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Teen Read Week

Pick up a humorous book or a graphic novel and read for the fun of it   Harry Potter #1 on Teens' Top Ten Related Links Teen Read Week from the ALA…

Lodge, David

(Encyclopedia) Lodge, David (David John Lodge), 1935–, English novelist and critic, b. London, grad. University College, London (B.A. 1955, M.A. 1959) and the Univ. of Birmingham (Ph.D., 1967). Lodge…

Nashe, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Nashe or Nash, ThomasNashe or Nash, Thomasboth: năsh [key], 1567–1601, English satirist. Very little is known of his life. Although his first publications appeared in 1589, it was not…

Foot, Michael

(Encyclopedia) Foot, Michael, 1913–2010, British politician. He joined the Labour party in the 1930s, entered Parliament in 1945, and served there until 1992. An superb debater and orator, he became…

Hughes-Fulford, Millie Elizabeth

(Encyclopedia) Hughes-Fulford, Millie Elizabeth, 1945-2021, American astronaut and immunologist, b. Mineral Wells, Tx., Tarleton State Univ. in…

Farron, Julia

(Encyclopedia) Farron, Julia, 1922–2019, English ballerina, b. Joyce Margaret Farron-Smith. She studied at the Vic-Wells Ballet School, joined the company (now the Royal Ballet) in 1936, and, as the…

barite

(Encyclopedia) baritebaritebârˈīt [key], barytesbarytesbərīˈtēz [key] [New Lat., from barium], or heavy spar, a white, yellow, blue, red, or colorless mineral. It is a sulfate of barium, BaSO4, found…

Turpan

(Encyclopedia) TurpanTurpant&oobreve;rˈpänˈ [key] or TurfanTurpant&oobreve;rˈfänˈ [key], town and oasis (1994 est. pop. 64,300), in the Turpan depression (c.5,000 sq mi/12,950 sq km), E…

Nacogdoches

(Encyclopedia) NacogdochesNacogdochesnăkˌədōˈchĭs [key], city (1990 pop. 30,872), seat of Nacogdoches co., E Tex., in a pine and hardwood forest area; settled 1779. Industries in the city include…