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The Bourne Ultimatum [SEP] characters | The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bourne Ultimatum is the third Jason Bourne novel written by Robert Ludlum and a sequel to "The Bourne Supremacy" (1986). First published in 1990, it was the last Bourne novel to be written by Ludlum himself. Eric Van Lustbader wrote a sequel titled "The Bourne Legacy" fourteen years later.
A fi... | The Bourne Ultimatum: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
The Bourne Ultimatum: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 2007 film "The Bourne Ultimatum".
Composer John Powell returned as the Bourne composer, having created the scores for the two previous films. Also included is a brand-new version of... | 7,200 | zeroshot-train |
The Brass Verdict [SEP] characters | The Brass Verdict
The Brass Verdict is the 19th novel by American author Michael Connelly and features the second appearance of Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Michael "Mickey" Haller. Connelly introduced Haller in his bestselling 2005 novel "The Lincoln Lawyer".
Plot summary.
Since the events of the previous nov... | , and Robert Crais. Likewise, during an October 16, 2008 book-signing in San Mateo, California, to promote "The Brass Verdict", Michael Connelly informed the audience that Bosch also appeared in a cameo without identification in Connelly's novel "Chasing the Dime".
With two exceptions the Bosch novels are narrated in t... | 7,201 | zeroshot-train |
The Buckaroo of the Badlands [SEP] characters | The Buckaroo of the Badlands
The Buckaroo of the Badlands is a 1992 Scrooge McDuck comic by Don Rosa. It is the third of the original 12 chapters in the series The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck. The story takes place in 1882.
The story was first published in the Danish "Anders And & Co." #1992-45; the first American... | -Bent for Election" (Jones/Jul/"") - 1944
187. "Birdy and the Beast" (Clampett/Aug 19/"") - 1944
188. "Buckaroo Bugs" (Clampett/Aug 26/""/"") - 1944
189. "Plane Daffy" (Tashlin/Sep 16/""/"EDD") - 1944
190. "Lost and Foundling" (Jones/Sep 30/"") - 1944
191. "Booby Hatched" (Tashlin/Oct 14/"") - | 7,202 | zeroshot-train |
The Burning Fiery Furnace [SEP] characters | Summer Music Festival on 25 June 1967 with Andrea Velis as Nebuchadnezzar.
The scale and manner of instrumentation are similar to those in "Curlew River", but one notable difference is the use of the alto trombone.
Clifford Hindley has commented on a reading of a subtext sympathetic to homosexuality on the part of both... | Fiery furnace
Fiery furnace may refer to:
- The fiery furnace of the biblical account of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (Daniel 3)
- Fiery Furnace (Arches National Park), a region of Utah's Arches National Park
- The Fiery Furnaces, a rock band
- The Burning Fiery Furnace, a Benjamin Britten composition | 7,203 | zeroshot-train |
The Canary Murder Case [SEP] characters | The Canary Murder Case
The Canary Murder Case (1927) is a murder mystery novel which deals with the murders of a sexy nightclub singer known as "the Canary," and, eventually, her boyfriend, solved by Philo Vance. S. S. Van Dine's classic whodunnit, second in the Philo Vance series, is said by Howard Haycraft to have br... | (1922)
- "The Cat and the Canary" (1927)
- "" (1927)
- "The Canary Murder Case" (1929)
- "The Greene Murder Case" (1929)
- "The Letter" (1929)
- "The Studio Murder Mystery" (1929)
1930s.
- "The Bat Whispers" (1930)
- "The Benson Murder Case" (1930)
- "The Bishop Murder Case" (1930) | 7,204 | zeroshot-train |
The Captives of Kaag [SEP] characters | The Captives of Kaag
The Captives of Kaag is the fourteenth book in the Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever. As with most of the later books in the series, this one is illustrated by Brian Williams.
Gameplay.
Lone Wolf books rely on a combination of thought and luck. Certain statistics such as combat skill and e... | Sep;62(3):305-18, 2010
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- Ernst AA, W... | 7,205 | zeroshot-train |
The Cauldron of Fear [SEP] characters | The Cauldron of Fear
The Cauldron of Fear is the ninth book in the Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever. Starting with this book, long-time illustrator Gary Chalk was replaced with Brian Williams.
Gameplay.
Lone Wolf books rely on a combination of thought and luck. Certain statistics such as combat skill and endu... | the climactic "cauldron born" sequence, proved to be too intense and frightening for the majority of the children in the audience (most of whom fled the theater in terror before it was even finished), the newly appointed Disney studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg ordered certain scenes from "The Black Cauldron" be cut, ... | 7,206 | zeroshot-train |
The Caverns of Kalte [SEP] characters | The Caverns of Kalte
The Caverns of Kalte is the third book of the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever.
Gameplay.
With this third book, players will find that having played through the previous books in the series and thus carried characters forward from these books can help. Since each book succes... | The Caverns of Thracia
The Caverns of Thracia is an adventure for fantasy role-playing games published by Judges Guild in 1979.
Contents.
"The Caverns of Thracia" is a scenario with a Greek mythical background that describes an intricate dungeon complex and lost city. The upper levels are for low-level characters; lowe... | 7,207 | zeroshot-train |
The Character of Rain [SEP] characters | The Character of Rain
The Character of Rain () is a 2000 short novel by the Belgian author Amélie Nothomb originally written in French. The English translated edition of the novel was published by Faber and Faber.
Plot.
The novel, apparently autobiographical, describes the world as discovered and seen by a three-year-o... | Halflife (comics)
Halflife is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. These characters have two distinct origins, and are detailed separately below.
Publication history.
The first Halflife is a Marvel Comics supervillain. She first appeared in "West Coast Aveng... | 7,208 | zeroshot-train |
The Chasm of Doom [SEP] characters | The Chasm of Doom
The Chasm of Doom is the fourth book in the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever and illustrated by Gary Chalk.
Gameplay.
Lone Wolf books rely on a combination of thought and luck. Certain statistics such as combat skill and endurance attributes are determined randomly before play.... | Chasm levels actually being split into two separate levels.
Both GBA ports feature the same multiplayer functionality as the PC version. These were the first ports of "Doom" on a handheld device. Both "Doom" and "Doom II" received a much larger amount of censoring than other ports (monsters bleed green instead of red, ... | 7,209 | zeroshot-train |
The Clue of the Broken Locket [SEP] characters | The Clue of the Broken Locket
The Clue of the Broken Locket is the eleventh volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1934, and was written by Mildred Benson under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene.
Plot summary (1934 edition).
When two adopted parents are unsuitable for caring of baby twins,... | , and not wishing to draw attention to the disguised Charles, Careless parted from the king later the same day (7 Sep 1651).
A contemporary armorial locket containing a miniature portrait of William Careless is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, (see "External links" below). The inscription wi... | 7,210 | zeroshot-train |
The Concrete Blonde [SEP] characters | The Concrete Blonde
The Concrete Blonde is the third novel by American crime author Michael Connelly, featuring the Los Angeles detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch.
Background.
Connelly said that he obtained the seed idea for "The Concrete Blonde" by reading a book detailing actual cases, written for forensic profession... | video tapes of Bremmer's killings. Bremmer makes a deal for life without parole in exchange for leading police to the bodies of his other victims. Harry takes two weeks off work to make some home improvements. Eventually Sylvia returns and they re-unite and head off for a weekend together.
Characters in "The Concrete B... | 7,211 | zeroshot-train |
The Cowboy Captain of the Cutty Sark [SEP] characters | The Cowboy Captain of the Cutty Sark
The Cowboy Captain of the Cutty Sark is a 1998 Scrooge McDuck comic by Don Rosa. The story takes place between "The Buckaroo of the Badlands" and "Raider of the Copper Hill" in the series The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck making it part 3B.
The story was first published in the Da... | in "Walt Disney Giant" #1) up until "The Cowboy Captain of the Cutty Sark".
Three stories were done later, during the Gemstone era (2003-2008), which are "The Sharpie of the Culebra Cut", "The Prisoner of White Agony Creek" and "The Dream of a Lifetime". "The Prisoner of White Agony Creek", at the time of its release o... | 7,212 | zeroshot-train |
The Crystal Stopper [SEP] characters | The Crystal Stopper
The Crystal Stopper is a mystery novel by Maurice Leblanc featuring the adventures of the gentleman thief Arsène Lupin.
