Description : Can anyone recommend an enjoyable biography/autobiography/memoir?
Last Answer : I really, really, really, really enjoyed The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution by David Quammen. If biographies are your thing, it’s a great read.
Description : how is an autobiography, such as a white house diary, different from a biography? -General Knowledge
Last Answer : An autobiography, such as a White House diary, is different from a biography in that: It tells about the writer's life.
Description : If you were to write your memoir but it could only contain 6 words, what would it say?
Last Answer : My memoir is very hard work.
Description : If you could have the voice of any person, living or deceased, whose voice would you want to have as your own?
Last Answer : Morgan Freeman.
Description : What is the best 300+ memoir you have ever read?
Last Answer : GQ.
Description : Whose autobiography that hasn't been written yet do you want to read?
Last Answer : I would be most interested in the autobiography of the man I saw in Chicago years ago who was burning newspaper on the street to stay warm. I never met a man so grateful for $3. I should very much like to read about him.
Description : Will you tell me your 6 word memoir on love and life?
Last Answer : Live, Love, Love some more, Die.
Description : What famous person (living or deceased) do you share your birthday with?
Last Answer : Tom T. Hall
Description : The autobiography ‘Living History’ has been authored by author? -Do You Know?
Last Answer : answer:
Description : Does it comfort you in any way, that on Mu Ara d, 50 odd light years away from Earth, (potential) beings that direct their telescopes to our planet, could see our deceased loved ones when they were still alive?
Last Answer : They are seeing ghosts. Omae wa mo shindeiru.
Description : What do you wish you could say now, to your deceased parent/s?
Last Answer : My biological father wasn't allowed to meet me until I was in my teens so when we did meet, there was a lot of family background to cover as to the why-when and what all. He died about a decade later ... of a bunch of ways to say it where it wouldn't hurt his feelings but it didn't seem possible.
Description : If you've ever read the autobiography of a world-class beauty, did it really reveal her inner experience?
Last Answer : answer:Audrey Hepburn briefly speaks about it in her interview (about 4 minutes in) with Barbra Walters. In Hepburn fashion she is evasive and gracious, but she does acknowledge that it is ... .com/50s/images/goodhousekeeping8-59pg4.jpg offers a quote from Hepburn that you may find interesting.
Description : Mark Twain left instructions to reveal his autobiography 100 years after his death. Will you read it?
Last Answer : answer:Where do I sign up? I just knew that rumours of his death were exaggerated.
Description : How does Angelou’s autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" confront issues of voice, freedom, and censorship please help I have an essay and I didnt read?
Last Answer : Hum
Description : Why is the media calling hurricane Irene "extremely deadly" when it's currently only a category 1 level?
Last Answer : We’ve gotten off pretty lightly, thankfully. But it’s still a big, slow moving storm, and the biggest risk seems to be flooding.
Description : You Are A Teacher Of Literature. A Chapter Of A Book Deals With A Biography Of A Scientist And His Works. In This Situation, What Would You Do With Chapter? Options: A) You Would Ask The Students ... Other Books Concerning With The Scientist And Then Teach The Lesson To Student. D) Any One Of Them.
Last Answer : C) You Would Consult Other Books Concerning With The Scientist And Then Teach The Lesson To Student.
Description : If someone were to write a biography about us, the following could be reported: #1 - We are always present in multiple-choice exams. #2 - Sherlock Homes kept a close eye on us after he retired. #3 - ... in reality, one of us. Based on the biographical information above --- Who/what are we? -Riddles
Last Answer : We are Bs, Bees, or Beas (as in Aunt Bea and actress Bea Benaderet.)
Description : When a memoir is published, do the names of the real people within it have to be changed or can they remain?
Last Answer : It seems to depend on a few factors. Like is the person previously unknown, or already sort of famous? If you're a former president publishing a memoir, you can't really change the name of your chief ... want an alias or not. The rest, you probably change because it's easier for everyone that way.
Description : A good book in the memoir genre?
Last Answer : answer:Go Ask Alice was a fiction piece. Anything by Charles Bukowski except for Pulp. Post Office is the best one from him I’ve read so far.
Description : help - what was Pablo Neruda's line in his memoir about the poem he wrote for Garcia Lorca?
Last Answer : I would go to librarything.com and ask the users there.
Description : What is your own six-word memoir?
Last Answer : Tried my best, with mixed results.
Description : Is there a different in exposing details from your life on a blog or doing so in a memoir?
Last Answer : answer:Well, one difference is that unless you are famous, a fabulous writer, or have led an incredibly interesting life (other than in your own mind), you won't be publishing a ... reflection and goes through several more different reviews and edits and time for reconsideration than blog entries.
Description : Who is the author of the book "Hemant Karkare: A Daughter’s Memoir" ? -General Knowledge
Last Answer : Hemant Karkare's daughter Jui Karkare
Description : Would a memoir be considered a nonfiction book?
Last Answer : Yes, a memoir is a historical account or biography written frompersonal knowledge, so it should be non fiction/true
Description : What advice do authors give about writing a good memoir?
