Dear All,
Now the Library is on Twitter. All important announcements will be put here, so keep checking the following link:
http://twitter.com/knowledgeforall
The 1st tweet is about the Library Orientation classes to be held on Aug 25 5.30-6.30 p.m. for 1st year students, and Aug 28 10.45-11.45 a.m. for 2nd year students. Everyone is required to attend.
Anjali
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
The Queen of Crime - Agatha Christie
Dear All,
I am happy to be back here after a long long time. I see that there are 2 new followers. Hello, there! I hope all of you bring your friends too and the group grows.
I have noted your suggestions, and we will get the books suggested by you.
The new sensation in the Library is the Agatha Christie collection, who is known as the Queen of Crime throughout the world. According to HarperCollins, her publisher, she is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. In addition to crime novels and short story collections, she has authored 19 plays, and 6 novels under the name of Mary Westmaccott. 'The Mousetrap', her most famous play of all, opened in 1952, and is the longest-running play in history. It is still running at St. Martin's Theatre, London. The shows are at 7.30 p.m. everyday from Monday to Saturday, and also Matinees on Tuesday and Saturday.
My personal favorites from her plays are: 'The Mousetrap' and 'Witness for the Prosecution'. They must be awsome on the stage.
Out of the novels, 'Dead Man's Folly', 'The ABC Murders', 'Why didn' they ask Evans?', 'Cards on the Table', 'Evil under the sun' .. are my favorites. Of course, there are so many more. Many were made into films. I remember watching 'Evil under the sun' , and '4.50 from Paddington' . However, there are so many more.
Both of her famous detectives are very different from the stereotypical detective: Hercule Poirot, the not so young anymore detective, who has a passion for order and method, and prefers to sit and employ his grey cells rather than following footprints in the mud or searching for fingerprints, is very interested in the psychology of the criminal.
The other detective, Miss Marple, is an elderly lady, who seems a fluffy, fluttering kind, but is in fact sharp as a needle, and is always looking for parallels to the personalities from the crime scene from her own experience. Her theory is human nature is the same everywhere.
In addition to the novels and plays, we have her Autobiography. It was published in 1977, a year after her death. Her life seems fascinating, spanning two World Wars. She learnt nursing and worked as a nurse during the war, and her knowledge of nursing is quite obvious from her books. She had been on various archaeological expeditions with her second husband, Max Mallowan, and her knowledge of the subject is reflected in many of her novels. On the whole, her autobiography seems as captivating as her novels.
Bye for now, and see you in the Library Orientation lectures on 25th of August and 28th of August. Check the notice boards on M211 and outside the Library.
Best wishes,
Anjali
I am happy to be back here after a long long time. I see that there are 2 new followers. Hello, there! I hope all of you bring your friends too and the group grows.
I have noted your suggestions, and we will get the books suggested by you.
The new sensation in the Library is the Agatha Christie collection, who is known as the Queen of Crime throughout the world. According to HarperCollins, her publisher, she is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. In addition to crime novels and short story collections, she has authored 19 plays, and 6 novels under the name of Mary Westmaccott. 'The Mousetrap', her most famous play of all, opened in 1952, and is the longest-running play in history. It is still running at St. Martin's Theatre, London. The shows are at 7.30 p.m. everyday from Monday to Saturday, and also Matinees on Tuesday and Saturday.
My personal favorites from her plays are: 'The Mousetrap' and 'Witness for the Prosecution'. They must be awsome on the stage.
Out of the novels, 'Dead Man's Folly', 'The ABC Murders', 'Why didn' they ask Evans?', 'Cards on the Table', 'Evil under the sun' .. are my favorites. Of course, there are so many more. Many were made into films. I remember watching 'Evil under the sun' , and '4.50 from Paddington' . However, there are so many more.
Both of her famous detectives are very different from the stereotypical detective: Hercule Poirot, the not so young anymore detective, who has a passion for order and method, and prefers to sit and employ his grey cells rather than following footprints in the mud or searching for fingerprints, is very interested in the psychology of the criminal.
The other detective, Miss Marple, is an elderly lady, who seems a fluffy, fluttering kind, but is in fact sharp as a needle, and is always looking for parallels to the personalities from the crime scene from her own experience. Her theory is human nature is the same everywhere.
In addition to the novels and plays, we have her Autobiography. It was published in 1977, a year after her death. Her life seems fascinating, spanning two World Wars. She learnt nursing and worked as a nurse during the war, and her knowledge of nursing is quite obvious from her books. She had been on various archaeological expeditions with her second husband, Max Mallowan, and her knowledge of the subject is reflected in many of her novels. On the whole, her autobiography seems as captivating as her novels.
Bye for now, and see you in the Library Orientation lectures on 25th of August and 28th of August. Check the notice boards on M211 and outside the Library.
Best wishes,
Anjali
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