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He has additionally written widely on subjects as broad as alabaster, the collection of frankincense, the stories of M.R. James and the history of umbrellas. Mackintosh-Smith presented a major BBC documentary series Travels with a Tangerine (2007), [4] recounting his experiences tracing Ibn Battutah's fourteenth-century travels in the present day.
Umbrella is a short story where a little girl is the principal character. Her name is Momo, which means "peach" in Japanese, and she was born in New York. [2] Momo carries the blue umbrella and wears the rubber boots that she was given on her third birthday. She asks her mother every day to use her umbrella.
Professor Bull's Umbrella was published in September 1954 [1] by the Viking Press [5] to positive reviews, [2] [4] [8] and was a Junior Literary Guild selection for Grades 2 and 3. [9] Schreiber's illustrations were noted for their memorability and "umbrella's-eye view" perspective, [ 3 ] while Marjorie Fischer of The New York Times Book Review ...
Umbrella is the ninth novel by Will Self, published in 2012. It was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2012, Will Self's first shortlist nomination, although his 2002 novel Dorian, an Imitation was longlisted for the prize.
Umbrellas were used during festivals as streets of Kumasi were paraded with them. Like the Asantehene's umbrella bearer, the others also spin their umbrellas in tune with the music produced by drummers while accompanying their "Ohene". Umbrellas were also used to provide coolness as well as highlight the importance of the various leaders. [11]
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Gabriel Bá has been writing comics for almost 15 years, and has been published in France, Italy, Spain, the US, and Brazil. [1] He began self-publishing comics with his brother in 1993; their first mini-series, "Sunflower and the Moon", from 1997 was released by a Brazilian publisher as a graphic novel in 2000.
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