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The Very Best of The Jacksons The Very Best of The Jacksons is a greatest hits compilation of The Jacksons during their years at Motown as the Jackson 5 to their last single released by Epic Records in 1989. Released in 2004 in the UK by Sony, this compilation includes most of the hit singles the group, including their first hit in 1969 "I Want You Back" as well as popular hits such as "ABC", "This Place Hotel" and "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)".
The Very Hungry Caterpillar The Very Hungry Caterpillar (ISBN 0-399-22690-7) is a children's book written by Eric Carle and originally published in 1969. It has proven to be highly popular and has been praised for its use of easy-to-read words which makes it good for teaching young children to read.
The Very Secret Diaries The Very Secret Diaries are a series of satirical slash fiction stories written by Cassandra Claire in the form of diary entries by various characters in the The Lord of the Rings film trilogy following the release of The Fellowship of the Ring. The Very Secret Diaries were widely read both within and outside of the fanfiction community and were something of a brief internet fad.
The VERA Project The VERA Project (also simply called 'Vera' by many people) is an all-ages, non-profit youth music organization in Seattle, Washington, based on the Vera club in Groningen, Netherlands. Founded in 2001 by James Keblas, Shannon Stewart (both studied at the University of Groningen in 1999), and Kate Becker (founder of the Old Redmond Firehouse), along with the help of many other community organizers and the City of Seattle, the VERA Project aims to be a place for youth and people supportive of an all-ages atmosphere to create social change, strong community ties, and education opportunities through popular music, placing importance on a non-hierarchial internal structure and "participatory culture.
The Vibrations The Vibrations were an American soul vocal group from Los Angeles, California, active from 1960 to 1976. Most notable among the group's hit singles were "My Girl Sloopy" (1964) and "Love in Them Thar Hills" (1968).
The Vibrators The Vibrators are a long-lived British punk rock band, formed in 1976. Originally, they were comprised of Ian "Knox" Carnochan (born 4 April 1945 in London), bassist Pat Collier, guitarist John Ellis, and a drummer known as "Eddie" (John Edwards).
The Vicar of Bray The Vicar of Bray is a satirical description of an individual fundamentally changing his principles to remain in ecclesiastical office as external requirements change around him. The religious upheavals in England from 1533 to 1559 and from 1633 to 1715 made it almost impossible for any individual to comply with the successive religious requirements of the state.
The Vicar of Bray (opera) The Vicar of Bray is a comic opera by Sydney Grundy and Edward Solomon, which opened at the Globe Theatre, in London, on July 22 1882, for a run of only 69 performances. The public was not amused at a clergyman's being made the subject of ridicule and was regarded by some as scandalous.
The Vicar of Bray (song) "The Vicar of Bray" is a satirical song recounting the career of the Vicar of Bray and his contortions of principle in order to retain his ecclesiastic office despite the changes in the Established Church through the course of several English monarchs. The song is particularly interesting because of the number of (rather specific) allusions to English religious and political doctrines and events crammed into it, justifying the close reading and annotation given here.
The Viceroy of Ouidah The Viceroy of Ouidah is a novel published in 1980 by Bruce Chatwin, about the life of a slave trader named Francisco Manoel da Silva, loosely based on the life of an historical Brazilian, Francisco Felix da Souza, who became a powerful personage in Wydah or Ouidah, the so-called Slave Coast of West Africa, now Benin and Togo.
The Vicomte de Bragelonne The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is the third and last of the d'Artagnan Romances following The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After.
The Victims The Victims were a seminal punk band from Perth, Australia, in 1977-79. The band's members were Dave Flick (Dave Faulkner) on guitar and vocals, James Baker (drums) and Rudolph V (real name Dave Cardwell; bass).
The Victor Disc The Victor Disc is name of a recording session by the defunct rock band Phish on December 19, 2002, when the band was in town for their appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman. As of October 25], [[2006, no further plans have been made for the session.
The Victoria Lucas The Victoria Lucas are an indie rock band formed in late 2000 based in Brooklyn, New York. The band began as a three piece but has expanded to a more or less steady nucleus of five members: Juan Stacey (guitar and vocals; founding member), Andy Levine (theremin, trombone, percussion, and vocals), Nate Knaebel (bass and vocals), Kathy Horne (guitar and vocals; founding member), and Randy Costanza (drums and percussion; founding member).
The Victors The Victors is the fight song of the University of Michigan (U-M). It was composed by U-M student Louis Elbel in 1898 following the last-minute football victory over the University of Chicago that clinched a league championship.
