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A Confederacy of Dunces A Confederacy of Dunces is a novel written by John Kennedy Toole, published in 1980, 11 years after the author's suicide. The book was published through the efforts of the writer Walker Percy (who also contributed a revealing foreword) and Toole's mother, quickly becoming a cult classic.
A Connecticut Yankee A Connecticut Yankee was a 1927 musical by Rodgers and Hart, based upon A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, a novel by American humorist Mark Twain. Among the best remembered songs are the up-tempo duet "Thou Swell,"and the warm ballad, "My Heart Stood Still.
A Conspiracy of Hope Tour A Conspiracy of Hope Tour was a short series of six benefit concerts in behalf of Amnesty International that took place in the United States during June 1986. Held not to raise funds but to increase awareness of Amnesty on its 25th anniversary of working for human rights, the shows were headlined by Sting and U2, and also featured Bryan Adams, Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Joan Baez, and The Neville Brothers.
A Contract with God [Contract with God (full title A Contract with God, and Other Tenement Stories) is a graphic novel] by [[Will Eisner that takes the form of several stories on a theme. Published by Baronet Books (ISBN 0-89437-035-9) in October 1978 in simultaneous hardcover] and [[trade paperback editions — the former limited to a signed-and-numbered print-run of 1,500 — it is often erroneously called the first graphic novel, or the first work to describe itself as such.
A Cool Dark Place to Die A Cool Dark Place to Die was initially conceived as a solo project for lead vocalist Brent Johnson but instead became the bands third and one of their most critically acclaimed work. Since the only condition under which the band would reform was if they were never asked to perform live again, a commitment they were never able to keep, the songs took on a far more experimental and unearthly quality.
A Corner in Wheat A Corner in Wheat is a 1909 short film which tells of a greedy tycoon who tries to corner the world market on wheat, destroying the lives of the people who can no longer afford to buy bread. It was directed by D.
A Coruña (province) A Coruña (also: La Coruña in Spanish, La Corogne in French and La Croyne and Corunna in English) is the most North-western Atlantic facing province of Spain, and one of the four provinces which constitute the autonomous community of Galicia. This province is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the West, the Pontevedra Province to the South and the Lugo Province to the East.
A Costa do Marisco, Galicia (Spain) A Costa do Marisco, Galician translation of the original Spanish 1950s term given as a label to the entire coast of the Galicia region in Spain. The term can be translated into English as “Coast of the Seafood”.
A Couch in New York A Couch in New York (French: Un divan Ă  New York) is a 1996 film about an anonymous exchange of apartments between a successful New York psychoanalyst and a young woman from Paris. It was directed by Chantal Akerman.
A Country Practice A Country Practice was one of the longest-running Australian television drama series. Though sometimes considered a soap opera, the storylines of the two one-hour episodes screened over any one week formed a self-contained narrative block (However many storylines did develop as minor sub plots for several episodes before becoming the focus of a particular week's narrative block).
A Couple of Guys A Couple of Guys is the name of a comic strip about the lives of a gay male couple, their friends and family in New York City. The strip was first published in September 1996, and is written and drawn by Dave Brousseau.
A Course in Miracles A Course in Miracles (ACIM or the Course), refers to itself as a course of "spiritual psychotherapy" and of spiritual transformation, and is considered by some who study it to be their "spiritual path".
A Cow at My Table A Cow at My Table (1998; Flying Eye Productions, Canada; 90 minutes) is a documentary film examining Western attitudes towards farm animals and meat. It covers the conflict between animal rights advocates and the meat industry, and their respective attempts to influence consumers.
A Cruel Angel's Thesis is the theme song of the popular anime, Neon Genesis Evangelion. It is used as the introduction to every episode, and two instrumental versions of it are played in the finale episode, "Take Care of Yourself".
A Cruel Twist Of Fate A Cruel Twist Of Fate was the name of a professional wrestling show held by 1 Pro Wrestling in Doncaster, South Yorkshire England on October 1 2005. The show was originally named A Twist Of Fate in reference to its biggest draw the then-recently released WWE superstar Matt Hardy but in the months leading up to the show Hardy would resign with WWE resulting in him cancelling his appearance for the promotion and the term "A Twist Of Fate" falling back under WWE trademark.
A Cry in the Dark A Cry in the Dark (American and European title) or Evil Angels (Australian title) is a 1988 film based on the disappearance and assumed death of Azaria Chamberlain, a ten-week-old baby girl who went missing from a campground near Uluru/Ayers Rock on 17 August 1980.
