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The Book of the Damned The Book of the Damned was the first published nonfiction work of the author Charles Fort (first edition 1919). Dealing with various types of anomalous phenomena including UFOs, strange falls of both organic and inorganic materials from the sky, odd weather patterns, the possible existence of creatures generally held to be mythological, disappearances of people under strange circumstances, and many other phenomena, the book is historically considered to be the first written in the specific field of anomalistics.
The Book of the Die The Book of the Die was written by George Cockcroft under the pen name Luke Rhinehart. It is mentioned as a fictional book in The Dice Man, Adventures of Wim, and The Search for the Dice Man, and he chose the year 2000 to make it a reality.
The Book of the Dun Cow (novel) The Book of the Dun Cow is a novel by Walter Wangerin, Jr., loosely based upon the beast fable of Chanticleer and the Fox and named after the common name for Lebor na hUidre, an ancient Irish manuscript of stories.
The Book of the Knight in the Tower The Book of the Knight in the Tower (full French title: Livre pour l'enseignement de ses filles du Chevalier de La Tour Landry) is a book commenced by Geoffroy IV de la Tour Landry in 1371, and which he continued writing at least until 1372.See note to 149/14 in Early English Text Society Edition, 1971, Michael Offord Ed.
The Book of the Law The Book of the Law is the central sacred text of Thelema, written (or received) by Aleister Crowley in Cairo, Egypt in the year 1904. It contains three chapters, each of which was written down in one hour, beginning at noon, on April 8, April 9, and April 10.
The Book of the Long Sun The Book of the Long Sun is a tetralogy by Gene Wolfe, comprising Nightside the Long Sun, Lake of the Long Sun, Calde of the Long Sun, and Exodus from the Long Sun. The first two volumes are published together as Litany of the Long Sun and the last two as Epiphany of the Long Sun.
The Book of the New Sun The Book of the New Sun is a novel (initially published in four volumes) written by fantasy and science fiction author Gene Wolfe. It chronicles the journey of Severian, a journeyman torturer who is exiled from the Seekers for Truth and Penitence (the guild of torturers) for committing the one unforgivable act: showing mercy to his victim by allowing her to die and thereby avoid further anguish.
The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage is the title given by Samuel Mathers to his English translation of a famous grimoire, now known as The Book of Abramelin. It tells the story of an Egyptian mage named Abramelin or Abra-Melin who teaches a system of magic to Abraham of Worms, a German Jew presumed to have lived from c.
The Book of the War The Book of the War is a hypertext multi-author novel presented in the form of an encyclopedia of the first 50 years of the War in the Faction Paradox universe. The book was edited by Lawrence Miles, and written by Miles, Simon Bucher-Jones, Daniel O'Mahony, Ian McIntire, Mags L.
The Book of Three (novel) The Book of Three is the first of Lloyd Alexander's five-part novel series The Chronicles of Prydain (first published 1964). It follows the adventures of Taran, a boy in the care of the enchanter Dallben, as he enters manhood while fighting the forces of the evil Arawn Death-Lord.
The Bookman (London) The Bookman was a magazine that was published in London from the 1890s until the 1930s by Hodder & Stoughton. It was a catalogue of their current publications that also contained reviews, advertising and illustrations.
The Books The Books are a band founded by and consisting of American Nick Zammuto and Dutchman Paul de Jong in New York City in 2000. Their music is a mix of aleatoric music, electronica, folk, and acoustic music (de Jong is a cellist and Zammuto plays acoustic guitar and electric bass), incorporating samples of sounds, speech and music.
The Books of Magic The Books of Magic is the title of a four-issue English-language comic book miniseries written by Neil Gaiman, and later an ongoing series, published by the DC Comics imprint Vertigo. Since its original publication, it has also been published in a single-volume collection with an introduction by author Roger Zelazny.
