History (from Greek ἱστορία, historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation") is the study of the past, specifically how it relates to humans. It is an umbrella term that relates to past events as well as the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about these events. The term includes cosmic, geologic, and organic history, but is often generically implied to mean human history. Scholars who write about history are called . Events occurring prior to wr..
William Henry " Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. In 1975, Gates and Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft, which became the world's largest PC software company. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, CEO and chief software architect, and was the largest individual shareholder until May 2014. Gates has authored and co-authored several books.
Harry Bowly "H. B." Hollins (1854 – February 24, 1938) was an Americanfinancier, banker, and railroad magnate. He was responsible for organizing the banking and brokerage firm bearing his name, H.B. Hollins & Co. in 1878.
Frank Vincent ZappaUntil discovering his birth certificate as an adult, Zappa believed he had been christened "Francis", and he is credited as Francis on some of his early albums. His legal name was always "Frank", however, never "Francis". Cf. Zappa with Occhiogrosso, 1989, The Real Frank Zappa Book, p. 15. (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, composer, recording engineer, record producer, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 ..
Thermodynamics is a branch of natural science concerned with heat and its relation to energy and work. It defines macroscopic variables (such as temperature, internal energy, entropy, and pressure) that characterize materials and radiation, and explains how they are related and by what laws they change with time. Thermodynamics describes the average behavior of very large numbers of microscopic constituents, and its laws can be derived from statistical mechanics.
Arthur Casagrande (August 28, 1902 – September 6, 1981) was an Austrian-born American civil engineer who made important contributions to the fields of engineering geology and geotechnical engineering during its infancy. Renowned for his ingenious designs of soil testing apparatus and fundamental research on and soil liquefaction, he is also credited for developing the soil mechanics teaching programme at Harvard University during the early 1930s that has since been modelled in many universities around th..
The Sakha (Yakutia) Republic (p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə sɐˈxa jɪˈkutʲɪjə; Саха Өрөспүүбүлүкэтэ, Sakha Öröspǖbülükete) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic). It has a population of 958,528 (2010 Census), consisting mainly of ethnic Yakuts and Russians.
André Coelho Matos (born September 14, 1971) is a Brazilian vocalist, pianist and composer. He was involved in the heavy metal bands Viper, Angra and Shaaman. Since October 2006 André Matos has been dedicating his time to his solo band.
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The rental hit of 1983 arrives on DVD from original archive elements and packed with exclusive new extras!Unbeknown to the passengers on board a cruise ship in the Caribbean a mysterious vessel is approaching - on a collision course! Despite the attempts..
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Assiah, the realm of humans, and Gehenna, the realm of demons. Normally, these two dimensions would never intersect, but having possessed all material substances, the demons are now intruding on the material world. But among the human race, there are those..
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Now book number eleven in the series, Knife of Dreams, will be available in trade paperback for the first time. This new edition will feature cover art from artist Michael Komarck. This stunning cover art debuted on the eBook and will now grace bookst..
Contrasting a selection of 45 archive images alongside full-color modern photographs, this book delves into the changing faces and buildings of Liverpool. Comparing the fashionable man about town to his modern counterparts, and workers of yesteryear w..
See Ottawa`s birth in the wilderness, witness her development over two centuries and see her poised to enter a third. From untouched forest to flourishing city, Ottawa Then & Now offers an intimate portrait of Ottawa`s businesses, homes, schools, trans..
For Mack McKinley and his team of GhostWalker killing machines, urban warfare is an art. But despite a hard-won knowledge of the San Francisco streets, Mack knows from experience that too many things can still go wrong. Danger was just another part ..
Somewhere between love and forgiveness lies redemption. 1920, Swandyke, Colorado. A large split of snow separates from Jubilee Mountain and hurtles down the rocky slope, enveloping everything in its path, including nine children. Only four children survive..
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Since number entry was one of the primary functions of the keyboard at that time, having the numeric keypad on the right side made sense. Nowadays, most users use the mouse far more than the numeric keypad, so the keypad now occupies the space where the mo..
A Nightmare on Elm StreetWitness the birth of slasher horror in this digitally remastered masterpiece of Wes Craven's Nightmare On Elm Street. The malevolent Fred Krueger (Robert Englund) was a vicious child murderer until he was burnt alive in his own bo..
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Crawl is a character-driven thriller set in an unknown, rural town. A seedy bar-owner hires a mysterious Croatian to murder an acquaintance over an unpaid debt. The crime is carried out, but a planned double-crossing backfires and an innocent waitress sudd..
It is the final days of World War II, and Luigi Manin (Luca Zingaretti) is one of many Italian prisoners of war being held on U.S. soil. His prison is the Hereford Internment Camp in Texas, a grim place commanded by Colonel Gartner (Roy Scheider). After se..
Alex has a premonition that a flight he's on, headed to France, will crash. He tells everyone to get off the ill-fated aircraft. Seven people including Alex, are forced to disembark. Moments later in the departure lounge the students see the plane explode ..
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