melody Carlson * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Summer That Never Was
The ''Inspector Banks'' series is a collection of mystery novels by Peter Robinson about Detective Superintendent Alan Banks. The series is set in the fictional English town of Eastvale in the Yorkshire Dales. Robinson has stated that Eastvale is modelled on Ripon and Richmond and is somewhere north of Ripon, close to the A1 road. A former member of the London Metropolitan Police, Inspector Alan Banks leaves the capital for a quieter life in the Dales. Since 2010, several of the novels have been adapted for television under the series title '' DCI Banks''. Selected texts ''Gallows View (1987)'' ''Gallows View'', the first novel in the series, was first published in 1987. The novel follows Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, a perceptive, curious and compassionate policeman recently moved to the Yorkshire Dales from London to escape the stress of city life. His first cases involve a Peeping Tom frightening the women of Eastvale; two glue-sniffing young thugs breaking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cold Is The Grave
'' Cold Is the Grave '' is the 11th novel by Anglo-Canadian detective fiction writer Peter Robinson in the Inspector Banks series, published in 2000. It won the 2001 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel, and the Danish Palle Rosenkrantz Award. Adaptations In 2011, an episode of the ITV series DCI Banks, that was based on the events in ''Cold is the Grave'', was broadcast. The series has Stephen Tompkinson Stephen Phillip Tompkinson (born 15 October 1965) is an English actor, known for his television roles as Marcus in ''Chancer '' (1990), Damien Day in '' Drop the Dead Donkey'' (1990–1998), Father Peter Clifford in '' Ballykissangel'' (1996– ... as its lead actor in the Banks role. References External linksDedicated page on author's website {{Alan Banks 2000 Canadian novels Novels by Peter Robinson (novelist) Novels set in Yorkshire Novels set in London Viking Press books ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innocent Graves
'' Innocent Graves '' is the eighth novel by Canadian detective fiction writer Peter Robinson in the Inspector Banks series of novels. The novel was first printed in 1996, but has been reprinted a number of times since. The novel was selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the best mysteries of the year, nominated for the 1996 Hammett Prize, and won the 1997 Arthur Ellis Award for 'Best Novel'. Original story Robinson wrote a short story ''Innocence'' in 1990, about Terry Reed who was accused then cleared of the murder of a schoolgirl. Robinson next wrote an entire novel from Reed's point of view, which was turned down by his publisher. He then thought it might work better with DI Banks, and rewrote the novel as ''Innocent Graves'' with DI Banks and Reed as Owen. The short story ''Innocence'' was published in '' Not Safe After Dark'' (1998); see Introduction to the collection. Adaptation When the story was adapted for television, it was heavily edited and was noted for not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Price Of Love (short Story Collection)
The Price of Love (2009) is the second collection of short stories by Peter Robinson; stories previously published in crime anthologies and magazines. They include an Inspector Banks novella and three Inspector Banks short stories. Canadian detective fiction writer Robinson is the author of the Inspector Banks series. Eleven stories, subtitled ''Eleven ways to pay with your life''. The stories are set in Yorkshire, London, Canada (often Toronto) or the United States. Several involve miscarriages of justice: either an innocent person convicted or no-one convicted. Those from anthologies often involve a theme specified by the editor, which is given below if stated by Robinson in the Afternotes to the collection. The year of original publication is given in brackets. Two stories in ''Not Safe After Dark'' set in wartime (1940s) Yorkshire involved Frank Bascombe a "special constable in the war". And ''Cornelius Jubb'' was intended as the third; it refers to "Constable Bascombe", a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In A Dry Season
'' In a Dry Season '' is the tenth novel by Canadian detective fiction writer Peter Robinson in the Inspector Banks series of novels. The novel was first printed in 1999, but has been reprinted a number of times since. The novel is widely acclaimed as Robinson's best, a large step forward in ambition from previous books, and this was reflected in its critical and commercial response. The novel was nominated for the 1999 Hammett Prize, was shortlisted for the American Edgar Award and won the 2000 Anthony Award for 'Best Novel'. Research on the period After researching the Second World War for ''In a Dry Season'', Robinson wrote two short stories set in wartime (1940s) Yorkshire involving Frank Bascombe a "special constable in the war" and veteran of the First World War: ''Missing in Action'' and ''In Flanders Fields,'' which were published in ''Not Safe After Dark.'' A third story "Cornelius Jubb" in ''The Price of Love'' involves "Constable Bascombe", although he could not u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Robinson (novelist)
Peter Robinson (17 March 1950 – 4 October 2022) was a British-born Canadian crime writer who was best known for his crime novels set in Yorkshire featuring Inspector Alan Banks. He also published a number of other novels and short stories, as well as some poems and two articles on writing. Early life Robinson was born in Armley, Leeds, on 17 March 1950. His father, Clifford, worked as a photographer; his mother, Miriam (Jarvis), was a homemaker. Robinson studied English literature at the University of Leeds, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts with honours. He then emigrated to Canada in 1974 to continue his studies, obtaining a Master of Arts in English and Creative Writing from the University of Windsor, with Joyce Carol Oates as his tutor. He was later awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in English at York University in 1983. Career Robinson taught at several college and universities in Toronto, including the University of Windsor (his alma mater) as writer-in-residence fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
