Who wrote the book 'Ring of Bright Water’?
"Ring of Bright Water Ring of Bright Water is a book by Gavin Maxwell about his life in a remote house in coastal Scotland where he kept several wild otters as pets. First published in 1960, it became a best seller and is considered a literary masterpiece, eventually selling over two million copies. A fictionalised film of the same name was made from it and released in 1969. The book describes how Maxwell brought a smooth-coated otter back from Iraq and raised it at ""Camusfeàrna"" (the name he used for his house at Sandaig near Glenelg), on the west coast"
"account of man and wildlife"". The review calls ""Ring of Bright Water"" ""one of the most popular wildlife books ever written"", as over two million copies had been sold worldwide by 1999. Two sequels were published: ""The Rocks Remain"" (1963) and ""Raven Seek Thy Brother"" (1968), which were less idyllic than the first, chronicling accidents and misfortunes involving both the otters and Maxwell's life. All three books were republished as ""Ring of Bright Water: A Trilogy"" in 2011 by Nonpareil Books. The trilogy does not include the full text of the latter two volumes, but removes the tangential travel sections"
"this place as I am suffering now."" Raine blamed herself thereafter for all Maxwell's misfortunes, beginning with Mijbil's death and ending with the cancer that took his life in 1969. Maxwell's ashes were scattered on the site of his house ""Camusfeàrna"". Gavin Maxwell Gavin Maxwell FRSL, FIAL, FZS (Sc.), FRGS (15 July 19147 September 1969) was a Scottish naturalist and author, best known for his nonfiction writing and his work with otters. He wrote the book ""Ring of Bright Water"" (1960) about how he brought an otter back from Iraq and raised it in Scotland. The otter was of a"
"Truth and Bright Water Truth and Bright Water is a coming of age novel by Thomas King set in the Canadian Prairies on the Canada–United States border. The novel embeds a number of magical features (such as the disappearing church) within painstakingly realist prose, showing its affiliation with Magic realism. Truth, a small town in rural Montana, and Bright Water, a reserve across the Canadian–American border, are separated by a river. The first person narrator, a 15-year-old Native American (Blackfoot) youth, Tecumseh (named after the famous Shawnee leader), watches a strange woman jump off the cliff into the river that"
"that seem to be bubbling just below the surface.“ To Zacharek, Soldier ”emerges as the most memorable character in the book“ and regards the density of the book's symbolism ""almost stifling."" Truth and Bright Water Truth and Bright Water is a coming of age novel by Thomas King set in the Canadian Prairies on the Canada–United States border. The novel embeds a number of magical features (such as the disappearing church) within painstakingly realist prose, showing its affiliation with Magic realism. Truth, a small town in rural Montana, and Bright Water, a reserve across the Canadian–American border, are separated by"
"the behind-the scenes theatre work. His wife found him hanged at their home in Glasgow on 29 January 2002. Phil McCall Phil McCall (born Philip McColl; 26 November 1925 – 29 January 2002) was a Glaswegian actor who appeared in numerous films and television productions over a 40-year period. McCall's father was a labourer. He attended St Mungo's Academy in Glasgow and trained as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He then appeared in repertory theatre in Scotland and England. McCall had significant film roles in ""Ring of Bright Water"" (1969) and Lars von Trier's"
"passion for Gavin Maxwell. The title of Maxwell's most famous book ""Ring of Bright Water"", subsequently made into a film of the same name starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna, was taken from a line in Raine's poem ""The Marriage of Psyche"". The relationship with Maxwell ended in 1956 when Raine lost his pet otter, Mijbil, indirectly causing the animal's death. Raine held herself responsible, not only for losing Mijbil but for a curse she had uttered shortly beforehand, frustrated by Maxwell's homosexuality: ""Let Gavin suffer in this place as I am suffering now."" Raine blamed herself thereafter for all"
"who is trying to hide that they are a king's children. The Water of Life (Spanish fairy tale) The Water of Life is a Catalan fairy tale collected by D. Francisco de S. Maspons y Labros (1840–1901), in ""Cuentos Populars Catalans"" (1885). Andrew Lang included it in ""The Pink Fairy Book"" (1897). Three brothers and a sister worked very hard, became rich, and built a palace. It was much admired, but an old woman told them it needed a church. They built a church. It was even more admired, but an old man told them it needed a pitcher of"
