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John Piña Craven (October 30, 1924 – February 12, 2015) was an American scientist who was known for his involvement with Bayesian search theory and the recovery of lost objects at sea. He was Chief Scientist of the Special Projects Office of the United States Navy.
La Pina owner Patrick Todd, right, sits next to Jaime Orendian, owner of Arette Tequila, on a pile of pinas, the heart of the agave plant that is harvested to make tequila and mezcal. Why his next ...
A Separate Peace is a coming-of-age novel by John Knowles, published in 1959.Based on his earlier short story "Phineas", published in the May 1956 issue of Cosmopolitan, it was Knowles's first published novel and became his best-known work.
“Pigeon Feathers” is a work of short fiction by John Updike which first appeared in The New Yorker on April 27, 1956. The story was collected in Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories (1962) by Alfred A. Knopf. [1] “Pigeon Feathers” was listed among the recipients of the O. Henry Award in 1962. [2]
Florante at Laura [a] is an 1838 awit written by Tagalog poet Francisco Balagtas.The story was dedicated to his former sweetheart María Asunción Rivera, whom he nicknamed "M.A.R." and Selya in Kay Selya ("For Celia").
For style, Horn Book Magazine said, "The fast paced action propels the plot." [23] It also said "Feinstein's ease with the sports milieu creates a glamorous background." [23] In general, Cover Up received mixed reviews. Horn Book Magazine wrote that Cover Up is an "Undemading, but satisfying read. It's a great mix of fact and fiction that ...
Macario is a 1960 Mexican supernatural drama film directed by Roberto Gavaldón, starring Ignacio López Tarso and Pina Pellicer.It is based on the novel of the same name by B. Traven, loosely based on the Brothers Grimm story Godfather Death, set in the Viceroyalty of New Spain (modern-day Mexico).
The story is told in the form of letters exchanged between fifteen-year-old girls, Mandy and Tracey. They begin writing after Tracey places an ad in fictional magazine GDY . The two girls share information about their lives from school, to family, to relationships.