A Cumberland District The A Cumberland District is a high school conference of the Virginia High School League which draws its members from the western part of Southwest Virginia. The schools in the Cumberland District compete in A Region D with the schools of the A Black Diamond District and the A Lonesome Pine District.
A Cuppa Tea and a Lie Down A Cuppa Tea and a Lie Down is the debut album by New Zealand band Able Tasmans, released by Flying Nun Records in 1987. The CD release of the album contains bonus tracks taken from the Tired Sun EP and a remix of their previous single, "Buffaloes".
A Current Affair (US TV series) A Current Affair was a television newsmagazine that ran from 1986 to 1996 before reappearing briefly in 2005. The show was produced by 20th Century Fox (and long based at Fox's New York flagship WNYW) and aired on most Fox Television Stations, however, in both incarnations it was a syndicated series, not a Fox Network program.
A Curtain of Green A Curtain of Green was the first collection of short stories written by Eudora Welty. In these stories Welty looks at the state of Mississippi through the eyes of its inhabitants, the common people, both black and white, and presents a realistic view of the racial relations that existed at the time.
A D Dawson A D Dawson (born November 10, 1960) is an English short story writer, poet, and playwright. Most of Dawson’s work can be seen on the internet and he regularly contributes to webzines such as, The Dream People.
A Dame to Kill For A Dame to Kill For is the second Sin City yarn and the first Sin City story to have its own comic. It was written and drawn by Frank Miller, the logo was designed by Steve Miller and it was edited by Jerry Prosser.
A Dance to the Music of Time A Dance to the Music of Time is a twelve-volume cycle of novels by Anthony Powell, inspired by the painting of the same name by Nicolas Poussin. It has sometimes, erroneously, been referred to as a roman Ă  clef.
A Dancing Bear A Dancing Bear is an online novel purportedly written by the Australian author Mark Osher (born 1970). The book, which is savagely comic in tone, tells the story of a duplicitous and sexually deprived university undergraduate named Fenton Bland, who joins a society of student Maoists in order to get near a female Maoist with whom he is helplessly in love.
A Date with Judy A Date with Judy was an American radio program during the 1940s. It was a teenage comedy that began as a summer replacement for Bob Hope's show, sponsored by Pepsodent and airing on NBC from June 24 to September 16 1941, with 14-year-old Ann Gillis in the title role.
A Date with the Smithereens A Date with the Smithereens is the fifth album by the New Jersey] [[rock band The Smithereens, released in 1994. It is seen as a big change by the band, because the previous albums were a lot more pop music and this one had turned out to be more hard rock than the others.
A Date With Elvis A Date with Elvis is a 1959 release by Elvis Presley. Much like the earlier release, For LP Fans Only, A Date With Elvis was put out by RCA during Elvis' army tenure, and contains a mix of early Sun recordings and RCA soundtrack cuts.
A Daughter of the Gods A Daughter of the Gods (1916) is a silent film notorious for featuring Annette Kellerman in the first ever nude scene by a major star. It was filmed by Fox Pictures in Kingston, Jamaica (where huge sets are constructed), and directed by Herbert Brenon.
A Day at the Races (film) A Day at the Races (1937) is the seventh movie starring the three Marx Brothers, with Margaret Dumont, Allan Jones and Maureen O'Sullivan. Like their previous MGM feature, A Night at the Opera, this film was a major hit.
A Day Called 'X' A Day Called 'X' was a dramatised CBS documentary showing a civil defence exercise in Portland, Oregon in which the entire city is evacuated in response to an air raid. It was filmed in September 1957IATSE District One History and aired December 8 of that year.
A Day in Black and White A Day in Black and White are a band based in Washington, DC who formed in 2001. They have released 2 full-length albums, My Heroes Have Always Killed Cowboys (2004) and Notes (2005), a split 10" with the band Navies (2005), and a split with Black Castle.
A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine is a musical comedy consisting of two essentially independent one-act plays, with a book and lyrics by Dick Vosburgh and music by Frank Lazarus. Additionally, three songs were written for the production by Jerry Herman: "Just Go to the Movies", "Nelson", and "The Best in the World.
A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine "A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine" was a popular Broadway musical that debuted in 1980. It consisted of two parts: "A Day in Hollywood," an affectionate spoof of Busby Berkeley musicals of the 1930s, and "A Night in the Ukraine," a re-imaging of an Anton Chekhov play as a Marx Brothers comedy.
