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The Pillars Of Hercules The Pillars of Hercules is a travelogue written by the American novelist Paul Theroux. It regards a year long expedition around the edge of the Mediterranean Sea from one Pillar (Gibraltar) to the other (Ceuta) undertaken in 1993.
The Pillbugs The Pillbugs are an American psychedelic progressive rock group that emerged on the indie music scene in the late 1990's. Based in Toledo, Ohio, band members Mark Mikel (vocals/guitar/keyboards), David Murnen (vocals/percussion), Mark Kelley (vocals/bass), Scott Tabner (guitar), Dan Chalmers (drums/vocals) released three albums under the credo "the world's most psychedelic band.
The Pillow Book (film) The Pillow Book is a 1996 film by UK director Peter Greenaway, which stars Vivian Wu as Nagiko, a Japanese model in search of pleasure and new cultural experience from various lovers. The film is a rich and artistic melding of dark modern drama with idealized Chinese and Japanese cultural themes and settings.
The Pillowman The Pillowman is a play by Martin McDonagh. A drama, it tells the tale of Katurian, a fiction writer living in a police state who is interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories, and their similarities to a number of bizarre incidents occurring in his town.
The Pilot's Wife The Pilot's Wife : A Novel is a novel by Anita Shreve, which was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection for March of 1999. The Pilot's Wife is a book based on a woman, Kathryn Lyons, whose husband, Jack Lyons dies in a tragic plane crash accident somewhere over the Ocean near Ireland.
The Pinball of the Dead The Pinball of the Dead is a pinball computer game created by Sega, for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance. It is based on Sega's The House of the Dead series of light gun games, particularly in The House of the Dead 2 version.
The Pinhoe Egg The Pinhoe Egg is a novel by Diana Wynne Jones published in 2006. It revisits Chrestomanci Castle and the character of Cat Chant from her first Chrestomanci book, but also introduces the character of Marianne Pinhoe, who lives in the village near the castle and whose family practices a rather different sort of magic from any that Chrestomanci or his charges have encountered.
The Pink Finks The Pink Finks was an Australian pop/R&B band of the mid-1960s. Based in Melbourne, the group is most notable for being the first in the series of bands that featured Ross Wilson and Ross Hannaford, which culminated in the hugely successful Daddy Cool.
The Pink Floyd Experience The Pink Floyd Experience are a New Zealand-based tribute band to Pink Floyd, consisting of a five piece band and several backing vocalists. Their performances of Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall have been critically acclaimed by the New Zealand media, with comments such as "world-class talent" and "memorable tribute" .
The Pink Jungle The Pink Jungle is a 1968 movie thriller about an adventurous fashion photographer (James Garner) searching for a diamond mine in the South American jungle. The supporting cast includes George Kennedy and Eva Renzie.
The Pink Panther 2 (2008 film) MGM has announced the production of a sequel to the 2006 box office hit The Pink Panther. In the new film, Inspector Clouseau must team up with equally bumbling detectives from other European countries to fight a continent-wide crime wave.
The Pink Panther Theme "The Pink Panther Theme" is an instrumental composition by Henry Mancini written as the theme for the 1963 film The Pink Panther and subsequently nominated for the 1964 Academy Award for Original Music Score. The cartoon character created for the opening credits of the movie by Friz Freleng was animated in time to the tune.
The Pink Phink The Pink Phink, released on December 18, 1964, was the first Pink Panther animated short released by United Artists and was produced at DePatie-Freleng Enterprises. In this short, the Pink Panther and a painter (Unnamed, but very loosely resembling the Inspector) compete over whether a house should be painted blue or pink.
The Pinker Tones The Pinker Tones are a duo of musicians originating from Barcelona, Spain. Their music is widely-acclaimed for its alternative style with influences from many different genres, including electronica, classic funk, jazz, reggae, and hip-hop.
The Pinkheart Sessions The Pinkheart Sessions is an unreleased album by Ryan Adams and his Gold-era touring band The Pinkhearts. It was recorded in Nashville, TN over the course of two sessions; the first took place in December 2000 at Woodland Studios, and the second took place in July 2001 at Javelina Studios.
The Pinkheart Sessions 2 The Pinkheart Sessions is an unreleased album by Ryan Adams and his Gold-era touring band The Pinkhearts. It was recorded in Nashville, TN over the course of two sessions; the first took place in December 2000 at Woodland Studios, and the second took place in July 2001 at Javelina Studios.
