what book is the series a place to call home based on
History of communication studies


series of books and edited volumes that helped define the discipline, such as "Personal Influence" (1955) which remains a classic in what is called the 'media effects'-tradition. From the 1940s and onwards, the University of Chicago was home to several committees and commissions on communications, as well as programs that educated communication scholars. In contrast to what took place at Columbia, these programs explicitly claimed the name 'communications' for themselves. The Committee on Communication and Public Opinion, also funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, was
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A Place to Call Home (season 6)


A Place to Call Home" was a series which was saved by its fans and so the journey of this, the final chapter, is a very important one. It was imperative for us that the series retain its integrity and that we would bring the series to a close at its natural story point and that is what everyone who loves the show can expect." Foxtel's Head of Drama, Penny Win stated, "At Foxtel we have loved bringing this series to audiences and we know that it will be a
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Alisa Knows What to Do!


Alisa Knows What to Do! () is a Russian animated series, based on the books of Kir Bulychev about Alisa Selezneva. The premiere took place on 16 November 2013 on STS a day before the official birthday of Alisa, and three months later on February 3, 2014 on the Carousel TV channel. This is the first screen version of Alisa Selezneva in which many episodes of the series are original stories and not based directly on the books by Bulychev, and the first screen version made using computer animation. Guest appearance
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Lorraine Pascale


. In January 2011, Pascale presented a television bakery programme, "Baking Made Easy", on BBC television and published a bakery book based upon this series. Later that year, a second series, "Home Cooking Made Easy", was broadcast in September and October, with an accompanying book. A "Last Minute Christmas" programme aired on BBC Two on 22 December 2011. A third book was published in 2012 and a series based upon it, called "Fast, Fresh & Easy Food", aired in
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The Magic School Bus (video game series)


"The Magic School Bus" franchise includes many units of educational software published by Microsoft. The video game series of interactive adventures was based on "The Magic School Bus" book series and public television series. Most of the original titles were created by the software company Music Pen in collaboration with Microsoft and Scholastic Press, the publisher of the "Magic School Bus" book series. To access the home market, Microsoft created a video game brand called Microsoft Home, and a software series was created under that umbrella. Though
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A Place to Call Home (season 5)


passion for hundreds of thousands of people who watch it every week." Production on the fifth season began in February 2017. Of the show's return, Foxtel's Head of Drama, Penny Win stated, ""A Place to Call Home" has continued to build very strong audiences and passionate fans throughout its time on Foxtel. We are thrilled with the success of the series both here and around the world, and series five promises to be more of what our audience loves. The incredible cast, whose performances are
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2013 Japan Series


first base in an attempt to throw out a head-first-sliding Fujita. First base umpire Kenjiro Mori called Fujita safe, however replays showed that he should have been out as the ball reached the base first. Giants' manager Tatsunori Hara came onto the field to argue the call with Mori but the call stood. Mori's blown call was exaggerated when Terauchi hit what should have been a game-tying solo home run the next inning. After collecting only two runs on nine hits in each of the Series'
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Nancy Mudge


base. Meanwhile, the called "Home Run Twins", Chris Ballingall (17) and Carol Habben (15), powered the offense with 32 home runs; Peppas and Schroeder enjoyed big numbers, and Kalamazoo advanced to the Championship Series. As a result, the Lassies defeated the Daisies in a best-of-five games series, during what turned out to be the AAGPBL final season. ″Smudgie″, as her teammates called her, returned home after the league disbanded. She married and changed her name to Nancy
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Clarice Bean series


The Clarice Bean series is a series of children's books written and illustrated by the English author Lauren Child from 1999. The main character and narrator is Clarice Bean and the stories feature her challenges navigating the complex ethical and social questions children deal with at school and at home. A spin-off series titled Ruby Redfort, which the US publisher called a "six-book middlegrade fiction series" in advance, was inaugurated in 2011. Both "That's Me" and "What Planet?" were bronze runners-
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1,000 Places to See Before You Die


ones such as the Grand Canyon in the United States and the Dead Sea in Israel. The book blends well-known places with rather unknown ones. On March 29, 2007, the Travel Channel and Discovery HD Theater premiered a series based on the book's locations, called "1,000 Places to See Before You Die". Patricia Schultz published a follow-up edition in 2007 called "1,000 Places to See in the USA and Canada Before You Die". The book's chapters are broken down by geographical locations.
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Fun Home


Reality-Based Work. In 2008, "Entertainment Weekly" placed "Fun Home" at #68 in its list of "New Classics" (defined as "the 100 best books from 1983 to 2008"). "The Guardian" included "Fun Home" in its series "1000 novels everyone must read", noting its "beautifully rendered" details. In 2009, "Fun Home" was listed as one of the best books of the previous decade by "The Times" of London, "Entertainment
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Surreal World


. Selected Credits - Feature Film and TV Ride Like A Girl (2018) Wentworth - Series 7 (2018) A Place To Call Home - Series 6 (2018) Nowhere Boys - Series 4 (2018) Homecoming Queens (2018) Wentworth - Series 6 (2017) A Place To Call Home - Series 5 (2017) Home And Away (2017) Nowhere Boys - Series 3 (2017) Home And Away (2016) A Place To Call Home - Series 4 (2016) Barracuda (2016) Wentworth
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What Not to Wear (British TV series)


where they would drive their cars, work in their jobs and live in their homes. There, they would make the participant's husbands a meal, meet their other close family and venture into the participants wardrobe to dispose of any "unsuitable" clothing. The rest of the episode would sustain the format seen in previous series. Trinny and Susannah are the authors of several fashion advice books based on the series. Their books have proceeded to become number one bestsellers in Britain and have been translated throughout the world. Other success
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Surreal World