The novel appeared in serial form in the French newspaper "Le Journal" from September to November 1912 and was released as a novel subsequently. Maurice Leblanc was inspired by the... | opopanax.
The bottle.
The bottle designed to contain the fragrance was as painstakingly researched as every other aspect of the product. A unique bottle was crafted for Poison and designed to look like forbidden fruit. The color of the apple shaped bottle is deep shade of amethyst, the neck is gold with a crystal stopp... | 7,213 | zeroshot-train |
The Curse of Capistrano [SEP] characters | The Curse of Capistrano
The Curse of Capistrano is a 1919 serialized novel by Johnston McCulley and the first work to feature the fictional Californio character Zorro ("zorro" is the Spanish word for fox). It would be later published as a book in 1924 under the title The Mark of Zorro.
Publication history.
Before being... | Vanity Fair", and was the longtime of author of the "Hot Type" book column. A second book of fiction, "Blueprints for Building Better Girls", was published by Simon & Schuster in 2011. It was chosen as a "Best Book of the Year" by "The San Francisco Chronicle", "The Boston Globe", "The Wall Street Journal". "Newsweek/T... | 7,214 | zeroshot-train |
The Curse of Naar [SEP] characters | The Curse of Naar
The Curse of Naar is the twentieth book in the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever. This is the final book in the "Grand Master" series, and the last one released in North America.
Gameplay.
Lone Wolf books rely on a combination of thought and luck. Certain statistics such as comb... | )
- "Box 991" (1916)
- "The Curse of Quetzal" (1914)
- "The Compass in the Sky" ("People's Magazine" May 1917)
- "The Ghost of a Name" ("The Cavalier" December 20, 1913)
- "The Green Goddess" ("Argosy" Jan 31, Feb 7, Feb 14, February 21, 1931)
- "The House of the Ego" "The Cavalier" Sep 20, Sep | 7,215 | zeroshot-train |
The Dark Knight Returns [SEP] characters | The Dark Knight Returns
The Dark Knight Returns (alternatively titled Batman: The Dark Knight Returns) is a 1986 four-issue comic book miniseries starring Batman, written by Frank Miller, illustrated by Miller and Klaus Janson, and published by DC Comics. When the series was collected into a single volume later that ye... | 's "The Dark Knight Strikes Again" (also known as "DK2"). "DK2," the long-awaited follow-up to "The Dark Knight Returns," contrasts the traditional superhero-crimefighter character with the politicized characters that evolved during the 1990s; this was, perhaps, epitomized by "The Authority" and "Planetary," both writt... | 7,216 | zeroshot-train |
The Dark Wind [SEP] characters | The Dark Wind
The Dark Wind is the fifth crime fiction novel in the Joe Leaphorn / Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series by Tony Hillerman, published in 1982. It is the second of the novels to feature Officer Jim Chee.
Now working from Tuba City, Sgt. Chee is assigned four cases by Capt. Largo. A drug-smuggling plane cr... | Kurse
Kurse is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer/artist Walter Simonson, the Algrim version of Kurse first appears as the Dark Elf Algrim the Strong in "Thor" #347 (Sep. 1984). He is later transformed into Kurse in "Secret Wars II" #4 (O... | 7,217 | zeroshot-train |
The Darke Crusade [SEP] characters | The Darke Crusade
The Darke Crusade is the fifteenth book in the Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever and now illustrated by Brian Williams.
Gameplay.
Lone Wolf books rely on a combination of thought and luck. Certain statistics such as combat skill and endurance attributes are determined randomly before play. Th... | Sejanoz" the Grand Master escorts Xo-lin, emperor of Chai, to safety in the distant city of Tazhan across the Lissanian Plain as news of Sejanoz' invasion force reach the palace in Pensei.
The following adventure, "The Storms of Chai", takes place 18 years later. Just like for the Nyras Sceptre from "The Darke Crusade"... | 7,218 | zeroshot-train |
The Death of Achilles [SEP] characters | The Death of Achilles
The Death of Achilles () is the fourth novel in the Erast Fandorin historical detective series by Boris Akunin. Its subtitle is "детектив о наемном убийце" ("a detective novel about a murderer-for-hire"). It was originally published in Russian in 1998; the English translation was released in 2006.... | Alexander III's real younger brother, Vladimir Alexandrovich.
Allusions to the Iliad and other Greek myths.
As the title of the novel suggests, "The Death of Achilles" alludes to one of the main characters of the Iliad. However, the allusion is more complex than just the mere reference to general Sobolev's nickname, th... | 7,219 | zeroshot-train |
The Deathlord of Ixia [SEP] characters | The Deathlord of Ixia
The Deathlord of Ixia was the seventeenth book of the Lone Wolf book series, written by Joe Dever and now illustrated by Brian Williams.
Gameplay.
Lone Wolf books rely on a combination of thought and luck. Certain statistics such as combat skill and endurance attributes are determined randomly bef... | , the player then created their party of 6 characters from the 8 races and 16 classes available. They weren't limited to just 6 characters, however, and could keep a roster of other characters to switch out in the future, but any time they did, the party would be returned to the starting point of the game.
Physical con... | 7,220 | zeroshot-train |
The Doorbell Rang [SEP] characters | The Doorbell Rang
The Doorbell Rang is a Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1965.
Plot introduction.
Nero Wolfe is hired to force the FBI to stop wiretapping, tailing and otherwise harassing a woman who gave away 10,000 copies of a book that is critical of the Bureau and its... | Speaker", "Too Many Women", "Murder by the Book", "Before Midnight", "Plot It Yourself", "Too Many Clients", "The Doorbell Rang", and "Death of a Doxy", which are for me the best of all the full-length Wolfe novels.
- J. Kenneth Van Dover, "At Wolfe's Door" — Wolfe's return to the novel-length mystery is a strong one: ... | 7,221 | zeroshot-train |
The Dragon Murder Case [SEP] characters | The Dragon Murder Case
The Dragon Murder Case (first published in 1934) is a novel in a series by S. S. Van Dine about fictional detective Philo Vance. It was also adapted to a film version in 1934, starring Warren William as Vance.
A guest at an estate in northern Manhattan (Inwood Hill Park) dives into the swimming p... | - Frederick Worlock, four episodes ("Father & Son" Jun 2, 1957, "The Crocodile Case" May 25, 1958, "The Impromptu Murder" Jun 22, 1958, and "Relative Value" Mar 1, 1959)
- Ben Wright, three appearances ("A Home Away From Home" Sep 27, 1963, "Murder Case" Mar 6, 1964 and "Thou Still Unravished Bride" Mar 22, 1965)
- Tha... | 7,222 | zeroshot-train |
The Dungeons of Torgar [SEP] characters | The Dungeons of Torgar
The Dungeons of Torgar is the tenth book in the Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever. These later books are illustrated by Brian Williams.
Gameplay.
Lone Wolf books rely on a combination of thought and luck. Certain statistics such as combat skill and endurance attributes are determined ran... | Thorolf Kveldulfsson and his brother Skallagrim.
When he heard that Harald I of Norway was launching an attack against Thorolf, Ketil was among the latter's allies who set out to support him. They arrived too late, and when the expedition arrived Thorolf had already been slain. In retaliation for Thorolf's death, Ketil... | 7,223 | zeroshot-train |
The Empire-Builder from Calisota [SEP] characters | The Empire-Builder from Calisota
The Empire-Builder from Calisota or The Richest Duck in the World is a 1994 Scrooge McDuck comic by Don Rosa. It is the eleventh of the original 12 chapters in the series The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck. The story takes place from 1909 to 1930.
The story was first published in the ... | actual city in which Mickey lives is typically called Mouseton, and is often depicted as the city next to Duckburg, the city in which Donald Duck lives (see Donald Duck universe). According to traditional continuity, both cities are located in the fictional U.S. state of Calisota – analogous to Northern California.
The... | 7,224 | zeroshot-train |
The Father Hunt [SEP] characters | The Father Hunt
The Father Hunt is a Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1968. "This is the first Nero Wolfe novel in nearly two years," the front flap of the dust jacket reads, "an unusual interval for the productive Rex Stout, who celebrated his eightieth birthday in December 196... | List of Andromeda characters
This is a list of characters from the TV series "Andromeda".
