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The Self-Organizing Universe The Self-Organizing Universe is a seminal book by Erich Jantsch that deals with self-organization as a unifying evolutionary paradigm that incorporates cosmology, biology, sociology, psychology, and consciousness. Jantsch is inspired by and draws on the work of Ilya Prigogine concerning dissipative structures and nonequilibrium states.
The Selling Wizard The Selling Wizard is a 1954 commercial short film presented by Anheiser-Busch that runs for 10 minutes to showcase large modern freezers that make it easier for grocers to sell their goods and make higher profits. It is aimed at businesses that require display freezers for their products.
The Seneca Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice The Seneca Women’s Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice was also referred to as the Encampment, the Women’s Encampment, the Women's Peace Camp, the Peace Camp, the Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice, and “The Women”. The camp mainly took place during the summer of 1983, from July 4th through Labor Day.
The Senior Skull Honor Society The Senior Skull Society at the University of Maine was founded on December 14, 1906. Eleven men, representing eight of the fraternities, met at the Kappa Sigma house to form an organization whose purpose would be “to recognize dedicated service to The University of Maine, to promote campus spirit, to keep an eye on the fraternities, and to discipline freshmen.
The Sensation of Sight The Sensation of Sight is a film, shot in 2005 and completed in 2006. It was written and directed by Aaron Wiederspahn and stars David Strathairn, Ian Somerhalder, Daniel Gillies, Jane Adams, Ann Cusack, Joseph Mazzello, Elisabeth Waterston and Scott Wilson.
The Sensational Spider-Man The Sensational Spider-Man is the name of a comic book series starring Spider-Man published by Marvel Comics for 35 issues (#0-33, with # -1 published in July 1997 between #17 and #18), from January 1996 until November 1998.
The Sensational Spider-Man (vol. 2) Formerly known as Marvel Knights Spider-Man, Sensational Spider-Man is the name of an ongoing comic book, starring Spider-Man that is published monthly by Marvel Comics, formerly under the Marvel Knights imprint.
The Sense Apparatus This album, which took one year to make (2003 - 2004), is the first album by Frantic Bleep. Drums were recorded at Huset; guitars were recorded at Breidablikk; vocals recorded at Engelaug & Knapper; and bass, overdubs and additional vocals were recorded at Tora Bora Studios.
The Sensorites The Sensorites is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from June 20 to August 1, 1964. The third episode was postponed by one week following the overrun of sports programme Grandstand.
The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire is one of a set of unconventional SF novels written by Doris Lessing. They are linked by the name Canopus in Argos, but each is a story in its own right and separate from the others.
The September When The September When was a Norwegian rock band formed in Stavanger in 1987, by vocalist Morten Abel, guitarist Tor Øyvind Syvertsen and keyboardist Helge Hummervoll, all former members of the band Mods. They signed a recording contract with Warner Music in Norway, and released their self-titled debut album in 1989.
The Sequence The Sequence was an all-female old school hip hop/funk trio signed to the Sugar Hill label in the early 1980s. The group consisted of Cheryl (Cheryl The Pearl) Cook, Gwendolyn (Blondie) Chisolm, and lead singer/rapper Angie Stone, who subsequently became a member of Vertical Hold and later a solo artist.
The Sequins The Sequins are an indie band from Coventry, England who met at university and currently record on Tough Love Records. They play around Coventry and even as far as Leamington, often with their friends Honeytrap.
The Serpent's Egg (film) The Serpent's Egg is a 1977 English and German film directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring David Carradine as Abel Rosenberg, which is set in 1920s Berlin. The title is taken from a line spoken by Brutus in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar:
The Serpent's Lair [slipcase][Serpent’s Lair (2000) is a two disc collaborative album by the American ambient] artists [[Steve Roach and Byron Metcalf, Phd. This project began as a study conducted by Metcalf into the therapeutic effects of tribal rhythms and hypnotic breathing.
The Serpent's Spine The Serpent's Spine is the 12th expansion to EverQuest, released September 17, 2006. New features include new zones, a new player race known as the "Drakkin", an attainable player level of 75, as well as new spells and alternate advancements.
The Servant (band) The Servant are a London based alternative band that is very popular in Britain, France and Italy, as well as other European countries. Singles include "Orchestra", "Liquefy", and "Cells".