- Series 4 (2016) Nowhere Boys Movie - The Book Of Shadows (2016) Home And Away (2015) A Place To Call Home - Series 3 (2015) Oddball (2015) Nowhere Boys - Series 2 (2015) Winter - TV Series (2014) Paper Planes (2014) Wentworth - Series 3 (2014) The Killing Field - Mini Series (2014) Maximum Choppage (2014) The Menkoff Method (2014) Wentworth - Series 2 (2014) The Worst Year Of My Life Again (
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The Lost Books (novel series)


, who has been in the world for about 10 years and become a famous millionaire. They put their books together and think of what to do, but the books are stolen by a mysterious figure and Alucard, who has been there thousands of years. They go to Alucard's hiding place in Romania and find out the last three book of history's locations. They get the books and break into Alucard's lair while no one is home. The mysterious woman arrives and reveals herself to be Darsal, about ten years
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Fahrenheit 451


In book 14 of the "Guardians of Ga'Hoole" series by Kathryn Lasky, published in 2008 and entitled , Braithe states that the name of the Place of Living Books, also called "Brad", comes from an author's name: "The author's full name is not known. We call him Ray Brad. We think it's only scraps of his name but what is important is that "he wrote about book burning"", thus referencing "Fahrenheit 451" and Ray Bradbury. In the 2019 film
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Warstrider series


The Warstrider series is a BattleTech-esque series by William H. Keith, Jr.. The series is based upon a futuristic world where Japan has taken control of Earth politics and of the majority of human colonies on other worlds. Humans are engaged in a war with creatures known only as Xenophobes. Human-kind has never managed to communicate with the creatures and only has their attacks to base what information is known about them on. Later books detail humanity's conflict with itself, and a race of artificial beings called the Web
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Chris Kientz


http://www.kidsfirst.org/submit-a-title/kf-what-best-award.html He is also known as a writer for a 56 book series based on First Nation's trickster stories, written along with David Bouchard. He worked closely with Tribal Elders in the creation of these books for Scholastic. He is currently writing a history based series for the Smithsonian Institution called Secret Smithsonian. He also continues his work in program development, specifically for healthcare, coordinating project design and business development, as well as concentrating on research of new methods of digital distribution of media and interactive systems including VR. As an
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A Place to Call Home (season 6)


The sixth and final season (also known as A Place to Call Home: The Final Chapter) of the Seven Network television series "A Place to Call Home" premiered on Showcase 19 August 2018. The series is produced by Chris Martin-Jones, and executive produced by Penny Win and Julie McGauran. On 6 December 2017, Foxtel announced that "A Place to Call Home" had been renewed for a sixth season. It was later announced, on 19 March 2018 that the 10-episode sixth season would be the series
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Me and My Monsters


third book was called Monster mess and was based on series 1, episode 12. The fourth and final book was called Monster school and was based on series 1, episode 2. Although all books are based on episodes from series 1, the third and fourth book were released during series 2. All books are written by Rory Growler. NOTE: Only Series 2 Episodes 1-7 were broadcast in HD on BBC HD in Spring 2011 and Series 1 Episodes 1-4 on CBBC HD throughout December 2013, although all
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The Rainbow Fish


of the book was released on VHS and DVD. The home video releases also contain the film "Dazzle the Dinosaur" which is based on another book written by Pfister and published in 1994. The animated short film features a song called "Giving Makes You Special". "Rainbow Fish" was adapted into a children's animated television series. However, the television series does not follow the plot of the book; rather it takes the character and the setting and creates a new story with them. Some characters were added
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Marvel Comics)


G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero is a comic book that was published by Marvel Comics from 1982 to 1994. Based on Hasbro, Inc.'s "" line of military-themed toys, the series has been credited for making "G.I. Joe" into a pop-culture phenomenon. "G.I. Joe" was also the first comic book to be advertised on television, in what has been called a "historically crucial moment in media convergence." The series was written for most of its 155-issue run by comic book writer
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Wonders of Life (TV series)


arise. Brian travels to Africa and Madagascar to analyse why Earth is a fertile place and how it allows complex life to exist. The fourth episode sees Brian in Australia, looking at how the size of each plant and animal affects how long it can survive. In the final episode, Cox travels to Mexico to explain what makes Earth a home for life and ask what ingredients were required for complex life to begin. The Region 2 DVD discs were released on 4 March 2013. A book related to the series was authored
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Who Was...?


Who Was..? is a book series published by Grosset & Dunlap designed for children since 2002. The books are basic biographies of important people and were written by different authors. Related titles include Where Is..., What Is..., Who is,and who was which are about famous places and important historical events. Many American public libraries contain copies of volumes in this series. On May 11, 2018, Netflix premiered 13 half-hour episodes of "The Who Was? Show"; a sketch comedy based on
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Wil Cwac Cwac


Wil Cwac Cwac is a Welsh-language television cartoon created in 1982, based on a series of children's books written in the early 1930s by Jennie Thomas and J. O. Williams (including the famous Welsh-language book "Llyfr Mawr y Plant"). Both book and cartoon series take place in rural Wales. The Welsh-language series was produced by Siriol Animation for S4C. An English-language version of the show (called Will Quack Quack) was produced for the wider English-speaking market. The first 20
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A Place to Call Home (TV series)