Main characters.
Main characters Dylan Hunt.
Dylan Hunt, portrayed by Kevin Sorbo, is a member of the Intergalactic Systems Commonwealth High Guard. Dylan was born in Visharna-Tarn, a city on the Commonwealth's capital planet, Tar... | 7,225 | zeroshot-train |
The Fencer [SEP] characters | The Fencer
The Fencer (, is a 2015 internationally co-produced drama film adapted from the life story of Endel Nelis, an accomplished Estonian fencer and coach. It was directed by Klaus Härö and written by Anna Heinämaa. Filming began in Estonia in late February 2014.
The film was selected as the Finnish entry for the ... | Tabuchi, Olympic fencer
- Kazuhiko Tokuno, Judo champion
- Kazuhiko Toyama composer of music for manga
- , Japanese baseball player
- Kazuhiko Wakasugi, fencer
- Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, film director
Fictional characters.
- Kazuhiko Yamamoto, a character in the novel "Battle Royale" - see List of Battle Royale characters
-... | 7,226 | zeroshot-train |
The Final Deduction [SEP] characters | The Final Deduction
The Final Deduction is a Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1961 and collected in the omnibus volume "Three Aces" (Viking 1971).
Plot summary.
Mrs. Althea Vail tells Wolfe she intends to pay the half-a-million-dollar ransom to the kidnappers, but she wants him ... | deducted from the net profit. The result is then multiplied by 20% to arrive at the maximum SEP deduction, $9,293.
Withdrawal Rules.
SEP contributions and earnings are held in SEP-IRAs and can be withdrawn at any time, subject to the general limitations imposed on Traditional IRA. A withdrawal is taxable in the year re... | 7,227 | zeroshot-train |
The Final Problem [SEP] characters | The Final Problem
"The Final Problem" is a short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring his detective character Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in "Strand Magazine" under the title "The Adventure of the Final Problem" in December 1893. It appears in book form as part of the collection "The Memoirs of Sherloc... | Sep 11, 2012, an engine valve stuck open during descent, was sensed by the control system. As designed, the [[flight termination system]] was triggered, destroying the vehicle before it could create a range safety problem. The final test flight was intended to test the vehicle at higher wind loads and altitudes, flying... | 7,228 | zeroshot-train |
The Garden Murder Case [SEP] characters | The Garden Murder Case
The Garden Murder Case (first published in 1935) is the ninth in a series of mystery novels by S. S. Van Dine about fictional detective Philo Vance.
Plot outline.
Floyd, the son of Professor Garden, invites his socialite friends to the rooftop garden of his father’s New York penthouse to listen t... | - Frederick Worlock, four episodes ("Father & Son" Jun 2, 1957, "The Crocodile Case" May 25, 1958, "The Impromptu Murder" Jun 22, 1958, and "Relative Value" Mar 1, 1959)
- Ben Wright, three appearances ("A Home Away From Home" Sep 27, 1963, "Murder Case" Mar 6, 1964 and "Thou Still Unravished Bride" Mar 22, 1965)
- Tha... | 7,229 | zeroshot-train |
The Golden Spiders [SEP] characters | The Golden Spiders
The Golden Spiders is a Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout. It was first published in 1953 by The Viking Press.
Plot introduction.
A youngster comes to Wolfe's office and tells Wolfe that he saw a woman driving a car, apparently being menaced by her passenger. The next day, the boy is murdered w... | McMullen (Orrie Cather) as the 'teers, three freelance detectives who frequently assist Wolfe; Bill Smitrovich as Inspector Cramer, head of Manhattan's Homicide Bureau; and R.D. Reid as Sergeant Purley Stebbins. Saul Rubinek, who portrayed Saul Panzer in "The Golden Spiders", took the role of reporter Lon Cohen in the ... | 7,230 | zeroshot-train |
The Gun with Wings [SEP] characters | The Gun with Wings
"The Gun with Wings" is a Nero Wolfe mystery novella by Rex Stout, first published in the December 1949 issue of "The American Magazine". It first appeared in book form in the short-story collection "Curtains for Three", published by the Viking Press in 1951.
Plot.
Margaret "Peggy" Mion, widow of ope... | Fuuma Empire 12,000 years ago. When Fuuma returns, Dai is deputized as he returns to Earth to battle Fuuma.
Characters.
Characters Vavilos Crew.
, serves as the headquarters of Shaider and Annie as it circles around the Earth. In combat, Vavilos can fire the from its wings. Whenever Shaider enters the Fushigi Dimension... | 7,231 | zeroshot-train |
The Hard Goodbye [SEP] characters | Anniversary Special" (April 1991) and then in the continuing series "Dark Horse Presents" issues #51-62 and 5th Anniversary Special (June 1991–June 1992) and was written, drawn and lettered by Frank Miller.
The original issues were edited by Randy Stradley, and Diana Schutz is editor of the 2005 collected edition.
Summ... | as he falls. He just says goodbye to his old friend with a smile before dying in the explosion.
Plot Characters Mutsuga Yamazaki.
The serious and hard-nosed leader of the Cougar Squad. He continually tells his squadmates about their shortcomings to keep them improving, and cares about the safety of them. Yamazaki is ki... | 7,232 | zeroshot-train |
The Hollow Needle [SEP] characters | The Hollow Needle
The Hollow Needle is a novel by Maurice Leblanc featuring the adventures of the gentleman thief, Arsène Lupin. As with the preceding two volumes of the Arsène Lupin stories, this was first serialized in the French magazine "Je sais tout" from November 1908 to May 1909. The novel was released, with a f... | strange, bug-like creature who wields a needle to combat enemies.
During her adventure, Hornet encounters many hostile creatures. At launch, the game is planned to feature over 150 different enemies. Hornet will also encounter many friendly non-player characters.
"Silksong" will feature a quest system, with characters ... | 7,233 | zeroshot-train |
The Invader of Fort Duckburg [SEP] characters | The Invader of Fort Duckburg
"The Invader of Fort Duckburg" is a 1994 Scrooge McDuck comic by Don Rosa. It is the tenth of the original 12 chapters in the series "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck". The story takes place in 1902.
The story was first published in the Danish "Anders And & Co." #1994-10; the first Amer... | family ended all relationships between them. Quackmore retired and it is believed he died sometimes around 1950, although his exact date of death and death place are still unknown.
"I shudder to imagine the kid that would come from that unholy union!", exclaimed Humperdink in "The Invader Of Fort Duckburg" by Don Rosa,... | 7,234 | zeroshot-train |
The Invisible Man [SEP] characters | The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. Originally serialized in "Pearson's Weekly" in 1897, it was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and invents a way to change a body's refra... | (psychology, biology, anthropology, sociology, and even [...] linguistics) is continuing more strongly than ever."
History.
Poul Anderson, in "Ideas for SF Writers" (Sep 1998), described H. G. Wells as the model for soft science fiction: "He concentrated on the characters, their emotions and interactions" rather than a... | 7,235 | zeroshot-train |
The Iron Hand of Mars [SEP] characters | The Iron Hand of Mars
The Iron Hand of Mars is a 1992 historical mystery crime novel by Lindsey Davis and the fourth book of the Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries series. Set in Rome and Germania during AD 71, the novel stars Marcus Didius Falco, informer and imperial agent. The iron in the title refers to the standard, sh... | Aventine.
- "Titus Caesar" - Eldest son of the Emperor.
- "Xanthus" - Barber
- "Vespasian Augustus" - Emperor of Rome.
Characters in "The Iron Hand of Mars" In Germany.
- "Arminia" - Friend of Augustinilla
- "Augustinilla" - Falco's niece
- "Dubnus" - Pedlar
- "Julius Mordanticus" - Potter
- "Regina" - Barmaid at the M... | 7,236 | zeroshot-train |
The Island of Thirty Coffins [SEP] characters | The Island of Thirty Coffins
The Island of Thirty Coffins ("L’Île aux trente cercueils") is a 1919 novel by Maurice Leblanc featuring his gentleman thief Arsène Lupin.
Television adaptation.
A 1979 television series adaptation of Maurice Leblanc's novel was directed by Marcel Cravenne. It stars Claude Jade as Véronique... | Dominique Marcas
Dominique Marcas (born 8 August 1920) is a French actress. She has appeared in 125 films and television shows since 1950. She starred in the film "Where Is Madame Catherine?", which was entered into the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.