The Pioneer and Historical Society of Muskingum County The Pioneer and Historical Society of Muskingum County is an organization located in Zanesville, Ohio, which is operated with the intention of preserving the history of the Zanesville and Muskingum County region of Ohio. It is a non-profit entity which operates several important historic sites in and around the Zanesville, Ohio, area including the Dr.
The Pioneers The Pioneers: The Sources of the Susquehanna is one of the Leatherstocking Tales, a series of five novels by American writer James Fenimore Cooper. The Pioneers was first of these books to be published (1823), but the period of time covered by the book (principally 1793) makes it the fourth chronologically.
The Pipe of Doom The Pipe of Doom is an episode in the animated series Beavis and Butt-head. It is part of the fourth season (1994-95), and is available on DVD as part of Beavis and Butt-head: The Mike Judge Collection Volume 1.
The Pirate (Anderson) The Pirate is a science fiction short story by Poul Anderson that first appeared in the October 1968 issue of Analog. "The Pirate" was a prequel to the earlier Psychotechnic League novel Star Ways (later retitled The Peregrine), and was the last story in the Psychotechnic series to be published.
The Pirate Movie The Pirate Movie is a 1982 musical and comedy film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Christopher Atkins and Kristy McNichol. The film is loosely based on Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Pirates of Penzance.
The Pirate Planet The Pirate Planet is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from September 30 to October 21, 1978. It forms the second serial of The Key to Time.
The Pirate Queen The Pirate Queen is a musical based on the life of the 16th century Irish chieftain, adventuress and pirate Grace O'Malley, who was one of the last Irish clan leaders to resist the English conquest of Gaelic Ireland. The musical is written by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, best known for their adaptation of Les Misérables.
The Pirates of Malaysia The Pirates of Malaysia(original title: I pirati della Malesia) is an exotic adventure novel written by Italian author Emilio Salgari, published in 1895. It features his most famous character, Sandokan, and is a sequel to The Tigers of Mompracem.
The Pist The Pist was a political punk band that was formed in Connecticut in the winter of 1992 by Bill Chamberlain on guitar, Al Ouimet on vocals & bass, and Greg Bennick (later of Trial) on drums. After a few lineup changes, the band eventually solidified as Bill on guitar, Al on vocals, Brian Marshall on drums and Rick Abbott on bass.
The Pit (WRPI) The Pit is a loud rock college radio show hosted by Gino D'Addario on WRPI that began in 2005. Originally the show was titled "The Pit with Dave and Gino," but issues with the hosts resulted in Gino being the only host.
The Pit and the Pendulum "The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1842. The story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition; it is considered one of the classic stories of the horror genre.
The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film) The Pit and the Pendulum is a 1961 horror film directed by Roger Corman, starring Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, John Kerr, and Luana Anders. The screenplay by Richard Matheson was very loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story of the same name.
The Pitbulls The Pitbulls (often written Pit Bulls) were a tags teams in Extreme Championship Wrestling that consisted of "Pitbull #1" Gary Wolfe & "Pitbull #2" Anthony Durante. The pair would often use an aided superbomb to finish of an opponent and were managed by Francine for a short while; she was quickly dubbed "The Beastmaster.
The Pitch (newspaper) The Pitch is a free alternative weekly newspaper distributed in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, including Lawrence and Topeka, Kansas. While known for its investigative stories of the local government, it also covers local sports stories, restaurants, events, and concerts.
The Pitman Vegetarian Hotel The Pitman Vegetarian Hotel was a vegetarian hotel that opened in 1898 in the County Buildings (now Grade II* listed), Corporation Street, Birmingham, England, as an expansion of a vegetarian restaurant on the same site. The manager was James Henry Cook.
The Pitt The Pitt was a one-shot in Marvel's New Universe comic imprint. The one-shot dealt with the accidental total destruction of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the hands of the weilder of the Star Brand, and the immediate 12 hour aftermath.
The Pitt News The Pitt News is an independent, student-written, and student-managed newspaper for the Oakland (main) campus of the University of Pittsburgh. It is published Monday through Friday during the regular school year and Wednesdays during the summer.
The Pittsburgh Survey The Pittsburgh Survey (1907-1908) was a pioneering sociological study of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania funded by the Russell Sage Foundation of New York. It is a landmark of the Progressive Era reform movement.
The Pizza Head Show The Pizza Head Show was the name of a fake show used in Pizza Hut commercials from 1993 to 1997 to advertise their promotions and new kinds of pizza. The commercials starred a piece of pizza with a face made out of different toppings, Pizza Head, and his arch nemesis Steve, a pizza cutter, who would try to cause him as much harm as possible.