Development for "A Place to Call Home" began after Bevan Lee completed his "domestic trilogy" ("Always Greener", "Packed to the Rafters" and "Winners & Losers"). He took inspiration from film director Douglas Sirk's 1950s films such as "Written on the Wind" (1956) and "All That Heaven Allows" (1955). Lee told "The Age" that he wanted to create a romance-driven melodrama based in the 1950s because people's lives in the present are
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Pollepel Island


. In the first book of The Vampire Journals series, entitled "Turned", by author Morgan Rice, the Island of Pollepel is used as a vampire coven's territory and Bannerman's Castle is their home and training grounds. Bannerman Island is the home of Roanoke Academy for the Sorcerous Arts in L. Jagi Lamplighter's "The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin." Wesley Gottlock and Barbara H. Gottlock authored a children's book called, ""My Name is Eleanor"." It is based on photographs, interviews and
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This Isn't What It Looks Like


This Isn't What It Looks Like is a book by anonymous author Pseudonymous Bosch. It is the fourth book in the pentalogy "The Secret Series", and is the sequel to "This Book Is Not Good for You", "If You're Reading This, It's Too Late", and "The Name of this Book is Secret". The book is based on the sense of sight as the other books are based on scent, sound, and taste. It acts as the continued part of "
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Dorothy Schroeder


June Peppas at first base, Nancy Mudge at second, and Fern Shollenberger at third. Meanwhile, the called "Home Run Twins", Chris Ballingall (17) and Carol Habben (15), powered the offense with 32 home runs; Peppas enjoyed a year career, and Kalamazoo advanced to the Championship Series. As a result, the Lassies defeated the Daisies in a best-of-five games series, with a decisive eight-inning RBI double by Schroeder in Game 5, during what turned out to be
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Kalevala


mini-series called "Rauta-aika" (The Age of Iron), with music composed by Aulis Sallinen and book by Paavo Haavikko. The series was set "during the Kalevala times" and based upon events which take place in "The Kalevala". The series' part 3/4 won Prix Italia in 1983. The martial arts film "Jadesoturi" (a.k.a. "Jade Warrior"), released in Finland on 13 October 2006, is based upon the "Kalevala" and set in Finland and China.
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The Theoretical Minimum


The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics is a popular science book by Leonard Susskind and George Hrabovsky. The book was initially published on January 29, 2013 by Basic Books. The Theoretical Minimum is a book and a Stanford University-based continuing-education lecture series, which became a popular YouTube-featured content. The series commenced with "What You Need to Know" (above) reissued under the title "Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum". The series presently stands at three books
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The Dogs of Babel


Paul Iverson called home to find a police officer answering the phone and suggesting him to come home. When he comes home he finds his wife, Alexandra "Lexy" Ransome, dead, fallen from an apple tree. The police declared it an accident, but Paul is bothered by the "anomalies" he finds, such as signs of someone cooking steak, a rearrangement of the book shelf, and the question as to what his wife was doing in the apple tree in the first place. The only witness to her
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Moving Pictures (novel)


Moving Pictures is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, published in 1990, the tenth book in his "Discworld" series. The book takes place in Discworld's most famous city, Ankh-Morpork and a hill called "Holy Wood". It is the first "Discworld" novel to feature Mustrum Ridcully, Archchancellor of Unseen University, as a character. The alchemists of the Discworld have invented moving pictures. Many hopefuls are drawn by the siren call of Holy Wood, home of the fledgling "clicks"
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Paul Akers


. Summertime visits to Leanne’s parents near Bellingham gave Paul glimpses of what he described as “the most beautiful place in the world,” and the couple moved to Bellingham, Washington in 1993 to raise their son and daughter. With experience as a developer and contractor, Akers built their family home near Bellingham, along with much of the furniture in it. The "lean" living concept also led Paul to author a series of books on leading a lean lifestyle in both the office and at home. In 2010 Akers
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City of Gold (book)


of the Old Testament, which I did in the different voices of different people telling the stories for specific purposes while they still existed only in the oral tradition." The request and its deliberate fulfillment place the book near the "commissioned" end of the spectrum. Some others "begin with only what you might call the idea of an idea, a hunch, that there might be a book in them thar hills". His editor Joanna Goldsworthy at Gollancz made the request, he recalls, for a series of retellings
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David Leonhardt


part of a new series of short e-books from the newspaper and Byliner. Matthew Yglesias, of "Slate," wrote in a review of "Here's the Deal": "if you're not a member of Congress and just want to understand the budgetary landscape on the merits, this is a great place to start". Ezra Klein, of "The Washington Post", called the book "one of the calmest, clearest looks you'll find at the deficit — both what it is and how
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Friday Harbor, Washington


and founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Friday Harbor is the setting of the Friday Harbor novel series by Lisa Kleypas. The 2012 Hallmark Film called "Christmas with Holly" is the TV-movie adaptation of "Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor", the first book in the series, and also features Friday Harbor. Friday Harbor was the location for the 1966 feature film "Namu, the Killer Whale", based on a true story. Friday Harbor was also the home base for Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, where
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Spike Witwicky


to that continuity. Indeed, Buster was fully intended to exist in "place" of Spike for the comic book series, until the release of the Fortress Maximus toy in 1987, which included Spike as a Headmaster partner, hence necessitating the hurried introduction of Spike into the comic book continuity. Returning home from college to discover that his father's garage had been destroyed, Spike investigated the Autobots' deserted base at Mount Saint Hillary, learning that Buster had been captured by the Earth-based Decepticons. While there, he
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Catherine MacPhail


called "My Mammy and Me", another one called "We Gotta Get Outta This Place." Set in Greenock, inspired by my own experiences. And my first book, the book that changed my life, "Run Zan Run", based on what happened to my own daughter Katie, in Greenock. A tip, if you want to be a writer, don't ever think nothing ever happens to you, because your own life is so interesting, if you just think about it. My only
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Resco (London) LTD