Selected filmography.
- "The Lovers of M... | 7,237 | zeroshot-train |
The Jungle of Horrors [SEP] characters | The Jungle of Horrors
The Jungle of Horrors is the eighth book in the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever.
Gameplay.
Lone Wolf books rely on a combination of thought and luck. Certain statistics such as combat skill and endurance attributes are determined randomly before play (reading). The player ... | "House of Horrors" (1946). Bricker and Webster both previously wrote the screenplays for Universal Pictures films featuring "The Brute Man" star Rondo Hatton: Bricker penned "House of Horrors", and Webster wrote "The Jungle Captive" (1947), the third in a series of films about an ape that transforms into a beautiful wo... | 7,238 | zeroshot-train |
The Killing Dance [SEP] characters | The Killing Dance
The Killing Dance is the sixth in the series of horror/mystery novels by Laurell K. Hamilton.
Plot introduction.
"The Killing Dance" continues the adventures of Anita Blake. In the novel, Anita continues to explore her relationship with her two romantic interests, Richard, a werewolf, and Jean-Claude,... | and to suggest the possibility of an emotional inner life.
Characters in "The Killing Dance" Other characters.
Recurring characters in "The Killing Dance" include:
- Reappearances of RPIT members , and the introduction of RPIT's first witch Tammy Reynolds. As Anita's relationship with Jean-Claude becomes public knowled... | 7,239 | zeroshot-train |
The Killing Machine [SEP] characters | The Killing Machine
The Killing Machine (1964) is a science fiction novel by American writer Jack Vance, the second in his "Demon Princes" series, in which Kirth Gersen, having brought arch-villain Malagate the Woe to justice, sets his sights on Kokor Hekkus, another of the Demon Princes. The name Kokor Hekkus, which m... | Canudos War";
- "1st Battle at Canudos" (3rd Expedition) – Mar. 2–4 1897. Messianic guerrillas defeated the first Expedition carried out by the Army, killing its commander.
- "Last Battle of Fazenda Velha (Old Farm)" – Army's bayonet charge, covered by machine gun fire, decisively defeats the Messianic guerrillas, Sep.... | 7,240 | zeroshot-train |
The Kingdoms of Terror [SEP] characters | The Kingdoms of Terror
The Kingdoms of Terror is the sixth book in the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever. This is the first book in the "Magnakai" portion of the series, which begins after Lone Wolf has spent three years studying the Book of the Magnakai.
Gameplay.
This book is the first of the "... | The Terror" ("The Spider" v. 9, no. 4, Sep. 1936)
- "The Devil's Death Dwarfs" ("The Spider" v. 10, no. 1, Oct. 1936)
- "The Man Who Ruled in Hell" ("The Spider" v. 12, no. 2, Jul. 1937)
- "Machine Guns Over the White House" ("The Spider" v. 12, no. 4, Sep. 1937)
- "Master of the Flaming Horde | 7,241 | zeroshot-train |
The Lady in the Lake [SEP] characters | The Lady in the Lake
The Lady in the Lake is a 1943 detective novel by Raymond Chandler featuring the Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe. Notable for its removal of Marlowe from his usual Los Angeles environs for much of the book, the novel's complicated plot initially deals with the case of a missing woma... | Lady of the Lake (disambiguation)
The Lady of the Lake is the name of several related characters in the Arthurian legend.
Lady of the Lake can also refer to:
Literature.
- "The Speeches at Prince Henry's Barriers" or "The Lady of the Lake (play)", a masque or entertainment written by Ben Jonson
- "The Lady of the Lake"... | 7,242 | zeroshot-train |
The Last Coyote [SEP] characters | The Last Coyote
The Last Coyote is the fourth novel by American crime author Michael Connelly, featuring the Los Angeles detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch. It was first published in 1995 and the novel won the 1996 Dilys Award given by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association.
Explanation of the novel's title.
L... | Eye Books and Herbs occult shop in Tempe and go into hiding, with the help of Coyote, the Navajo trickster god, who asks a favor in return. Yet, deals with Coyote aren't always what they seem and if Atticus can survive faking his own death he'll have to contend with undead skinwalkers and a vampire blood feud that thre... | 7,243 | zeroshot-train |
The Last of the Clan McDuck [SEP] characters | The Last of the Clan McDuck
The Last of the Clan McDuck is a 1992 Scrooge McDuck comic by Don Rosa. It is the first of the original 12 chapters in the series "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck". The story takes place from 1877 to 1880 when Scrooge is a child in Glasgow, Scotland. He comes in conflict with The Whiske... | this imprudence, Roast is primarily remembered for his gluttony. In 1205 he raided the king's pantry and ate himself to death. Roast's memorial suit of armor displayed in Castle McDuck holds a knife and fork in its hands. The character is first mentioned in "The Old Castle's Secret" (1948) by Carl Barks. He has a small... | 7,244 | zeroshot-train |
The League of Frightened Men [SEP] characters | The League of Frightened Men
The League of Frightened Men is the second Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout. The story was serialized in six issues of "The Saturday Evening Post" (June 15–July 20, 1935) under the title "The Frightened Men". The novel was published in 1935 by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. "The League of F... | violence, drugs and alcohol". Often the central characters are disfranchised, lacking drive and determination beyond the desire to satisfy their basic needs.
The young people in the works are typically dissatisfied, alienated, bitter and cynical. Some characters in grunge lit face existential ennui and boredom. Accordi... | 7,245 | zeroshot-train |
The Legacy of Vashna [SEP] characters | The Legacy of Vashna
The Legacy of Vashna was the sixteenth book of the Lone Wolf book series written by Joe Dever and now illustrated by Brian Williams.
Gameplay.
Lone Wolf books rely on a combination of thought and luck. Certain statistics such as combat skill and endurance attributes are determined randomly before p... | The Legacy of Vashna
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The Life of Hunger [SEP] characters | The Life of Hunger
The Life of Hunger () is a novel by Belgian author Amélie Nothomb. It was first published in 2004.
Resume.
"The inhabitants of Vanuatu have never been hungry." They don't know the feelings that hunger causes as everything is within their reach. As a result, they become idle.
Amélie exists in a perman... | 1998: "Special Ops Force: Mission 4 -- Cold as Ice" (Quake II single player mod for Rysher Entertainment)
- Jan. 1999: "Coconut Monkey: Saving Private Monkey" (Quake II single player mod for PC Gamer)
- Aug. 1999: "USS Darkstar" (Half-Life single player mod for PC Gamer)
- Feb. 2000: "They Hunger" (Half-Life single pla... | 7,247 | zeroshot-train |
The Little Sister [SEP] characters | The Little Sister
The Little Sister is a 1949 novel by Raymond Chandler, his fifth featuring the private investigator Philip Marlowe. The story is set in Los Angeles in the late 1940s. The novel centres on the younger sister of a Hollywood starlet and has several scenes involving the film industry. It was partly inspir... | programme was aired during off-peak hours and, for its time slot, attracted an unprecedented audience.
Chi also created the radio serial, "Gee See Goo Bi Family", of which the characters 'Fu-Wing' and 'Little Fu Sister' became break-out characters. It remains unknown as to who voiced "Fu-Wing" and "Little Fu Sister" in... | 7,248 | zeroshot-train |
The Man from Barbarossa [SEP] characters | The Man from Barbarossa
The Man from Barbarossa, first published in 1991, was the eleventh novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Hodder & Stoughton and in the United States by Putnam.
