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1El Buscón — Infobox Book | name = El Buscón title orig = es. Historia de la vida del Buscón, llamado Don Pablos, ejemplo de vagamundos y espejo de tacaños translator = image caption = Original 1626 title page of El Buscón . author = Francisco de Quevedo… …
2literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
3SHALOM ALEICHEM — (Sholem Aleykhem; narrative persona and subsequent pseudonym of Sholem Rabinovitsh (Rabinovitz); 1859–1916), Yiddish prose writer and humorist born on February 18, 1859 (old style; March 2, new style), in Pereyaslav (today: Pereyaslav… …
4Broncho Billy Anderson — Données clés Naissance 21 mars  …
5Gilbert Anderson — Broncho Billy Anderson Broncho Billy Anderson Broncho Billy Anderson est un réalisateur, acteur, producteur et scénariste américain né le 21 mars 1880 à Little Rock, Arkansas (États Unis), décédé le 20 janvier 1971 à Los Angeles (États Unis) …
6Jules Dumont d'Urville — This article is about the French explorer. For the French base in Antarctica at 64°40 S and 140°1 E, see Dumont d Urville Station. Jules Sébastien César Dumont d’Urville Jules Sébastien César Dumont d Urville (23 May 1790 – 8 May 1842) was a… …
7History of the Jews — History of the Jews † Catholic Encyclopedia ► History of the Jews (Yehúd m; Ioudaismos). Of the two terms, Jews and Judaism, the former denotes usually the Israelites or descendants of Jacob (Israel) in contrast to Gentile races;… …
8Wobbly lingo — is a collection of technical language, jargon, and historic slang used by the Industrial Workers of the World, known as the Wobblies, for more than a century.Origin and usageWords and phrases in Wobbly lingo may have different meanings in… …
9Contemplation (Kafka) — Contemplation, or Meditation (Betrachtung in German) is a sequence of eighteen short stories by Franz Kafka written between 1904 and 1912. Eight of these stories were published under the same title in the bimonthly Hyperion and were Kafka s first …
10Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia — Infobox Russian Royalty|grand duke name = Alexei Alexandrovich title =Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia imgw = 200px caption = spouse = Alexandra Vasilievna Zhukovskaya issue = Alexei Alexandrovich imperial house =House of Holstein… …