The Servants The Servants were an indie pop band formed in 1985 in Hayes, Middlesex, England by singer and songwriter David Westlake, along with John Mohan (guitar, keyboards), Philip King (bass, guitar), and John Wills (drums) (of The Wishing Stones).
The Service for the Lord's Day The Service for the Lord's Day is the name given to the general format or ordering of worship in the Presbyterian Church (USA). There is a great deal of liberty given toward worship in that denomination, so while the Service for the Lord's Day is extremely common, it is not universally used.
The Set Up "The Set Up" also known as "The Set Up (You Don't Know)" was Obie Trice's second single from his debut album Cheers. The song was the final single from the album in both the UK and Australia.
The Settlers II The Settlers II is a real-time strategy computer game, released by Blue Byte Software in 1996. Its gameplay is very similar to that of its predecessor, The Settlers, albeit with a Roman theme and improved graphics.
The Settlers II 10th Anniversary The Settlers II 10th Anniversary Edition is a remake of the classic computer strategy game The Settlers II announced in July 2006. The Settlers II 10th Anniversary Edition features up-to-date 3D graphics and new gameplay additions.
The Settlers of Canaan Settlers of Canaan is a licensed adaptation of Settlers of Catan that incorporates Old Testament themes into its multiplayer board game play. It was published in 2002 by Cactus Game Design, based in North Carolina, USA.
The Settlers of Zarahemla The Settlers of Zarahemla is a licensed adaptation of the German board game The Settlers of Catan by Klaus Teuber, based on the Book of Mormon. Gameplay in Zarahemla is nearly identical to the original, with several major differences - most notably, the game has been modified to suit two-player play as part of its official rules.
The Settlers: Heritage of Kings The Settlers: Heritage of Kings (also known unofficially as The Settlers V) is the fifth installment of The Settlers series of Real Time Strategy games on the PC. Heritage of Kings breaks off from the typical pattern that Settlers games have followed since they began, while the concept of the game remains, in essence, the same, a lot of the gameplay features have changed from those of The Settlers IV, now slightly resembling many of the gameplay aspects displayed in the game Cossacks: European Wars.
The Seven Ages The Seven Ages is an orchestral suite by John Alden Carpenter; it was premiered in New York City under the direction of Artur Rodzinski on December 2, 1945. The piece is in seven uninterrupted movements, and is inspired by the famous soliloquy, "All the world's a stage", from William Shakespeare's As You Like It.
The Seven Cities of Gold (game) The Seven Cities of Gold is an adventure game created by Dan (later Danielle) Bunten (and the game development team Bunten founded, Ozark Softscape) and published by Electronic Arts in 1984 for the Apple IIe, the Atari 800 and Commodore 64 computers, as well as the IBM PC and compatibles. The game was produced by Joe Ybarra.
The Seven Crystal Balls The Seven Crystal Balls (Les Sept boules de cristal) is the thirteenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero.
The Seven Daughters of Eve The Seven Daughters of Eve (2001, ISBN 0-393-02018-5) is a book by Bryan Sykes that presents the theory of Human mitochondrial genetics to a general audience. Sykes explains the principles of genetics and human evolution, the particularities of mitochondrial genetics, and analyses of ancient DNA to genetically link modern humans to prehistoric ancestors.
The Seven Deadly Sins The Seven Deadly Sins (Sometimes listed as Die sieben Todsünden der Kleinbürger ("The Seven Deadly Sins of the Petty Bourgeoisie").) is a satirical ballet chanté ("sung ballet") in nine scenes composed by Kurt Weill to a German libretto by Bertolt Brecht.
The Seven Dials Mystery The Seven Dials Mystery (published in 1929) is a detective novel written by Agatha Christie. In it, Christie brings back the characters from an earlier novel, The Secret of Chimneys: Lady Eileen (Bundle) Brent, Bill Eversleigh and Superintendent Battle, as the detectives.
The Seven Fabulous Wonders The Seven Fabulous Wonders is a fantasy series by Katherine Roberts currently comprising of 7 novels. The novels are based on the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and are set in Egypt in 2550 BC but as 2 empires who Lord Khafre is the ruler of.
The Seven Fuqaha of Medina The Seven Fuqaha of Medina is the title of seven Muslim scholars who were the largest contributors as to the transmission of hadith and making of fatwas in Medina during the 2nd century AH The Four Imams by Muhammad Abu Zahrah, chapter on Imam Malik.
