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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood is an autobiographical comedy book written by South African comedian Trevor Noah, published in 2016. The book focuses on Noah's childhood growing up in his native South Africa after he was born of an illegal interracial relationship during the apartheid era.
The following year, 1790, Lotf Ali Khan led his forces against the Governor of Kerman, who had refused to appear in person to acknowledge the Zand leader. This campaign failed due to harsh winter conditions which led to the loss of a large number of men. In 1791, Lotf Ali Khan marched to reestablish his control over Isfahan.
The Afghan chiefs of Bam invited Lotf Ali Khan to return and expel the Qajar yoke. With their help, Lotf Ali Khan returned to Kerman and captured the city on 30 March. [3] Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar quickly heard of this and marched towards Kerman on May 14. The siege lasted four months and took a toll on Kerman's population.
Lord of the Flies was awarded a place on both lists of Modern Library 100 Best Novels, reaching number 41 on the editor's list and 25 on the reader's list. [24] In 2003, Lord of the Flies was listed at number 70 on the BBC's survey The Big Read, [25] and in 2005 it was chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels since ...
Zadeh was born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, [18] as Lotfi Aliaskerzadeh. [19] His father was Rahim Aleskerzade, an Iranian Muslim Azerbaijani [ 20 ] journalist from Ardabil on assignment from Iran, and his mother was Fanya (Feyga [ 21 ] ) Korenman, a Jewish pediatrician from Odesa, Ukraine , who was an Iranian citizen.
No Woman Born is a utopian story from 1944, written by American feminist C. L. Moore. The book describes a former singing superstar, turned robot after a fire accident. The story touches on many feminist themes and discusses problems that could occur with science fiction technology. It is often called the first story on cyborgs.
Legolas is the son of Thranduil, King of the Woodland Realm of Northern Mirkwood, [T 1] who appeared as "the Elvenking" in The Hobbit. [T 2] Thranduil, one of the Sindar or "Grey Elves", [T 3] ruled over the Silvan Elves or "Wood-elves" of Mirkwood.
Wodehouse frequently named his characters after places with which he was familiar, [1] and Lord Emsworth takes his name from the Hampshire town of Emsworth, where Wodehouse spent some time in the 1900s; he first went there in 1903, at the invitation of his friend Herbert Westbrook, and later took a lease on a house there called "Threepwood Cottage", which name he used as Lord Emsworth's family ...