Resco (London) LTD is a London-based business which aims to decrease homelessness and poverty in the city. Resco started in 2010 as a homeless drop-in. The founder, Max Manners, realised that social tenancies were unsustainable because the tenants didn’t feel at home. In addition, Manners realised that without a secure place to call home, employability was near impossible. This led to the creation of what was then called the Chiswick Furniture Centre, a social impact business that seeks to support sustainable tenancies, helping
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Bing (TV series)


episode when Bing has successfully conquered a troubling task or enjoyed a new childhood experience. The series of 78, eight minute episodes show the "mishaps, mess, energy and wonder of being a relatively new human being". The programme focuses on real-life situations experienced by many toddlers and their parents. At the end, Bing summarizes what he has learnt in the episode, with Flop intoning "It's a Bing thing". "Bing" was based on a series of books called "Bing Bunny" written
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Albert Says... Nature Knows Best


Albert sagt… Natur – aber nur! (Albert Says Nature Knows Best) was a German science cartoon series which was broadcast with 13 episodes on ZDF between 1996 and 1997. The series is based on the books of Frederic Vester, and in foreground was the teaching of environmental and ecological awareness. A spin-off series, called Albert auf Entdeckungstour (Albert Asks What is Life?), was released in 2002. The main character Albert is a mythical creature that, according to the outside, like a combination of
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Madison Avenue Grounds


in the paper the next day, it said that "the ground was found to be uneven, and the Union clubs will play no more there, going back to Union Park, Belair Lot" for their remaining home games. James H. Bready, in his book "The Home Team", a history of the Baltimore baseball clubs, places the location (based on old maps) on a block roughly bounded by what is now Madison Avenue (southwest); Boundary Avenue (later North Avenue) (north);
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Abigail Child


viewed underground scene. In 2012, Child completed a feature film, "Shape of Error," an imaginary “home movie” based on the diaries of Mary Shelley during her marriage with Percy Shelley. Child is also the author of five books of poetry (published between 1983 and 2012) and a book of critical writings: "This Is Called Moving: A Critical Poetics of Film" (2005). A collection of writings by various authors on "Is This What You Were Born For?", including a
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Verbal Behavior


Verbal Behavior is a 1957 book by psychologist B. F. Skinner, in which he inspects human behavior, describing what is traditionally called linguistics. The book "Verbal Behavior" is almost entirely theoretical, involving little experimental research in the work itself. It was an outgrowth of a series of lectures first presented at the University of Minnesota in the early 1940s and developed further in his summer lectures at Columbia and William James lectures at Harvard in the decade before the book's publication. A growing body of research and applications based on "
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Never Land Books


The Never Land Books or Never Land Adventures are a series of short chapter books set in Never Land, the home of Peter Pan. They are based on the situations and characters established in the novel "Peter and the Starcatchers" and its sequels. Like the novels, they are written by Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry and suspense novelist Ridley Pearson, and illustrated by Greg Call. Although five Never Land books were planned, only three were published, in 2006–2008. The stories focus on supporting characters from the novels
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Book-It Repertory Theatre


Seattle area. These performances include a book for each student as well as a study guide and interactive workshop. One of the shows that tours every year is called "Danger: Books!" and features actors reading from books that have been banned or challenged in the US. This series takes place on the main stage, and usually hosts about three shows per season. They include a short play based on a children's or young adult book, a book-themed craft project, and workshops for younger and older children
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Book censorship in the United States


would tell parents what books their children read, ultimately leaving it in the hands of parents to decide what their children should read, rather than the school. The seven-book "Harry Potter" series by J.K.Rowling has been highly popular since the first novel came out in 1997, leading to the release of eight movies based on the series and an amusement park inspired by the characters. "Harry Potter" has brought similar amount of controversy as it has obsession: the series was the most frequently challenged book in 2001 and
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List of Little House on the Prairie books


what will become their permanent home. The sixth book in the series take place mostly over the winter of 1880–1881, one of the most notably severe winters in history, also known as "The Snow Winter". The Long Winter begins in Dakota Territory at the Ingalls homestead on a hot August day in 1880. Laura's father, Pa, is haying. Pa tells Laura that he knows the winter is going to be hard because muskrats always build a house with thick walls before a hard winter, and this year,
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The Junior Team


took place in Samara, Tolyatti, Krasnoyarsk, Chelyabinsk and Mytishchi in Moscow Oblast. The hockey scenes (in seasons 1 and 2) were managed by Yevgeny Polynskikh, who previously worked with Canadian specialists on the set of the movie "Legend № 17". In October 2013, Eksmo released first book called ""Molodezhka:The First Match"" () written by Yekaterina Nevolina based on the first season of the series. In January 12, 2015, Eksmo released second book called ""Molodezhka:Chance for
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Me and My Monsters


released as a box set in Germany and Switzerland. Also in Norway and Sweden. In Australia, there has been a DVD release of "Me and My Monsters" called "Series 1: Episodes 1–7". As the title says it contains the first seven episodes only. Four episodes from the series were turned into books. The first one was called monsters in the basement and was based on series 1, episode 1. The second book was called Monster mess and was based on series 1, episode 10. The
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Left Behind


general." Jerry Falwell said about the first book in the series: "In terms of its impact on Christianity, it's probably greater than that of any other book in modern times, outside the Bible." Laurie Goodstein, writing in 1998 for "The New York Times", placed what she called the """Left Behind" phenomenon"" in the calendrical context of the approaching year 2000. Goodstein noted a 'proliferation' of similarly apocalyptic texts appearing at that time, by authors such as Jim
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Love Finds a Home


