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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus is a 2005 non-fiction book by American author and science writer Charles C. Mann about the pre-Columbian Americas. It was the 2006 winner of the National Academies Communication Award for best creative work that helps the public's understanding of topics in science, engineering or medicine.
A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
Westlake Taylor Purkiser (April 28, 1910–July 18, 1992) was an American preacher, scholar, and author in the Church of the Nazarene.. Purkiser held a PhD from the University of Southern California; he was a lecturer in New Testament Theology at Nazarene Theological Seminary and president of Pasadena College. [1]
Speculative fiction is an umbrella genre of fiction that encompasses all the subgenres that depart from realism, or strictly imitating everyday reality, [1] instead presenting fantastical, supernatural, futuristic, or other imaginative realms. [2]
A guide book or travel guide is "a book of information about a place, designed for the use of visitors or tourists". [44] An early example is Thomas West's guide to the English Lake District, published in 1778. [45] Thomas West, an English priest, popularized the idea of walking for pleasure in his guide to the Lake District of 1778. In the ...
The San Francisco 49ers on Monday suspended linebacker De'Vondre Campbell for the final three games of the regular season for refusing to play Thursday night against the Los Angeles Rams.. Niners ...
Artists such as Walter Tyndale, Edmund Hort New, Charles George Harper and others, have painted or drawn the landscapes, places and buildings described in Hardy's novels. Their work was used to illustrate books exploring the real-life countryside on which the fictional county of Wessex was based: B. C. A. Windle & E. H. New (ill.).
The Mexican Pizza is a lesson in scarcity. First introduced in 1985 as the Pizzazz Pizza, this sandwich of beef and beans between corn tostada shells, topped with cheese tomatoes and a tangy sauce ...