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Novel The book was banned by the Portuguese government without any clear reason. According to the author, one possible reason was because he was from the "current of thought what claims that the discovery of Brazil happened 'by random'" or by the fact he "have registered the history of the 1600 years cut to the Arabian navy by Vasco da Gama". [207]
Thongor Against the Gods is a fantasy novel by American writer Lin Carter, the third book of his Thongor series set on the mythical continent of Lemuria. It was first published in paperback by Paperback Library in November 1967, and reissued by Warner Books in August 1979. The first British edition was published in paperback by Tandem in 1970 ...
A God Against the Gods is a 1976 historical novel by political novelist Allen Drury, which chronicles ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten's attempt to establish a new religion in Egypt. [1] [2] [3] It is told in a series of monologues by the various characters. Drury wrote a 1977 sequel, Return to Thebes, and a 1980
Methylaluminoxane, commonly called MAO, is a mixture of organoaluminium compounds with the approximate formula (Al(CH 3)O) n. It is usually encountered as a solution in ( aromatic ) solvents , commonly toluene but also xylene , cumene , or mesitylene , [ 1 ] Used in large excess, it activates precatalysts for alkene polymerization.
The Mercy of Gods is a 2024 science fiction novel by American authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, writing under the pseudonym James S. A. Corey. It is the first book in The Captive's War trilogy. The novel is set in a distant future where humanity has been conquered by an alien race called the Carryx.
There are significant discrepancies in the names and lists of gods recorded between the Shu edition (the original handwritten manuscript version) and the Tongxing edition (a widely printed version) of the Fengshen Yanyi, especially in Chapters 99 and 100. In the 99th chapter, the Shu edition lists 363 righteous gods and then adds Fei Lian and A ...
In 1978, a kindergarten in Shanghai put up propaganda on the wall that writes, in Mandarin pinyin, "Hurray for the release of the 5th volume of the Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung" A fifth book was planned as early as 1960, to include selected writings from the PRC period, but Mao resisted its production as he felt his essays and speeches on ...
Research chemist Mr. Bensington specialises in "the More Toxic Alkaloids", and Professor Redwood studies reaction times and takes an interest in "Growth". Redwood's suggestion "that the process of growth probably demanded the presence of a considerable quantity of some necessary substance in the blood that was only formed very slowly" causes Bensington to begin searching for such a substance. [2]