Die (comics)Die (stylized as DIE) is a horror/fantasy comic book about role-playing games, influenced by the portal fantasy and LitRPG literary genres, written by Kieron Gillen and illustrated by Stephanie Hans. The series focuses on a group of British adults who are drawn back to an icosahedron-shaped world they originally visited as teenagers; the group left behind a friend upon their original escape and never discussed the experience. It was published by and ran for twenty issues, beginning in December 2018 and ending in September 2021.
Dies irae (video game)is a visual novel video game developed by Light, originally released in 2007 in Japan. A TV anime adaptation, Dies Irae, premiered in October 2017. As in most visual novels, the gameplay mostly consists of reading text on the screen (representing narration or dialogue) accompanied by images showing characters and locations. At certain points in the story, the player can choose options which influence the path, or "route", the story takes.
Live and Let Die (novel)Live and Let Die is the second novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series of stories. Set in London, the United States and Jamaica, it was first published in the UK by Jonathan Cape on 5 April 1954. Fleming wrote the novel at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica before his first book, Casino Royale, was published; much of the background came from Fleming's travel in the US and knowledge of Jamaica. The story centres on Bond's pursuit of "Mr Big", a criminal who has links to the American criminal network, the world of voodoo and SMERSH—an arm of the Soviet secret service—all of which are threats to the First World.
Francis Van WieFrancis Harrison Van Wie (Born 1886 - Died 1973) was a streetcar conductor for the Market Street Railway and its successor, the Municipal Railway in San Francisco, who was famed for romancing and marrying as many as twelve women without divorce by the time he was arrested in 1945 for bigamy. Local press coverage of his arrest and trial gave him colorful, alliterative nicknames, including the Ding Dong Daddy of the D-car Line, the Trolley Toreador, and the Car Barn Casanova.
Oei Wie GwanOei Wie Gwan (), a native of Lasem, Central Java, was a Chinese-Indonesian businessman who founded the kretek company PT Djarum. His first business venture was the establishment of a fireworks factory in the 1930s under the brand Leo, located in Rembang, Central Java. Leo became a leading fireworks brand in Indonesia. Sometime in 1938, his factory exploded, killing and injuring some of its workers. Nonetheless, his factory was rebuilt and continued producing fireworks.
Live Free or Die HardLive Free or Die Hard (released as Die Hard 4.0 outside North America) is a 2007 American action thriller film directed by Len Wiseman, and serves as the fourth installment in the Die Hard film series. It is based on the 1997 article "A Farewell to Arms" written for Wired magazine by John Carlin. The film's name is adapted from New Hampshire's state motto, "Live Free or Die".
Elizabeth Van Wie DavisElizabeth Van Wie Davis (born 1958) is an American academic specializing in international affairs. Davis received her BA in Liberal Arts from Shimer College. She obtained her PhD in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia in 1985. Her dissertation was a study of East Asian maritime law, titled Oceans Policy: A New Search for Cooperation. Davis has worked at Mary Baldwin College, Illinois State University, Johns Hopkins University's SAIS Center for Chinese and American Studies in Nanjing, China, and the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, a U.
Jerusalem (Mendelssohn book)Jerusalem, or on Religious Power and Judaism (Jerusalem oder über religiöse Macht und Judentum) is a book written by Moses Mendelssohn, which was first published in 1783 – the same year when the Prussian officer Christian Wilhelm von Dohm published the second part of his Mémoire Concerning the amelioration of the civil status of the Jews. Moses Mendelssohn was one of the key figures of Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah) and his philosophical treatise, dealing with social contract and political theory (especially concerning the question of the separation between religion and state), can be regarded as his most important contribution to Haskalah.
Like Once Lili MarleenLike Once Lili Marleen (German: ...wie einst Lili Marleen) is a 1956 West German romantic drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Adrian Hoven, Marianne Hold and Claus Holm. The title refers to the popular wartime song "Lili Marleen" popularised by Lale Anderson, who performs it at a concert at the end of the film. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Albrecht Hennings and Karl Weber. Violinmaker Franz Brugger is in love with Christa.
Lüder DeeckeLüder Deecke (ˈdeːkə; born 22 June 1938) in Lohe-Rickelshof, Germany is a German Austrian neurologist, neuroscientist, teacher and physician whose scientific discoveries have influenced brain research and the treatment and rehabilitation of neurological disorders. Full professor and head, Department of Clinical Neurology at the University of Vienna Medical University of Vienna, professor emeritus since October 2006, Deecke is also head of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Functional Brain Topography and is the author of a number of books and more than 600 publications in the fields of neurology, clinical neurology, neurophysiology, clinical neurophysiology, neurosciences, brain research, movement disorders, etc.