The Place The Place is a dance and performance centre in Duke's Road near Euston in London. Originally the home base of the London Contemporary Dance Theatre from the 1970s, it is now the location of the London Contemporary Dance School, the Richard Alston Dance Company and the Robin Howard Dance Theatre.
The Place of Storms "The Place of Storms" is a long poem by William Hope Hodgson. It is notable for its internal rhymes and assonance, extensive use of metaphor, and powerful imagery, all put to the service of describing a storm at sea.
The Placencia Breeze The Placencia Breeze is a monthly newspaper written by the Placencia division of the Belize Tourism Industry Association (BTIA). The Breeze places less emphasis on traditional news and focuses on community efforts and tourism related developments.
The Places in Between The Places in Between (published 2004-2006) is a travel narrative by Scottish author Rory Stewart about his solo walk across north-central Afghanistan in 2002. Rory started in Herat and ended in Kabul following the Hari Rud (river) from west to east.
The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most is the second studio album recorded by the rock band Dashboard Confessional. The album, released on March 20, 2001, features ten songs, which are all written by the singer of Dashboard Confessional, Chris Carrabba.
The Plague (band) The Plague was a New Zealander art/rock band that existed 1977-1979, featuring Richard von Sturmer. In 1977 Von Sturmer returned from England, according to The Mechanics Of Popular Music "charged with the new punk movement that flourished there.
The Plague (film) The Plague (also known as Clive Barker's The Plague) is a 2006 horror film directed by Hal Masonberg and written by Hal Masonberg and Teal Minton; it was also co-produced by Clive Barker. The Region 1 DVD was released September 5, 2006.
The Plague Dogs (film) The Plague Dogs is a 1982 animated film based on the 1977 novel by Richard Adams. The film was written for screen, directed and produced by Martin Rosen, who also directed Watership Down, the film version of another novel by Adams.
The Plague Herds of Excelis The Plague Herds of Excelis is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Although the Doctor does not appear, the events are connected to the Excelis trilogy: Excelis Dawns, Excelis Rising and Excelis Decays.
The Plague Lords of Ruel The Plague Lords of Ruel is the thirteenth book in the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever. This is the first book in the "Grand Master" series, in which Lone Wolf founds a new order of the Kai.
The Plain Dealer (play) The Plain Dealer is a Restoration comedy by William Wycherley, first performed on 11 December 1676. The play is based on Molière's Le Misanthrope, and is generally considered Wycherley's finest work along with The Country Wife.
The Plainfields The Plainfields are a group of municipalities spanning the convergence of Somerset, Union, and Middlesex Counties in New Jersey, all of which have the word Plainfield in their name. They are the Borough of North Plainfield (Somerset Co.
The Plainsman The Plainsman is a 1936 Western movie directed by Cecil B. DeMille that presents a highly fictionalized account of the adventures and relationships between Wild Bill Hickok (Gary Cooper), Calamity Jane (Jean Arthur), Buffalo Bill Cody and General George Custer with a gun-runner named Lattimore (Charles Bickford) as the main villain.
The Planes of Power The Planes of Power (PoP, POP, or simply Planes of Power) is an expansion to EverQuest — a massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). The expansion was released in 2002 and is comprised of an assortment of otherworldly planes that do not exist in a planetary sense within the EverQuest universe.
The Planet The Planet is a Swedish documentary film on environmental issues, released in 2006. The film was made by Michael Stenberg, Johan Söderberg and Linus Torell for the big screen and was shot in the English language to reach an international audience.
The Planet's Funniest Animals The (All New) Planet's Funniest Animals is a United States television program featured on the Animal Planet cable channel. Following a similar format as America's Funniest Home Videos and others, the program shows a series of home movies on video submitted by viewers featuring humorous and odd behavior by pets and animals that are played with a laugh track as there is no studio audience.
The Planets: A Modern Allegory The Planets: A Modern Allegory is a radio play, written in verse, by Alfred Kreymborg. The first performance was on 6 June 1938 by the National Broadcasting Company at the Hayden Planetarium in New York City, and was directed by Thomas L.
The Plank (1979 film) The Plank is a popular 30-minute, 1979 British slapstick comedy, which was a remake of an earlier 1967 version of the film, which was written and directed by Eric Sykes. The 1967 version of "The Plank" was, in turn, based on a comedy sketch, called "Sykes and a Plank", which Eric Sykes wrote for his comedy television series, Sykes.
