Topic: Jeffrey Archer

How big a liar are you?

EVER told a little white lie to make yourself look better? Ever called in sick at work with "flu" when you have a hangĀ­over? Ever broken the speed...

The culture season

0 . So after Labor Day, the cultural season really begins in the Bay Area. The Symphony and the Opera both gear up to inspire the populace, and the...

Thatcher handbag fetches $40,000 at charity auction

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A handbag belonging to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sold for 25,000 pounds ($40,000) at a charity auction late Monday, Christie's said.Best-selling author and former Conservative politician Jeffrey Archer was wielding the gavel at ...

Author Jeffrey Archer eyes million-pound charity auction

LONDON (Reuters) - He is best known as an author, Conservative politician and one-time prisoner, but Jeffrey Archer is also a keen auctioneer who aims to break his own record for a single sale at Christie's in London on Monday.On offer ...

Bestseller Jeffrey Archer launches five-novel saga

LONDON (Reuters) - At 71, bestselling British author Jeffrey Archer is tackling his biggest project to date -- a five-novel saga called "The Clifton Chronicles" that sweeps through the 20th century and into the 21st.The first installment, "Only Time Will Tell," has just ...

Author Jeffrey Archer to auction works of art

LONDON (Reuters) - British author and former parliamentarian Jeffrey Archer expects to raise over 5 million pounds ($8 million) when he sells works from his art collection including paintings by Claude Monet and Andy Warhol."I recently celebrated my 70th birthday -- an event ...
by Jeffrey Archer, is a bestselling collection of short stories . As opposed to novels, short stories often depend on some sort of twist, and Archer's collection is no exception. Archer's writing is skilled, if a bit clinical, journalistic. Short stories ...

Cockney words used for money.

I was born near London and often heard strange words being used for money. We moved away when I was young but then I started watching the British TV programme in the early 80's and heard some of these strange words ...

Using Latin to Sound Smarter

The Latin language has become in actu rather rarely utilized among English-speaking peoples, and quite expectedly in a land of simultaneously deteriorating and increasingly prohibitively-priced educational institutions. But one need not yet declare Latin requiescat in pace, for this is a blessing ...
I'm someone who's more inclined to read novels but for some reason I started reading this collection of short stories by Jeffrey Archer and I'm very glad I decided to read it.