More so ... | dec Patty Pravo
- 1985 jul - sep Fiorella Mannoia
- 1984 apr - jun Patty Pravo
- 1982 jul - sep Riccardo Cocciante + New Perigeo
- 1982 jan - mar Luca Barbarossa
- 1981 nov - dec Luca Barbarossa
- 1980 jul - oct Alberto Fortis
- 1979 apr - nov Riccardo Cocciante
- 1978 jul - aug Francesco De Gregori
- 1976 jan - nov Go... | 7,249 | zeroshot-train |
The Man with the Red Tattoo [SEP] characters | The Man with the Red Tattoo
The Man with the Red Tattoo, first published in 2002, was the sixth and final original novel by Raymond Benson featuring Ian Fleming's character James Bond. Carrying the Ian Fleming Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Hodder & Stoughton and in the United S... | a very strong but extremely slow character to play as. Early designs of the character closely resembled the character's finalized appearance, but with the addition of a black tanktop and anchor tattoo on his upper arms. In an interview with "Game On!", Capcom Research and Development head Noritaka Funamizu stated that ... | 7,250 | zeroshot-train |
The Man with the Twisted Lip [SEP] characters | The Man with the Twisted Lip
"The Man with the Twisted Lip", one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the sixth of the twelve stories in "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes". The story was first published in the "Strand Magazine" in December 1891. Doyle ranked "The Man with the T... | sequel "". Helen Ryan made two guest appearances in the show as different characters, appearing in The Adventure of the Norwood Builder as Mrs McFarlane, and in The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone as the Princess of Wales (a role she previously played in Edward the Seventh). Inspector Bradstreet appeared in "The Blue Ca... | 7,251 | zeroshot-train |
The Mansions of the Gods [SEP] characters | The Mansions of the Gods
The Mansions of the Gods is the seventeenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). It was originally serialized in the magazine" Pilote", issues 591-612, in 1971, and translated into English in 1973. It was the first not to use Ast... | Corduroy Mansions
Corduroy Mansions is the first online novel by Alexander McCall Smith, author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. In the first series, the author wrote a chapter a day, starting on 15 Sep 2008, the series running for 20 weeks and totalling 100 episodes. The daily chapters, read by Andrew Sac... | 7,252 | zeroshot-train |
The Master of the Mississippi [SEP] characters | The Master of the Mississippi
The Master of the Mississippi is a 1992 Scrooge McDuck comic by Don Rosa. It is the second of the original 12 chapters in the series The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck. The story takes place from 1880 to 1882.
The story was first published in the Danish "Anders And & Co." #1992-33; the ... | the span of productions include: "The Doctor's Dilemma" (George Bernard Shaw), "The Master Builder" (Henrik Ibsen), "Story of a Soldier" (music drama, Igor Stravinsky), "Six Characters in Search of an Author" (Luigi Pirandello), "The Mother of Us All" (opera, Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein), "Measure for Measure" (W... | 7,253 | zeroshot-train |
The Moneypenny Diaries [SEP] characters | The Moneypenny Diaries
The Moneypenny Diaries is a series of novels and short stories chronicling the life of Miss Moneypenny, M's personal secretary in Ian Fleming's James Bond series; it is considered an official spin-off of the Bond books. The diaries are penned by Samantha Weinberg under the pseudonym Kate Westbroo... | Bond" series of novels was started by Charlie Higson and, between 2005 and 2009, five novels and one short story were published. The first Young Bond novel, "SilverFin" was also adapted and released as a graphic novel on 2 October 2008 by Puffin Books. In October 2013 Ian Fleming Publications announced that Stephen Col... | 7,254 | zeroshot-train |
The Mother Hunt [SEP] characters | The Mother Hunt
The Mother Hunt is a Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by Viking Press in 1963.
Plot introduction.
A baby is left in a young widow's vestibule, along with a note implying that her late husband is the baby's father. The widow hires Nero Wolfe to identify and locate the baby's birth... | List of Andromeda characters
This is a list of characters from the TV series "Andromeda".
Main characters.
Main characters Dylan Hunt.
Dylan Hunt, portrayed by Kevin Sorbo, is a member of the Intergalactic Systems Commonwealth High Guard. Dylan was born in Visharna-Tarn, a city on the Commonwealth's capital planet, Tar... | 7,255 | zeroshot-train |
The Mysterious Mansion [SEP] characters | The Mysterious Mansion
The Mysterious Mansion () is a mystery novel by Maurice Leblanc featuring Arsène Lupin published in French first as a serial in June–July 1928 and as a book by Pierre Lafitte in July 1929.
A first English translation was published in New York by The Macaulay Co in 1930 as "The Mélamare Mystery" (... | Sweet Home (video game)
Sweet Home is a survival horror role-playing video game developed and published by Capcom for the Family Computer in 1989. It is based on the Japanese horror film of the same name and tells the story of a team of five filmmakers exploring an old mansion in search of precious frescos hidden there... | 7,256 | zeroshot-train |
The Next Witness [SEP] characters | The Next Witness
"The Next Witness" is a Nero Wolfe mystery novella by Rex Stout, first published as "The Last Witness" in the May 1955 issue of "The American Magazine". It first appeared in book form in the short-story collection "Three Witnesses", published by the Viking Press in 1956.
Plot summary.
Nero Wolfe and Ar... | .
Seasoned main characters Season 4.
Seasoned main characters Season 4 Diana Thomas.
Diana Thomas (Janina Gavankar), a Homeland Security Agent who is thrust into Ichabod Crane's world after her partner was killed by a demon. She is also the mother of ten-year old Molly Thomas, whom Ichabod discovers is the next Biblica... | 7,257 | zeroshot-train |
The Overlook [SEP] characters | The Overlook
The Overlook is the 18th novel by American crime writer Michael Connelly, and the thirteenth featuring the Los Angeles detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch.
The novel first appeared in serialised form in "The New York Times Magazine", in sixteen installments published from September 17, 2006 to January 21, 2... | percent to 36 percent women faculty. In June 2013, Duke University professor of sociology Kieran Healy stated that "out of all recent citations in four prestigious philosophy journals, female authors comprise just 3.6 percent of the total." The editors of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy have raised concerns abo... | 7,258 | zeroshot-train |
The Password to Larkspur Lane [SEP] characters | The Password to Larkspur Lane
The Password to Larkspur Lane is the tenth volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1933 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. The actual author was ghostwriter Walter Karig in his third and final Nancy Drew novel and his final appearance for the Stratemeyer ... | & Fitness Center – 800 NE 6th St.
- Kiwanis Park – 800 SE Centennial Blvd.
- Larkspur Park – 1700 SE Reed Market Road
- Larkspur Trail – 1600 SE Reed Market Road
- Lewis & Clark Park – 2520 NW Lemhi Pass Drive
- McKay Park – 166 SW Shevlin Hixon Drive
- Mountain View Park – 1975 NE Providence Drive
- Orchard Park – 200... | 7,259 | zeroshot-train |
The Patience of Maigret [SEP] characters | The Patience of Maigret
The Patience of Maigret is a 1965 detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon featuring his character Jules Maigret.
Synopsis.
Maigret searches for evidence that an old nemesis of his is behind a series of jewel robberies. Maigret believes the ageing gangster is organising a gang from... | i poveri diavoli", Novel (20–27 February 1965)
2. "L'ombra cinese", Novel (le 6, 13, 20 et 27 March 1966)
3. "La vecchia signora di Bayeux" Short story, (3 April 1966)
4. "L'innamorato della signora Maigret" Short story, (7 April 1966)
Episodes Series 3.
1. "Maigret e i diamanti " (The Patience of Maigret), Novel (19–2... | 7,260 | zeroshot-train |
The Plague Lords of Ruel [SEP] characters | The Plague Lords of Ruel
The Plague Lords of Ruel is the thirteenth book in the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever. This is the first book in the "Grand Master" series, in which Lone Wolf founds a new order of the Kai. Starting from this book, the remaining books which were published in the US wer... | Plague Lords of Ruel
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The Prisoner of White Agony Creek [SEP] characters | The Prisoner of White Agony Creek
"The Prisoner of White Agony Creek" is a 2006 Scrooge McDuck comic by Don Rosa. The story takes place between "King of the Klondike" and "Hearts of the Yukon" in the series "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck" making it part 8B. The story shows how Goldie O'Gilt was taken to Scrooge'... | in "Walt Disney Giant" #1) up until "The Cowboy Captain of the Cutty Sark".
Three stories were done later, during the Gemstone era (2003-2008), which are "The Sharpie of the Culebra Cut", "The Prisoner of White Agony Creek" and "The Dream of a Lifetime". "The Prisoner of White Agony Creek", at the time of its release o... | 7,262 | zeroshot-train |
The Prisoners of Time [SEP] characters | The Prisoners of Time
The Prisoners of Time is the eleventh book in the Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever.
Gameplay.