Love Finds a Home is a 2009 made-for-television Christian drama film, the eighth and final installment based on a series of books by Janette Oke. It aired on Hallmark Channel on September 5, 2009. The film is based on the book "Love Finds a Home" by Janette Oke. Sarah Jones, Haylie Duff, and Jordan Bridges reprise their roles from "Love Takes Wing". The film is the eighth in the "Love Comes Softly" series of television movies on Hallmark Channel that includes "
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A Place to Call Home (season 5)


The fifth season of the Seven Network television series "A Place to Call Home" premiered on Showcase on 8 October 2017. The series was produced by Chris Martin-Jones, and executive produced by Penny Win and Julie McGauran. On 16 November 2016, Foxtel announced that "A Place to Call Home" had been renewed for a fifth season. Of the renewal, Foxtel CEO, Peter Tonagh stated "[The show] goes way beyond just being a piece of content that appears on the screen. It’s a
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Midwinter of the Spirit


Midwinter Of The Spirit is a three-part horror drama television series. The series is based on Phil Rickman's "Merrily Watkins" series of books, of which "Midwinter of the Spirit" is the second in the series. This series follows country vicar Merrily Watkins, who is one of the few women priests working as an exorcist in the UK. When a grisly murder takes place in her local area, the police come calling for her assistance. The show was filmed in Herefordshire. Cathedral interiors were however filmed
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Roland Perry


"The West Australian" called the book "an example of popular history at its best, with a compelling overview of the Australian Light Horse Regiments’ exploits... what they achieved was quite remarkable. "The Australian Light Horse" is a history book that deserves a place in every suburban-home library. It tells the story of an extraordinary generation of Australians who created an enduring legend while changing the course of history." John Hamilton reviewing in the "Herald Sun" said: "Perry conjures up the romantic image
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The Wrong Girl (TV series)


The Wrong Girl is an Australian drama television series, based on Zoë Foster Blake's book of the same name, that first aired on Network Ten on 28 September 2016. The series follows Lily Woodward, a producer on a morning television show, and what happens when life, love and friendships collide. Longing for a life rich in romance, a dynamic career and a happy family, Lily is constantly thrown off course. As her journey continues, Lily discovers that sometimes the right choices can lead to the wrong places and
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The Walking Dead: Michonne


The Walking Dead: Michonne is an episodic adventure video game based on "The Walking Dead" comic book series by Telltale Games. Taking place between issues 126 and 139 of the comic series, the game shows events of what Michonne was up to during her temporary departure from the group of survivors led by Rick Grimes in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Samira Wiley voiced Michonne in the game. The three-episode series was released between February and April 2016 for Microsoft Windows personal computers, the PlayStation 3 and 4 consoles
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Secret Wars (adventure)


Secret Wars is a role-playing game adventure published by TSR in 1984 for the "Marvel Super Heroes" role-playing game. "Secret Wars" is a scenario describing the "Secret Wars", conflicts between heroes and villains in another dimension. It is based on the notorious comic-book series of the same name. Based on Jim Shooter's "Secret Wars" mini-series from Marvel Comics, "The Secret Wars" takes place on the planet called Battleworld, which was created by the mysterious,
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Elliot Moose (TV series)


Elliot Moose is a Canadian children's live-action and animated television series produced by Nelvana for PBS in the United States; the series premiered on September 30, 1998. The series is based on a series of children's books by Andrea Beck, its 104 episodes show the adventures of a moose named Elliot who lives in a place called "The Big House". He goes on adventures with his friends; Beaverton, Lionel, Socks, and Paisley. The series was developed by Jed MacKay and produced by Marianne Culbert
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Home Place (Dragonwagon book)


Home Place is a 1990 book by Crescent Dragonwagon and illustrator Jerry Pinkney about a family who comes across the remains of a homestead and a girl who imagines what that family was like. "Publishers Weekly", in a review of "Home Place", wrote "With striking craft, Dragonwagon limns a forgotten family's day-to-day existence. Pinkney's characteristically stunning, limpid watercolors are lush in shades of greens and browns, with touches of vibrant yellow in the flowers." and "School Library Journal"
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Catherine MacPhail


knew nothing of the hardship she must have had. My mother was always reading books and was never away from the library." MacPhail has stated in her own website she can always remember thinking what a wonderful place it was. You could walk out with a stack full of books and didn't even pay for them! "It was my mum who gave me my love of reading." "Yet, my own background, my home town, have been the inspiration for most of my writing. A comedy series
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1980 World Series


. Brett told "Baseball Digest" in March 1998 that he had "no idea if that [brushback pitch by Noles] turned the Series around. All I know is we lost." Mike Schmidt, in his book "Clearing The Bases", called it "the greatest brushback in World Series history." Aikens later said that "he" had been expecting it to happen to him, in retaliation for his two home runs. Game 5 would be the pivotal game as the Phillies went up 3 games to
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Reunion (Buffy comic)


