Authors on the Web
Hutchinson News, April 18, 2013
...a Scottish writer's story by the name of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." The writer was Robert Louis Stevenson, and the story was penned in 1886. Since then, medical psychiatry has identified the behavioral traits of such persons and tried to find cures for...
The List, April 17, 2013
...in care homes, prisons, hospitals and high streets. This year's books have a strong Scottish presence, including Robert Louis Stevenson's classic Treasure Island, Jackie Kay's adoption memoir Red Dust Road, and Alexander McCall Smith's cosy crime novel...
AboutMyArea, April 17, 2013
...spot visit us for pirate activities and books and pick up a free copy of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (while stocks last!)Rosehill LibraryThe Bookstart Bear pirate will appear between 4-5pm. Visitors should come dressed as a pirate, and get...
Isleofman.com, April 17, 2013
...books for World Book Night This Year - 'The Road Home' by Rose Tremain and 'Treasure Island' by Robert Louis Stevenson. The World Book Night Organisation is all about spreading a love of reading throughout communities by recruiting volunteers to give...
Plymouth Evening Herald, April 17, 2013
...love a good adventure story. On April 23, the library will be giving away 40 free copies of Robert Louis Stevenson's epic pirate adventure story Treasure Island. The giveaway is thanks to Literature Works, the South West Literature Development Agency. ...
The Scotsman, April 16, 2013
...breathtaking combination of congested urban and peaceful rural, a city that inspired one of its most famous sons, Robert Louis Stevenson, to note: "Half a capital and half a country town, the whole city leads a double existence." That Edinburgh boasts a...
Broadway.com, April 15, 2013
...fan base, read on! A Novel Take on Good vs. Evil In the late nineteenth century, Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson had the idea for a story about the duality of good and evil intertwined via one man’s split personality. In 1886, the Treasure...
Monterey Herald, January 19, 2013
...Press." Julia is the daughter of former Monterey Herald editor Ed Kennedy. Free. 644-0436. · JAN. 27 "Robert Louis Stevenson in Monterey." 1p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, at the Pacific Grove Performing Arts Center, 835 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove. Lecture by...
Harlan Daily Enterprise, January 19, 2013
...a.m. Many times I would be so engrossed in a book, be it Zane Gray, Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, Daniel Defoe, James Fenimore Cooper, Herman Melville, etc., or the latest Hardy Boys mystery, that I didn’t need to go back to sleep. School was...
The Big Issue, January 18, 2013
...centurions. It’s all walkable from Hawes Inn at South Queensferry – the rustic pub that featured in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped. dalmeny.co.uk...
MCN, January 18, 2013
...family home life through the day when the minister, Mr. Gruffydd (Walter Pidgeon) brings Huw a copy of Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Treasure Island” to read while he recovers from injuries, to the last shattering tableau of the mine disaster and...
Imbibe, January 18, 2013
...There’ll be a restaurant seating roughly 50 people and two bars, as well as an outdoor terrace. Robert Louis Stevenson apparently used to drink in a bar in Advocates Close, so we may be doffing the cap to him as well.’ McClusky may be in charge of a...
Catholic Education Resource Center, January 18, 2013
...is a very common case of "the hard law of life which lies at the root of religion." Robert Louis Stevenson The arrival of a New Year invites reflection on a particular horror of human existence. A horror that was well exemplified by the ancient...
Equities.com, January 18, 2013
...slumber, as it was remaindered after Austen's death in 1817. But Elizabeth Bennet continued to collect devotees. Robert Louis Stevenson fell in love with her. George Eliot and her lover would read the novel aloud to each other. Disraeli read Austen's...

