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Jan Jones (novelist)
Janice Rosemary Jones (known as Jan Jones) (born 24 December 1955) is a British former software engineer, now a writer of romantic fiction and short stories. Her debut novel, ''Stage By Stage'', was published in July 2005 and won the Romantic Novelists' Association Joan Hessayon Award the same year. In her first career as software engineer, she was the architect of the SuperBASIC programming language for the Sinclair QL personal computer while working at Sinclair Research in the early 1980s. Before joining Sinclair Research, she worked at British Gas and the Royal School of Mines as a programmer and lecturer. Bibliography Source: Technical * ''QL SuperBasic: The Definitive Handbook''. McGraw-Hill, 1984 (e-book An ebook (short for electronic book), also spelled as e-book or eBook, is a book publication made available in electronic form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on the flat-panel display of computers or other electronic devices. Al ... reissue 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Royal School Of Mines
The Royal School of Mines comprises the departments of Earth Science and Engineering, and Materials at Imperial College London. The Centre for Advanced Structural Ceramics and parts of the London Centre for Nanotechnology and Department of Bioengineering are also housed within the building. The school as an organisation no longer exists, having been incorporated into the Faculty of Engineering since 2003. Today the Royal School of Mines refers to both the departments associated with the former school, and the Grade II listed Edwardian building by Sir Aston Webb, which is viewed as a classic of academic architecture. The building and relevant student union still carry the name. History The Royal School of Mines was established in 1851, as the Government School of Mines and Science Applied to the Arts. The School developed from the Museum of Economic Geology, a collection of minerals, maps and mining equipment made by Sir Henry De la Beche, and opened in 1841. The museum also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Computer Programmers
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** British Isles, an island group ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** British Empire, a historical global colonial empire ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) * British Raj, colonial India under the British Empire * British Hong Kong, colonial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Wilkinson
Laura Ann Wilkinson (born November 17, 1977, in Houston, Texas) is an American diver, three-time Olympian, and Olympic gold medalist. She is the first woman to win the three major diving world titles. Wilkinson retired in 2008. After nine years of retirement, she returned to competition in 2017 and placed second at Nationals. She trained for her fourth Olympic Games (2021) at Texas A&M University's swimming and diving facilities but did not qualify. Background Wilkinson was born and raised in Houston, Texas and lived with her parents, Ed and Linda Wilkinson. She attended Klein High School in Houston before going to University of Texas. As a child, Wilkinson was a gymnast, but had to give up on the sport after a growth spurt during puberty made her too tall to continue. It was then that she turned to diving. When she first started diving, a teacher told her she was too old to start a new sport and was later kicked off her high school team because they thought she was a "waste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Dunford
Caroline may refer to: People * Caroline (singer) (born 1981), Japanese glitch pop musician * Caroline (given name), a feminine given name * J. C. Caroline (1933–2017), American football player * Jamie Caroline (born 1999), British racing driver * Jordan Caroline (born 1996), American basketball player * Nancy Caroline (1944–2002), American-Israeli physician Places Antarctica * Caroline Bluff, a headland in the South Shetland Islands Australia * Caroline, South Australia, a locality in the District Council of Grant * Hundred of Caroline, a cadastral sub-unit of the County of Grey in South Australia *Caroline Springs, Victoria a town in Victoria Canada *Caroline, Alberta, a village Kiribati *Caroline Island, an uninhabited coral atoll in the central Pacific Micronesia *Caroline Islands an archipelago in the western Pacific, northeast of New Guinea * Caroline Plate, a small tectonic plate north of New Guinea United States *Caroline, New York, a town * Caroline, Ohio, an unin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eve Bourton
Eve is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the origin story, "Creation myths are symbolic stories describing how the universe and its inhabitants came to be. Creation myths develop through oral traditions and therefore typically have multiple versions." of the Abrahamic religions, she was the Protoplast (religion), first woman to be created by God. Eve is known also as Adam's wife. According to the second chapter of Genesis, Eve was created by God in Abrahamic religions, God (Yahweh) by taking her from the rib (sometimes translated as side) of Adam, to be Adam's companion. Adam is charged with guarding and keeping the garden before her creation; she is not present when God commands Adam Taboo#In religion and mythology, not to eat the forbidden fruit – although it is clear that she was aware of the command. She decides to eat the forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil after she hears the Serpents in the Bible#Eden, serpent' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gill Sanderson