The Bookseller of Kabul The Bookseller of Kabul is a non-fiction book written (post 9/11) by Norwegian journalist Ă…sne Seierstad, about a bookseller, Shah Muhammad Rais (whose name was changed to Sultan Khan), and his family in Kabul, Afghanistan. It contrasts with other varieties of nonfiction, in that it makes no attempt to describe the average or overview of Kabul, or its booksellers, and instead, more like a novel, focuses on characters and the daily issues that they face.
The Boom (American band) The Boom (Jeff Matthews-guitar, vocals, Rob Falk-bass, Ron Hendel-guitar & vocals, and Tom Lamont-drums & vocals) was an American punk rock band formed in 1979 by the remnants of Kid Sonic & The Boom, who were the direct descendants of the legendary Supreme Pontiff, (1977-79) who were founded by European Liquidators original (1976-1977) bassist Töd Venice (real name Rob Falk.) Based in Boston, the group was popular among Harvard College students during the punk/new wave explosion of the 70's and 80's that was centered around Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts.
The Boondock Saints The Boondock Saints is a 1999 action crime drama film written and directed by Troy Duffy. The film stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus as fraternal twins Conner and Murphy, who become vigilantes after killing two members of the Russian Mafia in self-defense.
The Boondocks The Boondocks was a comic strip created by Aaron McGruder that ended on March 26, 2006 that has also been rendered into an animated television series that airs on Adult Swim. This article deals with the similarities and differences between the comic strip and the television show.
The Boondocks (comic strip) The Boondocks was a daily syndicated comic strip written and originally drawn by Aaron McGruder. Created by McGruder in 1997 for The Diamondback, the student newspaper at the University of Maryland, College Park, the strip moved from the college pages and was printed in the monthly hip hop magazine The Source in 1997.
The Boondocks (TV series) The Boondocks is an American animated television series produced for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block, based on the comic strip of the same name. The show made its broadcast debut on November 6, 2005; it was originally set to premiere on October 2, 2005, but was pushed back for November sweeps.
The Booze News The Booze News is a tabloid newspaper written by a mostly volunteer staff. It is distributed free in campus bars, restaurants and liquor stores near the University of IllinoisUIUC in ChampaignChampaign%2C_Illinois and Urbana, Ilinois.
The Border Watch The Border Watch is an Australian newspaper based in Mount Gambier, South Australia and owned by the Scotts Group of Companies. Published Tuesday through Friday, the paper serves the City of Mount Gambier and the Limestone Coast/South East of South Australia generally.
The Borderland Series Borderland is a series of urban fantasy novels and stories created for teenage readers by Terri Windling. The series is set in Bordertown, a dystopian metropolis that lies along the border between "the Elflands" and "The World".
The Borgia Bride The Borgia Bride is a novel by Jeanne Kalogridis, portraying life in the Borgia dynasty through the eyes of Princess Sancha of Aragon. The book follows Sancha through her quest to bring justice to life in Rome, although she may have to make sacrifices for doing what is right for the people of Rome.
The Boring Report The Boring Report is a four-part series originally broadcast on Melbourne's Channel 31. It is a programme that supports intellectual humour, with elements of traditional English humour and some "fart" humour.
The Borough (George Crabbe poem) A poem by George Crabbe published in 1810. Written in heroic couplets, the poem is arranged as a series of 24 letters, covering various aspects of borough life and detailing the stories of certain inhabitants’ lives.
The Borrible Trilogy The Borrible Trilogy is a series of young adult books written by English writer Michael de Larrabeiti. The three volumes in the trilogy are The Borribles, The Borribles Go For Broke, and The Borribles: Across the Dark Metropolis.
The Boscombe Valley Mystery "The Boscombe Valley Mystery", one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by British author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the fourth of the twelve stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in the Strand Magazine in 1891.
The Boss (album) The Boss is a 1979 album released by Diana Ross on the Motown label. This album was overlooked by longtime Ross collaborators Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson and marked her return to Top 40 radio based on the strength of the title track, which peaked at number twelve on the pop singles chart.