"and whose depression led to severe mood swings"". Maxwell wrote several books during Nutkins' time there, including the hugely successful ""Ring of Bright Water"" in 1960. At the age of 15, Nutkins lost part of two fingers to one of the otters, named Edal. In the ""United Kingdom"" episode of the BBC's programme ""Deadly 60"", Nutkins stated that the otter became aggressive in response to the scent on a jumper that he had been given by a woman that Edal had already attacked and bitten. Edal tore at Nutkins' boot, then attacked his right hand as he reached down, severing"
"Streams of Silver Streams of Silver is a fantasy novel by American writer R. A. Salvatore. It is the second book in his The Icewind Dale Trilogy. Following on from the events of ""The Crystal Shard"", Bruenor leads his friends Drizzt Do'Urden, the barbarian Wulfgar, and a surprisingly enthusiastic Regis, on a quest to reclaim Mithril Hall, the ancient stronghold of his clan. However, danger is already following them before they can reach their objective, for Regis has a particular reason for coming along; namely to elude the dangerous assassin Artemis Entreri, sent by Pasha Pook of Calimshan to recover"
"Golf Club. According to Douglas Botting, Maxwell suffered from bipolar disorder throughout his life. Maxwell's literary agent was Peter Janson-Smith, who was also agent for James Bond author Ian Fleming. Maxwell's book ""Ring of Bright Water"" describes how, in 1956, he brought a smooth-coated otter back from Iraq and raised it in ""Camusfearna"" at Sandaig Bay on the west coast of Scotland. He took the otter, called Mijbil, to the London Zoological Society, where it was decided that this was a previously unknown sub-species of smooth-coated otter. It was therefore named ""Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli"" (or, colloquially, ""Maxwell's otter"") after him."
"goes into high gear as they set out to rescue the women. Ultimately, one lady is reunited with her knight, another finds a new love when her knight is killed, and the last is left to mourn as her champion throws her over for Birdalone. The Water of the Wondrous Isles The Water of the Wondrous Isles is a fantasy novel by William Morris, perhaps the first writer of modern fantasy to unite an imaginary world with the element of the supernatural, and thus a precursor of much of present-day fantasy literature. It was first printed in 1897 by Morris'"
"""The Gathering Storm"" (1974), and ""Beauty and the Beast"" (1976). On the stage, in 1979 she won the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a British musical for her performance opposite Yul Brynner in ""The King and I"". Over the years she appeared in more films but was also very active with television roles and on stage where she continues to make occasional appearances. McKenna has also been responsible for helping create and furnish the Gavin Maxwell Museum on Eilean Bàn, the last island home of Maxwell, an author and naturalist, most famous for his book ""Ring of Bright Water""."
"The Ring and the Book The Ring and the Book is a long dramatic narrative poem, and, more specifically, a verse novel, of 21,000 lines, written by Robert Browning. It was published in four volumes from 1868 to 1869 by Smith, Elder & Co. The book tells the story of a murder trial in Rome in 1698, whereby an impoverished nobleman, Count Guido Franceschini, is found guilty of the murders of his young wife Pompilia (Comparini) and her parents, having suspected his wife was having an affair with a young cleric, Giuseppe Caponsacchi. Having been found guilty despite his protests"
"The Water of the Wondrous Isles The Water of the Wondrous Isles is a fantasy novel by William Morris, perhaps the first writer of modern fantasy to unite an imaginary world with the element of the supernatural, and thus a precursor of much of present-day fantasy literature. It was first printed in 1897 by Morris' own Kelmscott Press on vellum and artisanal paper in a blackletter type of his own design. For the wider reading public, a hardcover trade edition was published later that year by Longmans, Green and Co. The novel was republished by Ballantine Books as the thirty-eighth"
"Virginia McKenna Virginia Anne McKenna, OBE (born 7 June 1931) is a British stage and screen actress, author and wildlife campaigner. She is best known for the films ""A Town Like Alice"" (1958), ""Carve Her Name with Pride"" (1958), ""Born Free"" (1966), and ""Ring of Bright Water"" (1969) and for her long collaboration with husband Bill Travers. McKenna was born in Marylebone to a theatrical family and was educated at Heron's Ghyll School, a former independent boarding school near the market town of Horsham in Sussex. She spent six years in South Africa before returning to the School at the"
