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ISBN. 0-330-34559-1 (first edition, hardback) OCLC. 34367883. Last Orders is a 1996 novel by British writer Graham Swift. [1] The book won the 1996 Booker Prize. [2] In 2001, it was adapted for the film Last Orders by Australian writer and director Fred Schepisi.
The Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, now known as Gettysburg National Cemetery, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on the afternoon of November 19, 1863, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated Confederate forces in the Battle of Gettysburg, the Civil War's ...
This is a list of the episodes of the shōjo anime series Kimi ni Todoke, directed by Hiro Kaburagi (later by Kenichi Matsuzawa) and produced by Production I.G. [1] The anime is based on the manga series of the same name by Karuho Shiina. Series composition is led by Tomoko Konparu, with character designs being provided by Yuka Shibata.
Shatter Me is a young adult dystopian romantic thriller written by Tahereh Mafi, published on November 15, 2011. [1] The book is narrated by Juliette, a 17-year-old girl with a lethal touch and is unusual in that it contains passages and lines that have been crossed out like a diary entry. [2] Shatter Me is the first of a series of seven books.
1981: Executive Order 12333: Strengthened management of the United States Intelligence Community. 1982: Executive Order 12372: [27] Intergovernmental Review of federal programs. 1986: Executive Order 12564: Drug-Free Federal Workplace. 1987: Executive Order 12601: President's Commission on the HIV Epidemic.
Magna Carta Cotton MS. Augustus II. 106, one of four surviving exemplifications of the 1215 text Created 1215 ; 809 years ago (1215) Location Two at the British Library ; one each in Lincoln Castle and in Salisbury Cathedral Author(s) John, King of England His barons Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury Purpose Peace treaty Full text Magna Carta at Wikisource Part of the Politics series ...
Stand by Me is a 1986 American coming-of-age drama film [5] directed by Rob Reiner.Based on Stephen King's 1982 novella The Body, with the title deriving from the song of the same name by Ben E. King, the film is set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Oregon, in 1959, and stars Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, and Jerry O'Connell (in his film debut), as four boys who go on a hike ...
Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death is a 1969 semi-autobiographic science fiction-infused anti-war novel by Kurt Vonnegut.It follows the life experiences of Billy Pilgrim, from his early years, to his time as an American soldier and chaplain's assistant during World War II, to the post-war years.