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  • 111LAMENTATIONS, BOOK OF — LAMENTATIONS, BOOK OF, one of the five scrolls in the Hagiographa section of the Bible, consisting of five poetic chapters, probably lamenting the destruction of Jerusalem in 587 B.C.E. and its aftermath. (The English title, like the Greek… …

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  • 112The Book of Lost Tales — The History of Middle earth Volumes I and II Volume III Volume IV Volume V Volumes VI–IX Volume X Volume XI Volume XII …

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  • 113Fictional book — A fictional book is a non existent book (or one created specifically for a work of fiction) that sometimes provides the basis of the plot of a story, a common thread in a series of books, or the works of a particular writer or canon of work. A… …

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  • 114United States v. One Book Called Ulysses — was a 1933 case in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York dealing with free speech. At issue was whether James Joyce s novel Ulysses was obscene. In deciding it was not, Judge John M. Woolsey opened the door to… …

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  • 115JUDGES (Heb. שׁוֹפְטִים), BOOK OF — JUDGES (Heb. שׁוֹפְטִים), BOOK OF, the second book in the second section of the Bible, called Prophets (Nevi im). (See Table: Book of Judges – Contents.) The Book of Judges is named for the series of charismatic leaders of the period between the… …

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  • 116The Book of Healing — (Arabic: الشفاء Al Shefa , Latin: Sanatio ) is a scientific and philosophical encyclopedia written by the great Islamic polymath Abū Alī ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) from Asfahana, near Bukhara in Greater Persia (now Uzbekistan). Despite its English title …

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  • 117The Book of Heroic Failures — The Book of Heroic Failures, written by Stephen Pile in 1979, is a book written in celebration of human inadequacy in all its forms. Entries include William McGonagall, a notoriously bad poet, and Teruo Nakamura, a soldier of the Imperial… …

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  • 118Omphalos (book) — For other uses, see Omphalos (disambiguation). Omphalos: An Attempt to Untie the Geological Knot is a book by Philip Gosse, written in 1857 (two years before Darwin s On the Origin of Species), in which he argues that the fossil record is not… …

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  • 119Brand Book — A Brand Book records all livestock brands registered with an organization. In the U.S. most states have branding laws that require brands to be registered before use. This may be a state agency (usually affiliated with each state s Department of… …

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  • 120The Book of Common Worship of 1932 — was the second liturgical book of the Presbyterian Church (USA). It was superseded by a new edition in 1946.Henry van Dyke, who chaired the committee that composed The Book of Common Worship of 1906, began in 1928 calling on General Assembly to… …

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