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Amazing Stories — was an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback s Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction. Before Amazing , science fiction stories had made regular appearance in… … Wikipedia
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children's literature — Body of written works produced to entertain or instruct young people. The genre encompasses a wide range of works, including acknowledged classics of world literature, picture books and easy to read stories, and fairy tales, lullabies, fables,… … Universalium
William Robbins (Western settler) — William Robbins (1848 1933) was an early settler of the Curlew Valley of Utah and Idaho. He was a veteran of the American Civil War and assisted in the building of the transcontinental railroad.Early lifeWilliam Robbins was born July 14, 1848 to… … Wikipedia
JEZREEL, VALLEY OF — (also known as the Plain of Esdraelon ; (Heb. עֵמֶק יִזְרְעֶאל), Emek Yizre el, named after the city of jezreel ), the largest of the inland valleys of Israel, after the Jordan Valley. It consists of the alluvial plain of the Kishon River,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Aandaal — ( ta. ஆண்டாள்) is a 10th century Tamil saint and one of the twelve Alvars (saints) and the only woman Alvar of Vaishnavism. She is credited with the great Tamil works of Thirupavai and Nachiar Tirumozhi that are still recited by devotees during… … Wikipedia
Wendy Rose — (b. May 7, 1948) is a Hopi/Miwok writer. Having grown up in an environment which placed little emphasis on her Native American background, much of her verse deals with her search for her personal identity as a Native American. She is also an… … Wikipedia
Richmal Oates-Whitehead — (February 1970–August 2005) was an employee of the British Medical Association. She was dubbed as the 53rd victim of the 7/7 attacks by the media after the discovery of her body in a flat. She came into news in her native New Zealand for… … Wikipedia
Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… … Universalium
Media and Publishing — ▪ 2007 Introduction The Frankfurt Book Fair enjoyed a record number of exhibitors, and the distribution of free newspapers surged. TV broadcasters experimented with ways of engaging their audience via the Internet; mobile TV grew; magazine… … Universalium