The BossHoss The BossHoss is a 7-piece band from Berlin, Germany who specialize in covering pop, rock and hip hop songs in country style. Examples of the songs they have covered are "Hot in Herre" by Nelly, "Toxic" by Britney Spears and "Hey Ya!
The Boston Architectural College The Boston Architectural College (the BAC), formerly known as the Boston Architectural Center, is New England's largest independent design college, located on beautiful Newbury Street in Boston's historic Back Bay neighborhood. The BAC offers bachelor's and /or master's degrees in architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and design studies.
The Boston Associates The Boston Associates was one of the earliest investment capital companies in America. Established in the early nineteenth century by Nathan Appleton, Abbott Lawrence, and Amos Lawrence, the Boston Associates consisted of about 80 members, often related genetically or through marriage, and was centered in Boston, Massachusetts.
The Boston Globe The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts and in the greater New England region. With a daily circulation of 379,288 as of March 2006, it is also the dominant media organization in Boston.
The Boston News-Letter First published on April 24, 1704, The Boston News-Letter is regarded as the first continuously published newspaper in British North America. It was heavily subsidized by the British government, with a limited circulation.
The Bostonians The Bostonians is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Century Magazine in 1885-1886 and then as a book in 1886. This bittersweet tragicomedy centers on an odd triangle of characters: Basil Ransom, an unbending political conservative from Mississippi; Olive Chancellor, Ransom's cousin and a zealous Boston feminist; and Verena Tarrant, a pretty protege of Olive's in the feminist movement.
The Botanic Garden of Smith College The Botanic Garden of Smith College is located on the campus of Smith College, in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA. It consists of a fine selection of woody trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants, and an excellent collection of warm-weather plants in a set of historic conservatories.
The Botanical Garden of the Ozarks The Botanical Garden of the Ozarks 86 acres (348,000 m²) is a new botanical garden now taking shape near Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA. The site is located at the Fayetteville-Springdale border on Crossover Road (Highway 265), and currently includes seasonal plantings in a small area, a wildflower meadow (1998), a lakeside hiking trail and a self-guided tree identification tour.
The Botany of Desire The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World is a 2001 nonfiction book by journalist Michael Pollan. This work explores the nature of domesticated plants from the dual perspective of humans and the plants themselves.
The Bothy Band The Bothy Band was an Irish traditional band which emerged at the tail end of 1974 from a musical event celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Gael Linn record label. During the remainder of the band's five-year career The Bothy Band laid down a benchmark for the development of Irish traditional music over subsequent decades.
The Bots Master The Bots Master is a 1993 cartoon animation, produced by Jean Chalopin though his company "Creativite et Developpement" in France (where it is known as Le Maître des bots). In total 40 episodes were made, each one having a special 3D segment and titles.
The Botswana Scouts Association The Botswana Scouts Association, the national Scouting organization of Botswana, was founded in 1936, and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1958. The boys only Botswana Scouts Association has 4,660 members as of 2004.
The Bottle Imp The Bottle Imp (1893) is a short story by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson about a working class [of Hawaii], Keawe, who buys a strange bottle from a sad, elderly gentleman who credits the bottle with his [[wealth and fortune, and promises the bottle will also grant Keawe his every wish and desire.
The Bottle Inn *The Bottle Inn at Marshwood in Dorset started life as an Ale House being close to the church where people came to pay their Tithes - softening the blow with a mug or two of grog. We don't know its name then but it was christened The The Bottle Inn sometime late in the 18th Century when it became the first Inn in the area to sell bottled beers.
The Bottle Rockets The Bottle Rockets is an alt-country music group formed in 1992 in Festus, Missouri. The founding members were Brian Henneman (guitar, vocals), Mark Ortmann (drums), Tom Parr (1992-2002, guitar, vocals) and Tom Ray (1992-1997, bass guitar).