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg A Day in the Death of Joe Egg is a 1967 play by British playwright Peter Nichols. The play was made into a film in 1971, directed by Peter Medak and starring Alan Bates, Janet Suzman, Peter Bowles and Elizabeth Robillard.
A Day in the Life of a Poolshark A Day in the Life of a Poolshark was the second single from Idiot Pilot's debut album Strange We Should Meet Here. The single was released on January 10, 2006 (in the UK only during their UK tour) and came in two formats, CD and 10" Limited Edition vinyl.
A Day in the Life of Donald Duck A Day in the Life of Donald Duck is a 1956 episode of the Disneyland TV show. As the name of the episode implies, viewers experience Donald Duck himself as he struggles through a typical day at the Walt Disney Studios.
A Death in White Bear Lake A Death in White Bear Lake is a true crime book by journalist Barry Siegel, published in 1990. The book recounts one of the most notorious cases of child abuse ever prosecuted in the United States, the murder of three year-old Dennis Jurgens by his adopted mother Lois Jurgens.
A Defence of General Funston A Defence of General Funston is a humour piece written by Mark Twain in honor of US Army General and expansionism advocate Frederick Funston. Funston had been a colonel in the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars, and Twain had been an outspoken critic of these wars, as immoral ventures of the American state into the imperialist subjugation of foreign peoples and territories.
A Defense of Abortion A Defense of Abortion is a moral philosophical paper by Judith Jarvis Thomson first published in 1971. Granting for the sake of argument that the fetus has a right to life, Thomson uses thought experiments to argue for the moral permissibility of induced abortion.
A Delicate Balance A Delicate Balance, a play by Edward Albee, was first produced on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre on September 12, 1966, where it ran a respectable four months and won the author the first of his three Pulitzer Prizes.
A Delicate Balance (film) A Delicate Balance is a 1973 film directed by Tony Richardson and starring Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield and Kate Reid, who was nominated for the 1974 Golden Globe Award for the Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for her performance as Claire. The film is based on a play A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee.
A Demon in My View A Demon in my View is a novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, first published in 1976. It won the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year, gaining Rendell the first of six Dagger awards during her career, more than any other writer.
A Description of the Northern Peoples The Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus was a monumental work by Olaus Magnus on the Nordic countries, printed in Rome 1555. It was a work which long remained for the rest of Europe the authority on Swedish matters.
A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language of the Aborigines A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia is a book by George Fletcher Moore. First published in 1842, it represents one of the earliest attempts to record the languages used by the Aboriginal peoples of Western Australia.
A Design for Life "A Design for Life" was released by Manic Street Preachers in 1996 and was the first single release from the Everything Must Go album of May that same year. It is regarded by many as one of their most compelling songs, and by some as their outright best.
A Detective Story A Detective Story is an animated short film, part of The Animatrix series, set in the universe of The Matrix series. Traditional animation is blended with grainy photographic backgrounds to produce a very distinctive style.
A Dictionary of Americanisms A Dictionary of Americanisms on Historical Principles is a dictionary of English words and phrases that originated in the United States. The Dictionary was edited by Mitford Mathews and was published in 1951 by University of Chicago Press.
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities is an English-language encyclopedia first published in 1842 and then in many revised editions through 1890. Covering law, religion, architecture, warfare, daily life, and similar subjects primarily from the classicist's standpoint, it was one of a series of reference works on classical antiquity by William Smith; the others cover persons and places.
A Dictionary of the English Language A Dictionary of the English Language, one of the most influential dictionaries in the history of the English language, was prepared by Samuel Johnson and published on April 15 1755. The dictionary responded to a widely felt need for stability in the language.
A Different Beat (Boyzone album) A Different Beat is the second album released by Irish boy band Boyzone. It includes their 1994 hit Love Me for a Reason which reached #2 on the UK charts, Words (a Bee Gees cover, reaching #1 UK), A Different Beat (#1 UK) and Isn't It a Wonder (#2 UK).
A Different Drum A Different Drum is an independent record label and online store based in the US state of Utah, specializing in synthpop and related genres. Having released over 1000 albums, singles, and compilations, ADD is arguably one of the most successful independent record labels.
A Different Loyalty A 2005 film that is alleged to be a truthful account of Kim Philby's love affair and marriage to Eleanor Brewer during his time in Beirut, and his eventual defection to the Soviet Union in late January of 1963.
