Books of the Dead
The first volume of her poems didn't appear until 1890, 4 years after death stopped for her.
Who is (Emily) Dickinson?
An elephant's trunk contains roughly 40,000 more of these than you have in your entire body.
What are muscles?
Able to read and write.
What is Literate?
If you're all set, this guy your uncle - perhaps Mr. Ross or Mr. Sage.
Who is Bob?
This word is combined with trailer in a standard truck type used for hauling loads.
What is a semi (or tractor)?
Irene Nemirovsky's Suite Francaise was a bestseller six decades after her 1942 death in this infamous camp in Poland.
What is Auschwitz?
A song from Annie Get Your Gun says "got no mansion, got no" this boat, "still I'm happy with what I've got"
What is a yacht?
One's direct descent from an ancestor.
What is Lineage?
I'll put this kitchen item on - perhaps for some Earl Grey.
What is the kettle?
In trucker jargon, a draggin' wagon is one of these vehicles that you don't want to have to call when out on the road.
What is a wrecker (or tow truck)?
Samuel Butler's The Way of All this was published in 1903 the year after his death.
What is (The Way of All) Flesh?
Title for a Russian empress like Nicholas II's Alexandra.
What is Czarina?
Name for a New York bay or a young quahog clam usually eaten raw.
What is Littleneck?
One man's meat is another man's this - like a fumigant.
What is poison?
This company is almost synonymous with heavy duty American trucks and builds them in Macungie, Pennsylvania.
What is Mack?
He died of a heart attack in 2004, shortly before the first novel in his mega-selling thriller trilogy was published.
Who is (Stieg) Larsson?
A moral compass.
What is a conscience?
A city in France, world famous for it's porcelain.
What is Limoges?
William Cngreve wrote, do this in haste, repent at leisure.
What is marry?
A good reminder before backing up your truck at any time is the acronym G.O.A.L. - Get Out And do this.
What is Look?
Franz Kafka told an executor to destroy the manuscript of the 1925 novel Der Prozess, this title in English.
What is The Trial?
The Latin for to declare is the origin of this legal term for a formal accusation.
What is Indict(ment)?
Ancient author of From the Foundation of the City, a history of Rome in 142 volumes.
Who is Livy (Titus Livius)?
This, fruit-shaped, means something has gone very very wrong.
What is Pear(-shaped)?
A high center of gravity & excessive speed on a curve can both lead to this, the deadliest type of trucking accident.
What is a rollover?