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The Dils The Dils were an American punk rock band of the late 1970s, originally from Carlsbad, California, and fronted by brothers Chip Kinman and Tony Kinman. Their first appearance was as the first act in the "battle of the bands" sequence in Cheech and Chong's film, "Up In Smoke" (although the only shot of any band members is of drummer Buddy Hate complaining that he could not hear anything without stage monitors).
The Diminisher "The Diminisher" is the alter-ego of Chicago musician David McDonnell (b.1976), who was a founding member of the trio Bablicon, bass player Griffin Rodriguez informally assigned the moniker in reference to McDonnell's liberal use of the so-called diminished chord in musical compositions.
The Dinah Shore Show The Dinah Shore Show was a 15-minute long television series which was broadcast in the United States by NBC from 1951 to 1957. For most of the program's run, it aired from 7:30 to 7:45 Eastern time on Tuesday and Thursday nights, rounding out the time slot which featured the network's regular evening newscast, which, like all such programs of the era, was then only 15 minutes in length.
The Ding Dongs The Ding Dongs were an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of Richard Sartain and Jim Evans. Considered one of the biggest gimmick flops in wrestling history, they are known for their short run in World Championship Wrestling in 1989.
The Dingleys The Dingleys was South Africa's first television soap opera, when the South African Broadcasting Corporation introduced television in 1976. Set in Pietermaritzburg in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), its cast was primarily white, and was known for its amateurish acting.
The Dinner Party The Dinner Party is a work by feminist artist Judy Chicago depicting place settings for 39 mythical and historical famous women throughout history. It was produced from 1974 to 1979 by a collaboration of many individual women and first exhibited in 1979.
The Dinner Party (play) The Dinner Party is a one-act play, which tells the story of 6 unknowing guests who are invited to a dinner party with no clue as to its purpose. The scene takes place in a private dining room in a first-rate restaurant in Paris.
The Dinosaurs Dinosaurs, formed in 1982, was a Bay Area supergroup to emerge from the psychedelic music era of San Francisco. The group consisted of Peter Albin of Big Brother and the Holding Company, John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service, Papa John Creach of Hot Tuna, Spencer Dryden of the Jefferson Airplane, Robert Hunter of the Grateful Dead, Barry Melton of Country Joe and The Fish and keyboardist Merl Saunders from the Saunders-Garcia Band.
The Diocese of Meath The Diocese of Meath is a nineteenth century publication on the history of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Meath from medieval to nineteenth century times, written by one of the Diocese's priests, Dean Cogan, a priest in Navan, the then Diocesan capital.
The Diogenes Club The Diogenes Club is a fictional gentleman's club created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and featured in several Sherlock Holmes stories, most notably "The Greek Interpreter". It seems to have been named after Diogenes the Cynic (although this is never expanded upon in the original stories) and was co-founded by Sherlock's indolent older brother, Mycroft Holmes.
The Dionaea House The Dionaea House is a work by Eric Heisserer, originating in a series of linked internet pages about a man, Mark Condry, searching for answers about his old friend Andrew "Drew" Hughes and his cause to commit a double murder/suicide. The front page of the site also describes it as a memorial to some as-yet unspecified event, but only by reading the letters can the reader know what happened.
The Diorama Box The Diorama Box is a limited edition singles box set that includes the three main singles from Silverchair's 2002 album Diorama. An exclusive single "After All These Years" is released with this boxset.
The Diplomats The Diplomats (also known as Dipset) is a Harlem, New York-based rap group who were previously signed to Roc-A-Fella Records, but are now signed to their own label, Diplomat Records, which is under several different labels, including Def Jam (Juelz Santana), Koch Records (Hell Rell, & J.R.
The Diplomats of Solid Sound The Diplomats of Solid Sound are a mostly-instrumental Soul group from Iowa City, IA that perform music in the spirit of Booker T and the MGs, The Bar-Kays and The Ventures. The current members of the band are Doug Roberson on guitar, Nate Basinger on Hammond Organ, Jim Viner on drums and purcussion, and David Basinger on sax.
The Dirdir The Dirdir is the third science fiction adventure novel in a tetralogy entitled Tschai, Planet of Adventure. Written by Jack Vance, it tells of the efforts of the sole survivor of the destruction of a human starship to return to Earth from the distant planet Tschai.
The Dirtbombs The Dirtbombs are a rock and roll band based in Detroit, Michigan, notable for blending diverse influences such as punk rock, glam, and soul while featuring a dual bass guitar, dual drum lineup. The Dirtbombs were formed by Mick Collins (of the influential garage rock band The Gories) as a side project and started recording songs by 1995.
