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The Parent's Assistant The Parent's Assistant is the first collection of children's stories by Maria Edgeworth, published by Joseph Johnson of St Paul's Churchyard in 1796. The first edition had six stories: Lazy Lawrence, Tarlton, The Little Dog Trusty, The Orange Man, The False Key, and the Barring Out.
The Parish Church of Saint John the Baptist, Liverpool The Parish Church of Saint John the Baptist, West Derby road, Tuebrook, Liverpool, England is a Victorian church and a Grade I Listed Buildings. In 1870 on June 24 The Lord Bishop of Chester, William Jacobson refused to consecrate the church.
The Park (Woodlands) The Park is the name of the centrepiece of Woodlands model village, with about 120 houses set around a green of about 10 to 15 acres. The houses overlook woodland or green open space, and do not face each other across a road as with traditional industrial villages.
The Park at MOA The Park at MOA (originally (Knott's) Camp Snoopy) is the seven acre (28,000 m²) amusement park located in the center of the Mall of America (MOA), in Bloomington, Minnesota. The Park at MOA is primarily lit by a glass ceiling, which is also the source of most of the heat for the Mall of America.
The Park School of Buffalo The Park School of Buffalo is an American private country school located north of Buffalo, New York in Snyder, a hamlet inside the town of Amherst in Erie County. Founded in 1912, the private college preparatory institution, serves roughly 245 students from Pre-Kindergarten to grade 12 non-sectarian school says that it bases its educational philosophy on John Dewey] with an individualized approach to teaching.
The Parker House The Parker House is a hotel in central Boston, operating since 1855; it is associated with a variety of political, literary and other historical figures, from John Wilkes Booth to Ho Chi Minh to Malcolm X and John F. Kennedy
The Parking Lot is Full The Parking Lot is Full is an alternative comic written by Pat Spacek and illustrated by Jack McLaren that ran from 1993 to late 2002. Originally published in Imprint, the University of Waterloo's newspaper while the creators were students there, it was later released solely on the Internet, where it achieved cult status as a result of its dark and often absurdist humor.
The Parliament of Man The Parliament of Man is a book by Paul Kennedy that covers the history and evolution of the United Nations.The book's title is taken from Locksley Hall, a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson that talks about the future of warfare and the possibility of utopia.
The Parliaments of England The Parliaments of England (ISBN 0-900178-13-2) is a compendium of election results for all House of Commons constituencies of the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1715 to 1847, compiled by Henry Stooks Smith.
The Parnassus The Parnassus is a painting by the Italian renaissance artist Raphael. It was painted in 1511 as the third part, after La disputa and The School of Athens, of Raphael's commission to decorate with frescoes the rooms that are now known as the Stanze di Raffaello, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican.
The Part and The Whole The book The Part and the Whole, written by Werner Heisenberg, the German physicist who discovered the uncertainty principle, tells, from his point of view, the history of exploring atomic science and quantum mechanics in the first half of the 20th century.
The Parting Glass "The Parting Glass" is a traditional song, often sung at the end of a gathering of friends. It was alegedly the most popular song sung in both Scotland and Ireland before Burns wrote "Auld Lang Syne".
The Partly Cloudy Patriot The Partly Cloudy Patriot is a book published in 2002, and is a collection of essays about American history and the author's own reflections on such issues, by Sarah Vowell, a contributing editor for the WBEZ / Public Radio International program This American Life.
The Partner Maker The Partner Maker is a centralized online affiliate] partner recruitment tool that helps busy e-marketing managers track and manage dozens of conversations with prospective Web partners. Founded by veteran affiliate managers David Delisle and Jeff Molander, the tool is built with specific industry best practices in mind.
The Partnership High School of Law, Democracy, & Civic Engagement The Partnership High School for Law, Democracy, and Civic Engagement is a unique collaboration among the School District of Philadelphia, the National Constitution Center, and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. The school will be opening in the Fall of 2006.
The Partridge Family The Partridge Family was an American television sitcom about a widowed mother and her five children, living in a small fictional town in Northern California. In the pilot episode this musical family records a pop song in their garage.
The Partridge Family Notebook The Partridge Family Notebook was released in November of 1972. It featured a cover that was similar to the standard school notebook (the CD reissue added a picture of the family in their usual red velvet suits).
The Party (demo party) The Party (or "TP", for short) was an annual demoscene event held from 1991 to 2002 in Denmark. It was one of the first events of its kind and set the trend for many other demoscene parties in Europe.
The Party (film) The Party (alternative title: "Hollywood Party") is a 1968 comedy written and directed by Blake Edwards, starring Peter Sellers (in what was his only non-Pink Panther collaboration with Edwards) and Claudine Longet. The film has a very loose structure, and essentially serves as a series of set pieces for the comic talents of Sellers.
The Party Animal The Party Animal is a movie written and directed by David Beaird. Although its crude sexual humor and abundant female nudity place it squarely in the college frat-film genre, it gains a certain uniqueness from its lack of false sentiment and from its sheer unabashed absurdity.
The Party for the War against Banks The party for the war against banks (Hebrew: המפלגה למלחמה בבנקים) or HaLev (Hebrew: הלב) is a political party. Their goal is to reduce damages that the banks are causing to the public by legislation.
The Party of Death The Party of Death: The Democrats, the Media, the Courts, and the Disregard for Human Life is a book written by Ramesh Ponnuru. The hardcover edition, published by Regnery Publishing, was released on April 24, 2006 and consists of 320 pages.
The Party Party The Party Party, which began in 2003, is a Canadian progressive political party that is not registered with Elections Canada (and therefore citizens cannot vote for the party in federal elections). Its philosophy, while occasionally espousing lofty and poetic ideals and purposes such as the "very fertile soil of Man's ever adapting struggle to find place, and voice, within the sea of human will", seems more focused on satire, humour, and the festive definition of the term party.
The Party's Over: Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrial Societies The Party’s Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies, by Richard Heinberg (Gabriola Island, British Columbia: New Society Publishers, 2003; ISBN 0-86571-482-7), is an introduction to the concept of peak oil and petroleum depletion.
The Pass The Pass is an example of sleight of hand, and is employed by a magician to gain control of a card which has been chosen by a spectator and, seemingly, placed randomly in the deck. The pass is an example of card control.
The Pass Red Devils The Pass Red Devils were a Junior A ice hockey team in the Alberta Junior Hockey League that played in the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, Alberta from 1972-76. The team relocated to nearby Pincher Creek for two years before settling in Calgary as the Calgary Spurs.
The Passage The Passage (Russian: Пассаж, Passazh) is an elite department store on Nevsky Avenue in Saint Petersburg, Russia, which celebrated its 150th anniversary in 1998. Parenthetically, the Passage premises have long been associated with the entertainment industry and still remains home to the Komissarzhevskaya Theatre.
The Passage (band) The Passage were a post-punk band from Manchester, UK who appeared on several record labels including Cherry Red Records and their own label Night & Day. The band was formed as a quartet by songwriter and former Hallé Orchestra percussionist Dick Witts in 1978, but later became a trio.
The Passenger (film) The Passenger (Professione: reporter) is a film directed and co-written by Michelangelo Antonioni, released in 1975, in which Jack Nicholson stars as a reporter in Africa who assumes the identity of a dead stranger. The film was nominated for the "Palme d'Or" award at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival.
The Passenger (song) "The Passenger" is a song by proto-punk artist Iggy Pop. This song was first released on the Lust for Life album in 1977; it was also released as the B-side of the album's only single, "Success".
The Passengers (band) The Passengers were a late-1970s Brussels postpunk / new wave band that later became better known as The Names (see The Names (band)). Original line-up included Michel Sordinia (bass, vocals), Isabelle Hanrez (vocals), Marc Deprez (guitar), Robert Franckson (guitar), and Christophe Den Tandt (drums).
The Passing of the Armies The Passing of the Armies is a Civil War memoir written by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, a renowned commander most famous for his actions on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg. It is an autobiographical account describing Chamberlain's experiences throughout the latter half of the Civil War, on and off the battlefield.
The Passing of the Great Race The Passing of The Great Race; or, The racial basis of European history was an influential book of scientific racism written by the American eugenicist, lawyer, and amateur anthropologist Madison Grant in 1916. The book was very influential in United States during the interwar period, going through many reprintings and selling 16,000 copies in the United States alone by 1937.
The Passing of the Oklahoma Outlaws The Passing of the Oklahoma Outlaws, subtitled Picturization of Early Days in Oklahoma, is a silent movie produced by the Eagle Film Company in 1915 depicting the end of the outlaw gangs which operated freely during the closing days of the Twin Territories (Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory). The movie was directed by Bill Tilghman, noted Western lawman, and filmed by Benny Kent, a pioneer movie photographer and Tilghman's neighbor in Lincoln County, Oklahoma.
The Passion of the Christ The Passion of the Christ (2004) is a film about the last twelve hours of the life of Jesus Christ, known to Christians as "The Passion". Directed by Mel Gibson, it was nominated for three Academy Awards: best cinematography, best makeup, and best original score.
The Pastels The Pastels are a group from Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Their story is under-documented, but they first released music around 1983 with a series of awkward but brilliant "almost-pop" singles for labels like Creation, Glass Records, Rough Trade and Whaam!.
The Pastures of Heaven The Pastures of Heaven is a book by John Steinbeck consisting of twelve interconnected stories about a valley in Monterey, California, which was discovered by a Spanish corporal while chasing runaway Indian slaves. Enchanted by the valley's natural beauty, the corporal names it Las Pasturas del Cielo or "The Pastures of Heaven.
The Path Between the Seas The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870—1914 is a 1977 book by noted historian David McCullough that details the people and places involved in building the Panama Canal. The title is in reference to the connection developed between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
The Path of Daggers The Path of Daggers (abbreviated as tPoD by fans) is the eighth book of The Wheel of Time fantasy series written by American author Robert Jordan. It was published by Tor Books and released on October 20, 1998.
The Path of Enlightenment [Via della Realizzazione di si secondo i Misteri di Mithra, a work by Italian] [[esoteric writer Julius Evola. Published in 1977 by Fondazione Julius Evola; English translation by Holmes Publishing Group, 1993.
The Path of War Timeline The Path of War Timeline was created by Larisa Alexandrovna, an editor for Raw Story and Muriel Kane. The timeline uses the Downing Street Memo and the other 6 DSM documents to construct events against the backdrop of public statements.
The Path to Nirvana In the religion Buddhism, Meditations carry a higher weight in One's practice to attain Nirvana. But, Dana, giving Alms and Shila, observing at least the basic five disciplines (Panchasheela, in Pali) are also vital for One's practice.
The Path to the Nest of Spiders The Path to the Spiders' Nests (originally published in 1947 in Italian as Il sentiero dei nidi di ragno) was the first novel of Italian 20th century writer Italo Calvino and is a "coming of age" story, set against the backdrop of World War II.
The Paths of the Dead The Paths of the Dead is the first volume of The Viscount of Adrilankha, a three-volume novel by Steven Brust that collectively serves as the third novel in his Khaavren Romances. It was published in 2002 by Tor Books.
The Paths of the Perambulator The Paths of the Perambulator (1985) is a fantasy novel written by Alan Dean Foster. The book follows the continuing adventures of Jonathan Thomas Meriweather who is transported from our world into a land of talking animals and magic.
The Patrician (game) The Patrician is the title of a series of historical trading simulation computer games for the PC, Amiga and Atari ST published by Ascaron Entertainment. In the games, the player assumes the role of a merchant in any of several cities of the Hanseatic League, accumulating money, capital and consumer goods, and real estate, expanding his company, and furthering his career at home and abroad.
The Patriot Game "The Patriot Game" is an Irish ballad that critically examines the ultra-nationalist posture of the IRA during the 1950s. The song is set in the period following World War II when the IRA launched a new campaign to bring about the unification of Northern Ireland (which is part of the United Kingdom) with the Republic of Ireland into an independant united Ireland.
The Patsy Cline Story The Patsy Cline Story was a double compilation album released by Decca Records in 1963 for Patsy Cline. The Patsy Cline Story was meant to replace Cline's upcoming album Faded Love which was to be released to the public in late March of 1963.
The Patty Duke Show The Patty Duke Show was a sitcom which ran on ABC from September 18, 1963 to the final episode aired on May 4, 1966 and repeats through August 31, 1966. The show was created as a vehicle for rising star Patty Duke, who had recently won an Academy Award for The Miracle Worker.
The Paul Green School of Rock Music The Paul Green School of Rock is a rock music program, established in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1998, by Paul Green. It teaches kids about rock music, and how to be a musician, featuring seasonly shows and occasional workshops.
The Paulding Light The Paulding Light (also called the "Lights of Paulding" or the "Dog Meadow Light") is a mysterious light that appears outside of Watersmeet, MI. The light appears to hover and move along a power line right of way.
The Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection The Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection was founded in 1961, based on the collection donated by Pavle Beljanski, a diplomat and art collector, to the Serbian people on November 18, 1957. The Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection presents the finest works of Serbian art from the period between 1900-1970.
The Pawn The Pawn is an interactive fiction game by Magnetic Scrolls which was first published by Rainbird in 1986. It is remembered for its excellent graphics (on some versions) and its opening music which wasn't available in the 8-bit versions of the game.
The PayPal Wars The PayPal Wars: Battles with eBay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth (ISBN 0-9746701-0-3) is a book by former PayPal marketing employee Eric M. Jackson that was published in 2004 by World Ahead Publishing.
The PAN Launched on January 16, 2006, The PAN (short for Public Address Network) is a new media collective that produces a daily 15-minute vlog (videoblog) which includes a combination of original video works by members of The PAN, and other internet video. The eight PAN contributors work collaboratively from around the world to create each day's video.
The PC Weenies The PC Weenies is a popular webcomic with a special focus on technology humor and geek culture, as experienced through the lives of the fictitious Weiner family. The PC Weenies was created and launched on the web in October 1998 by Krishna M.
The Peace War The Peace War is a science fiction novel by Vernor Vinge about authoritarianism and technological progress. It was first published as a serial in Analog in 1984, and then appeared in book form shortly afterward.
The Peaceable Kingdom: An American Saga The Peaceable Kingdom: An American Saga is a historical novel in two parts by Quaker author Jan de Hartog. It describes the first meeting of George Fox and Margaret Fell, the latter's conversion, and a portion of the history of colonial Pennsylvania.
The Peacocks The Peacocks, a large multi-story shopping centre, was opened in 1992 in Woking, England and designed by many including an individual named Syed Ahmed. Within a 20 minute drive, the Peacock's catchment area is over 870,000 people, and rail transport is convenient as Woking railway station has frequent services to a number of nearby towns.
The Peak The Peak is the independent student newspaper at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, a suburb of Vancouver. It was founded in 1965 shortly after the university was established through the merger of the Tartan and the SF View, and became a fully autonomous student newspaper in 1995.
The Peaks of Lyell The Peaks of Lyell is a book by Geoffrey Blainey, originally published in 1954. It contains the history of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company, and through association, Queenstown the West Coast Tasmania.
The Peanut The Peanut is a neighbourhood in northeastern Toronto, Ontario, Canada, named for a peanut-shaped plot of land created by divergence of the north and southbound lanes of Don Mills Road north of Sheppard Avenue. The north and southbound lanes, known as Don Mills Road West and Don Mills Road East while split are re-joined south of Finch Avenue.
The Pearce Collections at Navarro College The Pearce Collections Museum is a museum in Corsicana, Texas containing two galleries, a Western Art Museum and a Civil War Museum. It is located in the Cook Center at Navarro Community College in Corsicana, Texas.
The Pearl (novel) The Pearl is a 1947 novella by John Steinbeck. It tells the story of a poor Mexican who finds a magnificent pearl which he hopes will improve his family's life; however, he finds that his new wealth brings only corruption of the soul and the blinding luxuries of 'civilized' life.
The Pearl of Death The Pearl of Death is a 1944 Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. It is loosely based on Conan Doyle's story The Six Napoleons but features some interesting additions such as Rondo Hatton as The Creeper and Evelyn Ankers as Naomi, a villainess and the accomplice of Giles Conover, played by Miles Mander.
The Peasant Marey The Peasant Marey is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky written in 1876. Though framed as an autobiographical recount of some of his time spent in prison (around Easter 1850), the story is truly preoccupied with a childhood memory from when Dostoevsky was nine and living in the Tula province with his father.
The Peasant Wedding The Peasant Wedding is a 1567 or 1568 painting by the Flemish Renaissance painter and printmaker Pieter_Brueghel_the_Elder, one of his many depicting peasant life. It measures approximately 124 cm (49 inches) by 164 cm (64.
The Pebble and the Penguin The Pebble and the Penguin is a musical animated film, produced and directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. It was originally released in movie theatres in the USA in 1995 by MGM and was released internationally by Warner Bros.