Reunion is a comic based on the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel". Willow recently called Angel and announced that Buffy was alive. Angel called Buffy and the two agreed to meet at a place between Sunnydale and LA. She revealed little when arriving back at Sunnydale, just as Angel revealed little to his co-workers. Buffy's friends all consider their own versions of what might have happened between the star-crossed lovers. However as they imagine what might have been, they do so
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The Gentle Falcon


but what happens to her throughout the book causes her great sorrow, even though she does not show it on the outside. In a star review, Kirkus Reviews described "The Gentle Falcon" as a "sparkling, poignant fictionalized biography" and "princely reading fare." while the Wisconsin library bulletin reprinted a review by the Bulletin of the Children's Book Center that called it "An intriguing story..." The British Broadcasting Corporation produced a seven-episode television series based on "The Gentle Falcon", which was
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What's with Andy?


?" has 78 episodes, divided into three seasons consisting of 26 episodes each. The series started airing on June 30, 2001 and ended on March 4, 2007. The show is based on Andy Griffiths' children's series of "Just!" books (which were illustrated by Terry Denton), although many episodes are not directly based on the books. Changes from the books to the TV series include Andy's last name, which was originally that of his creator, and other minor name changes, such as
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The Handmaid's Tale (TV series)


and continuing the narrative already "finished" in the book. The second season consists of 13 episodes and began filming in fall 2017. Alexis Bledel returned as a series regular. Showrunner Bruce Miller stated that he envisioned 10 seasons of the show, stating, "Well, you know, honestly, when I started, I tried to game out in my head what would ten seasons be like? If you hit a home run, you want energy to go around the bases, you want enough story to keep going,
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Anna Hastings


came of age in the 1930s and his language can sound condescending to modern sensibilities. John Maxwell Hamilton reflected this perception when he called "Anna Hastings" "mean spirited about what was then budding feminism" in his 2000 book "Casanova Was a Book Lover." He quoted Allen Drury's dedication of "Anna Hastings" as illustrative of his point: "Anna Hastings" takes place in a separate timeline from the "Advise and Consent" series, and was followed in 1979 by "Mark Coffin, U.S.S.",
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Mary Lasswell


"Wait for the Wagon" (1951), "Tooner Schooner" (1953), and "Let's Go for Broke" (1962), all with illustrations by famed "The New Yorker" artist George Price. Their home base for most of the series was called "Noah's Ark", and was a junkyard in San Diego, but the third and fourth books were set during travels. In the fifth book they moved away from Noah's Ark to an abandoned mansion eight miles from San Diego.
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Suprematism


his book "The Non-Objective World", which was published 1927 in Munich as Bauhaus Book No. 11), Malevich clearly stated the core concept of Suprematism: He created a suprematist "grammar" based on fundamental geometric forms; in particular, the square and the circle. In the "0.10 Exhibition" in 1915, Malevich exhibited his early experiments in suprematist painting. The centerpiece of his show was the "Black Square", placed in what is called the "red/beautiful corner" in Russian Orthodox
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American Chillers


American Chillers and Michigan Chillers are a series of horror novels for children written by author Johnathan Rand. The series started in February 2000 as a Michigan-only series and expanded to a national focus in December 2001 with "Michigan Mega-Monsters". According to the author, the American Chillers book series will continue through all fifty states. Rand has written a separate series of books titled, "Michigan Chillers", starting in 2000. These books settings take place in major cities and places in Rand's home state of
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LasseMajas detektivbyrå (TV series)


LasseMajas detektivbyrå (""LasseMaja's Detective Agency"") was the 2006 "SVT Christmas calendar" broadcast 1–24 December 2006 in Sveriges Television. The TV series, which was based on the book series "LasseMajas detektivbyrå" by Martin Widmark and Helena Willis, takes place in Lasse's and Maja's home town Valleby. It was recorded in Sveriges Television studios during the spring of 2006. Lasse and Maja, played by Teodor Runsiö and Matilda Grahn, are 2 of the 3 main characters. They are two ~10 years
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Heidi Murkoff


"What to Expect: the Second Year", a guide for parents of toddlers. The "What to Expect" books have sold more than 34 million copies in the U.S. alone and are published in more than 30 languages. Murkoff's "What to Expect Kids" picture book series for preschoolers include "What to Expect When Mommy's Having a Baby", "What to Expect When the New Baby Comes Home", "What to Expect When You Use the Potty", and "What to Expect at Preschool
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A Place to Call Home (TV series)


Seven Network revealed its new television series lineup for 2012, "A Place to Call Home" was mentioned alongside other titles. Seven Network's Angus Ross said that it would potentially premiere in late 2012, but would not be rushed to air by a certain date unless "casting and other elements" were right. The first season of "A Place to Call Home" consisted of thirteen episodes. The pilot episode was originally broadcast on 28 April 2013, in the 8:30 pm time slot (previously occupied by "Downton Abbey
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Heidi


production were created by Hansie Visagie. There have been two Heidi computer games released for mobile devices, with the most recent being Heidi: Mountain Adventures. Both games are based on the Studio 100 TV series of 2015 and are aimed at young children, with educational elements and a series of mini-games. Heidiland, named after the "Heidi" books, is an important tourist area in Switzerland, popular especially with Japanese and Korean tourists. Maienfeld is the center of what is called Heidiland; one of the villages,
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David Pearce (philosopher)