The Dirty Fork The Dirty Fork, also known simply as Restaurant Sketch, is a Monty Python sketch that appeared in episode 3 of the television series Monty Python's Flying Circus, and later in the film, And Now For Something Completely Different. It is notable for being the first Monty Python sketch wherein the characters react to the audience "booing" them.
The Dirty Mac The Dirty Mac were an English supergroup consisting of John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards and Mitch Mitchell that John put together for The Rolling Stones' ill-fated TV special entitled The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus. Recorded on 11 December 1968, this was the first time that John, who was still with The Beatles, had performed in public without the other Beatles.
The Disappointment The Disappointment, or The Force of Incredulity is a ballad opera in two acts with a prologue and epilogue, to a text by an unknown author writing under the pseudonym "Andrew Barton". Regarded as one of the first American operas, it was to have been performed on 20 April 20, 1762 in Philadelphia but was cancelled at the last moment.
The Disaster of Lebanon The Disaster of Lebanon is a series created by Derry and Floyd, it is the story about a man who does not know his past and slowly starts to learn more about it and makes some friends along the way. This is series is made on the "Movies Game" for pc.
The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus is the name of a painting by artist Salvador Dalí, begun in 1958 and finished in 1959. It is a huge canvas, over 14 feet tall and over 9 feet wide (410 x 284 cm; 161.
The Discovery of Heaven The Discovery of Heaven is a 1992 novel by the famous Dutch author Harry Mulisch. It describes the intense friendship between two men and the mystical journey of another to return to Heaven the stone tablets containing the ten commandments.
The Discovery of India The Discovery of India (भारत एक खोज) was written by India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru during his imprisonment in 1942-1946 at Ahmednagar in the Ahmadnagar Fort. Nehru was jailed for his participation in the Quit India movement along with other Indian leaders, and he used this time to write down his thoughts and knowledge about India's history.
The Discovery of Slowness The Discovery of Slowness (original German title: Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit) is a novel by Sten Nadolny, written under a double conceit: first, as a novelization of the life of British Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, and second as a hymn of praise to "slowness," a quality which Nadolny's fictional Franklin possesses in abundance. Published in Germany in 1983, its fame spread through the English translation by Ralph Freedman, first published in the United States by Viking Penguin in 1987; in Nadolny's native Germany it has also been the subject of television programs, experimental films, and even an opera composed by Giorgio Battistelli.
The Discovery Programme The Discovery Programme is a private archaeological research company funded by the Irish Government through an annual grant from The Heritage Council. Its aim is to investigate Ireland’s past and increase our understanding of areas of archaeology where systematic research has been thus far limited.
The Discworld Almanak The Discworld Almanak is a spin-off book from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, in a similar format to the Diaries and Nanny Ogg's Cookbook. It was written by Pratchett and Bernard Pearson and published in 2004.
The Discworld Mapp The Discworld Mapp is an atlas that contains a large, fold out map of the Discworld (sold by Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler) drawn by Stephen Player to the directions of Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs. It also contains a short booklet relating the adventures and explorers of the Disc and their discoveries.
The Dismal Dinner The Dismal Dinner is a short mini-series from A Series of Unfortunate Events, set before The Bad Beginning. There are four parts to this series, which was released in 2004 with Lunchables meals shortly before the release of the film, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.
The Dismissal (TV miniseries) The Dismissal is a Australian television miniseries, first screened in 1983, that dramatised the events of the Australian constitutional crisis of 1975. It was partly written and partly directed by the noted film makers George Miller and Phillip Noyce.
The Disney Afternoon The Disney Afternoon was a created-for-syndication two-hour television programming block which aired from September 10, 1990 until Spring 1999. In the Fall of 1998 Disney began programming a weekend block for ABC, while the weekday block remained in syndication.
The Disneyland Memorial Orgy The Disneyland Memorial Orgy is a cartoon illustration created by Wally Wood for satirist Paul Krassner's radical humor publication The Realist. Published shortly after the death of Walt Disney, the artwork was commissioned by Krassner to portray the liberated behavior of the cartoon characters featured in many of Disney's animated films.
The Disneyland Story The Disneyland Story aired on October 27, 1954. This is the very first episode of Disney's long-running anthology series, which back then was entitled Disneyland, named after the theme park on which the show was based..