The Seven Goddesses of Frost The Seven Goddesses of Frost is the first demo tape the metal band Eternal Tears of Sorrow recorded as EToS. As a matter fact, the members came up with new name of the band during the mixing sessions of this demo tape.
The Seven Joys of Mary "The Seven Joys of Mary" is a traditional Christmas song about Mary's happiness at seeing Jesus' accomplishments at seven points in his life and afterlife. In the British version, the accomplishments are sucking at his mother's breast, curing the lame, curing the blind, raising the dead, bearing the crucifix, wearing the crown of Heaven, and writing with a golden pen.
The Seven Last Words of Christ The Seven Last Words of Christ (Die sieben letztzn Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze) is a classical composition by Joseph Haydn, featuring seven meditations on the last words of Jesus Christ, commissioned in 1787 for the Good Friday service at the Grotto Santa Cueva near Cádiz in southern Spain.
The Seven Masters The Seven Masters () was a Ming dynasty poetry circle comprising of Liang Youyu (梁有誉), Li Panlong (李攀龙), Wang Shizheng (王世贞)、Xie Zhen (谢榛), Zong Chen (宗臣), Xu Zhongxing (徐中行), Wu Guolun (吴国伦).
The Seven Messengers The Seven Messengers is a digest of short stories written by Dino Buzzati in 1942. It contains nineteen short stories, in which the characters often interact with the presence of the fantastic and/or death; many of these stories are left unconcluded, thus leaving the reader in suspense or trying to guess their ending.
The Seven Minutes The Seven Minutes is a novel by Irving Wallace on the subject of pornography and freedom of speech. It is about a fictional obscenity trial of a banned book, The Seven Minutes, purported to be the thoughts in a woman's mind during seven minutes of sexual intercourse.
The Seven Ravens (film) The Seven Ravens () is a German stop motion-animated film that was directed by the Diehl brothers. It was released in Germany on December 2, 1937, and was the eighth animated feature film to ever be released (Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the ninth).
The Seven Sins of Memory The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers is a book (ISBN 0-618-21919-6) by Daniel Schacter, former chair of Harvard University's Psychology Department and a leading memory researcher. The premise of the book is that the seven sins of memory are similar to the Seven deadly sins, and that if you try to avoid committing these sins, it will help to improve your ability to remember.
The Seven Storey Mountain The Seven Storey Mountain is the autobiography of Thomas Merton, a Trappist Monk and a noted author of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Merton finished the book in 1946 at the age of 31, five years after entering the Gethsemani Abbey near Bardstown, Kentucky.
The Seven Year Itch The Seven Year Itch is a three-act play, written by George Axelrod. Billed as a "romantic comedy", the play was first presented by Courtney Burr and Elliot Nugent at the Fulton Theatre, New York City, on November 20, 1952.
The Seven Year Itch (album) The Seven Year Itch was the debut full-length album by Angelica released on Victory Works records. It was produced by Kat Bjelland of Babes in Toyland and Katastrophy Wife who also sang guest vocals on "Golden Lillies".
The Seventh Coin The seventh coin is a 1993 independent film starring Peter O'Toole about 2 teenagers who find a rare coin and a man who thinks he is the reincarnation of King Herod chases after them. The film is filmed in Israel and has the same style as Romancing the Stone and The Jewel of the Nile.
The Seventh Cross Anna Seghers' novel The Seventh Cross (Das siebte Kreuz), is one of the more well-known examples of German literature circa World War II. It was published first in America, in an abridged version, in September 1942 by Little, Brown and Company.
The Seventh Day The Seventh Day is an independent film about five strangers who wake up together one morning in the wilderness. It was released in May of 2005 and produced entirely by students at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina.
The Seventh Tower The Seventh Tower is a series of six books written by Garth Nix and is the result of a joint partnership of Scholastic and LucasFilm. It narrates the story of a world where the only civilized human beings live in an enormous castle that rests beneath a veil of darkness.
The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad The 7th Voyage of Sinbad is a 1958 fantasy film directed by Nathan Juran, and the first of the Sinbad trilogy, starring Kerwin Matthews as the durable legendary sailor Sinbad. To save a princess from the evil wizard, Sakourah (Torin Thatcher), Sinbad must battle several fabulous monsters, created by effects master Ray Harryhausen.
