General Crack is a 1928 historical novel by the British writer Marjorie Bowen, written under her pen name of George Preedy. In 1929, it was adapted into...

Barrymore's last historical epic together. It was based on the 1928 novel General Crack by the British writer Marjorie Bowen, published under the name George...

Cracking India (1991, U.S., 1992, India; originally published as Ice Candy Man, 1988, England) is a novel by author Bapsi Sidhwa. Setting: Lahore Time:...

notable writer, winning the 1962 Hawthornden Prize for his novel The Sun Doctor. His novel and play The Man in the Glass Booth was an international success...

"Jimmy Crack Corn" or "Blue-Tail Fly" is an American song which first became popular during the rise of blackface minstrelsy in the 1840s through performances...

was an American adventure novelist and underwater explorer. His thriller novels, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have been listed on The New York...

Gone with the Wind is a novel by American writer Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936. The story is set in Clayton County and Atlanta, both in Georgia...

walk around in with the guidance of a helpful angel who cracks wise. In a review comparing the novel with the film adaptation, Nathan Rabin expressed a negative...

17, 2008. Sahagian, Jacqueline (May 11, 2015). "TV Takes a Crack at Unfilmable Vonnegut Novel". Showbiz Cheat Sheet. "Cat's Cradle, a calypso musical based...

Steamer" "The General Slocum An Unlucky Craft. Has Had Collisions And Accidents by the Score. Has Run Ashore Many Times. She Was a Crack Harbor Boat Thirteen...

The Luck of Barry Lyndon is a picaresque novel by English author William Makepeace Thackeray, first published as a serial in Fraser's Magazine in 1844...

crack cocaine in the city of Detroit, Michigan, during the mid-1980s. At the height of their power, the gang controlled over 50 percent of the crack cocaine...

year, he won the Al-Adab magazine literature award. His second novel was titled A Crack in a Long History (1970) then came A Thousand and Two Nights in...

This Side of Paradise is the 1920 debut novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. It examines the lives and morality of carefree American youth at...

novelist/screenwriter Jimmy McGovern. McGovern adapted Joseph Mckeown's novel Back Crack Boy for this emotionally raw meditation on innocence and pain. Frears...

of the "Crack Manifesto" with several other young writers to protest the state of Mexican literature and promote their own work. Volpi's novels are distinct...

novel series written by American author Brandon Sanderson, planned to consist of ten novels. As of 2024, the series comprises five published novels and...

Double Indemnity is a 1943 crime novel by American journalist-turned-novelist James M. Cain. It was first published in Liberty magazine in 1936 as an...

The Black Company, released in May 1984, is the first novel in Glen Cook's ongoing series The Black Company. The book combines elements of epic fantasy...

three-year break, Fleet Foxes reconvened in 2016 to record their third album Crack-Up, which was released the following year on Nonesuch Records. This was...

Under Siege is a 1990 novel by Stephen Coonts. A drug cartel chief is captured and brought to Washington, DC for trial. The cartel tries various tactics...

cohorts. In addition to General Gaskell and Madame Laurencin, there are a number of notable adversaries waiting for their crack at D. First is Duke Shuma...

that James is 23 years old, and has been an alcoholic for ten years, and a crack addict for three. He is also wanted by the police in three states on several...

novel's front cover. Also used on the book's jacket in Britain was a heartfelt quote from the author Mary Renault, "A spirited sea-tale with cracking...

Compulsion is a 1956 crime novel by American writer Meyer Levin. Set in 1924 Chicago, it is inspired by the real-life Leopold and Loeb trial, and was...

Nobody, and Di Radfield in the film adaptation of Sheila Kohler's novel, Cracks. Some of her other film credits at the time include Celia in St Trinian's...

way of life is based on The Articles, a general freedom to live as one chooses, without prejudice. The novel is narrated from two different standpoints;...

was experiencing such a peculiar bliss in the midst of toxic fumes and crack whore street dancing, that I craved to share the thrill and horror of it...

"The cracks continue to show in Coppola's directorial style, but The Outsiders remains a blustery, weird, and fun adaptation of the classic novel." Roger...

2011. "Herbert W. McBride (1873–1933)". TeeJawa. Retrieved 20 May 2015. "'Crack Marksmen': Canada's Aboriginal Snipers in WWI". American Rifleman. Senich...