The Plant Cell The Plant Cell (ISSN 1040-4651) is a monthly peer reviewed scientific journal that publishes novel research of special significance in plant biology, especially in the areas of cellular biology, molecular biology, genetics, development, and evolution. Like the journal Cell research published in The Plant Cell must be a new insight that is of broad interest to plant biologists, rather than research that is only of interest to specialists.
The Plant Studios The Plant Studios in Sausalito, California, has been a professional recording studio since its opening as the Record Plant, Sausalito in October of 1972. A long list of Award winning American music has been written and recorded in this building, more than any other singular structure in Sausalito and/or Marin County.
The Plantsman (journal) The Plantsman, published quarterly by the Royal Horticultural Society since 1979, is a 68-page journal "dedicated to a deeper understanding and appreciation of garden plants." Its authoritative articles are written by acknowledged experts on plant-related subjects, including plant profiles, horticulture, botany and the development of garden plants, focusing on ornamental plants grown in temperate gardens.
The Plateau The Plateau or Plateau Mont-Royal is a part of the city of Montreal, just north of downtown and east of Mount Royal. Part of the borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, the Plateau is one of the most densely populated neighbourhoods in Canada, with nearly 100,000 people living in a 7.
The Platinum Collection (Deep Purple) The Platinum Collection is a compilation album released by the British rock group Deep Purple. It features songs from their very first album Shades of Deep Purple up to their (at the time) most recent album Bananas.
The Platinum Collection (DVD) The Platinum Collection is a DVD released by Shania Twain on November 6 2001, comprising of 21 of her hit music videos. All of her back catalogue is included except for "When" which was only released in Europe.
The PlatinumBoyzNYC Fraternity The PlatinumBoyzNYC fraternity is a crew of athletic, tight toned to muscular young dudes that are exclusive, fashionably flashy, sexy, young, young looking, African-American, 20 to 28 and who hit the gym faithfully or look like they do. We will be hitting up and eventually start hosting all types of Block Parties, Stepping Shows, Talent Shows, Basketball Games, House Parties, Hotel Parties, Clubs & Bars.
The Plausible Impossible "The Plausible Impossible" is an episode of the Disneyland television program. Originally aired in 1956, it shows Walt Disney explaining how drawings and animation have things that are impossible seem plausible, as evidenced in ancient history (i.
The Play The Play refers to a last-second kickoff return during a college football game between the University of California, Berkeley ("California" or "Cal") Golden Bears and the Stanford University Cardinal on November 20, 1982. Given the circumstances and rivalry, the wild game that preceded it, the bizarre and heavily disputed way in which the Play unfolded, and its lingering aftermath on players and fans, it is often recognized as the most memorable play in college football and among the most memorable in all of American sports.
The Playboy Mansion (song) "The Playboy Mansion" is the ninth track from U2's 1997 album, Pop. The opening notes strongly resemble that of a pornographic movie soundtrack, and Bono makes pop culture references throughout the song; Michael Jackson's HIStory album and Coca-Cola, among other things, are mentioned.
The Players Championship The Players Championship (often styled THE PLAYERS Championship) is a prestigious annual golf tournament for professional male golfers which takes place every March on the PGA Tour. The inaugural event in 1974 was played at Atlanta Country Club in Marietta, Georgia before moving to Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas in 1975 and Inverrary Country Club in Ft.
The Playing Fields Sports Dome The Playing Field Sports Dome is Northeast Pennsylvania's Largest All-Turf Facility, located in Jessup, PA. Construction for the Playing Fields Sports Dome started in January of 2004, but the concept for the facility started in February 2003.
The Playmates The Playmates were a late 1950s vocal group lead by pianist Carl Cicchetti and drummer Donny Conn (Donald Claps) of Waterbury, Connecticut. Signed to Morris Levy's Roulette Records in 1958, they released two notable singles -- Joanne and Don't Go Home -- before having a surprise #4 hit (July 9, 1958) with the tempo-changing novelty record Beep, Beep (The Little Nash Rambler) lyrics that became a regular spin for Dr.
The Pleasure Boat The Pleasure Boat was a reform journal published in Portland, Maine during the mid-nineteenth century by the Quaker reformer and journalist Jeremiah Hacker. Over the first seventeen years of publication (1845-1862) it went by the names The Pleasure Boat and The Portland Pleasure Boat; and some years later was revived under the new title The Chariot of Wisdom and Love (1864-1866).
