The Birds and Other Stories The Birds and Other Stories The Birds and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by Daphne du Maurier, originally published in 1952 as The Apple Tree by Gollancz in the United Kingdom. It includes "The Birds," which was made into a film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock in 1963. The anthology was published in the United States as Kiss Me Again, Stranger by Doubleday and then has been republished under the current name, "The Birds and Other Stories". Reviewing the American edition in "F&SF", Boucher and McComas noted that while nearly half the work fell into
Based on a True Story (Silkk the Shocker album) Based on a True Story (Silkk the Shocker album) Based on a True Story is the fifth studio album by American rapper Silkk the Shocker, released on September 7, 2004, on The New No Limit Records and Koch Records. It was produced by Myke Diesel, Donald XL Robertson and former Flipmode Squad member Serious Chart-wise, "Based on a True Story" is thus far the lowest charting album of Silkk's careerpad debuting at number 88 on the "Billboard" 200, number 20 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 7 on the Independent Albums selling 27,000 copies its first week of release.