"Many Waters Many Waters is a 1986 novel by Madeleine L'Engle, part of the author's Time Quartet (also known as the Time Quintet). The title is taken from the Song of Solomon 8:7: ""Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it. If a man were to give all his wealth for love, it would be utterly scorned."" The principal characters of the story are Sandy and Dennys Murry, twin brothers who are somewhat out of place in the context of the multifarious and eccentric Murry family from ""A Wrinkle in Time"". The action of the story follows"
"River Out of Eden River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life is a 1995 popular science book by Richard Dawkins. The book is about Darwinian evolution and summarizes the topics covered in his earlier books, ""The Selfish Gene"", ""The Extended Phenotype"" and ""The Blind Watchmaker"". It is part of the ""Science Masters"" series and is Dawkins's shortest book. It is illustrated by Lalla Ward, Dawkins's wife. The book's name is derived from Genesis 2:10 relating to the Garden of Eden. The King James Version reads ""And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from"
"Joyce Carol Oates Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American writer. Oates published her first book in 1962 and has since published over 40 novels, as well as a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. She has won many awards for her writing, including the National Book Award, for her novel ""them"" (1969), two O. Henry Awards, and the National Humanities Medal. Her novels ""Black Water"" (1992), ""What I Lived For"" (1994), ""Blonde"" (2000), and short story collections, ""The Wheel of Love"" (1970) and ""Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories"" (2014)"
"Ring of Terror (novel) Ring of Terror is a mystery-suspense novel by the British crime writer Michael Gilbert, first published in the United Kingdom in 1995 by Hodder and Stoughton and in the United States by Carroll & Graf. It was Gilbert's 28th novel and the first of three featuring his final set of recurring characters, Luke Pagan and Joe Narrabone. Set in the reign of Edward VII, during the first decade of the 20th century, it was also the first of Gilbert's historical mysteries. Along with its fictional characters and situations, there are references to actual events of the"
"English department of Harvard University since 2005. Ghosh subsequently returned to India began working on the Ibis trilogy which includes ""Sea of Poppies (2008)"", ""River of Smoke (2011)"", and ""Flood of Fire"" (""2015""). He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Indian government in 2007. In 2009, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. In 2015 Ghosh was named a Ford Foundation Art of Change Fellow. Ghosh is the author of ""The Circle of Reason"" (his 1986 debut novel), ""The Shadow Lines"" (1988), ""The Calcutta Chromosome"" (1995), ""The Glass Palace"" (2000), ""The Hungry Tide"" (2004), and"
"The Knight of the Sacred Lake The Knight of the Sacred Lake is a 2001 historical fantasy novel by Rosalind Miles. It was published in 2001 by Three Rivers Press in paperback. The book is a retelling of the Arthurian legend and follows the lives of Queen Guinevere, consort of King Arthur and her struggles with the king's nephews Agravain and Gawain; the queen is torn between her love for her husband, her land, and her lover, Lancelot. The book was part of a series, ""The Guinevere Novels"", and was followed by ""The Child of the Holy Grail"". Reviewing the"
"""People of the Reeds"". It was hailed by ""The New York Times"" as ""near perfect"". Maxwell next moved to Sandaig (which he called ""Camusfeàrna"" in his books), a small community opposite Isleornsay on a remote part of the Scottish mainland. This is where his ""otter books"" are set. After ""Ring of Bright Water"" (1960), he wrote ""The Rocks Remain"" (1963), in which the otters Edal, Teko, Mossy and Monday show great differences in personality. ""The Rocks Remain"" is a sequel to ""Ring of Bright Water"", and demonstrates the difficulty Maxwell was having, possibly as a result of his mental state,"
"Conrad Richter Conrad Michael Richter (October 13, 1890 – October 30, 1968) was an American novelist whose lyrical work is concerned largely with life on the American frontier in various periods. His novel ""The Town"" (1950), the last story of his trilogy ""The Awakening Land"" about the Ohio frontier, won the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His novel ""The Waters of Kronos"" won the 1961 National Book Award for Fiction. Two collections of short stories were published posthumously during the 20th century, and several of his novels have been reissued during the 21st century by academic presses. Conrad Michael Richter"
"Phil McCall Phil McCall (born Philip McColl; 26 November 1925 – 29 January 2002) was a Glaswegian actor who appeared in numerous films and television productions over a 40-year period. McCall's father was a labourer. He attended St Mungo's Academy in Glasgow and trained as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He then appeared in repertory theatre in Scotland and England. McCall had significant film roles in ""Ring of Bright Water"" (1969) and Lars von Trier's ""Breaking the Waves"" (1996). His television appearances included ""Dr. Finlay's Casebook, Bottle Boys"", ""Monarch of the Glen"", and ""Coronation"