The Sex Files The Sex Files is a television program appearing on Discovery Channel Canada and shown on Bell Globemedia around midnight hours, because of content, It talks about several issues of sexuality, from genetics, reproduction, sexual orientation, puberty, etc. It does contain nudity, which is why it is shown in the midnight hours, but the nudity is done from a scientific point of view showing exactly what the topic is visually, good for people who want information on sexuality and the biology behind it.
The Sex Lives of Cannibals The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific is a 2004 travelogue by author J. Maarten Troost describing the two years he and his girlfriend spent living on the Tarawa atoll in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati.
The Sexual Life of the Savages The Sexual Life of the Savages: Underground Post-Punk in SĂŁo Paulo, Brasil is an album released in 2005 by Soul Jazz Records. It contains a collection of songs from various artists that formed the SĂŁo Paulo post-punk movement of the early 1980s.
The Shadow (rapper) Yoav Eliasi (Hebrew: יואב אליאסי) (born November 21, 1977), commonly known by his rap name The Shadow (Hebrew: הצל), is an Israeli rap artist. He is part of the stable of artists on the label, TACT Records, who are the best-selling Israeli musical group of all time, with over 10 #1 hit singles in Israel and over 1 million records sold worldwide to date, and TACT Records is Israel's largest music label.
The Shadow in the Glass The Shadow in the Glass is a BBC Books original novel written by Stephen Cole and Justin Richards and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Sixth Doctor and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.
The Shadow Line The Shadow Line is a short novel based at sea by Joseph Conrad, one of his later works, being published in 1917. The novella depicts the development of a young man upon taking a captaincy in the Orient, with the shadow-line of the title representing the threshold of this development.
The Shadow of Aten The Shadow of Aten is an upcoming thriller video game from Silicon Garage Arts. The player takes the role of a British ex-agent, Allan Scott, investigating the murder of a renowned British archaeologist in Cairo in the year 1936.
The Shadow of Death The Shadow of Death is a religious painting by William Holman Hunt, on which he worked from 1870 to 1873, after his second trip to the Holy Land. It depicts Jesus as a young man prior to his ministry, working as a carpenter.
The Shadow of the Lion The Shadow of the Lion is an alternate history/historical fantasy novel set primarily in the Republic of Venice in the 1530s. The book was written by three talented fantasy authors, Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint and Dave Freer.
The Shadow of the Wind The Shadow of the Wind ("La sombra del viento") is a 2001 novel by Spanish writer Carlos Ruiz ZafĂłn, and a huge worldwide bestseller. The book was translated into English in 2004 by Lucia Graves, and was subsequently chosen to feature on Richard and Judy's televised book-club.
The Shadow of Yserbius 'The Shadow of Yserbius' Originally Published by Sierra Online was the first of three graphical MUDs for the online community. Opening to rave reviews, Shadows of Yserbius, according to industry critics set the standard at which all future MUDS would be judged by.
The Shadows of Avalon The Shadows of Avalon is a BBC Books original novel written by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz, Compassion, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and Romana III.
The Shadows of Luclin The Shadows of Luclin (SoL, Luclin, or simply the Luclin expansion) is the third expansion released for EverQuest — a massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). The expansion focused on high-level content, providing a number of zones meant to be used by large groups of players, and many extremely powerful monsters to fight.
The Shaggy Dog (1959 film) The Shaggy Dog is a black and white 1959 Walt Disney movie about a teenager who is transformed into a sheep dog by a magic ring, and was the first ever Walt Disney live-action comedy. It starred Fred MacMurray, Tommy Kirk, Jean Hagen, Kevin Corcoran, Tim Considine, Roberta Shore, and Annette Funicello.
The Shaggy Dog (2006 film) The Shaggy Dog is a very loose remake of the 1959 film, The Shaggy Dog, in which a human unwillingly turns into a dog at random intervals. Apart from this basic concept, almost all elements of the original story have been changed.
The Shah Latif Library The Shah Latif Library, Chak, established in 1979 by local people on self-help basis, is the only library of Chak Town, Shikarpur District, Sindh. The library is named after the great Sufi scholar and saint Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1689-1752), who is considered as the greatest poet of the Sindhi language.
