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  2. Orthe (series) - Wikipedia

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    Orthe is a series of science fiction novels by British writer Mary Gentle. [1]The Orthe series consists of the books Golden Witchbreed (published 1983) [1] and Ancient Light (1987) [1] and the short story "The Crystal Sunlight, the Bright Air" (1983, republished 1989 in Scholars and Soldiers). [2]

  3. Arkady Martine - Wikipedia

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    Martine's first novel, A Memory Called Empire, published in 2019, is the beginning of her Teixcalaan series. [1] It is set in a future where the Teixcalaanli empire governs most of human space, and is about to absorb Lsel (apparently from Armenian "lsel" translating to "listen"), an independent mining station. Lsel ambassador Mahit Dzmare is ...

  4. A Memory Called Empire - Wikipedia

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    A Memory Called Empire won the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel [1] and the 2020 Compton Crook Award, [6] and was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novel of 2019. [7] Publishers Weekly gave the novel a starred review, calling it a "gorgeously crafted space opera", and lauding its worldbuilding and backstory. [8]

  5. Method of loci - Wikipedia

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    The method of loci is also known as the memory journey, memory palace, journey method, memory spaces, or mind palace technique. This method is a mnemonic device adopted in ancient Roman and Greek rhetorical treatises (in the anonymous Rhetorica ad Herennium , Cicero 's De Oratore , and Quintilian 's Institutio Oratoria ).

  6. Ridley Scott explains why emperors in his films are all ... - AOL

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    ‘Your choice is water or wine. When you drink water, it’s through a lead system that by then could be 200 years old,’ he says

  7. Golden Bull of 1356 - Wikipedia

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    The Golden Bull of 1356 (Czech: Zlatá bula, German: Goldene Bulle, German pronunciation: [ˈɡɔldənə ˈbʊlə] ⓘ, Latin: Bulla Aurea, Italian: Bolla d'oro) was a decree issued by the Imperial Diet at Nuremberg and Metz (Diet of Metz, 1356/57) headed by the Emperor Charles IV which fixed, for a period of more than four hundred years, important aspects of the constitutional structure of ...

  8. Golden Empire Most Wanted: Dec. 12, 2024

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    Golden Empire Most Wanted: Dec. 12, 2024. KGET Bakersfield. Joshua Eyraud. December 12, 2024 at 7:48 PM. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — U.S. Marshals are asking the community for help to locate a ...

  9. Memoirs of a Geisha - Wikipedia

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    Memoirs of a Geisha is a historical fiction novel by American author Arthur Golden, published in 1997.The novel, told in first person perspective, tells the story of Nitta Sayuri and the many trials she faces on the path to becoming and working as a geisha in Kyoto, Japan, before, during and after World War II.