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  2. The Moving Toyshop - Wikipedia

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    The novel is dedicated to the poet Philip Larkin, Crispin's contemporary at St John's College, Oxford.In chapter 10, tongue-in-cheek reference is made to Larkin, with the mention of an undergraduate essay called "The Influence of Sir Gawain on Arnold's Empedocles on Etna", about which Fen comments: "Good heavens, that must be Larkin: the most indefatigable searcher out of pointless ...

  3. Crispin: The Cross of Lead - Wikipedia

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    Crispin tries to get the help of "The Brotherhood", an organization Bear is a member of and headed by John Ball. When they refuse to aid Crispin in trying to find Bear, Crispin takes it upon himself to break into Furnival's palace and find Bear himself. Crispin finds a dagger in one of the hallways and keeps it under his cloak.

  4. The Glimpses of the Moon (Crispin novel) - Wikipedia

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    The Glimpses of the Moon is a 1977 detective novel by the British writer Edmund Crispin. [1] It was the ninth and last novel in his series featuring Gervase Fen, an Oxford professor and amateur detective. Written from the 1960s onwards [2] on publication it was the first novel in the series to be released since The Long Divorce in 1951.

  5. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom - Wikipedia

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    When an editor working for Disney was seeking an author to write a novel dealing with the backstory of Captain Jack Sparrow, a major character from the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, they contacted A.C. Crispin's agent and contracted her to write the book after reading The Han Solo Trilogy, which focused on Han Solo's backstory. [1]

  6. Literature review - Wikipedia

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    Fifth, the meta-analysis and meta-regression which provide an integration of quantitative studies and identify moderators. And, finally, the mixed research synthesis which combines other review approaches in the same paper. They also propose a model for selecting an approach by looking at the purpose, object, subject, community, and practices ...

  7. Crispin: The End of Time - Wikipedia

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    He has a monkey named Schim. Crispin promises to take this boy with him to Iceland and helps him escape the thieves. Crispin – The title character. He is a 13-year-old peasant boy, living in rural England in the year 1377. He is a brave and courageous boy. Troth – A girl with a cleft lip who travels with Crispin. The word troth means to ...

  8. Contributor Roles Taxonomy - Wikipedia

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    Citing inadequacies with current practices in listing authors of papers in medical research journals, Drummond Rennie and co-authors, writing in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in 1997, called for: a radical conceptual and systematic change, to reflect the realities of multiple authorship and to buttress accountability.

  9. Sarek (novel) - Wikipedia

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    The deadly weapon "senapa" was invented by the author. [2] Early in the novel, the author describes the interior of Sarek and Amanda's home. One of the paintings on the wall is of an icy world with a large, red sun. This seems to be an intentional reference to a painting described in Crispin's first novel, Yesterday's Son.