The Shakertown Pledge The Shakertown Pledge was written on April 30, 1973 in a town near Lexington, Kentucky, which was historically connected to the Shaker Movement. The Pledge itself was a response to the inequality of distribution of global wealth and resources, and called for group action by Christians to rectify the problem.
The Shambles The Shambles (official name Shambles) is an old street in York, England, with overhanging timber-built shops, now occupied by souvenir shops as opposed to the original butchers). The word shambles comes from shammels, probably from the Anglo-Saxon Fleshammels (literally 'flesh-shelves'), the word for the shelves that butchers used to display their meat.
The Shambles (community television program) The Shambles is an Australian television sketch comedy program shown on the community television station C31 Melbourne. It is written by and stars Sean Lynch, Nathan Valvo and Anthony Ziella, known on the show as Lynchy, Valvo and Sos respectively.
The Shame of the Cities The Shame of the Cities was a work published in 1904 by Lincoln Steffens that sought to expose public corruption in many major cities throughout the United States. The work consists of articles written for the magazine McClure's in one collection.
The Shams The Shams were an all-female New York folk pop trio in the 1980s and early 1990s, featuring Amy Rigby and Sue Garner. Some critics have credited the band with having pioneered what would later become known as elements of the Americana and No Depression movements in American music.
The Sharp Grey Sheep The Sharp Grey Sheep or The Sharp-Horned Grey Sheep is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in Popular Tales of the West Highlands, listing his informant as John Dewar, labourer, from Glendaruail, Cowal.
The Sharp Things The Sharp Things is a New York City-based chamber pop collective led by singer/songwriter Perry Serpa (born 1965). Current members include Steve Gonzalez, Jim Santo, Aisha Cohen, Michelle Caputo, Janis Shen, Rich Holst, Andrea Dovalle, Brad Madsen and Bob Byrne.
The Sharper Image The Sharper Image Corporation , founded by Richard Thalheimer, is a speciality retailer that operates throughout the United States. The Sharper Image has been in business since 1977 and publicly traded since 1987.
The Shattered Peace The Shattered Peace by Jude Watson is the tenth in a series of young reader novels called Jedi Apprentice. The series explores the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi prior to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
The Shawshank Redemption The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 movie, written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. The film stars Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne and Morgan Freeman as Ellis "Red" Redding.
The Sheep Look Up The Sheep Look Up is a science fiction novel by British author John Brunner, first published in 1972. The novel's setting is decidedly dystopian, the book dealing with the deterioration of the environment in the United States.
The Sheepman The Sheepman is a tongue-in-cheek 1958 Western film directed by George Marshall, starring Glenn Ford, Shirley MacLaine and Leslie Nielsen. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay for William Bowers and James Edward Grant.
The Sheepshagger The Sheepshagger is a termly low-budget gossip rag produced by undergraduates at Jesus College, Oxford. It is of intentionally dubious quality and veracity, and is traditionally produced in one night before publication on the last Friday of term.
The Sheik (film) The Sheik was a 1921 silent movie produced by Famous Players-Lasky, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres and Adolphe Menjou. It was based on the bestselling romance novel The Sheik by Edith Maude Hull.
The Sheltering Sky The Sheltering Sky is a 1949 novel by Paul Bowles. The story centers on Port and Kit Moresby, a married couple originally from New York who travel to the North African desert accompanied by their friend Tunner.
The Shepherd of Hermas The Shepherd of Hermas (sometimes just called The Shepherd) is a Christian work of the second century, considered a valuable book by many Christians, and occasionally considered canonical by some of the early Church fathers.
The Shepherdess (1889) The Shepherdess (Pastourelle) is a painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau completed in 1889. It depicts an Idyllic, pastoral scene (hence the French title) of a lone young woman in peasant attire posed for the artist, her arms balancing a stick across her shoulders, standing barefooted in the foreground.
The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) was formed during the Childers Reforms in 1881 from the amalgamation of the 45th (Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot and the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot .
The Shield (Archie Comics) The Shield is the name of several patriotic super heroes created by MLJ (now known as Archie Comics). The Shield has the distinction of being the first superhero with a costume based upon the American Flag, beating out Captain America by more than a year (14 months).
