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Known mostly as a stage actress, Gurney shot to worldwide fame playing Lady Marjorie Bellamy on the 1970s British TV drama Upstairs, Downstairs, which was also a massive hit in the U.S. and other countries. Her character was so beloved that fan mail -- addressed either to her name or to Lady Marjorie at the fictional house's address -- kept coming for years, but she almost turned down the role. "I would have much rather played one of the servants," she once said. "They are much nicer people." When she decided to leave the series after two seasons, the show duly wrote her out by having Lady Marjorie sail to America on the Titanic. Gurney died this week at age 81. From This is True for 25 November 2001 Suggestions for further reading:
 List Price: $6.99 Amazon Price: $6.99 Editorial Review: Tommy is four years old, and he loves visiting the home of his grandmother, Nana Downstairs, and his great-grandmother, Nana Upstairs. But one day Tommy's mother tells him Nana Upstairs won't be there anymore, and Tommy must struggle with saying good-bye to someone he loves. Updated with new, full-color illustrations, this classic story will continue to win the hearts of readers of all ages. "Children will want to hear this again and again." --School Library Journal, starred review "A quietly touching story [that] depicts loving family relationships." --Publishers Weekly  By: Wong Herbert Yee List Price: $3.99 Amazon Price: $3.99 Editorial Review: "Delightful. . . . A real winner."?School Library Journal "The friendly, cooperative tone of the text is reminiscent of the Frog and Toad series."?Kirkus Reviews "Yee's comfy beginning reader (dedicated to 'Friends of Frog and Toad') . . . packs in plenty of sweetness and civility."?Publishers Weekly Mouse and Mole are neighbors. Mouse lives inside an oak tree, and Mole lives in a hole underneath. They are neighbors, but they are also friends. Sometimes friends make mistakes?but they always try to help each other out. That is what Mouse and Mole do.  By: Edward Heywood List Price: $7.92 Amazon Price: $7.92  By: The Curators List Price: $55.00 Amazon Price: $34.65 Editorial Review: Often found at the heart of a building, stairs still represent fundamental circulation spaces despite the prevalence of and necessity for lifts in more recent building designs. This new publication takes a detailed look at an incredible range of stair designs and reveals that stairs can provide more than just the transition from one level to another. For example, they may also be the focal point in a home, a decorative feature in a public building or a practical circulation space in an office block.  By: John A. Flower List Price: $15.95 Amazon Price: $12.92 Editorial Review: U.S. colleges and universities are a wonder of the World. Over the generations they have grown to more than 3,875 institutions. Student enrollment tops 15,000,000. The complexities in their diversity boggle the mind. New knowledge constantly uncovered through research by professors changes our lives. However, forces exist that threaten the integrity of higher education. Social, economic, ethnic, and political issues alter the spirit and face of U.S. college campuses. Some trends such as political correctness and a plethora of lawsuits neuter educational substance. The orderly cosmos of higher education is in danger of becoming disorderly chaos. Financial disparities between universities assume extravagant proportions. The rich get richer. The many hundreds of campuses serving the mass market of students are unable to compete with the relative handful of super-rich universities. In Upstairs, Downstairs, John Flower explores the forces that alter college life in America. He analyzes and codifies them, offering suggestions for ways they should be dealt with by university professionals and by concerned citizens and community leaders worried about the state of higher education. Given today's world, campus change is inevitable. But the negative impact of a component of this change can be modified. With the help of enlightened citizens it can even be adjusted to enhance the character and characteristics of higher education. As such, Flower's book is a wake-up call. |
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