The Bottom The Bottom is the largest settlement on Saba, Netherlands Antilles, and would be your first stop on the way up the road from Fort Bay. The Bottom is home to among other things, government offices, a hospital, a nursing home and Saba University School of Medicine.
The Boulevard at the Capital Centre The Boulevard at the Capital Centre is an open-air shopping center located on the site of the former US Airways Arena, originally known as the Capital Centre, which opened in December 1973 and was demolished in December 2002. The three primary sports tenants (the NBA's Washington Wizards, the NHL's Washington Capitals, and Georgetown University basketball teams) had moved to the MCI Center in Washington five years earlier, in December 1997.
The Boulevard Connection The Boulevard Connection are Typhoon, Sek and Marak - hip hop producers and musicians from Copenhagen, Denmark. Their records and remixes have featured a variety of hip hop artists including Iriscience and DJ Babu from Dilated Peoples, Company Flow, Common, Ed O.
The Boulevard Trail The Boulevard Trail is an American hiking trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in Sevier County, Tennessee. The trail ascends Mount Le Conte, the tallest (and sixth highest) mountain east of the Mississippi River] and offers outstanding high-elevation views before terminating near the LeConte Lodge.
The Bourne Children and Youth Initiative The Bourne Children and Youth Initiative (CYI) is a voluntary youth organisation that runs an information and advice drop-in centre for young people as well as youth clubs in the Farnham, Surrey area of England. The Bourne CYI has previously won several Surrey High Sheriff’s Awards for Youth Crime Prevention "Youth award for Farnham initiative".
The Bourne Identity The Bourne Identity is a 1980 spy fiction thriller novel by Robert Ludlum about an amnesiac who must discover who he is and why several different groups, including an assassin and the CIA, are trying to kill him. It is the first in a series of novels written by Ludlum, and later Eric Van Lustbader, featuring Jason Bourne.
The Bourne Legacy The Bourne Legacy is a spy fiction thriller written by Eric Van Lustbader and based on the character of Jason Bourne created by author Robert Ludlum. The novel was published in 2004 and is a sequel to 1990's The Bourne Ultimatum.
The Bourne Supremacy The Bourne Supremacy is the second Jason Bourne novel written by Robert Ludlum, first published in 1986. It was the sequel to Ludlum's bestseller The Bourne Identity (1980) and precedes Ludlum's final Bourne novel, The Bourne Ultimatum (1990).
The Bourne Trajectory The Bourne Trajectory is the tentative title for the upcoming novel by Eric Van Lustbader and the fifth novel in the Jason Bourne series created by Robert Ludlum. This will be Lustbader's second Bourne novel, following The Bourne Legacy that was published in 2004.
The Bournemouth and Poole College The Bournemouth and Poole College is a further education establishment based in Bournemouth and Poole on the south coast of England. It is one of the larger UK colleges and caters for an average of 24,000 learners each year.
The Bowery (1933 film) The Bowery is a 1933 historical film about the Lower East Side of Manhattan at the turn of the century. The movie was directed by Raoul Walsh and featured Wallace Beery as saloon owner Chuck Connors, George Raft as Steve Brodie, the first man to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge and live, Jackie Cooper as a pugnacious child, Fay Wray (in the same year as King Kong) as the leading lady, and Pert Kelton (the first "Alice Kramden" on Jackie Gleason's The Honeymooners) as a bawdy dance hall singer.
The Bowery Boys The Bowery Boys were a group of actors who made a series of films released by Monogram Pictures from 1946 through 1958. The group was a revamping of 'The East Side Kids', who had been making films together since 1940.
The Bowery Electric "The Bowery Electric" is a ballad written by Jed Davis in tribute to Joey Ramone of the seminal punk band The Ramones. The recording of "The Bowery Electric" brought together Tommy, Marky and CJ Ramone, as well as Ramones producer Daniel Rey, for the first time in years.
