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Kyle Giersdorf, better known as Bugha (/ ˈ b uː ɡ ə /), is an American professional gamer who is best known for playing Fortnite Battle Royale. [3] He is also known for winning the Fortnite World Cup 2019 and is often regarded as one of the best Fortnite players in the world.
To the End of the Land (Hebrew: אשה בורחת מבשורה, romanized: Isha Borachat Mibsora, lit. 'A Woman Flees a Message') is a 2008 novel by Israeli writer David Grossman depicting the emotional strains that family members of soldiers experience when their loved ones are deployed into combat.
Buqa (or Bugha) (died January 16, 1289) was a Mongol lord and chancellor who was instrumental in sweeping Arghun to power as the fourth Il-Khan of Iran in 1284 and became his chief minister and advisor, succeeding Shams ad-Din Juvayni whom Arghun had executed in October 1284. Buqa too was executed on Arghun's order in January 1289.
Buğa or Boğa means "bull" in Mongolian and Turkic languages, also transliterated as Bugha, or Buqa (via Arabic script). It may refer to one of the following persons. It may refer to one of the following persons.
'Bugha the Greater/Elder'), also known as Bugha al-Turki (Arabic: بُغا التركي, lit. 'Bugha the Turk'), was a 9th-century Khazar general who served the Abbasid Caliphate . He was of Khazar [ 1 ] origin, and was acquired along with his sons as a military slave ( ghulam ) by al-Mu'tasim in 819/820. [ 2 ]
Towards the end of the book the Time Traveler witnesses the Sun's expansion, causing the death of all life on Earth. Novel 1898 Aliens The War of the Worlds: H. G. Wells: Novel 1901 Eco The Purple Cloud: M. P. Shiel: A volcanic eruption floods the world with cyanide gas. Story 1906 Sun "Finis" Frank Lillie Pollock: Where a second Sun's light ...
In a 1936 interview for The New York Times, Hilton states that he used "Tibetan material" from the British Museum, particularly the travelogue of two French priests, Évariste Régis Huc and Joseph Gabet, to provide the Tibetan cultural and Buddhist spiritual inspiration for Shangri-La. [4] [5] Huc and Gabet travelled a round trip between Beijing and Lhasa in 1844–1846 on a route more than ...
Lost Horizon is a 1933 novel by English writer James Hilton. The book was turned into a film, also called Lost Horizon, in 1937 by director Frank Capra and a lavish musical remake in 1973 by producer Ross Hunter with music by Burt Bacharach. It is the origin of Shangri-La, a fictional utopian lamasery located high in the mountains of Tibet.