David Pearce is co-founder of the World Transhumanist Association, currently rebranded and incorporated as Humanity+, Inc., and a prominent figure within the transhumanism movement. Based in Brighton, England, Pearce maintains a series of websites devoted to transhumanist topics and what he calls the "hedonistic imperative", a moral obligation to work towards the abolition of suffering in all sentient life."What currents are there within transhumanism?", Transhumanist FAQ 3.0, Humanity+ His book-length internet manifesto, "The Hedonistic Imperative" (1995)
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Georgia (coffee)


Lynch's "Twin Peaks" advertised Georgia coffee in a 4-part commercial series in 1991. In PlayStation Home, the PlayStation 3's online community-based service, Coca-Cola has placed a vending machine in Home that takes users to a space called the "Georgia Break Station". The vending machine also distributes original avatar items and presents, along with "C-pons", digital coupons that can be used to get real drinks from real vending machines. This is to promote Georgia series of canned coffee. The
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2011 World Series


tie the Series at one game apiece. After a total of just eight runs scored in the first two games in St. Louis, the offense of the two lineups scored a combined 23 runs on a historic night in Arlington in which Albert Pujols had what was described as "the greatest individual hitting performance in World Series history". Allen Craig hit a home run in the first to put the Cardinals up 1–0. In the fourth after a controversial call at first base by umpire Ron Kulpa on a force play and subsequent single
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Marty Castillo


-clinching game in 1984. An article in The Detroit News several years ago questioned whether Castillo still had the ball. Castillo continued his strong hitting in the 1984 World Series, batting .333 with a .455 on-base percentage and a .667 slugging percentage. He had nine at bats in the World Series and had three hits, two runs scored, two walks, two RBIs, and a home run. What Castillo called "the greatest feeling of my life" came in Game 3 of the World Series, when he
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The Obelisk Gate


"The Fifth Season". Niall Alexander, on "Tor.com", by contrast, was critical of "The Obelisk Gate" for falling into what he called "middle volume syndrome", believing that the book"Wired", on the other hand, praised the book for escaping that syndrome, or what it called the typical "stalling" of middle books. "The Obelisk Gate" won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2017. It was the second award for Jemisin's Broken Earth series (after "The Fifth
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Betsy-Tacy (novel)


Betsy-Tacy (1940) is the first volume in the "Betsy-Tacy" series by Maud Hart Lovelace. The book is mostly about the adventures of five-year-old Betsy Ray and her new best friend, Tacy Kelly. It takes place in the fictional Deep Valley, Minnesota- based on Mankato, Minnesota, the author's home town. This first book is set in roughly 1898-1899. The adventures between the two friends range from the real life (such as going to school for the first
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The 1940s House


Two." "The Daily Mail" declared it an "undoubted success", concluding: "...what made this series so watchable was the Hymers themselves: grounded, affable, close-knit when necessary, grouchy when all else failed." The "Halifax Daily News" called the show "classy stuff" and concluded that the series' locale (a relatively modern home) made it more attractive to viewers than similar shows set in woods or on the plains. Several reviewers pointed out that the fact-based
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Remnants (novel series)


Remnants is a series of science fiction books written by K. A. Applegate between July 2001 and September 2003. It is the story of what happens to the survivors of a desperate mission to save a handful of human beings after an asteroid collides with the Earth. Eighty people are placed aboard a converted space shuttle using untested "quack" hibernation technology and fired blindly into space hours before all life on Earth is obliterated by a large asteroid called The Rock. They are then picked up by a large, sentient space craft of monumental
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Religious debates over the Harry Potter series


Looking for God in Harry Potter". Granger argues that the books do not promote the occult because none of the magic is based on summoning any sort of demon or spirit; he contrasts occult "invocational" magic (calling up spirit beings to do your bidding) with literature's common "incantational" magic (saying a set phrase to use power from an unspecified source). Indeed, says Granger, the themes of love triumphing over death and choosing what is right instead of what is easy are very compatible with Christianity
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Peter Tinniswood


Bailey, John Comer and Stephen Rea. In 1980 the BBC produced a series based on other Tinniswood books, featuring the character the Brigadier, an erstwhile cricketer and over-the-top raconteur, played by Robin Bailey. Some of the stories were adapted for BBC Radio 4. The series was remade in 1985 for Channel 4. For ITV in 1983 Tinniswood wrote "The Home Front", again set in the north of England. It starred Brenda Bruce as Mrs Place, a nosey, arrogant mother who lorded it
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A Place to Call Home (TV series)


"). Shortly after airing in Australia "A Place to Call Home" started broadcasting on TV One in New Zealand. Series one and two began airing on BBC2 in the United Kingdom on 17 November 2014, series three on 25 February 2016, and series four on 13 February 2017. The fifth series was promoted to a BBC1 daytime slot, and began airing daily on 13 March 2018. The sixth and final series begins on BBC1 on 11 February 2019. All six seasons are available for streaming in the USA and
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150th anniversary of Canada


