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51Glossary of textile manufacturing — For terms specifically related to sewing, see Glossary of sewing terms. For terms specifically related to dyeing, see Glossary of dyeing terms. The manufacture of textiles is one of the oldest of human technologies. To make textiles, the first… …
52Grace O'Malley — Gráinne Ní Mháille c. 1530 – c. 1603 The meeting of Gráinne Ní Mháille and Queen Elizabeth I Nickname Gráinne Mhaol, Granuaile …
53Pirate code — A pirate code was a code of conduct invented for governing pirates, and first introduced by the Portuguese buccaneer, Bartolomeu Português. Generally each pirate crew had its own code or articles, which provided rules for discipline, division of… …
54Native American music — Introduction music of the indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere. The Americas contain hundreds of native communities, each with its own distinctive history, language, and musical culture. These communities although united in placing… …
55Henri Murger — (March 27 1822 Paris, January 28, 1861) was a French novelist and poet, born at Paris.He is chiefly distinguished as the author of Scènes de la Vie de Bohème, from his own experiences as a desperately poor writer living in a Parisian attic,… …
56children's literature — Body of written works produced to entertain or instruct young people. The genre encompasses a wide range of works, including acknowledged classics of world literature, picture books and easy to read stories, and fairy tales, lullabies, fables,… …
57fiction — Synonyms and related words: Marchen, Western, Western story, Westerner, adventure story, allegory, anecdote, apologue, apparition, article, autograph, bedtime story, blague, brainchild, bubble, canard, chimera, cock and bull story, composition,… …
58like — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. similar, resembling, characteristic. See similarity. v. t. enjoy, desire, fancy. See pleasure, love, approbation. Ant., different, dissimilar; dislike. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. similar, same,… …
59Charles Dickens — Dickens redirects here. For other uses, see Dickens (disambiguation). Charles Dickens …
60John Adams (composer) — John Coolidge Adams (born February 15, 1947) is an American composer with strong roots in minimalism. He is best known for his opera Nixon in China (1985 ndash;87), recounting Richard Nixon s 1972 visit to China. His choral piece On the… …