The Video The Video is a music video compilation released in VHS format by the Icelandic band The Sugarcubes, whose most famous member is the renowned singer Björk. This video came into market in 1990 and contains nine songs from the 1987 album Life's Too Good and the 1989 album Here Today, Tomorrow, Next Week!.
The Video Collection 93:99 The Video Collection 93:99 is the second greatest music videos compilation of pop singer Madonna, released on October 25 1999. Originally it was to have included the video for "Erotica", but was later omitted due to the graphic nature of the video and replaced with "Beautiful Stranger" (thus necessitating the need to change the title from The Video Collection 92:99 to its current incarnation).
The Videos: 1992-2003 The Videos: 1992-2003 is a DVD featuring all of No Doubt's videos, as the title suggests, between 1992 and 2003. It was released first in 2003 as the second disc of the Boom Box box set (see 2003 in music), and was the companion to the first disc in the set, The Singles 1992-2003.
The Vienna Review The Vienna Review (formally Jugendstil) is a university-based journal of news and opinion giving a portrait of Vienna, Europe and the world beyond through the eyes of those who will help shape its future. The only English-language newspaper in Vienna, the Jugendstil is a sophisticated, bold and high-quality monthly by apprentice journalists from throughout the region – students and graduates of Webster University Vienna under the guidance of Journalism Professor Dardis McNamee – that is gaining increasing respect as a voice for the New Europe.
The View (band) The View are a four piece indie rock/punk rock band from Dryburgh, a small district in Dundee, Scotland. They have been active in the music scene since early 2005, supporting more renowned acts including Babyshambles, Primal Scream and The Undertones.
The View from the Afternoon "The View from the Afternoon" is the A-side from the second EP Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys by Sheffield band Arctic Monkeys, and the opening track of their debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.
The Vichy 80 The Vichy 80 refers to a minority group of French elected officials who, on July 10, 1940, voted against the constitutional change that dissolved the Third Republic and established the Nazi Germany's puppet state of Vichy France.
The Viking Store The Viking Store was created to entertain, educate and empower those in search of culinary excellence by providing the best in gourmet retail products, premium cooking classes for all ages and access to the full
The Vikings (band) The Vikings were a band from Jacksonville, Florida in the early 1960s. The members were brothers Bill Snow (tenor sax) & Ronnie Snow (alto sax), Larry Dregors (lead guitar), Billy Harden (rhythm guitar), Tommy House (bass guitar) and Claude "Butch" Trucks (drums).
The Vikings (film) The Vikings was an action/adventure film directed by Richard Fleischer in 1958, produced by and starring Kirk Douglas, and based on the novel The Viking by Edison Marshall. Other actors included Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh and Ernest Borgnine.
The Vikings (reenactment) "The Vikings" is a British society of reenactors, dedicated to the study and re-enactment of the culture of the Viking Age (790 – 1066) and the display of authentic dark ages living history and combat.
The Village at Orange The Village at Orange is a shopping mall located in Orange, California. The center completed a $57 million renovation in 2003 to create a lifestyle center that generates over $550 per square foot in sales annually.
The Village Barbershop The Village Barbershop is a private film that just finished filming in Napa, California, although actually taking place in Reno, Nevada. It stars Shelly Cole and John Ratzenberger, and is directed, written and co-produced by Chris Ford.
The Village Cross, West Derby The Village Cross, West Derby, Liverpool, England designed by William Eden Nesfield between 1861 and 1870. The carved capital, of what appears to be a column rather than a cross, is supposedly of John of England, during his reign West Derby would have been an important castle.
The Village of Long Branch Long Branch is a former village that is now part of the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The area is bounded by Lake Ontario on the south, Etobicoke Creek to the west, the Canadian National railway to the north and Kipling Avenue to the east.
The Village of Stepanchikovo Село Степанчиково и его обитатели or The Village of Stepanchikovo (also known in English as The Friend of the Family) is a novella written by Fyodor Dostoevsky and first published in 1859. In it, Sergey Aleksandrovich (Сергей Александрович, the point of view character), is summoned from Saint Petersburg to the estate of his uncle, Colonel Yegor Ilich Rostanev (Егор Ильич Ростанев), and finds that a middle-aged charlatan named Foma Fomich Opiskin (Фома Фомич Опискин) has swindled the nobles around him into believing that he is virtuous despite behavior that is passive aggressive, selfish, and spiteful.