The Peckham Experiment The Peckham Experiment took place between 1926 and 1950, initially generated by rising public concern over the health of the working class and an increasing interest in preventative social medicine. George Scott Williamson (1884-1953) and Innes Hope Pearse (1889-1978), a husband and wife team, opened the Pioneer Health Centre in a working class area - Peckham, south east London, specifically chosen because it was not exceptionally deprived - in a house in Queen's Road SE5 in 1926.
The Pee-wee Herman Show The Pee-Wee Herman Show is a stage show that Paul Reubens developed in 1980, 5 years before Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, and six years before Pee-Wee's Playhouse at the Groundlings theatre. After time, it was moved to the Roxy theatre where the HBO cable network taped one of the shows and aired it in 1981.
The Peel Sessions (Carcass) The Peel Sessions are a series of EPs by different bands that appeared on the John Peel Show at BBC Radio One. Besides Carcass, band such as Napalm Death and Extreme Noise Terror have already released "Peel Sessions" EPs.
The Peel Sessions (Napalm Death album) The Peel Sessions is a compilation album by Napalm Death of recorded BBC radio sessions. There are three versions of The Peel Sessions: 1987, 1989, and finally, the album that compiled all the sessions together, the 1993 version.
The Pelican Brief (film) The Pelican Brief is a legal crime thriller based on the novel by the same name written by John Grisham and was adapted into a feature film in 1993, directed by Alan J. Pakula and starring Julia Roberts in the role of young law student Darby Shaw and Denzel Washington as Washington Herald reporter Gray Grantham.
The Pencil of Nature The Pencil of Nature, published in six installments between 1844 and 1846, was the first book to be illustrated entirely with photographs and is regarded as an important and influential work in the history of photography. Written by William Henry Fox Talbot, the book detailed Talbot's development of the calotype process and included 24 calotype prints, each one pasted in by hand, illustrating some of the possible applications of the new technology.
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (ISBN 0-375-83143-6) is the long title of the 2005 children's book by Jeanne Birdsall that won the 2005 National Book Award. It deals with the Penderwick family, who take a vacation to a cottage in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts.
The Penguin Cafe Orchestra Mini Album The Penguin Cafe Orchestra Mini Album is a short album by Penguin Cafe Orchestra consisting of six pieces, two derived from previous released recordings ("The Penguin Cafe Single" and "Air a Danser"), two that were recorded from a live performance in Tokyo ("Numbers 1-4" and "Salty Bean Fumble"), and two previously unreleased pieces which had not appeared elsewhere ("The Toy" and "Piano Music"). The two live pieces were recorded by NHK Radio at the Kain Hoken Hall on June 10 1982.
The Penguin Classics Library Complete Collection The Penguin Classics Library Complete Collection is a full set of all the books published by Penguin Classics, a division of American publisher Penguin Books. As of 2005, the collection consists of 1,082 different books (some in multiple editions) and costs US$7,989.
The Penguin Times The Penguin Times is the free newspaper, delivered every Thursday, for multiplayer online game Club Penguin, written by character Aunt Arctic. The newspaper, situated in the top-left hand corner of the screen, gives penguins a chance to read about the top news events that have happened recently or will happen soon.
The Penguins The Penguins were an American doo-wop group of the 1950s and early '60s, best remembered for their only Top 40 hit, "Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)", which was one of the first rhythm and blues hits to cross over to the pop charts. The song peaked at #8 on the national charts, but had a three-week run at #1 on the R&B "race" chart.
The Peninsula Hotels The Peninsula Hotels is a ultra-luxury hotel operator based in Hong Kong, part of The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited. Their "flagship" hotel, the famous Peninsula Hong Kong, which opened in 1920, used to be known as the 'finest hotel east of the Suez', and is probably one of the best hotels in the world.
The Peninsula Manila The Peninsula Manila (or sometimes called, The Manila Peninsula), is one of the elite and well-known hotels in the Philippines. It is located on the corners of Ayala and Makati Avenues, in the heart of Metro Manila's business district.
The Peninsula Outlook The Peninsula Outlook is a high-school newspaper run by the students of Peninsula High School (PHS) in Gig Harbor, Washington. The paper is one of the most famous high-school newspapers in America, and has won countless awards from various press-related organizations such as the NSPA and WJEA.
The Peninsula School The Peninsula School was founded in 1961 by a group of high profile old boys of Geelong Grammar School, Melbourne Grammar School and Wesley College who wanted a high quality private boys school on the Mornington Peninsula.