Lone Wolf books rely on a combination of thought and luck. Certain statistics such as combat skill and endurance attributes are determined randomly before play (reading). The player is then allo... | Commentaries on the Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War Article 5
- Lee Smith, Arthur. "Die"vermisste Million" Zum Schicksal deutscher Kriegsgefangener nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg", Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 1992,
- MacKenzie S. P. ""The Treatment of Prisoners of War in World War II"", T... | 7,263 | zeroshot-train |
The Problem of Cell 13 [SEP] characters | of Cell 13" features Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen as the main character, although most of the story is seen through the perspective of a prison warden. While in a scientific debate with two men, Dr. Charles Ransome and Alfred Fielding, Augustus, "The Thinking Machine", insists that nothing is impossible when the human m... | for effective local anesthesia during Mohs micrographic surgery for skin cancers. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2009 Mar 1;60(3):444-52.
13 citations.
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Muller FM, Dawe RS, Moseley H, Fleming CJ. Randomized comparison of Mohs micrographic surgery and surgical excision for... | 7,264 | zeroshot-train |
The Rape of Lucrece [SEP] characters | The Rape of Lucrece
The Rape of Lucrece (1594) is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare about the legendary Lucretia. In his previous narrative poem, "Venus and Adonis" (1593), Shakespeare had included a dedicatory letter to his patron, the Earl of Southampton, in which he promised to compose a "graver labour". Accor... | ) makes frequent use of the Philomela myth—most notably in his tragedy "Titus Andronicus" (c. 1588–1593) where characters directly reference Tereus and Philomela in commenting on rape and mutilation of Lavinia by Aaron, Chiron, and Demetrius. Prominent allusions to Philomela also occur in the depiction of Lucrece in "T... | 7,265 | zeroshot-train |
The Red Box [SEP] characters | The Red Box
The Red Box is the fourth Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout. Prior to its first publication in 1937 by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., the novel was serialized in five issues of "The American Magazine" (December 1936 – April 1937). Adapted twice for Italian television, "The Red Box" is the first Nero Wolfe s... | - 17 Feb 1934 "The Laughing Lady"
- 10 Apr 1934 "The Silver Box"
- 26 May 1934 "The Balcony"
- 14 Jul 1934 "The Transit of Venus"
- 12 Sep 1934 "Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn"
- 14 Nov 1934 "Repressions"
- 22 Jan 1935 "Bread and Butter Women" (world premiere of first play by Patrick White)
- 13 Mar 1935 "Lady ... | 7,266 | zeroshot-train |
The Reversal [SEP] characters | The Reversal
The Reversal is the 22nd novel by American author Michael Connelly and features the third major appearance of Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Michael "Mickey" Haller. Connelly introduced Haller in his bestselling 2005 novel "The Lincoln Lawyer" and then paired him with LAPD detective Harry Bosch, his... | Union Square plc Sep 1990 aged 26.
Richard is still the youngest chairman in Premiership history.
Engineered reversal of Leeds United into Caspian plc in Aug 1996.
Director of Leeds from 1996-1999
He was the director of Leeds Utd until March 1999.
He bought 90% of Mackintosh Ltd in 2000 and sold to Japanese group Yagi ... | 7,267 | zeroshot-train |
The Richest Duck in the World [SEP] characters | The Richest Duck in the World
The Richest Duck in the World or The Recluse of McDuck Manor is a 1994 Scrooge McDuck comic by Don Rosa. It is the twelfth of the original 12 chapters in the series "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck". The story takes place on Christmas Day, 1947.
The story was first published in the Da... | take place in the 1950s, it means it would be impossible for anyone to own a rand in such stories.
Animation and other appearances.
An animated version of the character appeared in the TV series "DuckTales", which started airing on September 18, 1987. The Second Richest Duck was among the series' most prominent charact... | 7,268 | zeroshot-train |
The Rodeo Murder [SEP] characters | The Rodeo Murder
"The Rodeo Murder" is a Nero Wolfe mystery novella by Rex Stout, first published in April 1960 in the short-story collection "Three at Wolfe's Door" (Viking Press).
Plot summary.
A party at Lily Rowan's Park Avenue penthouse includes a roping contest between some cowboy friends, with a silver-trimmed s... | - 17 Jul – Kenneth Elstein
- 24 Jul – George McGovern & Thomas Eagleton
- 31 Jul – Boris Spassky & Bobby Fischer
- 7 Aug – Thomas Eagleton
- 14 Aug – Sargent Shriver & George McGovern
- 21 Aug – Sex and the Teenager
- 28 Aug – Richard Nixon & Spiro Agnew
- 4 Sep – Global War on Heroin
- 11 Sep – Mark Spitz
- 18 Sep – M... | 7,269 | zeroshot-train |
The Rubber Band [SEP] characters | The Rubber Band
The Rubber Band is the third Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout. Prior to its publication in 1936 by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., the novel was serialized in six issues of "The Saturday Evening Post" (February 29 – April 4, 1936). Appearing in one 1960 paperback edition titled "To Kill Again," "The Rub... | -player characters (characters controlled by the computer and usually modeled as intelligent agents). This adjustment, however, should be made with moderation, to avoid the 'rubber band' effect. One example of this effect in a racing game would involve the AI driver's vehicles becoming significantly faster when behind ... | 7,270 | zeroshot-train |
The Second Confession [SEP] characters | The Second Confession
The Second Confession is a Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1949. The story was also collected in other omnibus volumes, including "Triple Zeck" (Viking 1974). This is the second of three Nero Wolfe novels that involve crime boss Arnold Zeck – Wolfe's... | Halflife (comics)
Halflife is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. These characters have two distinct origins, and are detailed separately below.
Publication history.
The first Halflife is a Marvel Comics supervillain. She first appeared in "West Coast Aveng... | 7,271 | zeroshot-train |
The Shooting Star [SEP] characters | The Shooting Star
The Shooting Star () is the tenth volume of "The Adventures of Tintin", the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised daily in , Belgium's leading francophone newspaper, from October 1941 to May 1942 amidst the German occupation of Belgium during World War II. The story tells... | States Air Force Aviation AeroWeb History
- Howard DGA-6 Mister Mulligan at the Arkansas Air Museum
- Service History of the Shooting Star
- Up From Kitty Hawk 1944-1953
- The National Air Races
- TIME Magazine Archive Article – Scoreboard – Sep. 14, 1953
- Seattle native Dick Gordon orbits the moon on November 18, 196... | 7,272 | zeroshot-train |
The Sign of the Four [SEP] characters | The Sign of the Four
The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 short stories featuring the fictional detective.
Plot.
The story is set in 1888. "The Sign of the Four" has a complex plot invol... | beat four other characters in the voting; Beast Wars Megatron, Arcee, Rodimus, and Sky-Byte.
Bibliography.
- Macchio, Ralph, Bill Mantlo (w), Springer, Frank (p) and DeMulder, Kim (i). "The Transformers". The Transformers v1 #1 (Sep. 1984), Marvel Comics.
- Sarracini, Chris (w), Lee, Pat (p) and Armstrong, Rob, Erik Sa... | 7,273 | zeroshot-train |
The Silent Speaker [SEP] characters | The Silent Speaker
The Silent Speaker is a Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1946. It was published just after World War II, and key plot elements reflect the lingering effects of the war: housing shortages and restrictions on consumer goods, including government regulation... | Soliloquy
A soliloquy (, from Latin "solo" "to oneself" + "loquor" "I talk") is a device often used in drama when a character speaks to themselves, relating thoughts and feelings, thereby also sharing them with the audience, giving off the illusion of being a series of unspoken reflections. If other characters are pres... | 7,274 | zeroshot-train |
The Silver Chair [SEP] characters | reason.
- The Lady of the Green Kirtle – The ruler of Underland, who plans to conquer Narnia with its rightful heir under her spell at her side.
- Prince Rilian – Heir to the Narnian throne, who was captured by the Lady of the Green Kirtle and enslaved in her Underworld.
- Aslan – Creator of Narnia and the only charact... | ", "The Silver Chair", and "The Last Battle."
Main characters Jill Pole.