The Shield of Heracles The Shield of Heracles (Ἀσπὶς Ἡρακλέους Aspis Hêrakleous) is a fragment of Greek epic, of 481 lines of hexameters. The theme of the episode is the expedition of Heracles and Iolaus against Cycnus, the son of Ares, who challenged Heracles to combat as Heracles was passing near Itonus, told in a turgid and laboured diction; the section has apparently survived because of the pleasure taken in its meticulous description of the imagery and vignettes presented in extravagantly high relief on the shield made for Heracles by Hephaestus.
The Shifting Baselines Flix Contest The Shifting Baselines Ocean Media Project was founded by scientist turned filmmaker, Dr. Randy Olson in 2002, with the modus operandi of communicating the gradual declining state of our oceans to a broad audience through the use of comedy/humor and Hollywood Celebrity.
The Shining (band) The Shining were an English rock band formed in 2002. The band comprised of Duncan Baxter (Vocals), Dan MacBean (Guitar), Mark Heaney (Drums), Simon Jones (Bass) and Simon Tong (Guitar, Keyboards), the latter two both ex-members of The Verve.
The Shinkansen's Bomb Case The Shinkansen's Bomb Case (新幹線大爆破事件) is an episode of the anime Case Closed that first aired in Japan on February 5 1996. In the english dub it is called "The Time Bomb Express" and aired on May 31 2004.
The Shiny Show The Shiny Show is a British children's television programme shown on CBeebies and BBC2, aimed for children aged 2-7. The show features a quiz with 6 questions, and stars the three characters: Tigs the tiger, Mukka the monkey and Dogsby the dog.
The Ship (computer game) The Ship is a first person shooter computer game utilising Valve Software's Source engine developed at Outerlight Ltd. The game was released on July 11 2006 on the Steam network with retail distribution in Europe and Australia in September, and January for the US.
The Ship (DS9 episode) "The Ship" is an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the second episode of the fifth season. The demise of the titular Jem'Hadar vessel occurs exactly one season later, in the second episode of season six.
The Ship (novel) The Ship is a novel written by CS Forester set in the Mediterranean during World War II and first published in May 1943. It follows the life of a Royal Navy light cruiser for a single action including a detailed analysis of many of the men on board and the contribution they made.
The Ship Tavern, London Inn at the western corner of Lincoln's Inn Fields, behind Kingsway. Established in 1549, at the height of the English Reformation, when Catholicism became illegal, it was used to shelter Catholic priests and hold secret Catholic services.
The Ship's Cat The Ship's Cat is a book about a group of idealistic westerners aiding the effort of Biafran Independence in 1967. Written by Jock Brandis who participated in the effort to write the fictional account decades later.
The Shirelles The Shirelles were an American girl group in the early 1960s, and were the very first girl group to have a number one single on the Billboard Hot 100. The members of the quartet were Shirley Owens (who was the main lead singer), Doris Coley, who sang lead on Dedicated To The One I Love, Blue Holiday, Welcome Home Baby and a number of 'b' sides and album cuts, Beverly Lee, and Addie "Micki" Harris.
The Shit Hits the Fans The Shit Hits the Fans is a Twin/Tone Records (TTR 8443) cassette-only live album by The Replacements which was released January 25, 1985. It was recorded live at The Bowery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on November 11th, 1984.
The Shivah The Shivah is a 2006 computer game, designed and developed principally by Dave Gilbert (author of many well-received AGS games such as Bestowers of Eternity) with the assistance of others (such as voice actors and artists). The game was originally developed for the Monthly Adventure Game Studio (MAGS) 5th anniversary competition in June 2006, which it wonThe Shivah wins MAGS 5th Anniversary contest (cited 18 December 2006).
The Shivers (band) The Shivers is an acoustic band, with primary member Keith Zarriello, who is now also working with Evan Pazner, Will Martina, Ben Jones, and Joanne Schornikow. The band which developed in Brooklyn, play mostly in NYC, but do frequent tours across the US and Canada.
The Shivers (UK) The Shivers were originally a 3 piece country rock band from Cambridge, UK, formed in 2004. Their numbers were recently augmented by a fourth member, Jody Botting, previously the bass player for now defunct Cambridge band, Logan.
The Shockwave Rider The Shockwave Rider is a science fiction novel by John Brunner, originally published in 1975. It is notable for its hero's use of computer cracking skills to escape pursuit in a dystopian future, and for the coining of the word "worm" to describe a program that propagates itself through a computer network.

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