A Different Universe A Different Universe: Reinventing Physics from the Bottom Down is a 2005 physics book by Robert Laughlin, a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics. It argues against the overuse of reductionism in fields such as string theory, and emphasizes that the future of physics research is in the study of emergence.
A Different View A Different View is the monthly political magazine of the International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS). A Different View was launched in November 2005 and is published on the first day of each month.
A Different World (song) "A Different World" is a single by the American country musician Bucky Covington. He performed it at Great American Country in December 2006, and the song was released for country radio on January 16 2007.
A Dirty Job A Dirty Job is the ninth novel by Christopher Moore, published in 2006. While reflecting the author's absurdist tendencies, the content of the novel draws in no small part from his own experiences in tending to the needs of close family and friends who were in the stages of dying.
A Dirty Shame A Dirty Shame is a 2004 film satire by Baltimore, Maryland filmmaker John Waters starring Tracey Ullman, Selma Blair, Johnny Knoxville, Chris Isaak, Mink Stole, Suzanne Shepherd, Patricia Hearst, Susan Allenbach, Wes Johnson and Jackie Hoffman. The film, rated NC-17, was a return to style of the sexually raunchy films of his early pre-Hollywood years, such as Pink Flamingos.
A Dispute Between a Priest and a Knight Disputatio inter clericum et militem (A Dispute Between a Priest and a Knight) is a dialogue, written in France between 1296 and 1303 by an anonymous author, although it is believed it likely could have been John of Paris, master of the University of Paris. The treatise examines the relationship between Church and King through a fictional dialogue between a Priest and a Knight.
A Dissertation on the American Justice System by People Who Have Never Been Inside a Courtroom, Let Alone Know Anything About the Law, but Have Seen Way Too Many Legal Thrillers "A Dissertation on the American Justice System by People Who Have Never Been Inside a Courtroom, Let Alone Know Anything About the Law, but Have Seen Way Too Many Legal Thrillers" is the fourth episode of Clerks: The Animated Series. It was the first of the two episodes that aired.
A Distant Signal American synthesis Dan Serin began composing instrumental electronic music under the brand A Distant Signal in the late 1980's. Part-time member and Bassist Chaz Smith also contributes to the bands studio material and live performances.
A Distant Soil A Distant Soil is a science fiction/fantasy comic book series written and illustrated by Colleen Doran, and is the work for which she is best known. The story, which Doran created at the age of twelve, centers on a young girl who is born heir to an alien religious dynasty, and explores issues of politics, gender identity, and tolerance.
A Disturbing Case A Disturbing Case is the second episode of the popular 1969 ITC CarltonBritish television series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) starring Mike Pratt, Kenneth Cope and Annette Andre. The episode was first broadcast on 28 September 1969 on the BBC.
A Divina Comédia ou Ando Meio Desligado A divina comédia ou ando meio desligado is the third album by the Brazilian tropicalia band Os Mutantes. The album was originally released in 1970 (see 1970 in music) and reissued in 1999 on Omplatten Records.
A Dog of Flanders A Dog of Flanders is a novel about a boy Nello and his dog Patrache written by Marie Louise de la Ramée under the pseudonym Ouida in 1872. It is widely read in Japan, and has among others been made into an animated cartoon.
A Dog's Breakfast A Dog's Breakfast is a independent film starring, written and directed by David Hewlett (Patrick), originally intended to be released in June 2006 (the film was listed as "completed" on IMDb in July 2006). The film also stars Paul McGillion (Hewlett's co-star on Stargate Atlantis), Rachel Luttrell (Teyla Emmagan on Stargate Atlantis), and Kate Hewlett (Marilyn) (Hewlett's sister).
A Dogwood District The A Dogwood District is a high school conference of the Virginia High School League which draws most of its members from Lynchburg and Danville, Virginia areas. The schools in the Dogwood District compete in A Region B with the schools of the A Bull Run District, the A James River District and the A Shenandoah District.
A Doll's House (film) A Doll's House is the name of several movies based on the 1879 play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The play was highly controversial when first published, as it is sharply critical of Victorian marriage norms.
A Double Buggy at Lahey Creek "A Double Buggy at Lahey Creek" is a short story written by iconic Australian writer and poet Henry Lawson. It was Lawson's second story to include the character of Joe Wilson, however, chronologically, it is fourth and final in the Joe Wilson series.
