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Glyndebourne Festival

(Encyclopedia) Glyndebourne FestivalGlyndebourne Festivalglīnˈdəbərn, glīnˈbôrn [key], opera festival given each summer since 1934 on the estate of John Christie at Glyndebourne, near Lewes, Sussex,…

auteur

(Encyclopedia) auteurauteurōtörˈ [key], in film criticism, a director who so dominates the film-making process that it is appropriate to call the director the auteur, or author, of the motion picture…

Carnegie

(Encyclopedia) Carnegie Carnegie kärnĕgˈē, kärˈnəgē [key], borough (2020 pop. 8,134),…

Antarctic Antics: A Book of Penguin Poems

Distributor:Weston Woods Studios, Inc. Playful penguins slip and slide and dive and jive to original musical tempos in Judy Sierra's delightful collection of poems about a colony of emperor…

Thomas Hart BENTON, Congress, MO (1782-1858)

Senate Years of Service: 1821-1851Party: Democratic Republican; Jacksonian; DemocratBENTON, Thomas Hart, (father-in-law of John C. Frémont; brother-in-law of James McDowell [1795-1851], great…

Samuel HOUSTON, Congress, TX (1793-1863)

Senate Years of Service: 1846-1855; 1855-1859Party: Democrat; American (Know-Nothing)HOUSTON, Samuel, (father of Andrew Jackson Houston and cousin of David Hubbard), a Representative from…

Mary Poppins

Introduction   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10     Next by Beth Rowen…

The Spooky Book

Distributor:Spoken Arts Thunder rumbles, lightening crackles, and the wind howls as Andrew reads a book about a girl named ZoZo reading a book on a dark and stormy night. Where does the story end…

Eaton, John Henry

(Encyclopedia) Eaton, John Henry, 1790–1856, U.S. Senator (1818–29) and Secretary of War (1829–31), b. Halifax co., N.C. After being admitted to the bar, he practiced in Franklin, Tenn., and married…

Dunfermline

(Encyclopedia) Dunfermline Dunfermline dŭnförmˈlĭn, dŭm– [key], city, Fife, E central Scotland, on the Firth of Forth…