The Bowles Brothers Band Musical group from the 1970's featuring Brian Bowles - guitar, vocals; Sue Jones-Davies - vocals; Richard Lee - bass; Julian Smedley - guitar, violin, vocals. Also known as The Bowles Brothers and The Bowles Bros.
The Bowman and the Spearman The Bowman and the Spearman are two bronze equestrian sculptures standing as gatekeepers at the intersection of Congress Parkway and Michigan Avenue in Grant Park, Chicago, USA. The sculptures were made in Zagreb by Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović and installed at the entrance of the parkway in 1928.
The Box (2007 film) The Box is a film written and directed by Richard Kelly (based on a story written by Richard Matheson). The film surrounds a troubled married couple who find a small wooden box on their doorstep, which brings with it unforseen fortune.
The Box (book) "The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger" is a book by Marc Levinson charting the historic rise of the shipping container and how it changed the economic landscape on a major scale.
The Box (torture) The Box, also known as a hot box or sweatbox is a method of solitary confinement used in humid and arid regions as a method of punishment and torture. Anyone placed in one would experience extreme heat, dehydration, heat exhaustion, even death: depending on when and how long one was kept in one.
The Box (TV channel) The Box is a television channel in the United Kingdom which mostly plays music videos, although it also features some music-related programming. Currently owned by Emap, it runs off profits made from music video selections, which are made by the viewers using premium rate phone lines, as well as the small fees from BSkyB for being an encrypted channel.
The Boxed Life The Boxed Life is a double spoken word release by former Black Flag singer Henry Rollins also featuring Canadian journalist and radio show host Ian Bussières, also known as "The Oddball". It was originally released on cassette tape in 1993 on Imago Records and re-released on CD in 2001.
The Boxer (film) The Boxer is a 1997 film by Irish director Jim Sheridan. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Emily Watson, the film center's on the life of a boxer and former Irish Republican Army Volunteer, played by Lewis, who has just been released from prison.
The Boxer (The Chemical Brothers song) "The Boxer" is the third single from The Chemical Brothers 2005 album Push the Button, released in early July 2005 (see 2005 in music). It is notable that it was the first single released by The Chemical Brothers not to peak within the top 40 of the UK Charts.
The Boy (musical) The Boy is a musical comedy by Fred Thompson and Percy Greenbank, with music by Lionel Monckton and Howard Talbot, based on Arthur Wing Pinero's 1885 play, The Magistrate. It opened at the Adelphi Theatre in London on 14 September 1917 and ran for 801 performances - one of the longest runs of any musical theatre piece up to that time.
The Boy Friend The Boy Friend (sometimes spelled The Boyfriend) is a musical by Sandy Wilson, first performed in the West End in 1954 It opened London's Players Club on April 14 of that year, and reopened in an expanded version on October 13 before moving to the West End proper. This play was shown in a time soon after the devastating effects of World War II.
The Boy Friends The Boy Friends was a short-lived series of fifteen American comedy short films released between 1930 and 1932. The series spun off from the much larger and well-known Our Gang series (also known as The Little Rascals).
The Boy in the Box (Philadelphia) The "Boy in the Box" is the name given to an unidentified murder victim, approximately 4 to 6 years old, whose naked, battered body was found in a cardboard box in the Fox Chase section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 25, 1957.
The Boy in the Box (Vidal, California) The "Boy in the Box" trial was held at the Riverside County Superior Court in Indio, California in between 1969 and 1970. It was, at that time, the most horrific tale of child abuse in the history of the State of California.
The Boy in the Iceberg "The Boy in the Iceberg" is the first half of the two-part series premiere of Avatar: The Last Airbender, which first aired on February 21, 2005 on Nickelodeon. Sokka and Katara, two teenage siblings living in the South Pole, discover Aang and his pet flying bison, Appa, trapped in an iceberg.
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble The Boy In the Plastic Bubble is a 1976 made-for-TV movie inspired by the lives of David Vetter and Ted DeVita, who had to live in containers that protected them from all pathogens, since they lacked effective immune systems. It stars John Travolta, Glynnis O'Connor, Diana Hyland, and Robert Reed, and it was produced by Aaron Spelling.