The Village Sessions The Village SessionsThe Village Sessions page at Aware Store is an EP released by Blues-Rock artist John Mayer on December 12, 2006 with collaborations from John Mayer Trio members Steve Jordan and Pino Palladino along with others such as Ben Harper, Robbie McIntosh (of The Pretenders), Ricky Peterson (of Mayer's touring band and former producer for Prince albums) and more. The six song extended play contains acoustic-demo and alternate versions of songs found of Mayer's studio album Continuum and his Trio's live album Try!.
The Village School for Children The Village School for Children an independent coeducational day school, serving students ages 18 months to 14 years, located in Waldwick, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The Village School for Children is a Montessori school for children ranging from toddler to Middle School.
The Village Voice The Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper in New York City featuring investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts reviews and events listings for New York City. It is also distributed throughout the United States on a pay basis.
The Villages The Villages is a 55+ retirement community in central Florida in the United States. It is located about 20 miles south of Ocala and 60 miles northwest of Orlando, spanning parts of Lake, Marion, and Sumter Counties.
The Villages, Florida The Villages is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place, the largest such location by population in Sumter County, Florida. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 8,333, however the actual population of The Villages is considerably larger as the CDP only includes the section of The Villages within Sumter County while the more heavily populated sections in Lake County are included within the figures for the town of Lady Lake.
The Villain The Villain is a 1979 sendup of western films, directed by Hal Needham, starring Kirk Douglas, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ann-Margret, Paul Lynde, Foster Brooks, Strother Martin, Ruth Buzzi, Jack Elam, and Mel Tillis. It was released in the UK as Cactus Jack.
The Vineyard Sound The Vineyard Sound is a semi-professional vocal group that is an annual fixture of summer entertainment on the island of Martha's Vineyard, MA. Founded in 1992, the all-male group draws its members from select colleges and universities from across up and down the East Coast.
The Vintage Vehicle Show THE VINTAGE VEHICLE SHOW brings television coverage of all aspects of the classic, stock, custom and hot rod car hobby. Since 1993, THE VINTAGE VEHICLE SHOW has taken viewers to America's best car shows, museums, private collections and restoration facilities.
The Vintones The Vintones started life back in 2003, in the dark attic of Sam Cleavers residence in Marlow, where he and Will Cole would frequently play together often with the aid of Will's cousins Max (guitar) and Hugo (bass). However, this dynamic quadro would not have worked as a band, as Max and Hugo live too far away for regular rehearsals to have taken effect.
The Vinyl Skyway The Vinyl Skyway is a contemporary American rock band. A founding member of the popular alt-country band 'Lemonpeeler', Michael Hayes began collaborating with multi-instrumentalist and composer Andrew Santospago and formed 'The Vinyl Skyway' in 2003.
The Violet Archers The Violet Archers is a Canadian indie rock band. A side project of Rheostatics bassist Tim Vesely, the band consists of Vesely on vocals, Yawd Sylvester on guitar, Aaron MacPherson on bass, Ida Nilsen on piano and Steve Pitken on drums.
The Violet Keystone The Violet Keystone is the sixth and last book in Garth Nix's The Seventh Tower series, published in 2001 by Scholastic. Tal and Milla, along with some allies, are now faced to defeat the evil that plans to destroy their world.
The Violets The Violets are a three piece punk/indie band from the New Cross area of London. Formed in 2003 on the hood of a car, The Violets pledged to play stark, spiky and even minimalist punk that evokes early art-school punk bands such as Wire, Swell Maps, and Siouxsie & the Banshees.
The Vipers The Vipers were one of the leading Irish new wave groups of the late 1970s. An incendiary live act fronted by Paul Boyle and virtuoso guitarist George Sweeney, they built up a loyal following in their home country and gigged with the likes of The Clash and The Jam.
The Virgin and Child with St Anne and St John the Baptist The Virgin and Child with St Anne and St John the Baptist, sometimes called The Burlington House Cartoon, is a full-size cartoon by Leonardo da Vinci. It is a combination of two themes popular in Florentine painting of the 15th century: the Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist and the Virgin and Child with St Anne.
The Virgin and Child with St. Anne The Virgin and Child with St Anne is an oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci depicting St Anne, her daughter the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus. Christ is shown grappling with a sacrificial lamb symbolising his Passion whilst the Virgin tries to restrain him.
The Virgin of Zesh The Virgin of Zesh is a short science fiction novel written by L. Sprague de Camp, the fifth book of his Viagens Interplanetarias series and the third of its subseries of stories set on the fictional planet Krishna.
