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Grossman, David
(Encyclopedia) Grossman, David, 1954–, Israeli writer and peace activist, b. Jerusalem. He is widely recognized as the finest novelist in the generation that followed Amos Oz and A. B. Yehoshua. The…Dee, river, Wales
(Encyclopedia) Dee, Welsh Dyfrdwy, river, c.70 mi (110 km) long, rising in the Cambrian Mts., Gwynedd, NW Wales, and flowing NE through Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake), then meandering through a picturesque…Lyrical Poems
ContentsBefore the AltarSuggested by the Cover of a Volume of Keats's PoemsApples of HesperidesAzure and GoldPetalsVenetian GlassFatigueA Japanese Wood-CarvingA Little SongBehind a WallA…Pre-Raphaelites
(Encyclopedia) Pre-RaphaelitesPre-Raphaelitesprēˌ-răfˈēəlītsˌ [key], brotherhood of English painters and poets formed in 1848 in protest against what they saw as the low standards and decadence of…Brewer's: Pre-Adamites
Before Adam was created. Isaac de la Peyreri maintained that only the Jews are descended from Adam, and that the Gentiles are descended from a race of men existing before Adam; as the book…Porter, Cole
(Encyclopedia) Porter, Cole, 1891–1964, American composer and lyricist, b. Peru, Ind., grad. Yale, 1913. Porter's witty, sophisticated lyrics and his affecting melodies place him high in the ranks of…Cohen, Leonard Norman
(Encyclopedia) Cohen, Leonard Norman, 1934–2016, Canadian songwriter, singer, and poet, b. Montreal, B.A. McGill Univ., 1955. He initially wrote poetry, publishing his first collection, Let Us…Alex Lowe Biography
Alex LoweAge: 40 perhaps the greatest American mountaineer in recent years. Lowe climbed the nose of El Capitan in 10 hrs. and made the first solo ascent of the north face of Wyoming's Grand…Perizzite
(Encyclopedia) PerizzitePerizzitepĕrˈĭzīt, pērĭzˈ– [key], pre-Israelite inhabitants of ancient Palestine. According to the Book of Joshua, the Perizzites were located in the hill country. They were…Geology of the Grand Canyon: Base Levels Of Erosion.
BASE LEVELS OF EROSION.In his popular narrative of Explorations of the Colorado River, Powell has employed the above term to give precision to an idea which is of much importance in physical…Trending
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