The Boy Tate The Boy Tate, consisting of writer/guitarist David Harling and singer Andrew Tate aka Tat, originated in England in 1999. After the break up of their previous band, Brick Supply, the duo worked hard to produce their first album If This Is An Answer.
The Boy with Green Hair The Boy with Green Hair (1948) is a post-war feature film directed by Joseph Losey. It stars Dean Stockwell as Peter, a young war orphan who is subject to ridicule after he awakens one morning to find his hair mysteriously turned green.
The Boy with the Blues "The Boy with the Blues" is a song by British rock band Oasis, written by frontman Liam Gallagher. The song was considered for inclusion on the band's sixth album, Don't Believe the Truth, but missed the final cut.
The Boy with the Thorn in His Side (song) "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" is a song by The Smiths. It appears on their third album The Queen Is Dead but was released (albeit in a different mix) several months before the album, reaching #23 in the UK Singles Chart in 1985.
The Boy Who Cried Fabulous The Boy Who Cried Fabulous (Tricycle Press, March 2004 ISBN 1-58246-101-5) is a children's book by Leslea Newman and is illustrated by Peter Ferguson. Ostensibly, it is about a boy who keeps getting sidetracked when walking home or to school by all the "fabulous" things he sees, and how his parents come to appreciate their son's uniqueness.
The Boy Who Drank Too Much The Boy Who Drank Too Much was a 1980s made for TV movie, initially distributed by CBS, starring Scott Baio as a high school hockey player struggling with alcoholism. It is a prime example of an after school special – arguably a 20th Century morality play – in that it dealt with a serious issue, that might confront youth, in a prescrpitive manner.
The Boy Who Followed Ripley The Boy Who Followed Ripley is the fourth book of Patricia Highsmith's series (known among critics and fans as the "Ripliad") revolving around career criminal Tom Ripley. In this book, Ripley continues living quietly in his French estate, Belle Ombre, only obliquely involved in criminal activity.
The Boy Who Grew Too Fast 'The Boy Who Grew Too Fast' is a "one-act opera for young people" with music and libretto by Gian-Carlo Menotti. It was first performed at the Grand Opera House in Wilmington Delaware on September 24, 1982.
The Boy Who Kicked Pigs The Boy Who Kicked Pigs is a short novel by actor Tom Baker, best known for playing the title role in the BBC sci-fi series, Doctor Who during the late 1970s. The novel is subtitled, "A grotesque masterpiece.
The Boy With the X-Ray Eyes The Boy With the X-Ray Eyes, released in 1996 was the first album from Babylon Zoo. It received favourable reviews and peaked at number 6 in the album chart, though it did not match the success of its first single "Spaceman" which reached number 1 in 23 countries.
The Boyfriend Club The Boyfriend Club is a series of books by Janet Quin-Harkin about the school and home adventures of four American girls, all aged around fourteen, attending Alta Mesa High School in Arizona - Ginger Hartman (the tomboy), Roni Ruiz (the crazy, outgoing one), Karen Nguyen (the studious 'geek') and Justine Craft (the spoilt snob). Despite differences in personality, the four girls become best friends and form the 'Boyfriend Club'.
The Boys (band) The Boys was an American R&B group comprised of the four Abdulsamad brothers, Khiry (born in 1973), Hakim (born in 1975), Tajh (born in 1976), and Bilal (born in 1978). The group started out singing in Carson, California.
The Boys Are Coming Home The Boys Are Coming Home is the second new musical to emerge from AMTP at Northwestern University. Based on Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado About Nothing, this musical is set in the year 1945, when American servicemen returned home from World War II.
The Boys from Syracuse The Boys from Syracuse is a musical by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, based on William Shakespeare's play, The Comedy of Errors, as adapted by librettist George Abbott, who also directed. The original production opened at the Alvin Theater in New York on November 23, 1938, and ran for 235 performances, and starred Jimmy Savo, Eddie Albert, Muriel Angelus, and Marcy Westcott.