The Virgin Queen (film) The Virgin Queen is a 1955 historical drama film starring Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins, Herbert Marshall and Dan O'Herlihy. It focuses on the relationship between Elizabeth I of England and Sir Walter Raleigh.
The Virgin Queen (TV show) The Virgin Queen was a 2005 BBC/Power co-production based upon the life of Queen Elizabeth I, starring Anne-Marie Duff. It first aired in the United States in late 2005 on PBS' Masterpiece Theatre, and later appeared on UK screens in January 2006 on the BBC.
The Virgin Suicides (film) The Virgin Suicides is a 1999 film written and directed by Sofia Coppola, starring James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Kirsten Dunst and Josh Hartnett. Based on the novel by Jeffrey Eugenides, the film tells of the suicides of the five Lisbon sisters in a upper middle class suburb of Detroit during the 1970s.
The Virgin Tour Madonna's first concert tour, The Virgin Tour 1985, included visits to major United States and Canadian cities. All 17,162 tickets for her three shows at New York City's Radio City Music Hall sold out in a record-breaking 34 minutes.
The Virginia Gazette The Virginia Gazette (also called simply Virginia Gazette) is the local newspaper of the City of Williamsburg and James City County, Virginia. With the first edition in 1736 by pioneering publisher William Parks, the newspaper's original motto was "Containing the freshest Advices, Foreign and Domestick.
The Virginian (1914 film) The Virginian is a 1914 film based upon the novel by Owen Wister and starring Dustin Farnum as the Virginian. The movie is the first of several versions, including a 1929 movie with Gary Cooper and Walter Huston and a 1960 television series.
The Virginian (1923 film) The Virginian is a 1923 movie based upon the Owen Wister novel, with Kenneth Harlan as the Virginian and Russell Simpson as Trampas. The film was directed by Tom Forman and has been overshadowed by the 1929 movie with Gary Cooper and Walter Huston.
The Virginian (1929 film) The Virginian is a 1929 western movie based upon the Owen Wister novel, starring Gary Cooper as the Virginian and Walter Huston as the villainous Trampas. The early sound film was directed by Victor Fleming, who later directed Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz.
The Virginian (1946 film) The Virginian is a 1946 movie based upon the Owen Wister novel, with Joel McCrea as the Virginian and Brian Donlevy as Trampas. The film was directed by Stuart Gilmore and remains widely regarded as an inferior remake of the 1929 movie with Gary Cooper and Walter Huston.
The Virginian (disambiguation) The Virginian is an early American novel that was made into several films, a television series, and a Broadway play. It is also the name for a music album by Neko Case and Her Boyfriends, released on Mint Records in 1997.
The Virginian (TV series) The Virginian was a Western-themed television series which aired on NBC from 1962 to 1971. It was unique in that it was the first Western to air in 90-minute installments each week (75 minutes excluding commercial breaks).
The Virginian-Pilot The Virginian-Pilot is a daily newspaper (average circ. 200,000) based in Norfolk, Virginia and serving southeastern Virginia, Virginia's Eastern Shore, and northeastern North Carolina, all part of the Hampton Roads community.
The Virtue of Selfishness The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism is a 1964 collection of essays and papers by Ayn Rand and Nathaniel Branden. Most of the essays originally appeared in The Objectivist Newsletter, except for "The Objectivist Ethics," which was a paper Rand delivered at the University of Wisconson during a symposium on "Ethics in Our Time.
The Virtuoso Pianist In 60 Exercises The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises is a compilation of 60 exercises meant to train the pianist in speed, precision, agility, and strength of all of the fingers and flexibility in the wrists. The Virtuoso Pianist is also Charles-Louis Hanon's most well known work, and widely used today by piano instructors and pupils.
The Vision The Vision is an international monthly dedicated to Universal Love and Service. Founded by Swami Ramdas in October 1933, it contains the sublime teachings of Swami Ramdas, Mother Krishnabai, Swami Satchitdananda and other saints.
The Vision and the Voice The Vision and the Voice (Liber 418) chronicles the mystical journey of Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) as he explored the 30 Enochian Æthyrs originally developed by Dr. John Dee and Edward Kelly in the 16th Century.
The Vision Bleak The Vision Bleak is a gothic metal band from Germany formed in 2000, consisting of former Empyrium member Ulf Theodor Schwadorf and former Nox Mortis member Allen B Konstanz. The band's themes are most notably orientated towards horror.
The Vision of the Anointed The Vision of the Anointed is a book by political columnist Thomas Sowell skewering people Sowell calls "teflon prophets", who predict that all sorts of social, economic, or environmental problems will occur without massive government intervention.