Gill Sanderson is the pen name of Roger Sanderson, a prolific author of romance novels for publisher Mills and Boon. As of 2015, Sanderson is the only male author writing for Mills and Boon; he chose to publish under his wife's name instead of his own. Before writing romances, Sanderson wrote for ''Commando'' war comics. After reading several Mills and Boon romance novels A romance or romantic novel is a genre fiction novel that primarily focuses on the relationship and romantic love between two people, typically with an emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending. Authors who have contributed to the developme ..., he and his wife began writing novels together. Sanderson soon began writing novels by himself but chose to use his wife's name for publication. Sanderson has written more than 50 novels, which have sold a combined three million copies. Many of his books are medical romances. Jay Dixon, a scholar of romance novels, described Sanderson as "one of the few men who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Wynne-Jones
Grace Wynne-Jones is an Irish journalist and writer. Life and career Grace Wynne-Jones was born in Ireland to Joan de Vere (1913-1989) of Curraghchase in County Limerick home of poet Aubrey Thomas de Vere. She grew up in Ireland but also lived in the US, Africa, and the UK. Wynne-Jones has been published by magazines and newspapers in Ireland, Australia and the UK. She wrote a radio play ''Ebb Tide'' which was broadcast by the national broadcaster RTÉ. She is currently living in County Wicklow County Wicklow ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The last of the traditional 32 counties, having been formed as late as 1606 in Ireland, 1606, it is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the Provinces .... Bibliography *''Ordinary Miracles'' (Simon & Schuster/Pocket 1997) *''Wise Follies'' (Simon & Schuster/Pocket 1998) *''Ready Or Not?'' (Tivoli, 2003) *''The Truth Club'' (Tivoli 2005) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wynne-Jones, Grace I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Bidder
Jane may refer to: * Jane (given name), a feminine given name including list of persons and characters with the name * Jane (surname), related to the given name including list of persons and characters with the name Film and television * ''Jane'' (1915 film), a silent comedy film directed by Frank Lloyd * ''Jane'' (2016 film), a South Korean drama film starring Lee Min-ji * ''Jane'' (2017 film), an American documentary film about Jane Goodall * ''Jane'' (2022 film), an American psychological thriller directed by Sabrina Jaglom * Jane (British TV series), an 1980s British television series * Jane (American TV series), an educational adventure television series Music * ''Jane'' (album), an album by Jane McDonald * Jane (American band) * Jane (German band) * Jane, unaccompanied and original singer of "It's a Fine Day" in 1983 Songs * "Jane" (Barenaked Ladies song), 1994 * "Jane", a song by Ben Folds Five from their 1999 album ''The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Mess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Wenham-Jones
Jane Wenham-Jones (12 January 1962 – 22 August 2021) was a British author, journalist, presenter, interviewer, creative writing tutor, and speaker who lived in Broadstairs, Kent, a town that appears in four of her novels. She was a regular contributor to ''Writing Magazine'', '' Woman's Weekly'' and the ''Isle of Thanet News'', and previously wrote columns for the ''Isle of Thanet Gazette'', ''Booktime'' and ''Woman's Weekly'' Fiction Special. Career Wenham-Jones began her writing career in 1995 and published novels, short stories, non-fiction articles and two ''Wannabe'' writing guides, in which, in "Wannabe a Writer", she coined the phrase 'Writer's Bottom'. More than a hundred of her short stories have been published in magazines across the world including ''Active Life'', ''Bella'', ''Best'', '' Candis'', ''Chat'', ''More'', ''My Weekly'', ''The People's Friend'', ''Pulp Fiction'', '' Take a Break'', '' Take a Break Fiction Feast'', ''Woman'', '' Woman's Weekly'', ''Woma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Jones
Christina Noelle Jones (born September 17, 1987) is an American competitor in synchronized swimming. She grew up in Fremont, California and lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jones swam with Andrea Nott in the duet event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, placing fifth. She also participated on the American team that placed fifth in synchronized team. At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, she won a gold medal in the mixed duet technical routine with swim partner Bill May. Jones is an artist in Cirque du Soleil Cirque du Soleil (, ; ) is a Canadian entertainment company and the largest contemporary circus producer in the world. Located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, Montreal, Saint-Michel, Montreal, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul on 16 Jun ...'s water-based show, ''O''. References External links * * * * * 1987 births 21st-century American sportswomen American synchronized swimmers Cirque du Soleil performers Living people Olympic synchron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