The Boys Light Up The Boys Light Up is the debut album from Australian rock band Australian Crawl and contains such hits as the title track; Indisposed, Downhearted and Beautiful People. The album reached #1 and spent an incredible 104 weeks in the charts.
The Boys Next Door (1985 film) The Boys Next Door is a 1985 relatively unknown independent movie, about two young men Bo played by Charlie Sheen and Roy played by Maxwell Caulfield, on the verge of adult life, whose bleak futures project them on a grim and violent adventure, before the mundane reality of working in an opportunitiless factory becomes as far as they are allowed to live the American dream. Angry, bitter and with no hope for there future they embark on a frightening and disturbing orgy of sex, drink, violence and murder.
The Boys of Baraka The Boys of Baraka is a 2005 documentary film produced and directed by filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (both of whom also made Jesus Camp in 2006). Twenty at-risk boys from Baltimore attend the seventh and eighth grades at a boarding school in Kenya.
The Boys of Summer The Boys of Summer is a book by Roger Kahn, recounting the history of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team up to their victory in the 1955 World Series, and tracking the lives of the players over the subsequent years as they aged. The book takes its name from a verse by Dylan Thomas.
The BOC Group The BOC Group was the official name of the multinational industrial gas company more commonly known as BOC, and now a part of The Linde Group. In September 2004, BOC had over 30,000 employees on six continents, with sales of over ÂŁ4.
The Bradenton Herald The Bradenton Herald is a McClatchy newspaper in Bradenton, Florida, in the United States. Since 1999, The Bradenton Herald has published an edition called the East Manatee Herald that focuses on local coverage of the rapidly growing eastern region of Manatee County.
The Brady Bunch Lawnmower Massacre The Brady Bunch Lawnmower Massacre was a country-punk fusion group formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1985. The band's members included Fred Negro (vocals), Garry Mansfield (guitar), Paul Barnett (bass), Scotty Simpson (drums) and Terry Foster (guitar, harmonica).
The Brady Bunch Movie The Brady Bunch Movie is a 1995 comedy film adaptation of the classic 1969-1974 television series The Brady Bunch, produced by Paramount Pictures. The film features all the original regular characters, all played by new actors.
The Bradys The Bradys was an American 1990 television drama that aired on CBS Television. It was a revival of the early 1970s sitcom, The Brady Bunch (1969–1974), and was about the trials and tribulations of the Brady family some 15 years after the end of the earlier series.
The Brains The Brains were an Atlanta-based New Wave band who released two albums in the early eighties. Their notable releases include "Money Changes Everything", later covered by Cyndi Lauper on her debut album, She's So Unusual.
The Brak Show The Brak Show is one of Cartoon Network's 15-minute animated series that airs during Adult Swim. It is a spin-off of Space Ghost: Coast to Coast featuring recurring characters from that show and Cartoon Planet, both of which used stock footage from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon Space Ghost and Dino-Boy.
The Bran Flakes The Bran Flakes are a sound collage group from Seattle, Washington who specialise in creating music from pre-existing sources. The group's members include Otis Fodder (in San Francisco, CA), Mildred Pitt (in Seattle, WA) and several special guests (located around the globe) who typically provide vocal contributions.
The Brand Upon the Brain The Brand Upon the Brain (2006) is a silent film directed by Guy Maddin. Produced by The Film Company in Seattle, The Brand Upon the Brain premiered on September 8, 2006, at the Toronto International Film Festival with live accompaniment of the score by members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, several Foley artists, a narrator, and a castrato.
The Brasher Doubloon The Brasher Doubloon (known in the UK as The High Window) is a 1947 black-and-white film based on the novel The High Window by Raymond Chandler. This movie is not considered as quite as good as The Big Sleep or Murder, My Sweet.

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