"and was the last child Ruth had from her first marriage, the last child of Rev. Andrew McBride, and the eighth of 12 children. McBride states: His memoir, ""The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother"" (1995), describes his family history and his relationship with his mother. McBride is well known for his 1995 memoir, the bestselling book ""The Color of Water"", which describes his life growing up in a large, poor American-African family that was led by his white Jewish mother. McBride's mother was strict and the daughter of an Orthodox rabbi. During her first"
"The Lake of Darkness The Lake of Darkness is a novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, first published in 1980. It won the Arts Council National Book Award for Genre Fiction in 1981. The title comes from a quotation from Shakespeare's King Lear: Martin Urban is a young accountant leading the comfortable though somewhat dull life of a bachelor. Unexpectedly he wins a very large sum of money in a football pool (104,754 pounds 46 pence), but he decides to give half the money away to the poor. Then Francesca enters into his life, a mysterious young woman who captures"
"teachers. Many Waters Many Waters is a 1986 novel by Madeleine L'Engle, part of the author's Time Quartet (also known as the Time Quintet). The title is taken from the Song of Solomon 8:7: ""Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it. If a man were to give all his wealth for love, it would be utterly scorned."" The principal characters of the story are Sandy and Dennys Murry, twin brothers who are somewhat out of place in the context of the multifarious and eccentric Murry family from ""A Wrinkle in Time"". The action of the story"
"Niel Hancock Niel Hancock (January 8, 1941 – May 7, 2011) was an American fantasy writer most famous for authoring the ""Circle of Light"" series and creating the fictional universe of ""Atlanton Earth"". After being out of print for several years, his novels were reprinted by Tor Books. Hancock's fantasy books are grouped into three sets of four books each. A stand-alone novel, ""Dragon Winter"", is set in the same fictional universe, but not explicitly part of the larger storyline. Hancock wrote high fantasy marketed for adults, but his works contain straightforward plots and tropes such as anthropomorphic animals more"
"Oates was a member of the Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation from 1997 to 2016. Joyce Carol Oates Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American writer. Oates published her first book in 1962 and has since published over 40 novels, as well as a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. She has won many awards for her writing, including the National Book Award, for her novel ""them"" (1969), two O. Henry Awards, and the National Humanities Medal. Her novels ""Black Water"" (1992), ""What I"
"the Rock"" • ""Fort de Chastaigne"" • ""Quest for the White Bull"" • ""Return of the Spanish"" • ""Bride of the Morning Star"" • ""Walks in the Sun"" • ""Thunder Stick"" • ""Track of the Bear"" • ""Child of the Dead"" • ""Bearer of the Pipe"" • ""Medicine Hat"" • ""The Lost Band"" • ""Raven Mocker"" • ""The Pipestone Quest"" • ""The Moon of Madness""(Released November 19, 2013) • ""The Changing Wind"" • ""The Traveler"" • ""World of Silence"" • ""The Smoky Hill: Rivers West, Book 2"" The other books in the series were written by other authors. • ""Southwind"""
"The Waters of Kronos The Waters of Kronos is a novel by Conrad Richter published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1960. It won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1961. According to Penn State University, ""this is the story of John Donner, an aging writer who has driven from the West Coast back to Unionville, Pennsylvania, where he grew up. He discovers that the town he once knew has been submerged under the Kronos River because of a dam created to supply power for a hydroelectric plant. After viewing where the residents of the town cemeteries have been relocated,"
"Rivers of Time Rivers of Time is a 1993 collection of science fiction short stories by American writer L. Sprague de Camp, first published in paperback by Baen Books. All but two of the pieces were originally published between 1956 and 1993 in the magazines ""Galaxy"", ""The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction"", ""Analog"", and ""Asimov's Science Fiction"", and the Robert Silverberg-edited anthology ""The Ultimate Dinosaur"". The remaining pieces were first published in the present work. The book collects the author's nine tales of time-traveling hunter Reginald Rivers, the hero of his 1956 classic, ""A Gun for Dinosaur"". He wrote"