A Dozen Roses (You Remind Me) "A Dozen Roses (You Remind Me)" is an R&B song written by American rapper-songwriter Missy Elliott, and Corte Ellis for Monica's fourth studio album The Makings of Me (2006). It was co-produced by Elliott, David "Davey Boy" Lindsey, and Cliff Jones, and contains a sample of 1972's "The Makings of You", written an performed by Curtis Mayfield.
A Dragon at Worlds' End A Dragon at World’s End (1997) is a fantasy novel written by Christopher Rowley. The book is the fifth in the Dragons of the Argonath series that follows the adventures of a human boy, Relkin, and his dragon, Bazil Broketail as they fight in the Argonath Legion’s 109th Marneri Dragons.
A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" is a song written and composed by Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston for the Walt Disney film Cinderella (1950). In the song Cinderella (as sung by Ilene Woods) encourages her animal friends to never stop dreaming, and that theme continues throughout the entire story.
A Dream Play A Dream Play (Swedish: Ett drömspel) was written in 1901 by the Swedish playwright, August Strindberg, and first performed in Stockholm on April 17, 1907. It remains one of Strindberg's most admired and influential dramas, seen as an important precursor to both dramatic expressionism and surrealism.
A Drink with Shane MacGowan A Drink with Shane MacGowan is a 2001 autobiographical book of interviews between Shane MacGowan, lead singer and frontman for the Irish band The Pogues, and his journalist girlfriend, Victoria Mary Clarke. The book is divided into eight acts in various places in Ireland, England, and the United States, including the house he grew up in County Tipperary, a taxi, and Shannon Airport.
A few acres of snow "A few acres of snow" (in the original French, "quelques arpents de neige") is one of several quotations from Voltaire, the 18th-century writer, which are representative of his sneering evaluation of Canada's, and by extension New France's, lack of economic value and strategic importance to 18th-century France. Because of its representative value and its concision, it has become rooted into popular Canadian culture and it is regularly quoted by Canadians.
A Face in the Crowd A Face in the Crowd (1957) is an epic motion picture starring Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, and Walter Matthau, directed by Elia Kazan. The screenplay was written by Budd Schulberg, based on his own short story "The Arkansas Traveler".
A Fan's Notes A Fan's Notes is a relatively obscure though critically acclaimed novel by Frederick Exley, first published in 1968. Subtitled "A Fictional Memoir" and categorized as fiction, the book is somewhat autobiographical.
A Fatal Inversion A Fatal Inversion is a 1987 novel by Ruth Rendell, written under the pseudonym Barbara Vine. The novel won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger in that year and, in 2005, was also shortlisted for the Dagger of Daggers, a special award to select the best Gold Dagger winner of the award's 50 year history.
A Few Good Men A Few Good Men, a play by Aaron Sorkin, was acclaimed on Broadway and was subsequently made into a successful film in 1992. It tells the story of military lawyers at a court-martial who uncover a high-level conspiracy in the course of defending their clients, United States Marines accused of murder.
A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor is an early sound film made in Lee De Forest's sound-on-film Phonofilm process in 1923 starring Eddie Cantor in an excerpt from the Broadway show Kid Boots. It premiered at the Rivoli Theater in New York City on 15 April 1923.
A Fictional Guide to Scotland A Fictional Guide to Scotland is a collection of short stories and one poem from 17 writers who were either Scottish by birth or lived in Scotland at the time of submission. The pieces which made it into the book were selected through an anonymous submissions process with an OpenInk editor and guest editors, Meaghan Delahunt and Suhayl Saadi, choosing the final pieces.
A Fighting Man of Mars A Fighting Man of Mars is an Edgar Rice Burroughs science fiction novel, the seventh of his famous Barsoom series. Burroughs began writing it on February 28, 1929, and the finished story was first published in Blue Book Magazine as a six-part serial in the issues for April to September, 1930.
A Fine Balance A Fine Balance is the third book by Rohinton Mistry. Set in Mumbai, India between 1975 and 1977 during the turmoil of The Emergency, a period of expanded government power and crackdowns on civil liberties, this book is about four characters—Dina Dalal, Ishvar Darji, his nephew Omprakash and the young lad Maneck from varied backgrounds who come together, develop a bond and depart from each other lives as dramatically as they came.
A Fire Upon the Deep A Fire Upon the Deep (1992) is a science fiction novel written by Vernor Vinge. It combines superhuman intelligences, well-developed and believable aliens, variable physics, space battles, love, betrayal, genocide, Usenet, and more into an exceptional space opera.
