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51Richard Boston — (29 December 1938 ndash; 22 December 2006) was an English journalist and author, he was a rigorous dissenter and a belligerent pacifist. An anarchist, toper, raconteur, marathon runner and practical joker, he described his pastimes as soothsaying …
52COLAs (The Shapeshifter) — COLAs appear in The Shapeshifter series of books by Ali Sparkes. COLA stands for Children Of Limitless Ability, a name given in recognition of the children s amazing supernatural powers. There are originally 111 COLAs, including Dax Jones, but in …
53Practical Kabbalah — (Heb. Kabbalah Ma asit ) is a branch of Kabbalah which concerns the use of magic. Its teachings include the use of Divine and angelic names for amulets and incantations.Elber, Mark. The Everything Kabbalah Book: Explore This Mystical Tradition… …
54Alexander of Abonoteichus — (c.105 AD) was an oracle who built a following in parts of the Roman Empire. He is commonly known as Alexander the False Prophet through a deeply hostile satire by Lucian of Samosata in which this second century AD writer describes him as having… …
55Catherine de' Medici's patronage of the arts — made a significant contribution to the French Renaissance. Catherine was inspired by the example of her father in law, King Francis I of France (reigned 1515–1547), who had hosted the leading artists of Europe at his court. As a young woman, she… …
56Finding the Fox — Infobox Book | name = Finding the Fox author = Ali Sparkes illustrator = David Wyatt country = England language = English series = The Shapeshifter genre = Fantasy/Science Fiction publisher = Oxford University Press pub date = 2006 pages = 328… …
57Yerukala tribe social customs — The information is about the Yerukala tribe social customs. Families Yerukala families are usually nuclear but that is changing in sync with the 21st century Indian society. Descent is patrilineal (tracing descent through the paternal line),… …
58Helena, wife of Julian — Helena (d. 360) was the wife of Julian the Apostate, Roman Emperor. She was briefly his Empress consort when Julian was proclaimed Augustus by his troops in 360. She died prior to the resolution of his conflict with Constantius II. [Prosopography …
59augury — augural, adj. /aw gyeuh ree/, n., pl. auguries. 1. the art or practice of an augur; divination. 2. the rite or ceremony of an augur. 3. an omen, token, or indication. [1325 75; ME < L augurium soothsaying, equiv. to augur AUGUR + ium IUM] * * * ▪ …
60Faust — /fowst/, n. 1. Johann /yoh hahn/, c1480 c1538, German magician, alchemist, and astrologer. 2. the chief character of a medieval legend, represented as selling his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power. 3. (italics) a tragedy by… …
