Live and Let Die is the second novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. Set in London, the US and Jamaica, it was first published in the UK by Jonathan Cape on 5 April 1954. Fleming wrote the novel at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica before his first book, Casino Royale, was published. The story centres on Bond's pursuit of Mr Big, who has links to an American criminal network, the world of voodoo and SMERSH—an arm of the Russian secret service—all of which are threats to the West. Bond becomes involved in the US through Mr Big's smuggling of 17th-century gold coins from British territories in the Caribbean. The novel deals with themes of the ongoing East–West struggle of the Cold War, including British and American relations, Britain's position in the world, race relations and the struggle between good and evil. It was adapted in 1973 as the eighth film in the Eon Productions Bond series and the first to star Roger Moore (pictured) as Bond.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1710:

The Statute of Anne, the first fully fledged law regulating copyright, received royal assent and went into effect five days later in Great Britain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_of_Anne

1986:

The Libyan secret service bombed a discotheque in West Berlin, killing 3 people and injuring 229 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_West_Berlin_discotheque_bombing

2000:

Before a semi-final of the 2000 UEFA Cup in Istanbul, violence broke out that resulted in two Leeds United fans being stabbed to death. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_UEFA_Cup_semi-final_violence

2009:

The North Korean satellite Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 was launched from the Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground and passed over Japan, sparking concerns it may have been a trial run of technology that could be used to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwangmy%C5%8Fngs%C5%8Fng-2

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

whelm: 1. (transitive) To bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge. 2. (transitive, obsolete) To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it. 3. (transitive, obsolete) To ruin or destroy. 4. (intransitive) To overcome with emotion; to overwhelm. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelm

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

To promise that which is known to be impossible is no covenant. But if that prove impossible afterwards, which before was thought possible, the covenant is valid and bindeth, though not to the thing itself, yet to the value; or, if that also be impossible, to the unfeigned endeavour of performing as much as is possible, for to more no man can be obliged. Men are freed of their covenants two ways; by performing, or by being forgiven. For performance is the natural end of obligation, and forgiveness the restitution of liberty, as being a retransferring of that right in which the obligation consisted.   --Thomas Hobbes https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes