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25613702#0 | The Big Tree of Bunlahy | The Big Tree of Bunlahy: Stories of My Own Countryside is a children's short story collection by Padraic Colum. It contains thirteen stories based on the tales told to the author in his home town of Bunlahy in County Longford, Ireland. The first edition was illustrated by Jack Yeats. The collection was first published in 1933 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1934. |
25613704#0 | Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke | The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 22 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea. |
25613704#1 | Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke | Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. |
25613704#2 | Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke | Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). |
25613707#0 | Glory of the Seas | Glory of the Seas is a children's historical novel by Agnes Hewes. It is set in Boston, Massachusetts, during the 1850s. The novel, illustrated by N.C. Wyeth, was first published in 1933 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1934. |
25613707#1 | Glory of the Seas | The novel has two main themes. The first concerns the development of the clipper ship passenger service between the East Coast and California around Cape Horn. The second concerns the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and the enforced return of escaped slaves across state boundaries. |
25613713#0 | The Apprentice of Florence | The Apprentice of Florence by Anne Dempster Kyle is a children's historical novel set in Italian Renaissance 21st century Italy and Constantinople. It was published in 1933 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1934. The book is illustrated by Erick Berry. |
25613713#1 | The Apprentice of Florence | The novel is set principally in 1453, the year when Constantinople fell to the besieging Turks. It follows the adventures of sixteen-year-old Nemo, apprenticed to a silk merchant of Florence, who accompanies the merchant's son to Constantinople on business. |
25613728#0 | Message (band) | Message was a hard rock band that was formed in New Jersey around 1980. The original members of the band were Dean Fasano (lead vocals, guitar), Richie Sambora (guitar), Simon Gannett (organ), Bruce Foster (keyboard), Alec John Such (bass), and Andy Rubbo (drums). The band disabanded shortly after giving out one record, but the lead singer, Dean Fasano gave out three more records later under the band name with a different setting. |
25613728#1 | Message (band) | The band was formed in 1980 by Dean Fasano. He sang lead vocals, while Richie Sambora played guitar, Alec John Such played bass, Andy Rubbo played drums, Simon Gannett played organ and Bruce Foster played both electric and acoustic piano. Shortly after the band was formed, they put out a self-titled album from their very own company. Due to the lack of money, the band did only 1800 pressings of the album, and they had to sell it from the trunk of their cars. |
25613728#2 | Message (band) | Two years after the forming of Message, they got the opportunity to be an opening act for Joe Cocker. Unfortunately, they did not have the money to tour over a long period of time, therefore they only played a few dates on the Joe Cocker tour. When the band returned to its roots in Sayreville in New Jersey, some of the band members met Jon Bon Jovi from "Jon Bon Jovi and the Wild Ones". This meeting would cause both Richie Sambora and Alec John Such to leave Message in favor of Jon Bon Jovi's new band, Bon Jovi. The members of Message parted ways, but they would still stay in touch with each other for some time. After the breakup, some bootlegs from the Joe Cocker tour was put out for sale in Europe, and it hit the charts in some countries. |
25613728#3 | Message (band) | The band would not give out a record, until 1995, when their first album was re-released in CD. A few years later, the lead singer, Dean Fasano formed a new Message. This time the line up included Mike Walsh (guitar, keyboard and bass), Tom DeRossi (guitar), Jeff Thompsen (bass), Steve D’Acurtis (guitar, bass and sitar) and various other musicians. The new Message released an album called "Fine Line" in 1998.
Only two years later, in 2000, Dean Fasano would form another Message. This time the line up was Dean Fasano (lead vocals and keyboards), Tim Hewitt (bass), Aaron Anderson (drums, percussions), Steve Morris (guitar and keyboard), Chris Ousey (harmony and backing vocals) and David Chapman (keyboards). The album was called "Outside Looking In". This was the last studio album that Message released.
Another re-release of the first Message album was done the same year as "Outside Looking In" came out. This time the album was called "Lessons" and it contained bonus songs such as "Diana", "Living In The Night" and "Dance Of The Dead". |
25613728#4 | Message (band) | In 2006, Dean Fasano released live songs from the Joe Cocker tour in 1982. The album was called "Message Live" and it contains songs from the original Message line up. This album contained a bonus studio tracks from Mark Allen Lanoue and Dean Fasano, called "Just One Step Away and another called FINE LINE (released earlier on MESSAGE FINE LINE) with musicians Chris Flowers - Drums, Mike Gear - Bass, and Rob Karten - Keys" |
25613728#5 | Message (band) | In 2009, the leader of Message, Dean Fasano died from Coronary artery disease, only 54 years old. |
25613728#6 | Message (band) | Studio albumsLive albums |
25613737#0 | Pageant of Chinese History | Pageant of Chinese History is a children's history book by Elizabeth Seeger. Focusing on political and cultural history, it covers the history of China from mythological times to the birth of the republic in 1912. The book, illustrated by Bernard Watkins, was first published in 1934 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1935. |
25613744#0 | Davy Crockett (book) | Davy Crockett is a biography of the American folk hero written for children by Constance Rourke. It was first published in 1934 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1935. It includes detailed explanations of frontier life and many contemporary folk tales about Crockett, plus a very extensive bibliography. |
25613752#0 | A Day on Skates | A Day on Skates: The Story of a Dutch Picnic is a children's novel by Hilda van Stockum. The novel, illustrated by the author, was first published in 1934 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1935. |
25613752#1 | A Day on Skates | When winter finally brings snow and ice to their Frisian village, nine-year-old twins Evert and Afke and their classmates are delighted when their teacher announces that the class is going on an all-day ice skating picnic. |
25613752#2 | A Day on Skates | A public domain online edition of "A Day on Skates: The Story of a Dutch Picnic", a 1935 Newbery Honor Book, is available at A Celebration of Women Writers. |
25613754#0 | Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For | "Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For" is a song written by Mark True, and recorded by American country music artist Crystal Gayle. It was released in October 1978 as the second single from the album "When I Dream". "Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For" was Crystal Gayle's sixth number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of ten weeks on the country chart. |