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The English lawn became a symbol of status of the aristocracy and gentry; it showed that the owner could afford to keep land that was not being used for a building or for food production. 1668: Earliest concept of a metric system proposed by John Wilkins (1614–1672) in An Essay towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language .
Nine Stories is an English-language collection of short stories written in Russian, French, and English by Vladimir Nabokov. It was published in December 1947 by New Directions in New York City, as the second issue of a serial, Direction. [1] The nine stories are: "The Aurelian" (a translation by Nabokov and Peter Pertzov of "Pil'gram")
The Silent World (subtitle: A story of undersea discovery and adventure, by the first men to swim at record depths with the freedom of fish) is a 1953 book co-authored by Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Frédéric Dumas, and edited by James Dugan. [1]
Nine Stories is a collection of short stories by American fiction writer J. D. Salinger published in April 1953. It includes two of his most famous short stories, " A Perfect Day for Bananafish " and " For Esmé – with Love and Squalor ".
a September 1977 segment of 60 Minutes by Dan Rather, who also interviewed Ova Noss [9] the 1978 book 100 Tons of Gold by David Leon Chandler [10] the television show Unsolved Mysteries; originally on May 10, 1989, and an update on February 11, 1990 [11] a 2008 book co-authored by Robert Boswell, titled What Men Call Treasure [12]
From ancient history to the modern day, the clitoris has been discredited, dismissed and deleted -- and women's pleasure has often been left out of the conversation entirely. Now, an underground art movement led by artist Sophia Wallace is emerging across the globe to challenge the lies, question the myths and rewrite the rules around sex and the female body.
Harry Stottlemeier's Discovery [1] is a philosophical novel for children written by Matthew Lipman. The novel was Lipman's first, and inaugurated the educational movement known as Philosophy for Children. It was first published in 1971 and revised in 1974. [2] The book deals with everyday situations which a group of children encounter.
Download: The True Story of the Internet is a documentary television series about Internet history. It is aired on Science Channel in the US and Discovery Channel for other countries. It originally aired on March 3, 2008.