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His book The Shortest History of Germany (Old St.) was published in May 2017. [2] It reached #2 in the Sunday Times non-fiction pb bestsellers (May 2018). The Shortest History of England (2020) reached #4 in The Times non-fiction pb bestsellers. His latest book is Brilliant Isles, the tie-in to the BBCTV series Art That Made Us (2022 ...
Richard James Flaherty (November 28, 1945 — May 9, 2015) was a historically notable United States Army captain in Vietnam War service. As once the smallest serviceman in USA history (standing at 4 feet 9 inches (1.45 m)) and inspired to undermine size-prejudice, investing his military leadership with insight and skills to survive bravery - Capt. Flaherty is today renowned as "The Giant Killer".
The Book of Obadiah is a book of the Bible whose authorship is attributed to Obadiah. Obadiah is one of the Twelve Minor Prophets in the final section of Nevi'im, the second main division of the Hebrew Bible. The text consists of a single chapter, divided into 21 verses with 440 Hebrew words, making it the shortest book in the Torah (The Hebrew ...
Ian Andrew Goldin (born 1955) [1] is a South African-born British professor at the University of Oxford in England, and was the founding director of the Oxford Martin School. [2][3][4][5][6][7] Goldin is currently [when?] the director of the Oxford Martin Research Programmes on Technological and Economic Change, [8] Future of Work [9] and ...
t. e. The Third Epistle of John[a] is the third-to-last book of the New Testament and the Christian Bible as a whole, and attributed to John the Evangelist, traditionally thought to be the author of the Gospel of John and the other two epistles of John. The Third Epistle of John is a personal letter sent by "the elder" (the presbyter) to a man ...
World's shortest identical twins (Greg Rice, John Rice) until 2005 with the death of John Rice. [25] [26] 1951–2005 1951 – (Greg Rice) Brazil: 90.3 cm (35.6 in) 91.1 cm (35.9 in) Paulo Gabriel Barros & Katyucia Hoshino Married couple In 2016, Guinness World Records awarded the title of Shortest Married Couple to Paulo, and Katyucia from Brazil.
A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes is a book on theoretical cosmology by the physicist Stephen Hawking. It was first published in 1988. Hawking wrote the book for readers who had no prior knowledge of physics. In A Brief History of Time, Hawking writes in non-technical terms about the structure, origin, development and ...
New York City, United States. Other names. Princess Pauline. Known for. Shortest verified woman ever. Height. 24 in (61 cm) Pauline Musters (February 26, 1878 – March 1, 1895) was a Dutch woman. She is recognized by the Guinness World Records as the shortest woman ever recorded, standing at only 24 inches (61 cm) tall.