The Pennington School The Pennington School (also called Pennington or TPS) is a private co-educational independent boarding school enrolling approximately 445 day and boarding students in grades 6 through 12. Over 20 nations are represented in Pennington’s student body from Saudi Arabia to the People’s Republic of China.
The Pensions Regulator The Pensions Regulator is the new regulator of work-based pension schemes in the UK. Created under the Pensions Act 2004, the regulator replaced the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority (OPRA) and has wider powers and a new proactive and risk-based approach to regulation.
The Pentagon's New Map The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century is a 2004 book by Thomas Barnett based around an earlier article he wrote for Esquire magazine. It outlines a new grand strategy for American foreign policy.
The Pentecostal Church of God (Detroit) The Pentecostal Church of God (Detroit) is an nontrinitarian, predominantly African-American Pentecostal body, whose headquarters are in Detroit, Michigan. This should not be confused with the Pentecostal Church of God (Joplin) which is a trinitarian Pentecostal denomination based in Joplin, Missouri.
The Penthouse Club The Penthouse Club was a weekly variety program produced live to air from the studios of HSV-7 Melbourne from 1970. It was originally hosted by Michael Williamson (also a football commentator for HSV) and comedienne Mary Hardy.
The Peony Pavilion The Peony Pavilion () is a play written by Tang Xianzu in the Ming Dynasty. One of Tang's "Four Dreams", it has traditionally been performed as a Kunqu (昆曲)opera, but Chuan (川)and Gan (赣)opera versions also exist.
The People Against O'Hara The People Against O'Hara is a 1951 film noir based on Eleazar Lipsky's novel. The movie stars Spencer Tracy, Pat O'Brien, and James Arness, and is directed by John Sturges, who also directed the The Great Escape.
The People of the Abyss The People of the Abyss (1903) is a book by Jack London about life in the East End of London in 1902. He wrote this first-hand account by living in the East End (including the Whitechapel District) for several months, sometimes staying in workhouses or sleeping on the streets.
The People Speak The People Speak engages people of all ages and backgrounds in thoughtful discussions about the value of international cooperation for the United States and the world. From September 1 to November 30 each year, The People Speak (TPS) partners organize thousands of events around the U.
The People That Time Forgot (film) The People That Time Forgot is a 1977 fantasy/adventure film based on the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was the third and final film in a series of Burroughs adaptations produced by Britain's Amicus Productions, all directed by Kevin Connor.
The People That Time Forgot (novel) The People That Time Forgot is an Edgar Rice Burroughs science fiction novel, the second of his Caspak trilogy. The sequence was first published in Blue Book Magazine as a three-part serial in the issues for September, October and November 1918, with The People That Time Forgot forming the second installment.
The People's Almanac The People's Almanac was a series of books published in the 1970s and 1980s by Irving Wallace, the novelist responsible for co-authoring the series The Book of Lists. The format of the almanac departs from a conventional almanac and included many obscure facts, lists and esoteric knowledge.
The People's Pharmacy The People's Pharmacy is an award-winning health talk show that airs weekly on over 500 stations through public radio, the InTouch Radio Reading Service, and the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service. It is co-hosted by Joe and Terry Graedon.
The People's Republic of the Kainaiwa Nation Kainaiwa Nation - Organizational Government, officially The People's Republic of the Kainaiwa Nation (PRKN), is a southern, Alberta Indian reservation situated on the southern part of the Province of Alberta. Its capital is Standoff.
The People's Republic Of Animation The People's Republic of Animation (PRA) is an animation company situated in Adelaide, Australia that specialises in film, television, mobile content, video games and advertising. The company is most recognised for its original content and it also provides animation services for other companies.
The People's Voice The People's Voice (called in Hebrew המפקד הלאומי, literally The National Census) is an Israeli-Palestinian civil initiative dedicated to advancing the process of achieving peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Co-founders Ami Ayalon and Sari Nusseibeh signed the initiative on 27 July 2002, and officially launched it at a press conference held in Tel-Aviv on 25 June 2003.
The Peoples Church of East Lansing The Peoples Church of East Lansing is an interdenominational Protestant congregation located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan. It is officially a member of (in alphabetical order) the American Baptist Churches USA, the Presbyterian Church (U.
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