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Of Clavell's six-volume Asian Saga series, Shōgun was the third published though its historical setting is the oldest of all the books. By 1980 six million copies of Shōgun were sold worldwide and has been adapted into two series (in 1980 and 2024 ), a stage production ( Shōgun: The Musical ), a board game and three video games.
The Friends of Bucyrus Public Library will hold a book sale Aug. 22-24. The hours are 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Aug. 22, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 23 and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 24.
The Book of Esther consists of an introduction (or exposition) in chapters 1 and 2; the main action (complication and resolution) in chapters 3 to 9:19; and a conclusion in 9:20–10:3. [12] The introduction of Book of Esther, hand written, part of Cairo Gniza, digital collections of Younes & Soraya Nazarian Library, University of Haifa
1969 $100,000 Treasury Bill. Treasury bills (T-bills) are zero-coupon bonds that mature in one year or less. They are bought at a discount of the par value and, instead of paying a coupon interest, are eventually redeemed at that par value to create a positive yield to maturity.
The Gospel of Luke [note 1] tells of the origins, birth, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus. [4] Together with the Acts of the Apostles, it makes up a two-volume work which scholars call Luke–Acts, [5] accounting for 27.5% of the New Testament. [6]
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, branded as Alibaba, is a Chinese multinational technology company specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet, and technology.Founded on 28 June 1999 [1] in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, the company provides consumer-to-consumer (C2C), business-to-consumer (B2C), and business-to-business (B2B) sales services via Chinese and global marketplaces, as well as local consumer ...
Military budget of China, USSR, Russia and US in constant 2021 US$ billions Military spending as a percent of federal government revenue. The military budget of the United States is the largest portion of the discretionary federal budget allocated to the Department of Defense (DoD), or more broadly, the portion of the budget that goes to any military-related expenditures.
By December 1967, The Jungle Book was released in theaters; [74] some bookings were in a double feature format with a live-action film Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar (1967). [75] Produced on a budget of $4 million, [1] The Jungle Book was a massive box-office success, grossing domestic rentals of $11.5 million by 1968. [76]