The Disorderly Room The Disorderly Room was a very early British television comedy production, written by Eric Blore and starring Tommy Handley. Blore was also an actor who played roles such as butlers in various Hollywood films, while Handley later found greater fame in the BBC radio comedy show It's That Man Again.
The Disowned Self The Disowned Self was written by Nathaniel Branden in 1971, published by Nash Publications in January 1972 with two reissues. Then reissued in paperback by Bantam Books beginning in June, 1973 followed by more or less annual reissues through 1984.
The Disrobing of Christ El Espolio (or The Disrobing of Christ), a painting begun in the summer of 1577 and completed in the spring of 1579 for the High Altar of the sacristy of the Cathedral of Toledo, where it still hangs, is one of El Greco's most renowned works.M.
The Disrupt Instrumentals The Disrupt Instrumetals is an instrumental version of the debut album by Oh No, an American hip hop rapper and producer signed to Stones Throw Records. Madlib and J Dilla produced a few tracks, however, most of the production was handled by Oh No himself.
The Dissenters The Dissenters were a musical group predating The Quarrymen that included John Lennon, Stuart Sutcliffe, Rod Murray and Bill Harry. A plaque in Ye Cracke Pub in Rice Street, Liverpool, UK commemorates the group.
The Dissolution of Nicholas Dee The Dissolution of Nicholas Dee is a 1993 American novel by Matthew Stadler. The book is a striking example of postmodern narrative technique, in which different genres and styles of expression are mixed together.
The Distance (song) "The Distance" is a song by the American alternative rock band Cake. Released in 1997, "The Distance" was the first single from their second album, Fashion Nugget, and is among their biggest hits.
The Distribution of the Eagle Standards The Distribution of the Eagle Standards is a painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting a ceremony arranged by Napoleon after his assumption of power as emperor. In it he sought to revive the military ethos of the Roman empire.
The District Sleeps Alone Tonight The District Sleeps Alone Tonight was released July 8, 2003 by The Postal Service under the Sub Pop Records label. The album included the previously released title track "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight;" a cover of "Suddenly Everything Has Changed" by The Flaming Lips; and two remixed tracks, one by DJ Downfall titled "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight," and the other was John Tejada's "Such Great Heights".
The Dittohead's Guide to Adult Beverages The Dittohead's Guide To Adult Beverages (ISBN 0-89526-012-3) is a political humor book for fans of The Rush Limbaugh Show, also known as dittoheads. Written by Britt Gillette, a longtime fan of the show, the book catalogues the humorous on-air jargon frequently used by Rush Limbaugh (the term adult beverages itself being a part of the Limbaugh vocabulary).
The Ditty Bops The Ditty Bops is a band from Los Angeles, California that plays a blend of folk, bluegrass, jazz, western swing, ragtime and musical theater. They are headed by Abby DeWald (vocals and acoustic guitar) and Amanda Barrett (vocals, mandolin and dulcimer).
The Divine Comedy The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened "Divina" by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.
The Divine Nine The Divine Nine is the informal name for the nine black college fraternities and sororities. The name was made popular by the book, The Divine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities The organizations are members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council].
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a translation of the French memoir Le scaphandre et le papillon by Jean-Dominique Bauby. It describes what his life is like after suffering a massive stroke that left him with a condition called locked-in syndrome.
The Division The Division was a popular Lifetime Television series about a team of "Felony Division" police officers in the San Francisco Police Department, headed by Captain Kate McCafferty (Bonnie Bedelia). The series included glimpses into the officer's personal lives as well as their professional lives.
The Divorce The Divorce is a rock band from Seattle, Washington. Originally composed of Shane Berry, Jimmy Curran and Kyle Risan, their first full-length release was There Will Be Blood Tonight on Fugitive Records in 2003.
The Divorce of Lady X The Divorce of Lady X was a 1938 British romantic comedy film made by London Films and distributed by United Artists. It was directed by Tim Whelan and produced by Alexander Korda from a screenplay by Ian Dalrymple and Arthur Wimperis, adapted by Lajos BirĂł from the play Counsel's Opinion by Gilbert Wakefield.
The Dixie Hummingbirds The Dixie Hummingbirds are one of the most influential groups in gospel music, spanning more than 75 years from the jubilee quartet style of the 1920s, through the "hard gospel" quartet style of Gospel's golden age in the 1940s and 1950s, to the eclectic pop-tinged songs of the present era. Formed in the 1920s in Greenville, South Carolina, by James B.
The DJ in the Mix The DJ in the Mix is an album by German DJ André Tanneberger, better known as ATB. The compilation includes 32 tracks of new and previously released trance from well-known international musicians in the genre, such as Paul van Dyk, Chicane, Armin van Buuren, Binary Finary, Woody van Eyden, 2 Trance, and ATB himself.
The DJ Kat Show The DJ Kat show was a children's breakfast television programme presented by the puppet DJ Kat and his friend Linda de Mol, which ran from 1985 to 1995. The show was broadcast to the UK and Europe on satellite and cable channels Sky channel, Sky One and Sky Europe.
The DNI's Information Sharing Conference and Technology Exposition The Director of National Intelligence's Information Sharing Conference and Technology Exposition was formerlly known as the Intelink Conference. The 2006 conference was held 21-26 August, 2006 in Denver, Colorado.
The Doberman Gang The Doberman Gang is a 1972 film about a talented animal trainer uses a pack of Dobermans to commit bank robberies. The crooked canines deliver a note demanding cash, and snarl and bite the bank tellers if they don't deliver it quickly.
The Docks of New York The Docks of New York is a 1928 film starring George Bancroft, Betty Compson, Olga Baclanova, Clyde Cook and Mitchell Lewis which tells the story of a prostitute who tries to rise above her life on the docks by finding love. The story involves a freakishly strong ship stoker (George Bancroft) and the beautiful prostitute (Betty Compson) he saves from drowning.
The Doctor Dances The Doctor Dances is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on May 28, 2005. It is the second of a two-part story and saw Jack Harkness, played by John Barrowman, join the Doctor as a companion.
The Doctor Who Role Playing Game The Doctor Who Role Playing Game was a Doctor Who roleplaying game published by FASA in 1985. The game allowed players to assume similar roles to the Doctor and his companions or as agents of the Celestial Intervention Agency.
The Doctor's Case "The Doctor's Case" is a short story by Stephen King, originally published in "The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", a 1987 centennial collection, and reprinted in his collection Nightmares & Dreamscapes. An audio-book of stories from Nightmares & Dreamscapes was read by Tim Curry.
The Doctrine of Chances The Doctrine of Chances is a book on probability theory by 18th-century French mathematician Abraham de Moivre, published in 1718. De Moivre wrote in English because he resided in England at the time, having fled France to escape the persecution of Huguenots.
The Dodo "The Dodo" is the name of a satirical, sometimes underground magazine published by cadets at the United States Air Force Academy. Since its founding in 1957, The Dodo has occasionally been sanctioned (and censored) by Academy leadership, sometimes banned outright, and sometimes published entirely underground.
The Dog in the Manger The Dog in the Manger is a fable attributed to Aesop, concerning a dog who one afternoon lay down to sleep in the manger. On being awoken, he ferociously kept the cattle in the farm from eating the hay, even though he was unable to eat it himself, leading an ox to mutter the moral of the fable:
The Dogfather The Dogfather (A DePatie-Freleng Production, in association with Mirisch Company) was created by Hawley Pratt and Friz Freleng at DePatie-Freleng Enterprises. The series was released through theaters by United Artists and ran from 1974 to 1976.
The Dogs of Riga The Dogs of Riga (Hundarna i Riga) is a Swedish detective mystery by Henning Mankell, set in Riga, the capital of Latvia. It is the second book of the Kurt Wallander series, and was translated into English by Laurie Thompson.
The Dogs of the Dow According to The Dogs of the Dow investment strategy popularized by Michael O’Higgins in 1991, an investor should annually select for investment the ten Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks whose dividend is the highest fraction of their price.
The Dogs of War (film) Based on the best-selling novel by Frederick Forsyth, The Dogs Of War is a 1981 film starring Christopher Walken and Tom Berenger as part of a small group of mercenaries hired to depose the leader of the fictional African Republic of Zangaro, so that a British tycoon can gain access to a (literal) mountain of platinum.
The Dogs of War (novel) The Dogs of War is a 1974 novel by Frederick Forsyth and a 1981 film, based on the novel, directed by John Irvin. It follows a company of European mercenary soldiers who are hired by a British industrialist to overthrow the government of a fictitious African nation called Zangaro.
The Dogs of War (Pink Floyd song) "The Dogs of War" is the third song from Pink Floyd's 1987 album, A Momentary Lapse of Reason and was the third US single from the album. It was performed at every show on the band's 1987-1989 tours, and featured on the CD and video releases of Delicate Sound of Thunder.
