Word: journeyer
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...books as Epitaph for a Spy and A Coffin for Dimitrios, Ambler elevated the spy novel to the level of literature. "As I saw it, the thriller had nowhere to go but up," he wrote in his 1985 autobiography. Several of his 19 books were made into films, including Journey into Fear starring Orson Welles. Ambler, who also wrote screenplays, was nominated for an Academy Award for The Cruel...
There are those who have criticized Glenn's mission as a mere publicity stunt to revitalize NASA's flagging space program. After all, Glenn is merely a guinea pig on the nine-day journey. Dubbed "Payload Specialist 2," he is the lowest ranking member of the crew...
...Dartboard have no qualms with a little old-school nostalgia. Though Glenn's pioneering journey came well before our time, we all know heroism transcends generations. How many of our kids, three decades from today, would flock to Busch Stadium to see Mac take a few (feeble) cuts? Though Glenn's encore expedition may be scientifically trivial, it is just as heroic as his first...
...Somerville Theater was an eclectic mixture of quiet integrity and hard-edge rock sensibilities. The thoroughly polished diamond-in-the-rough performance was filled with superhuman guitar solos and riffs setting off Williams' contrastingly sweet and achingly clear voice. The concert was not just a performance but also a journey into Williams' musical roots. The night began with series of her more packaged songs, during which Williams herself appeared disenchanted. As she moved away from the pop and plunged into bluegrass and blues, the crowd, like clockwork, was set electric. By the end of the night...
...tabloid that claims to havelocated the "real" Charles Lindbergh, Jr. out inNew Mexico, or a detailed account of the life ofan American hero. It is a story about one woman'sattempt to come to know her own family more fully,and her desire to share that journey with us.Lindbergh writes that "Although it is now morethan twenty years since he died, we are stilldirected and dominated by our father's strength ofcharacter. And although she is more than ninetyyears old...we are still redeemed, gentled andsustained by our mother." In this moving familyportrait, we as readers are both sustained andredeemed...