The Pleasure of My Company The Pleasure of My Company is a novel by Steve Martin, first published in 2003, which tells the story of the life of an obsessive compulsive and introverted young man named Daniel Cambridge. The novel revolves around Daniel, his obsessions, and his interactions with the world around his home in Santa Monica, California.
The Pleasures of Japanese Literature The Pleasures of Japanese Literature is a short nonfiction work by Donald Keene, which deals with Japanese aesthetics and literature; it is intended to be less academic and encyclopedic than his other works dealing with Japanese literature such as Seeds in the Heart, but better as an introduction for students and laymen. This aim is unsurprising, as Keene notes in his introduction that "This book originated as five lectures, three delivered at the New York Public Library in the spring of 1986, the fourth at the University of California at Los Angeles in 1986, and the last at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1987.....
The Pledge The Pledge (German: Das Versprechen) (1958) is a thriller novel by Swiss author Friedrich DĂĽrrenmatt. After DĂĽrrenmatt thought that his previous movie script "Es geschah am hellichten Tag" ("It happened in broad daylight") did not have a realistic ending, he set on to write "Das Versprechen".
The Plot Against America The Plot Against America: A Novel (ISBN 0-618-50928-3) is a novel by Philip Roth published in 2004. It is an alternate history where Franklin Delano Roosevelt is defeated in the presidential election of 1940 by Charles Lindbergh.
The Plot of the Fuma Clan The Plot of the Fuma Clan, released in the United States as The Fuma Conspiracy, is Arsène Lupin III's first direct-to-video adventure, and the first Lupin adventure since the pilot to not feature Yasuo Yamada (due to a tight budget) as Lupin. Instead, Lupin's voice is provided by Toshio Furukawa.
The Ploughman's Lunch The Ploughman's Lunch is a 1983 "issues" film written by Ian McEwan and directed by Richard Eyre. Its subtext, according to the BFI, is "the way countries and people re-write their own history to suit the needs of the present"; the film's title is a metaphor for the rewriting said to have occurred in the aftermath of the Falklands War.
The Plow That Broke the Plains The Plow That Broke the Plains is a 1936 short documentary film which shows what happened to the Great Plains region of the United States and Canada when uncontrolled plowing led to the Dust Bowl. It was written and directed by Pare Lorentz.
The Plucky Duck Show The Plucky Duck Show was an animated television series created by Warner Bros. It was a short-lived spin-off of Tiny Toon Adventures, the first and highly popular collaboration between Steven Spielberg and the newly reborn Warner Bros.
The Plumbline The Plumbline is a humor publication of the McMaster Engineering Society(MES) of McMaster University. Popular among the students of McMaster Engineering, The Plumbline is famous for publishing everything from obscene sexual innuendos to informative articles.
The Plunge The Plunge or Richmond Municipal Natatorium is a historic swim center in Richmond California which has been closed since August 2001 since it is seismically unsound. Originally slated for demolition which was protested by the residents who have started a grassroots campaign to raise enough money to complete seismic upgrades so that the plunge, in reference to jumping in the water can reopen its doors in the Point Richmond neighborhood.
The PLC The Posh Leeds Contingent (PLC) is a supporters group of Football League Two side Peterborough United. They are one of three main supporters groups for the Posh and have sponsored Posh player Chris Plummer for the 2006-07 season.
The Pnume The Pnume is the final science fiction adventure novel in a tetralogy entitled Tschai, Planet of Adventure. Written by Jack Vance, it tells of the efforts to return to Earth by the sole survivor of a human starship destroyed while investigating a mysterious signal from the distant planet Tschai.
The Pocket Guide to the Apocalypse The Pocket Guide to the Apocalypse: The Official Field Manual for the End of the World, written by Jason Boyett and published by Relevant Books, is a humorous look at the apocalypse, the end times, the Second Coming of Christ, and any and all types of eschatology. Chapters include the "Apocalyptionary" (a glossary of The End), "The End is Near" (a timeline of failed end-of-the-world predictions), "Know Your Potential Antichrists" (a gallery of Antichrist candidates), and "Fun with Eschatology" (an introduction to apocalyptic theory).
The Poconos The Poconos, or the Pocono Mountains region, is a mountainous region of about 2,400 square miles (6,200 km²) located in northeastern Pennsylvania, approximately 30 miles north of Allentown, in the United States.
