Who wrote "House of Cards" and Never Surrender?
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Never Surrender (novel) Never Surrender is a novel by Michael Dobbs, based on historical events of the first few weeks of May 1940. It is a sequel to Dobbs' novel, "Winston's War," which is based on the events surrounding the demise of Neville Chamberlain and the appointment of Winston Churchill as Prime Minister.
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Michael Dobbs Michael Dobbs, Baron Dobbs (born 14 November 1948) is a British Conservative politician and best-selling author, most notably for his "House of Cards" trilogy.
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House of Cards (James Reyne song) "House Of Cards" is the first single from Australian rock musician James Reyne’s second studio album "Hard Reyne" released in (1989). It peaked at number 17 in Australia.
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Stewart Stern Stewart Henry Stern (March 22, 1922 – February 2, 2015) was an American screenwriter. He is best known for writing the screenplay for the film "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955), starring James Dean.
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Surrender (Sarah Brightman album) Surrender is an album by English soprano Sarah Brightman featuring songs composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The album’s booklet also includes Lloyd Webber's commentary for each song.
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Masters of War "Masters of War" is a song by Bob Dylan, written over the winter of 1962–63 and released on the album "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" in the spring of 1963. The song's melody was adapted from the traditional "Nottamun Town". Dylan's lyrics are a protest against the Cold War nuclear arms build-up of the early 1960s.
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Gwen Davis Gwen Davis (born May 11, 1936) is an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, songwriter, journalist and poet.
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I Could Never Be Ashamed of You "I Could Never Be Ashamed of You" is a song written and recorded by Hank Williams. It was released as the B-side of "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" on MGM Records in November 1952.
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Never Surrender (album) Never Surrender is the sixth studio album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, released in 1982. The album reached #26 on the Billboard Albums chart assisted by the singles "All the Way", "A World of Fantasy" and "Never Surrender" which hit #2, #3 and #23, respectively, on the Billboard's Mainstream Top Rock Tracks chart in 1983. Interestingly, "All the Way" (the third of the three tracks to chart), was Triumph's highest charting song on the Top Rock Tracks chart, but did not sustain that level of popularity with Triumph fans as the song is not included on their 1985 live album "Stages", the later "Classics" (a Greatest Hits album) or 2005's "Livin' for the Weekend: The Anthology" album.
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Never Say Never Again (Bee Gees song) "Never Say Never Again" is a song by the Bee Gees, It was written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb in 1968 and released on the album "Odessa" in 1969.
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Michael Herr Michael David Herr (April 13, 1940 – June 23, 2016) was an American writer and war correspondent, known as the author of "Dispatches" (1977), a memoir of his time as a correspondent for "Esquire magazine" (1967–1969) during the Vietnam War. The book was called the best "to have been written about the Vietnam War" by "The New York Times Book Review"; novelist John le Carré called it "the best book I have ever read on men and war in our time." Herr later was credited with pioneering the literary genre of the nonfiction novel, along with authors such as Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, and Tom Wolfe.
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Barry Lopez Barry Holstun Lopez (born January 6, 1945) is an American author, essayist, and fiction writer whose work is known for its humanitarian and environmental concerns. He won the National Book Award for Nonfiction for "Arctic Dreams" (1986) and his "Of Wolves and Men" (1978) was a National Book Award finalist.
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John Mankiewicz John Mankiewicz (born February 18, 1954) is an American television and film executive producer and screenwriter. He was co-executive producer for "House of Cards", he co-created the television series "The Street" and has written and produced episodes for "House M.D." and occasionally writes for "The New Yorker."
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Never Can Say Goodbye "Never Can Say Goodbye" is a song written by Clifton Davis and originally recorded by The Jackson 5. The song was originally written and intended for the Supremes to record; however Motown decided the song would be better for the Jackson 5. Released as a single in 1971, it was one of the group's most successful songs. The song has been covered numerous times, most notably in 1974 by disco diva Gloria Gaynor and in 1987 by British pop group The Communards.
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Wild Cards Wild Cards is a series of science fiction superhero shared universe anthologies, mosaic novels, and solo novels written by a collection of thirty authors referred to as the Wild Cards Trust and edited by George R. R. Martin and Melinda M. Snodgrass. Set largely during an alternate history of post-World War II United States, the series follows humans who contracted the Wild Card virus, an alien virus that rewrites DNA and mutates survivors; those who acquire minor or crippling physical conditions are known as Jokers, and those who acquire superhuman abilities are known as Aces.
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Lani Hall Lani Hall (born November 6, 1945) is an American singer, lyricist, author, and the wife of Herb Alpert. From 1966 to 1971 she performed as lead vocalist for Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66. In 1972 she released her first solo album "Sundown Lady", but she may be best known for her rendition of the theme song to the 1983 James Bond film "Never Say Never Again". In 1986 she was awarded her first Grammy Award for "Es Fácil Amar" as "Best Latin Pop Performance." After that year she largely retired, resurfacing in 1998 with the solo album "Brasil Nativo". She has the distinction of recording over 22 albums in three different languages and has released three albums, "Anything Goes", "I Feel You" and "Steppin' Out", on which she performs alongside her husband Herb Alpert. She received her second Grammy Award in 2013 as producer for the album, "Steppin' Out".
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Jonathan House Jonathan M. House (born 1950) is an American military historian and author. He is a professor emeritus of military history at the U.S. Army United States Army Command and General Staff College. House is a leading authority on Soviet military history, with an emphasis upon World War II and the Soviet influence upon modern operational doctrine. Together with David Glantz, he wrote multiple books on the Red Army operations on the Eastern Front, most notably the 1995 work, revised in 2015, "When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler".
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Larry H. Abraham Larry H. Abraham (1937 – July 7, 2008) was the co-founder of PanAmerica Capital Group, Inc., author and a speaker on political, economic, and financial topics. He was a member of Robert W. Welch, Jr.'s John Birch Society. He was the co-author with Gary Allen of the 1971 best-seller "None Dare Call It Conspiracy", which sold more than five million copies during the 1972 U.S. presidential election.
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The Ship that Never Returned The Ship That Never Returned is an 1865 song written by Henry Clay Work, about a ship that left a harbor and never came back. A reason for the ship not returning isn't given in the lyrics. However, the line, "and their fate is yet unlearned", implies that the reason is unknown.
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Albert Jay Nock Albert Jay Nock (October 13, 1870 – August 19, 1945) was an American libertarian author, editor first of The Freeman and then The Nation, educational theorist, Georgist, and social critic of the early and middle 20th century. He was an outspoken opponent of the New Deal, and served as a fundamental inspiration for the modern libertarian and Conservative movements, cited as an influence by William F. Buckley, Jr. He was one of the first Americans to self-identify as "libertarian". His best-known books are "Memoirs of a Superfluous Man", and "Our Enemy, the State".
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This Never Happened Before "This Never Happened Before" is a song from Paul McCartney's 2005 album "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard". It was released to radio stations in the United States in 2006, peaking at #27 on "Billboard's" Adult Contemporary chart (see 2006 in music). It was included in the soundtrack of the movie "The Lake House" (2006).
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Mike Gold Michael "Mike" Gold (April 12, 1894 – May 14, 1967) was the pen-name of Jewish American writer Itzok Isaac Granich. A lifelong communist, Gold was a novelist and literary critic. His semi-autobiographical novel "Jews Without Money" (1930) was a bestseller. During the 1930s and 1940s Gold was considered the preeminent author and editor of U.S. proletarian literature.