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A Stillness at Appomattox. A Stillness at Appomattox (1953) is a non-fiction history book written by Bruce Catton. [1] It recounts the American Civil War 's final year, [1] describing the campaigns of Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia during 1864 to the end of the war in 1865. It is the final volume of Catton's Army of the Potomac trilogy, having ...
ISBN. 978-0-356-50819-1. Followed by. The Obelisk Gate. The Fifth Season is a 2015 science fantasy novel by American writer N. K. Jemisin. [1] [2] It was awarded the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2016. It is the first volume in the Broken Earth series and is followed by The Obelisk Gate and The Stone Sky .
An Old-Fashioned Girl. An Old-Fashioned Girl is a novel by Louisa May Alcott first published in 1869, which follows the adventures of Polly Milton, a young country girl, who is visiting her wealthy city friends, the Shaws. The novel shows how Polly remains true to herself despite the pressure the Shaws' world puts on her shoulders.
Cyclone Tej. Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Tej [a] ( / tɛdʒ /) was a strong tropical cyclone that formed over the central-south Arabian Sea and made landfall on Yemen. It was the first cyclone to make landfall in the nation since Cyclone Luban of 2018. [2]
Designated. November 6, 1970. The Armistice Day Blizzard (or the Armistice Day Storm) took place in the Midwest region of the United States on November 11 ( Armistice Day) and November 12, 1940. The intense early-season "panhandle hook" winter storm cut a 1,000-mile-wide (1600 km) swath through the middle of the country from Kansas to Michigan.
Since its conception during the Tang dynasty, "Quiet Night Thought" remains one of Li Bai's most famous and memorable poems. It is featured in classic Chinese poetry anthologies such as the Three Hundred Tang Poems and is popularly taught in Chinese-language schools as part of Chinese literature curricula. It is also commonly taught as one of ...
Stillness in Time. " Stillness in Time " is a song by British funk and acid jazz band Jamiroquai, released in 1994 on their second studio album, The Return of the Space Cowboy (1994), and the year after as a single by Sony Soho Square. The track was written by Jay Kay and Toby Smith, and peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart, making it ...
Harlequin print became particularly popular in the 1960s, appearing on underwear, umbrellas, pajamas, ski wear, maternity clothes, and hosiery. A 1962 Picasso retrospective in New York fueled the trend. 1990s and 2000s. Beene and Rowley employed harlequin prints in their fashion designs presented at spring fashion week in November 1996.