Jill Pole is a schoolmate of Eustace Scrubb. She appears in "The Silver Chair", where she is the viewpoint character for most of the action, and returns in "The Last Battle". In "The Silver Chair" Eustace introduces her to the Narnian world, where... | 7,275 | zeroshot-train |
The Silver Pigs [SEP] characters | The Silver Pigs
The Silver Pigs is a 1989 historical mystery crime novel by Lindsey Davis and the first book in the Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries series. Set in Rome and Britannia during AD 70, just after the year of the four emperors, the novel stars Marcus Didius Falco, informer and imperial agent. The book's title r... | of Helena Justina
- "Publius Camillus Meto" - Younger brother of Camillus Verus, engaged in import/export trade.
- "Sosia Camillina" - Daughter of Meto, aged 16 years.
Characters in "The Silver Pigs" At the Imperial Palace.
- "Domitian Caesar" - Younger son of the Emperor.
- "Titus Caesar" - Elder son of the Emperor.
-... | 7,276 | zeroshot-train |
The Sleeping Sphinx [SEP] characters | The Sleeping Sphinx
The Sleeping Sphinx, first published in 1947, is a detective story by John Dickson Carr which features Carr's series detective Gideon Fell. This novel is a mystery of the type known as a whodunnit.
Plot summary.
Donald Holden, upon his release from the British Armed Forces, discovers that he had bee... | an hour away. The guards, knowing of Caesar's weakness for women, plan to persuade him to proclaim Cleopatra—who may be controllable—Egypt's ruler instead of Ptolemy. They try to locate her, but are told by Cleopatra's nurse, Ftatateeta, that she has run away.
Act I opens with Cleopatra sleeping between the paws of a S... | 7,277 | zeroshot-train |
The Squirt and the Monkey [SEP] characters | The Squirt and the Monkey
"The Squirt and the Monkey" is a Nero Wolfe mystery novella by Rex Stout, first published as "See No Evil" in the August 1951 issue of "The American Magazine". It first appeared in book form in the short-story collection "Triple Jeopardy", published by the Viking Press in 1952.
Plot.
Archie Go... | adults play a game of 'Assassins' The Record (Bergen County) August 7, 2005
- Girl duo win Street Wars ITV Sun Aug 27 2006
- Ever want to shoot a stranger? Well, you’re in luck Metro NY, SEP 8th 2006
- A Shadowy, Wet World of Squirt-Gun Assassins The New York Times, Sep 26th 2008
- Street Wars London 2010: The Bullets ... | 7,278 | zeroshot-train |
The State Counsellor [SEP] characters | The State Counsellor
The State Counsellor (, the 5th grade in the Table of Ranks of Imperial Russia) is the sixth novel in the Erast Fandorin historical detective series by Boris Akunin. It is subtitled "political detective mystery" (). "The State Counsellor" was originally published in Russia in 2000. The English tran... | Jul 1934 "The Fugitive"
- 5 Aug 1934 "The Plough and the Stars"
- 31 Aug 1934 "The Rose Without a Thorn"
- 18 Sep 1934 "Children in Uniform"
- 20 Oct 1934 "Alice Sit-by-the-Fire"
- 24 Nov 1934 "Counsellor at Law"
- 5 Dec 1934 "Cherrie Acres" by Sydney writer Dorothea Tobin
- 12 Dec 1934 "Outward Bound"
- 19 Jan 1935 "A... | 7,279 | zeroshot-train |
The Strange Case of Peter the Lett [SEP] characters | The Strange Case of Peter the Lett
The Strange Case of Peter the Lett (1931) (), a detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon, is the very first novel to feature Inspector Jules Maigret who would later feature in more than a hundred stories by Simenon and who has become a legendary figure in the annals of de... | Other titles.
The book has been translated three times into English: In 1933, by Anthony Abbott as "The Strange Case of Peter the Lett"; in 1963 by Daphne Woodward as "Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett"; and in 2014 by David Bellos as "Pietr the Latvian".
Adaptations.
The story has been adapted for television three times:... | 7,280 | zeroshot-train |
The Tempest [SEP] characters | by Octave Mannoni, "The Tempest" was viewed more and more through the lens of postcolonial theory. This new way of looking at the text explored the effect of the coloniser (Prospero) on the colonised (Ariel and Caliban). Although Ariel is often overlooked in these debates in favour of the more intriguing Caliban, he is... | the Vane-Tempest-Stewarts, Earls Vane and Marquesses of Londonderry.
Tempest baronets of Tong, Yorkshire.
Created 25 May 1664 in the Baronetcy of England for John Tempest.
- Sir John Tempest, 1st Baronet (1645–23 Jun 1693)
- Sir George Tempest, 2nd Baronet (22 May 1672–11 Oct 1745)
- Sir Henry Tempest, 3rd Baronet (1 S... | 7,281 | zeroshot-train |
The Terror of the Transvaal [SEP] characters | The Terror of the Transvaal
"The Terror of the Transvaal" is a Scrooge McDuck comic story by Don Rosa. It is the sixth of the original 12 chapters in the series "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck". The story takes place from 1887 to 1889.
The story was first published in the Danish "Anders And & Co." #1993-18; the f... | African Infantry Brigade (Raised 1 July 1940 in East London. Disbanded November 1940.)
- The Cape Town Highlanders
- Prince Alfred'd Guard
- The First City
- 9th South African Infantry Brigade (Raised 15 July 1940 at Premier Mine)
- Regiment President Steyn (Until 22 Nov 40)
- Die Middelandse Regiment
- Regiment Westel... | 7,282 | zeroshot-train |
The Troubled Man [SEP] characters | The Troubled Man
The Troubled Man (Swedish: "Den orolige mannen") is a crime fiction novel by Swedish author Henning Mankell, featuring police inspector Kurt Wallander. It is the twelfth and final novel in the Wallander series. The pace of "The Troubled Man" is significantly slower than the previous Wallander stories, ... | -writing career in 1989 with the series "Troubled Souls". Appearing in the short-lived but critically acclaimed British anthology "Crisis" and illustrated by John McCrea, it told the story of a young, Protestant man caught up by fate in the violence of the Irish 'Troubles'. It spawned a sequel, "For a Few Troubles More... | 7,283 | zeroshot-train |
The Truce [SEP] characters | The Truce
The Truce () (US title The Reawakening) is a book by the Italian author Primo Levi. It is the sequel to "If This Is a Man" and describes the author's experiences from the liberation of Auschwitz (Monowitz), which was a concentration camp, until he reaches home in Turin, Italy, after a long journey. He describ... | 7-hour assault of the siege camp is dated Sep. 28, with the opening of talks in the aftermath. Two more Moroccan assaults (Oct 1 and Oct 3) are reported, before the truce finally holds. The finalization of the agreement and swapping of the hostages occurs on October 16 and signing of treaty on October 17.
It is worth r... | 7,284 | zeroshot-train |
The Turkish Gambit [SEP] characters | The Turkish Gambit
The Turkish Gambit () is the second novel from the Erast Fandorin series of historical detective novels by Russian author Boris Akunin. It was published in Russia in 1998. The English translation by Andrew Bromfield was published in 2005 as third of Fandorin novels, after "Murder on the Leviathan" wh... | Bible Gambit" (6 Jun 2015, Gambit, Shooting: Yuji Suzaki)
- "Funaba shiri" (12 Sep 2015, Gakken Marketing, Shooting: Kazunori Fujimoto)
- "Yoroi Bijo" (26 Oct 2016, Pony Canyon)
- "Iyana Kao sa renagara o Pants Misete moraitai Shashin-shū" (29 Sep 2017, Ichijinsha, Shooting: Yuki Aoyama)
External links.
- – Ameba Blog
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The Two Tigers [SEP] characters | The Two Tigers
The Two Tigers (original title: Le due tigri) is the fourth adventure novel in the Sandokan series written by Italian author Emilio Salgari, published in 1904.
Plot summary.
India, 1857. Just when Tremal-Naik's life was getting back to normal, the Thugs of the Kali cult return to exact their revenge by k... | 18 Aug - Coventry secure their top four place with a hard fought win at Torfaen Tigers ending the hosts play off hopes
- 24 Aug - Torfaen Tigers set new club and league record when beating Gloucestershire Warriors 110-6
- 2 Sep - Valley Cougars confirm top two finish after win against Oxford Cavaliers
- 7 Sep - Notting... | 7,286 | zeroshot-train |
The Valley of Fear [SEP] characters | The Valley of Fear
The Valley of Fear is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is loosely based on the Molly Maguires and Pinkerton agent James McParland. The story was first published in the "Strand Magazine" between September 1914 and May 1915. The first book edition was copyrighted... | from everyone else, including her parents, for fear of what the chemical plant CEO, Danielle Atron, will do to her if she finds out.