The Dogwalker The Dogwalker is a 1999 independent film about a homeless slacker who lands a job walking an old lady's dog, and who subsequently gets caught up in a web of deceit, class struggles, sexual encounters and drug abuse. The cast included Will Stewart, Stepfanie Kramer and supermodel Stacey Williams, as well as African-American TV actor Walter Emanuel Jones.
The Dolphin Brothers The Dolphin Brothers was a pop/alternative band featuring Steve Jansen, and Richard Barbieri, both previously of the band Japan. The band released one album Catch the Fall in 1987, featuring Steve Jansen on drums, percussion, and lead vocals, and Richard Barbieri on keyboards and synthesizers.
The Domain (Austin) The Domain is a high-density business, retail, and residential center operated by Simon Property Group and Endeavor Real Estate Group, and is located in the high-tech corridor of northwest Austin, Texas. It is bordered on the west and north by Loop 1, on the south by Braker Lane, and on the east by the Austin IBM campus.
The Dominators (novel) The Dominators is the title of an unpublished novel by Donald Hamilton. The book, which was completed in the early 2000s, was intended to be the 28th novel in Hamilton's Matt Helm spy series, continuing the adventures of the character introduced in the 1960 novel Death of a Citizen and later popularized (in a comedic vein) by actor Dean Martin in a series of late-1960s motion pictures.
The Dominica Story The Dominica Story: A History of the Island is a history book from 1975, written by famed Dominican historian Lennox Honychurch. Originally presented as a miniseries for Radio Dominica (now DBS Radio) in 1974, the inaugural edition covered every aspect of local history from prehistory up to the then-present (the island's 1967 Associated Statehood).
The Dominion The Dominion was a Canadian transcontinental passenger train operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway. It first began as a summer service between Toronto, Ontario and Vancouver, British Columbia, operating in 1931 and 1932.
The Dominion Post (Morgantown) The Dominion Post is the only commercial daily newspaper in Morgantown, West Virginia. It is the merger, over time, of the Morgantown New Dominion, the Morgantown News, which became the Morgantown Dominion-News and the Morgantown Post.
The Dominion Post (Wellington) The Dominion Post is a metropolitan broadsheet newspaper published in Wellington, New Zealand, owned by the Australian Fairfax group, owners of The Age, Melbourne, and The Sydney Morning Herald. The paper was created by the previous owners, Independent Newspapers Limited (INL, 49% owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Limited), from an amalgamation of two Wellington broadsheets, The Dominion (commenced Dominion Day, 1907) and The Evening Post (1865), in July 2002.
The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory was the final album finished before Tupac Shakur's death and the first to be released after his death. Shakur had complete creative input on the album from the name of the album to the cover which Tupac chose to symbolize how the media has crucified him.
The Donna Summer Anthology The Donna Summer Anthology is a double compilation album by the American singer released by Polygram Records in 1993. The compilation featured the majority of Summer's best known songs right from the start of her success to the present day.
The Donner Party The Donner Party was a Californian folk revival band during the mid 1980's. The band consisted of Melanie Clarin on drums (and accordion), Sam Coomes on guitar (and violin and banjo) and Reinhold Johnson on bass.
The Donnie Darko Book The Donnie Darko Book, written by writer-director Richard Kelly, is a 2003 book about the film Donnie Darko. It includes an introduction by Jake Gyllenhaal, the screenplay, an in-depth interview with Kelly, facsimile pages from the Philosophy of Time Travel, photos and drawings from the film, and artwork it inspired.
The Doo Wop All Stars The Doo Wop All Stars was first formed in 1992, as one of the first "supergroups" in to the doo wop musical genre, taking individual members from their own respective groups and putting them together to form one group. "It's a show within a show," remarked Bobby Jay, WCBS FM lontime D.
The Doobie Brothers The Doobie Brothers are an American rock group, best known for hit singles like "Black Water", "China Grove," "Listen to the Music," "Long Train Runnin'," and "What a Fool Believes." They have sold millions of records from the 1970s to the present.
The Doodlebops The Doodlebops is a Canadian musical comedy series for preschool children. Beginning its broadcasting run in 2004, the series, produced by Cookie Jar Entertainment airs on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in Canada in the CBC Kids morning block, on the Disney Channel in the USA as part of the Playhouse Disney morning programming schedule and on Playhouse Disney (UK) in the UK.