2017, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) launched a four-part online series entitled "1 Nation. 4 Lenses", exploring Canadian stories through films from the NFB collection. The first chapter, "What We Call Home," examines how Canadians define home. Subsequent chapters are "What We Protect" (launching April), "What We Seek" (June) and "What We Fight For" (September). It also published "Legacies 150"—a series of 13 interactive essays on themes of
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Argument from a proper basis


argues that the theories of what he calls "warrant"—what many others have called justification (Plantinga draws out a difference: justification is a matter of fulfilling one's epistemic duties, whereas warrant is what transforms true belief into knowledge)—put forth by these epistemologists have failed to capture in full what is required for knowledge. In the second book of his three book philosophical series, "Warrant and Proper Function", he introduces the notion of warrant as an alternative to justification and discusses topics like self-knowledge, memories, perception, and
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The Big Honey Hunt


the book into a series, which spawned "The Bike Lesson", and later hundreds of other books featuring the Berenstain Bears. The book was originally published with the authors' full names, Stanley and Janice, printed on the cover, but Seuss shortened their names to Stan and Jan in later editions, saying, "That's what you call each other. And that's what I call you. Besides, it fits on one line." The pair used the moniker "Stan and Jan Berenstain" throughout the
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Game of Thrones (season 6)


". Season 6 director Jeremy Podeswa said in August 2015: "Right now in season six, what we're shooting currently isn't based on anything in the book. It's fully based on discussions the writers have had with George Martin, because the series has now surpassed the books in terms of what's available." Actress Natalie Dormer, who plays Margaery Tyrell, later added that the show's writers "know where it's got to go and what [George Martin]'s intentions for the characters are.
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The Whodunit Detective Agency


The Whodunit Detective Agency ( – "LasseMaja's Detective Agency") is a Swedish children's book series written by Martin Widmark and illustrated by Helena Willis. In the English translation it is called The JerryMaya detective agency. Between 2014 and 2016 eight of the books were published in English by Grosset and Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Besides the books there are games, puzzles etc. A television series based on the books has been produced in Sweden. This book series is about two children called Lasse and Maja
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Acorna's Triumph


Acorna's Triumph is a 2004 fantasy or science fiction novel by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. It was the seventh book in the Acorna Universe series, which McCaffrey and Margaret Ball initiated in "" (1997). "Triumph" completed Acorna's biography, which is sometimes called the Acorna series. It was followed by First Warning, sometimes called the first book of the Acorna's Children trilogy. Acorna's lifemate, Aari, has returned home, and the two may together finish rebuilding their home world. Yet
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Book-It Repertory Theatre


well. Book-It offers workshops for groups of teachers and also participates in a five-day summer program in collaboration with other Seattle area theatres called Bringing Theatre into the Classroom. The new Circumbendibus series is an off-the-main-stage series featuring non-traditional texts. Book-It started this series in the fall of 2012 with three shows: one based on food writing and cookbooks, one based on geek literature and graphic novels, and one based on a collection of short stories. The short story
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Bucks County, Pennsylvania


's personal home. Southern Bucks (colloquially referred to as Lower Bucks) is home to two important shopping malls, Neshaminy Mall and Oxford Valley Mall, and Sesame Place, a family theme park based on the "Sesame Street" television series. Also within Lower Bucks County is Parx Casino and Racing in Bensalem, a casino and thoroughbred horse racing track. The casino was built on the grounds of what was originally Philadelphia Park Racetrack. The complex includes the throughbred horse racing track, expansive casino, a dance club, numerous
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Ken Kerslake


sunlight. These, according to the artist, are continuations of his interest "in the transforming quality of light [and] the play between solid object and ephemeral shadow." Kerslake's travels also inspired series bases on American tourists. They are depicted walking, relaxing or studying maps. These activities take place in what the artist called "undetermined spaces": "They are in fact figures searching for a connection, a sense of place, meaning and valid experience." In 1990 Kerslake became interested in vitreography (editioned
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2018 Washington Nationals season


led off the bottom of the ninth with a home run off Glover, handing Washington its second walk-off loss in as many games. "I don't know what else to do," Martinez admitted after the game. Before the second game of the series on August 14, the Nationals removed both Madson and Solís from their active roster, placing the former on the 10-day disabled list with what the team called "lumbar nerve root irritation" and optioning the latter to Class-AAA Syracuse. For the second time
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Babar (TV series)


titled "Babar and the Adventures of Badou" was launched on Disney Junior. The new series takes place several years and focuses on a majority of new characters including Badou, Babar's grandson and Pom's son. Based on the books by Jean de Brunhoff and Laurent de Brunhoff, the plot of the first two seasons focuses on the story of Babar as it is told by him to his children. The past Babar is a young elephant who, traumatized by a hunter slaughtering his mother, flees from his home forest to
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!Hero


!HERO is a 2003 Christian rock opera about Jesus. It is based on the question, "What if Jesus was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania?". After the original tour in 2003 ended, it was released on DVD, CD, and was written into a trilogy of novels and series of comic books. "!HERO" is a rock opera modernizing Jesus's last two years of life, as described in the Bible. The story takes place in New York City, in Brooklyn. The world government in
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Ys (anime)


video games are often called BOOK ONE and BOOK TWO respectively. Not to be confused with the naming conventions of the games they were based on, the first animated series was split into two parts: BOOK ONE covers episodes 1-4 while BOOK TWO covers episodes 5-7. Since BOOK TWO refers to the second half of the Ys I series, the Ys II anime was named Castle in the Heavens. It was reported that the Nihon Falcom Corporation and Marvelous Entertainment were producing a new, four episode OVA series based
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Anne's House of Dreams


since its original publication. "Anne's House of Dreams" is book five in the series, and chronicles Anne's early married life, as she and her childhood sweetheart Gilbert Blythe begin to build their life together. The book begins with Anne and Gilbert's wedding, which takes place in the Green Gables orchard. After the wedding, they move to their first home together, which Anne calls their "house of dreams". Gilbert finds them a small house on the seashore at Four Winds Point, an area near
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