The Vision of the Cross The Vision of the Cross is a painting made between 1520 and 1524 by assistants of the Italian renaissance artist Raphael. After the master's death in 1520, Gianfrancesco Penni, Giulio Romano and Raffaellino del Colle from Raphael's workshop worked together to finish the commission to decorate with frescoes the rooms that are now known as the Stanze di Raffaello, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican.
The Visit The Visit is the title of various English translations of Friedrich DĂĽrrenmatt's 1956 play Der Besuch der alten Dame (literally, "The Visit of the Old Lady"). It is probably the best known of his works, at least in the English-speaking world.
The Visit (2000 film) The Visit is the story of Alex Waters (Hill Harper), a dying young man serving out a prison sentence for a rape he says he didn't commit. The movie follows Alex, his family, and his girlfriend as they try to come to an emotional resolution.
The Visit/The Seduction The Visit/The Seduction is a 2002 CD reissue of two records by Manchester post-punk band Ludus, EP The Visit (1980) and LP The Seduction (1982), with artwork by Linder Sterling reproduced from the original vinyl release of The Seduction, and extensive sleevenotes written by LTM owner James Nice. Tracks 1-4 are culled from The Visit, tracks 7-14 from The Seduction -although in fact the version of "My Cherry Is In Sherry" which appears here is the short, 2-minute version from the A-side of Ludus 1980 single, which is also featured on the compilation The Damage, instead of the extended 6-minute version from the original vinyl release of the album.
The Visitor (1979 film) The Visitor was a 1979 psychological thriller film directed by Giulio Paradisi, based on a story by the Egyptian writer Ovidio G. Assonitis, and starring John Huston, Shelley Winters, Mel Ferrer, Glenn Ford, and Sam Peckinpah.
The Visitor (DS9 episode) "The Visitor" is the title of the third episode of the fourth season of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It has met with widespread praise and is considered one of if not the best episode of DS9 in straw polls.
The Visitor (Roald Dahl) The Visitor is a short story written by Roald Dahl, published in the 1974 book Switch Bitch, centred on Uncle Oswald and the adventures he so luridly describes in his elaborate diaries. In this story, he has amorous designs on his Syrian host's wife and teenage daughter, with unfortunate and unexpected consequences.
The Visitor (TV series) The Visitor was a sci-fi television series airing on the Fox Network for one season from 1997-1998. It stars John Corbett as a man (Adam McArthur) who was abducted by extraterrestrials 50 years ago and returns to Earth to help make life better for humanity.
The Visitors (1983) The Visitors was a self titled album from the band The Visitors released in 1983. The album was originally recorded under the Radio Birdman label Trafalgar Music, and the tapes were left to sit for four years with no interest bar the Phantom EP release.
The Visitors (band) The Visitors were an Australian rock band formed after the breakup of popular punk band Radio Birdman in 1978. The songs were written by Deniz Tek but unlike many other Tek bands, Tek did not sing vocals in The Visitors.
The Visualise Tour The Visualise Tour is Delta Goodrem's debut Australian concert tour which took place in July 2005. During the tour, Goodrem performed ten shows in major Australian cities to an estimated audience of 80,000 people(citation needed).
The Visualise Tour: Live in Concert The Visualise Tour: Live in Concert is Delta Goodrem's second DVD release and features her performance from 2005's The Visualise Tour. Released November 13 2005, it is Goodrem's first full-length live recording.
The Vital Center The Vital Center: The Politics of Freedom is a 1949 book, by Harvard historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., defending liberal democracy and a state regulated market economy against the totalitarianism of communism and fascism.
The Vivian Girls The Vivian Girls were an indie rock band in Melbourne, Australia, around 2000. Their music was heavily influenced by early 1980s New Wave and referenced both Australian post punk artists (the title of the instrumental Oh, Piano Piano can be seen to be a Ron Rude reference) and Situationism.
The Vladimirov Diaries The Vladimirov diaries: Yenan, China, 1942-1945 was a book written by Peter Vladimirov published in 1973 after his death. It recounts the events in Yan'an during the Second World War, particularly information on Mao Zedong.
The Vodafone Live Hour The Vodafone Live Hour is a networked UK radio programme on some GCap Media and Emap radio stations hosted by Paul Gillies and Jo Good. The show consists of live music from new and current bands including interviews, reviews and competitions.
The Voice (newspaper) The Voice is a British national weekly tabloid newspaper owned by the Jamaican publisher, GV Media Group, aimed at the British Afro-Caribbean community. The paper is based in the Docklands, London and is published every Monday.