Last Answer : Need answer
Description : People who are currently in frigid areas of the country: Do you see the appeal of living down South and have you ever considered it?
Last Answer : I’ve thought about it, but I prefer the cold over the heat. My ideal situation would be having two homes, one in the north for the summer months and in the south (though not too far south) for the winter months.
Description : Is it disrespectful to your partner to "remember" your deceased partner?
Last Answer : I wouldn’t think so, or at least I wouldn’t take offense. So long as my partner makes it clear to me that they are living in the now, and want to be with me/are happy with me… I don’t think I could take offense to them mourning a lost love one.
Description : Would your deceased loved one be proud of you?
Last Answer : No, I don’t think so.
Description : If you could live in another country other than the one in which you are currently living, which would it be and why?
Last Answer : In England, as that is where my fiance lives.
Description : Can both first person and third person be used in an autobiography?
Last Answer : It might be used effectively by a really skillful author but it sounds like your friend is a novice so I would steer her away from that idea. Generally it would not be used.
Description : ‘Na Khatma Hone Wali Kahani’ is the autobiography of which person? -General Knowledge
Last Answer : The answer is 'V. P. Singh'
Description : ‘My Music, My Life’ is the autobiography of which person? -General Knowledge
Last Answer : The answer is 'Pt. Ravi Shankar'
Description : 'Na Khatma Hone Wali Kahani' is the autobiography of which person?
Last Answer : V. P. Singh
Description : My Music, My Life' is the autobiography of which person?
Last Answer : Pt. Ravi Shankar
Description : My Music, My Life’ is the autobiography of which person?
Description : Should a descriptive biography be written in the third or first person and why?
Last Answer : It depends on the writer. If it is an autobiography, I would say it should be written in first person, if it is a biography written by one person about another person, I would say it should be written in third person. But I don’t really like the word ‘should’.
Description : What, according to you, should be the criteria to write/publish a biography on a famous person?
Last Answer : Either dead, very old, or after the highest point of accomplishment in one’s life after they’ve settled? I’m indifferent as well, as I don’t read them at all.
Description : If a person you owe money to has died, and the deceased DID NOT have a will, do you still have to pay back the loan?
Last Answer : You still owe the estate. The court will decide who gets the money but the debt is property of the estate.
Description : How do you find out if a deceased person had a safety deposit box?
Last Answer : There certainly is a process for this within the bank and other organizations. It the responsibility of the administration of the estate. Ensure you have an official copy of the death certificate.
Description : (Morbid question) With Victorian Post-mortem photos, a dead (heh) give away that the person is the deceased is the hands. Why is that?
Last Answer : answer:Well dead people are stiff. lol Rigor Mortis sets in and then abates again within about a 24 hour time frame, sooo, since most deaths occured at home in those days the family members immediately began ... 72, but, that's about as much time as a body has before it starts to get really ugly.
Description : Does having a deceased person in your vehicle count as a passenger in the carpool lane?
Last Answer : Nope. deceased people and blowup dummies do not count. they have to be breathing.
Description : Have you ever dreamt about a deceased person, but thought it meant more?
Last Answer : mclaugh Thanks for sharing this question and your experience. I'm 43 and my wife died a little over 20 years ago. I dream about her regularly. We talk in the dreams. In the first few years after she passed away ... ,' it is exactly as it was. I know it is all my own creation, but it sure seems real.
Description : Will they receive death compensation from the insurance company ? The government of our country forces us to insure cars. The car owner does not benefit from this. If the car hits someone , causing the ... of the deceased forgives the owner of the car and our country is governed by man-made laws.
Last Answer : Alhamdulillah. One: Trade insurance is included in the haram agreement. All the methods of this insurance are haram. It is not permissible for anyone to have such insurance ; Unless one is completely ... atonement for the accidental death ; if the accident happened by mistake. " GOD is Omniscient.
Description : do I have to pay medical bills of a deceased person if I am an administrator of the estate?
Last Answer : Yes, you have to pay any debts owed by deceased from estate proceeds. It depends on the state, but generally as the administrator of the estate, you, the executor, are responsible for paying debts 'with the estate itself'. You are generally not obligated to pay out of your own assets.
Description : A person who in law represents the estate of a deceased person, and includes any person who intermeddles with the estate of the deceased and where a party sues or is sued in a representative character the ... (a) Legal Heir (b) Next friend (c) Legal representative (d) None of the above
Last Answer : (c) Legal representative
Description : The NSC (VIII) can be transferred from one person to another person before expiry of one year a) To near relative out of natural love and affection b) In the name of the heir or a deceased holder on ... to a court of law or any other person under the order of court of law d) All the above
Last Answer : d) All the above
Description : The following which shall be the personal responsibility of the Head Postmaster: a) Deciding claims in respect of Savings Certificates of deceased holders which lie within his power of decision and ... ) Sanctioning the transfer of savings certificates from one person to another. d) All the above