A Firesign Chat with Papoon A Firesign Chat with Papoon is a promo album redorded by Phil Proctor and Peter Bergman and released under the name of The Firesign Theatre on Columbia Records. It was released in 1972 and includes material that was recorded during the 1972 United States presidential election.
A First Salvo A First Salvo is a small comic publisher located in Bermuda. Currently, the group are completing new projects for publication including the Danger's Dozen and Contract, with collaborating artists Norm Breyfogle and Sal Velluto.
A Fish Called Wanda A Fish Called Wanda is an Academy Award winning comedy film released in 1988 by MGM. It was written by John Cleese and directed by Charles Crichton, and stars Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin.
A Fishing Rod for my Grandpa Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather, also rendered from Chinese as A Fishing Rod for My Grandpa, is a 2004 translation by Mabel Lee of six short stories by Nobel laureate Gao Xingjian. All of the stories were originally written between 1983 and 1990.
A Fistful of Dollars A Fistful of Dollars (Per un pugno di dollari in Italy, and officially on-screen in the US and UK as simply Fistful of Dollars) is a 1964 film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood. Released in the United States in 1967, it initiated the popularity of the Spaghetti western film genre.
A Fistful of Dynamite A Fistful of Dynamite is a 1971 film by Sergio Leone (original Italian title: Giù la testa; also known as Duck, You Sucker and Once Upon a Time … The Revolution). Its plot is centered on two individuals, a poor Mexican bandit (played by Rod Steiger) and an ex-IRA revolutionary (James Coburn), who meet during the turbulent Mexican Revolution.
A Fistfull of Stories (and Articles) A collection of short work by Joe R. Lansdale, published in 1996, which contains more non-fiction work than any of the other collections, as well as short stories, some of which are exclusive to this collection.
A Fix with Sontarans A Fix with Sontarans is the name of a specially written "episode" for the BBC's children's programme Jim'll Fix It, featuring the Doctor from the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, broadcast on 23 February 1985. It is not generally considered to be canonical by Doctor Who fans.
A Flat Iron for a Farthing A Flat Iron for a Farthing (1872) is a book by Juliana Horatia Ewing (1842-1885) and consists of childhood reminiscences of the only child of a widowed father. The book was one of the author's most popular books.
A Flock of Bleeps A Flock of Bleeps is Younger Brother's one and only album. It is a collaborative psybient/psychill project between English psytrance Producers Simon Posford (Hallucinogen, Shpongle) and Benji Vaughan (Prometheus).
A Florida Enchantment A Florida Enchantment is a 1914 Vitagraph silent film directed by and starring Sidney Drew. The film is based on the 1891 novel and 1896 play (now lost) of the same name written by Fergus Redmond and Archibald Gunter.
A Fool There Was A Fool There Was is a 1915 silent film starring Theda Bara, one of the first sex symbols of the early 20th century. Bara plays a vamp who uses her charms to seduce and corrupt a moral Wall Street lawyer, John Schuyler (Edward Jose).
A Foot in Coldwater A Foot in Coldwater (sometimes credited as A Foot in Cold Water) was a late 1960s Canadian progressive rock band. Its members were Alex Machin (vocals) who would later also front the rock group Moxy, Hughie Leggat (bass, acoustic guitar, vocals), Paul Naumann (guitar, vocals), Bob Horne (keyboards) and Danny Taylor (drums, percussion).
A Foreign Field A Foreign Field (1993) is a motion picture about British and American World War II veterans returning to the beaches of Normandy as old men. It is more a drama than a comedy, although it combines aspects of both.
A Forest Romance A Forest Romance was a 1913 American silent short romantic western directed by Frank Montgomery starring Harry von Meter, Mona Darkfeather, J. Gunnis Davis (as James Davis), Artie Ortego (as Arthur Ortego), and Harry Schumm.
A Fork in the Tale A Fork in the Tale is a full motion video (FMV) adventure game developed by Advance Reality Interactive and published by Any River Entertainment on February 28, 1997. The game was re-released in 2001 by Digital Leisure.
A Formation In American football, the A-formation was a variation of the single-wing formation used with great success by the New York Giants of the 1930s and early 1940s. This formation was master-minded by legendary Giants coach Steve Owen and relied heavily upon Hall of Fame center Mel Hein for its success.

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