Characters.
Characters Main characters.
- Alex Mack (played by Larisa Oleynik) - Alex is an average teenager in Paradise Valley. While walking home from school, she is nearly hit by a tru... | 7,287 | zeroshot-train |
The Zero Clue [SEP] characters | The Zero Clue
"The Zero Clue" is a Nero Wolfe mystery novella by Rex Stout, first published as "Scared to Death" in the December 1953 issue of "The American Magazine". It first appeared in book form in the short-story collection "Three Men Out", published by the Viking Press in 1954.
Plot summary.
Leo Heller, a mathema... | the first clue earns five points, with the value decreasing by one point for each additional clue. The contestant may move on to the next subject after any clue. If a clue is being read when time runs out, the contestant is not given a chance to guess. After all four contestants have played, the one with the lowest sco... | 7,288 | zeroshot-train |
This Won't Kill You [SEP] characters | This Won't Kill You
"This Won't Kill You" is a Nero Wolfe mystery novella by Rex Stout, first published as "This Will Kill You" in the September 1952 issue of "The American Magazine". It first appeared in book form in the short-story collection "Three Men Out", published by the Viking Press in 1954.
The character of Be... | Once a Week Won't Kill You
"Once a Week Won't Kill You" is a short story by American author J. D. Salinger. It was published in the Nov/Dec 1944 edition of "Story" magazine.
The story deals with the departure of a soldier for combat in Europe and the soldier's request that his wife spend more time with his aunt when he... | 7,289 | zeroshot-train |
Three Doors to Death [SEP] characters | Three Doors to Death
Three Doors to Death is a collection of Nero Wolfe mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1950 — itself collected in the omnibus volume "Five of a Kind" (Viking 1961). The book comprises three stories that first appeared in "The American Magazine":
- "Man Alive" (December 1... | Persons, Nine Doors" (2009) and "" (2012).
The story is set between the previous two games, and follows nine people who are kidnapped by a masked person known as Zero. They are divided into three teams, and forced to play a death game called the "Decision Game". The player takes the roles of three of the characters, an... | 7,290 | zeroshot-train |
Three Hands in the Fountain [SEP] characters | Three Hands in the Fountain
Three Hands in the Fountain is a 1997 historical mystery crime novel by Lindsey Davis and the ninth book of the Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries series. Set in Rome between August and October, AD 73, the novel stars Marcus Didius Falco, informer and imperial agent. The title alludes to the song... | with Helena's other brother Justinus, an act that has disastrous consequences. The book ends with Falco telling Petro his wife went out with another man, and later receiving a visit from Anacrites.
Characters in "Three Hands in the Fountain".
Characters in "Three Hands in the Fountain" Friends and family.
- "Anacrites"... | 7,291 | zeroshot-train |
Three Men Out [SEP] characters | Three Men Out
Three Men Out is a collection of Nero Wolfe mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1954. The book comprises three stories that first appeared in "The American Magazine":
- "Invitation to Murder" (August 1953, as "Will to Murder")
- "The Zero Clue" (December 1953, as "Scared to Dea... | (psychology, biology, anthropology, sociology, and even [...] linguistics) is continuing more strongly than ever."
History.
Poul Anderson, in "Ideas for SF Writers" (Sep 1998), described H. G. Wells as the model for soft science fiction: "He concentrated on the characters, their emotions and interactions" rather than a... | 7,292 | zeroshot-train |
Three at Wolfe's Door [SEP] characters | Three at Wolfe's Door
Three at Wolfe's Door is a collection of Nero Wolfe mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1960. The book comprises three stories, one of them published previously:
- "Poison à la Carte"
- "Method Three for Murder" (previously serialized in three issues of "The Saturday Ev... | Speaker", "Too Many Women", "Murder by the Book", "Before Midnight", "Plot It Yourself", "Too Many Clients", "The Doorbell Rang", and "Death of a Doxy", which are for me the best of all the full-length Wolfe novels.
- J. Kenneth Van Dover, "At Wolfe's Door" — Wolfe's return to the novel-length mystery is a strong one: ... | 7,293 | zeroshot-train |
Three for the Chair [SEP] characters | Three for the Chair
Three for the Chair is a collection of Nero Wolfe mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1957, and by Bantam Books in various paperback printings beginning in 1958. The book contains three stories:
- "A Window for Death", first published in "The American Magazine" (May 1956)... | SEP. She was elected to the Mexican Academy of letters in 1974 and formally joined the organization in 1975, when she was also selected as Mexico's "Woman of the Year". When she accepted the twelfth chair, Millán was recognized as the first woman admitted to the academy. Continuing to work as manager of the two divisio... | 7,294 | zeroshot-train |
Through the Looking-Glass [SEP] characters | , including logic (running helps you remain stationary, walking away from something brings you towards it, chessmen are alive, nursery rhyme characters exist, etc) "Through the Looking-Glass" includes such verses as "Jabberwocky" and "The Walrus and the Carpenter", and the episode involving Tweedledum and Tweedledee. T... | 1953) 19#2 pp. 180–192 in JSTOR
- Cotterill, R. S. "The Louisville and Nashville Railroad 1861-1865," "American Historical Review" (1924) 29#4 pp. 700–715 in JSTOR
- Currie, David P. "Through the Looking-Glass: The Confederate Constitution in Congress, 1861-1865" "Virginia Law Review", Vol. 90, No. 5 (Sep., 2004)
- Dia... | 7,295 | zeroshot-train |
Time to Depart [SEP] characters | Time to Depart
Time to Depart is a 1995 historical mystery crime novel by Lindsey Davis and the seventh book of the Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries series. Set in Rome during AD 72, the novel stars Marcus Didius Falco, an informer and imperial agent. The title refers to the law which stated that no Roman citizen who had ... | robbery that reverberates throughout the city.
Falco is again called upon by the Emperor Vespasian to supply answers, as quietly and quickly as possible. A couple of murders, a kidnapping or two, and more suspects than Falco cares to count takes him, and his patrician girlfriend Helena Justina, to places a family shoul... | 7,296 | zeroshot-train |
To Wake the Dead [SEP] characters | To Wake the Dead
To Wake the Dead, first published in 1938, is a detective story by John Dickson Carr featuring his series detective Gideon Fell. This novel is a mystery of the type known as a whodunnit.
Plot summary.
Christopher Kent is a wealthy young man who has made a thousand-pound bet with his friend Dan Reaper t... | the characters, and Lister accidentally kills him. The four subconsciously realise that they're hallucinating, and they wake up on board "Red Dwarf". Kryten and Rimmer speculate that they were able to choose whether or not they wanted to wake up because of the strengthened antibodies of the four from the previous encou... | 7,297 | zeroshot-train |
Tokyo Fiancée [SEP] characters | Tokyo Fiancée
Tokyo Fiancée ( "Neither Eve nor Adam") is a novel by the Belgian writer Amélie Nothomb. It appeared on 20 August 2007 published by Éditions Albin Michel. A film adaptation was released in 2014.
Plot.
An autobiographical novel, "Tokyo Fiancée" describes a romance that a 21-year-old Belgian woman Amélie ha... | As Honma investigates her circumstances, he finds that the name "Shoko Sekine" actually belongs to someone else other than Jun's fiancée - and that the latter may have murdered the former to achieve this... As Honma navigates the country for clues, he finds that the credit-based economy in Japan, coupled with the count... | 7,298 | zeroshot-train |
Too Many Clients [SEP] characters | Too Many Clients
Too Many Clients is a Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1960, and collected in the omnibus volume "Three Aces" (Viking 1971).
Plot introduction.
A man who identifies himself as Thomas Yeager, head of Continental Plastics, asks Archie to ascertain whether he is be... | Speaker", "Too Many Women", "Murder by the Book", "Before Midnight", "Plot It Yourself", "Too Many Clients", "The Doorbell Rang", and "Death of a Doxy", which are for me the best of all the full-length Wolfe novels.
- J. Kenneth Van Dover, "At Wolfe's Door" — Wolfe's return to the novel-length mystery is a strong one: ... | 7,299 | zeroshot-train |
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