The Podge and Rodge Show The Podge and Rodge Show (also known as The Podge and Rodge Show with Lucy Kennedy) is an Irish television show, broadcast and produced by RTÉ, featuring the two puppets Podge and Rodge as the hosts of the chatshow, with Lucy Kennedy as a co-host. It currently airs every Monday and Tuesday at 22:50 on RTÉ Two.
The Poetaster The Poetaster is a late Elizabethan stage play, a satire written by Ben Jonson, and first performed in 1601. The play formed one element in the back-and-forth exchange between Jonson and his rivals John Marston and Thomas Dekker in the so-called Poetomachia or War of the Theatres of 1599–1601.
The Poetic Principle The Poetic Principle is an essay by Edgar Allan Poe, written near the end of his life and published posthumously in 1850 (Poe died in 1849). It is a work of literary criticism, and one of the most complete (but still far from being truly complete) discussions of Poe's literary theory.
The Poetics of Space The Poetics of Space is a book by Gaston Bachelard published in 1958. Bachelard applies the method of phenomenology to architecture basing his analysis not on purported origins (as was the trend in enlightenment thinking about architecture) but on lived experience of architecture.
The Poetry Collection The Poetry Collection at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, is devoted to 20th century poetry in English and English translation. The Poetry Collection contains over 100,000 volumes by every major and many minor poet writing in English.
The Poets' Encyclopedia The Poets' Encyclopedia is an English language poetical anthology, summarizes the literary, art and music worlds of New York City in the 1970s. 225 poets, artists, musicians and novelists transform the world's basic knowledge.
The Point (defunct Louisville neighborhood) The Point was a thriving 19th century neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky, east of Downtown Louisville and opposite Towhead Island along the Ohio River. It was also located north of the present day Butchertown area.
The Point Men The Point Men is a 2001 film by John Glen, the director of all the James Bond films in the 1980's. He cast Maryam d'Abo, the leading Bond girl from his film, The Living Daylights (1987), in a small role in this film.
The Point of View of my Work as an Author The Point of View of my Work as an Author (subtitle: A Direct Communication, Report to History) is an autobiographical account of the 19th century Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard's use of his pseudonyms. It was written in 1848, published in part in 1851 (as On my Work as an Author), and published in full posthumously in 1859.
The Pointe at North Fayette The Pointe at North Fayette is a retail development located roughly 15 minutes west of downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Pointe is unique in that it has an exit off of one of Pittsburgh's busiest highways, Routes 60/22/30 (known locally as the Parkway West).
The Poison Belt The Poison Belt was the second novel Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about Professor Challenger. Written in 1913, roughly a year before the outbreak of World War I, much of it takes place--rather oddly, given that it follows The Lost World, a story set in the jungle--in a room in Challenger's house.
The Poison Seas The Poison Seas is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
The Poisoned Chocolates Case The Poisoned Chocolates Case (1929) is a detective novel by Anthony Berkeley set in 1920s London in which a group of armchair detectives, who have founded the "Crimes Circle", formulate theories on a recent murder case Scotland Yard has been unable to solve. Each of the six members, including their president, Berkeley's amateur sleuth Roger Sheringham, arrives at an altogether different solution as to the motive and the identity of the perpetrator, and also applies different methods of detection (basically deductive or inductive or a combination of both).
The Poisonwood Bible The Poisonwood Bible is a 1998 bestselling novel by Barbara Kingsolver, which details a missionary family's life in the Congo beginning in the 1960s as experienced by the five women in the family. The family consists of Nathan Price, the Baptist missonary, and his wife, Orleanna, as well as their four daughters: Rachel, Leah, Adah, and Ruth May.
The Pokémon Company The Pokémon Company is an affiliateof Nintendo] set up as a [[marketing and licensing front for the highly successful Pokémon franchise. The games, Pokémon Trading Card Game, and licensed toys are still being made by third and second party companies such as Game Freak and TOMY.
The Poker Channel The Poker Channel was the world’s first TV channel dedicated purely to the game of poker. Launched in the UK on 23rd March 2005 on Sky Digital it was initially placed in the Entertainment section of the Sky Guide at number 265.
The Poker Movie The Poker Movie is a 2006 documentary film, directed by Jessica Landaw. The film is reported to feature interviews with several poker professionals, including Phil Gordon, Jennifer Harman, Howard Lederer and Jennifer Tilly.
The Polar Express The Polar Express is a 1985 children's book (ISBN 0-86264-143-8) written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg, a former professor at the Rhode Island School of Design. It was adapted as a feature film in 2004.
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