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| Buddhism in Wales: Welsh Buddhists, Lauren Harries, Jeff Banks, Jan Anderson, Ricky Evans | ||
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| 出版日期 | 2010.09.16 |
| 頁次 | 24 |
| 出版者 | Books LLC |
| 出版者網址 | http://booksllc.net/ |
| 出版地 | Memphis, TN, US [曼非斯, 田納西州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 書籍=Book |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 摘要 | Chapters: Welsh Buddhists, Lauren Harries, Jeff Banks, Jan Anderson, Ricky Evans. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Lauren Charlotte Harries (born James Charles Harries 1978 in Surrey, England), was a British childhood media personality who appeared on Wogan, as a childhood prodigy in the field of antiques. The daughter of Mark Harries, who worked in the hotel business and catering trade, Harries was the youngest of three children with one younger sister. The family moved to Cardiff when Harries was still a baby. From the age of five, Harries enjoyed art and antiques, and had an alleged ability to spot bargains at local car boot sales and second-hand shops. She spotted a piece of porcelain which she bought for pennies and sold for several thousand pounds, a story picked up by the Western Mail. Encouraged by her family to appear in the media, Harries's first television appearance was on Terry Wogan's UK chat show, Wogan. The twelve-year-old demonstrated what seemed to be a knowledge of antiques which, combined with an odd appearance including bow ties, hair in thick golden curls, formal attire and a precocious manner of speaking, made her memorable to British viewers. Harries's father Mark ran a kissogram business; after Harries's appearance on Wogan Mark supported the perception that Harries was an antiques expert. Business opportunities arose out of the TV appearance, and the family opened an antiques shop, costume hire business and florists, the latter two on Broadway, Roath. Harries wrote a book entitled From Rags To Riches and tried to promote this when appearing on talk shows in the United States. Harries's schooling suffered from the heightened publicity. Media opportunities and resulting business reduced as Harries grew up, and The famil...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=16828867 |
| ISBN | 9781158744749 (pbk); 1158744749 (pbk) |
| 點閱次數 | 274 |
| 建檔日期 | 2010.12.28 |
| 更新日期 | 2010.12.28 |
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