The Voice (song) The Voice was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, performed in English by Eimear Quinn representing Ireland. The music and lyrics were composed by Brendan Graham, who also composed the Irish winner from the 1994 Contest.
The Voice Magazine Student media at Athabasca University is provided by the official AU student publication The Voice Magazine. Previously printed and mailed to students across Canada, the magazine, since 2001, is published exclusively online in HTML and PDF format.
The Voice of the Guns The Voice of the Guns (1917) is a British military march composed by Kenneth Alford during World War I. It was written as a tribute to British artillerymen serving in the war, hence its name, though later became widely adopted by the entire British army.
The Voice of the Wretched The Voice of the Wretched is a live album by doom metal band My Dying Bride, recorded in Tilburg, the Netherlands on the 4th of March 2001. Original pressings of the album had tracks 2 and 4 listed in the wrong order.
The Voice TV Norway The Voice TV is a Norwegian language television channel operated by the SBS Broadcasting Group that mostly broadcast music. It was launched in 2004, its sister channels in Sweden, Finland and Denmark launching the same year.
The Void (album) Bjorn Lynne's 1997 electronica/prog rock album The Void is about a space traveler who encounters a serious problem with his space ship. Unable to return to home, they go off exploring the Void, a vast an unknown area that no human might ever be able to enter.
The Void (Sonic the Hedgehog) The Void, also known as the Zone of Silence, is a fictional dimension in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe. Depending on whether is it found in the Archie Comics or SatAM, it was either created or discovered by the wizard Ixis Naugus.
The Voidoids The Voidoids, also known as Richard Hell and the Voidoids, were a New York City punk rock band of the late 1970s, fronted by Richard Hell, a former member of Television. The group is best known for Hell's nihilistic worldview, reflected in songs like, "Who Says It's Good to Be Alive?
The Volokh Conspiracy The Volokh Conspiracy is a weblog which mostly covers United States legal and political issues, generally from a libertarian or conservative perspective. Technorati at one time rated this blog the 100th most popular worldwide in 2006, measured by unique links.
The Volpini Exhibition, 1889 The Exhibition at the Café Volpini in summer 1889 was arranged by Paul Gauguin and his circle, on the walls of a café just outside the gates of the Exposition universelle, and run by a certain Monsieur Volpini. Though Gauguin and his companions had an illustrated catalogue printed, this show of Paintings by the Impressionist and Synthetist Group (Peintures du Groupe Impressioniste et Synthétiste) went almost unappreciated and finally proved to be a disaster: "Nothing sold", was the bitter summary for the participants.
The Volunteer The Volunteer (1943) is a short black-and-white British film by the filmmakers Powell & Pressburger for the UK Ministry of Information. Made during World War II as recruitment propaganda for the Fleet Air Arm, volunteer numbers rose after its release.
The Voter Decides The Voter Decides by Angus Campbell et al, first developed the notion of "Party Identification" or, in abbreviated form, "Party ID." Party ID is the sense of personal attachment the individual feels toward the political group or party of his or her choice.
The Voyage (roller coaster) The Voyage is a hybrid wooden roller coaster, which opened in May 2006 at Holiday World, an amusement park located in Santa Claus, Indiana, USA. A wooden hybrid consists of a steel structure with wood track and has a lift hill of 163 feet, followed by drops of 154 feet, 107 feet and 100 feet.
The Voyage of Life The Voyage of Life series, painted by Thomas Cole in 1840, is a series of paintings that represent an allegory of the four stages of man: childhood, youth, manhood, and old age. The paintings follow a voyager who travels in a boat on a river through the mid 1800's American wilderness.
The Voyage of QV66 The Voyage of QV66 is a children's novel by Penelope Lively. It is set in a strange, flooded, post-apocalyptic England devoid of people, and centres around a group of animals consisting of a dog, a cat, a cow, a horse, a pigeon and a mysterious character named "Stanley".
The Voyage of the Beagle The Voyage of the Beagle is a title commonly given to the book written by Charles Darwin published in 1839 as his Journal and Remarks, which brought him considerable fame and respect. The title refers to the second survey expedition of the ship HMS Beagle, which set out on 27 December 1831 under the command of captain Robert FitzRoy.
The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara is a trilogy by Terry Brooks set 130 years after the Heritage of Shannara. Similar to its predecessor, this is one cohesive story following the happenings of Bek Rowe, Walker Boh, and Grianne Ohmsford, among other characters.

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