The Doom Generation The Doom Generation is a film by director Gregg Araki. Released in 1995 it stars Rose McGowan, Johnathon Schaech and James Duval as two teenage and a 20-something punk drifters who get involved in a ménage à trois.
The Doomed City The Doomed City () is a 1975 science fiction novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, which is widely considered among the most philosophical of their novels. The name originates from a work by Nicholas Roerich which "astonished [the authors] a while ago with its gloomy beauty and the feeling of hopelessness radiating from it.
The Doon School The Doon School is a public school and a boarding school located in Dehra Dun in India; today, it is perhaps India's best-known school. The influence of Doon's alumni (who are known as Doscos), and the strength of its old boy network has been compared to Andover Eton,
The Door (novel) The Door is a novel by Hungarian writer Magda SzabĂł, originally published in Hungary in 1987, and translated into English in 1995 (by Stefan Draughon) for American publication, and again in 2005 (by Len Rix) by British publication. The novel concerns the developing relationship between a young Hungarian writer and her cleaner, and is partly autobiographical.
The Door (satirical Christian magazine) The Wittenburg Door Magazine is a Christian satire and humor magazine, published bimonthly by Dallas, Texas USA based nonprofit Trinity Foundation. Self billed as "The World's Pretty Much Only Religious Satire Magazine", it pokes fun at the pompous of all persuasions and publishes thoughtful interviews from those one would least expect to be interviewed by it - both inside and outside the church world.
The Door (Theatre) The Door is a flexible studio theatre seating between 140 and 200 opened in 1998 in Birmingham, England. It is situated next to the main house of the Birmingham Rep, who use it to perform experimental productions and new writing.
The Door Behind The Door Behind is the 38th release by avant-folk/blues singer/songwriter Jandek, released by his own Corwood Industries label (#0776). It was his third release of 2004 and came out on the heels of his debut live performance in Scotland on October 17, 2004.
The Door into Summer The Door into Summer is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, originally serialised in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (October, November, December 1956, with covers and interior illustrations by Frank Kelly Freas) and published in hardcover in 1957.
The Door Within Trilogy The Door Within Trilogy is a set of three books written by Wayne Thomas Batson describing the adventures of teenager Aidan Thomas through the land of Alleble. The three titles of the books are The Door Within, The Rise of the Wyrm Lord, and The Final Storm.
The Doors The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles by keyboardist Ray Manzarek, vocalist Jim Morrison, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger. They were one of the most controversial bands of their time, due mostly to Morrison's cryptic lyrics and unpredictable stage persona.
The Doors (film) The Doors is a 1991 film about Jim Morrison and The Doors. It was directed by Oliver Stone, and stars Val Kilmer as Morrison, Meg Ryan as Pamela Courson (Morrison's companion), Kevin Dillon as John Densmore, Kyle MacLachlan as Ray Manzarek, Frank Whaley as Robby Krieger and Kathleen Quinlan as Patricia Kennealy.
The Doors of Perception The Doors of Perception is a 1954 book by Aldous Huxley detailing his experiences when taking mescaline. This short book is considered to be one of the more profound studies of the effects of mind-expanding drugs and what they teach about how the mind works.
The Doris Day Christmas Album The Doris Day Christmas Album was an album of Christmas songs performed by Doris Day, released by Columbia Records on September 14, 1964 as a monophonic LP album (catalog number CL-2226) and a stereophonic LP album (catalog CS-9026).
The Doris Day Show The Doris Day Show is an 128-episode American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 1968 until September 1973. In addition to showcasing Doris Day, the show is remembered for its many abrupt format changes over the course of its five-year run.
The Dosadi Experiment The Dosadi Experiment is a science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert in 1977. It is the second full-length novel set in the ConSentiency universe established by Herbert in his novelette The Tactful Saboteur and continued in Whipping Star.
The Double (Mariners) On October 8, 1995, Edgar Martinez, long time designated hitter for Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners, came up with a clutch hit that gave the Mariners their first playoff series win. The play has since been known by Mariners fans as "the double.
The Double Life of Véronique La double vie de Véronique ("The Double Life of Véronique"; Polish title, "Podwójne życie Weroniki") is a 1991 French- and Polish-language film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski, co-written by Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz, starring Irène Jacob, with music by Zbigniew Preisner.
The Double: A Petersburg Poem The Double: A Petersburg Poem is a novella written by Fyodor Dostoevsky, and first published in 1846. The novella deals with the internal psychological struggle of its main character, to whom Dostoevsky refers as "our hero", Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin.

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