WebPiers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born 6 August 1934) is an American author in the science fiction and fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony.He is best known for his long-running novel series set in the fictional realm of Xanth.. Many of his books have appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list, and he claims one of his greatest …

WebXanth (/ ˈ z æ n θ / ZANTH) is a series of novels by author Piers Anthony, also known as The Magic of Xanth.. Anthony originally intended for Xanth to be a trilogy, but a devoted fan base persuaded the author to continue writing the series, which is now open-ended.He has stated that he has kept the series going as long as he has because the Xanth novels …

WebPiers Morgan Live (formerly known as Piers Morgan Tonight) was an American television talk show that was hosted by Piers Morgan and broadcast on CNN. The show premiered on January 17, 2011, and filled in the former Larry King Live timeslot. It was announced as cancelled on February 23, 2014, after a continuous drop in ratings, and broadcast its last …

WebIncarnations of Immortality is the name of an eight-book fantasy series by Piers Anthony.The books each focus on one of eight supernatural "offices" (Death, Time, Fate, War, Nature, Evil, Good, and Night) in a fictional reality and history parallel to ours, with the exception that society has advanced both magic and modern technology.The series …

WebPiers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (/ p ɪər z /; né O'Meara; born 30 March 1965) is a British broadcaster, journalist, writer, and television personality.He began his Fleet Street career in 1988 at The Sun.In 1994, aged 29, he was appointed editor of the News of the World by Rupert Murdoch, which made him the youngest editor of a British national newspaper in …

WebPiers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall (c. 1284 – 19 June 1312) was an English nobleman of Gascon origin, and the favourite of Edward II of England.. At a young age, Gaveston made a good impression on King Edward I, who assigned him to the household of the King's son, Edward of Caernarfon.The prince's partiality for Gaveston was so extravagant that …

WebPiers Paul Read FRSL (born 7 March 1941) is a British novelist, historian and biographer. He was first noted in 1974 for a book of reportage, Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors, later adapted as a feature film and a documentary.Read was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he studied history.. Among his most popular works are The …

WebRed Hook is a neighborhood in northwestern Brooklyn, New York City, New York, within the area once known as South Brooklyn.It is located on a peninsula projecting into the Upper New York Bay and is bounded by the Gowanus Expressway and the Carroll Gardens neighborhood on the northeast, Gowanus Canal on the east, and the Upper New York …

WebAnthony Henday Drive (Highway 216) is a 78-kilometre (48 mi) freeway that encircles Edmonton, Alberta.It is a heavily travelled commuter and truck bypass route with the southwest quadrant serving as a portion of the CANAMEX Corridor that links Canada to the United States and Mexico.Henday is one of the busiest highways in Western Canada, …

WebTrajan's bridge over the Danube featured open-spandrel segmental arches made of wood (standing on 40 m-high (130 ft) concrete piers). This was to be the longest arch bridge for a thousand years both in terms of overall and individual span length, while the longest extant Roman bridge is the 790 m-long (2,590 ft) long Puente Romano at Mérida .