Gods And Kings (book)
Gods and Kings may refer to: *''Gods and Kings'', 1945 collection of six one-act plays by Lajos Bíró *''Gods and Kings'', Christian historical fiction novel by Lynn Austin Lynn Austin is the American author of many Christian fiction novels and holds the record for most Christy Awards won: eight. One of her books, ''Hidden Places'' was turned into a Hallmark Channel movie. She and her husband have three children an ... * '' Civilization V: Gods & Kings'', a videogame *'' Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano'', a 2015 book See also *'' Exodus: Gods and Kings'', 2014 epic biblical drama film directed by Ridley Scott {{dab ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lajos Bíró
Lajos Bíró (; born Lajos Blau; 22 August 1880 – 9 September 1948) was a Hungarian novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who wrote many films from the early 1920s through the late 1940s. Life He was born in Nagyvárad, Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Oradea, Romania) and eventually moved to the United Kingdom where he worked as a scenario chief for London Film Productions run by Alexander Korda, collaborating on many screenplays with Arthur Wimperis. He died in London on 9 September 1948 of a heart attack. He is buried in the northern section of Hampstead Cemetery in north London. In 1929, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Writing for '' The Last Command'', but lost to Ben Hecht for ''Underworld'', the only other nomination in this category. Novels *''A Serpolette'' (The Serpolette, 1914) *''A bazini zsidók'' (The Jews of Bazin; 1921). Plays * ''Szinmü négy felvon (Hotel Imperial)'' (1917) * ''Gods and Kings'', six one-ac ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lynn Austin
Lynn Austin is the American author of many Christian fiction novels and holds the record for most Christy Awards won: eight. One of her books, ''Hidden Places'' was turned into a Hallmark Channel movie. She and her husband have three children and live in Holland, Michigan. Background Austin began her writing career as a reader. She did not like the feeling of hopelessness she was often left with and sought to write what she would want to read. "I agree that life is hard--but God is good!"Christian Retailing, August 2011 With only a minor in English she sat down to write, and continued to write, while juggling in between raising her children and working part-time. Her family moved from Canada to Chicago, where she taught at Chicago Christian High School one year before beginning to write full-time and actively pursued getting published. It took eleven years from when she started writing to getting published.Christian Renewal, October 8, 2008 Writing philosophy Austin is known for ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gods & Kings
''Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods & Kings'' is the first official expansion pack for the turn-based strategy video game ''Civilization V''. It was released on June 19, 2012 in North America, and on June 22, 2012 in the rest of the world. It adds both religion and espionage mechanics to the game as well as reworking the combat and diplomacy features. It is available either in disc form or as download content via Steam. Gameplay ''Gods & Kings'' includes 27 new units, 13 new buildings, nine new wonders, two new eras, and nine new playable civilizations. A new religion mechanic featuring a "faith" resource allows players to found their own religion which they can grow into a "world-spanning fully customized religion." Diplomacy has been reworked to include espionage, foreign embassies, and new types of city-states (religious and mercantile). City-states also feature a new quest system and strategic importance. Additionally, the combat system has been re-worked to include smarter AI, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Rise And Fall Of Alexander McQueen And John Galliano
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pro ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |