Among the many severe measures taken by the First Emperor, Shih Huang-ti, in his efforts to insure the continuation of this hard-won national unity, was the burning of the books in 213 B.C., with the expressed intention of removing possible sources for divergent thinking ; ;

Among the sixty-nine items in these three books, twenty-four deal with physics, seventeen with psychology, eleven with logic and metaphysics, and six with questions of fate and providence.

Among the minority, in Trent, that showed opposition to these books ' inclusion were Cardinals Seripando and Cajetan, the latter an opponent of Luther at Augsburg.

Among Orthodox, the term is understood to mean that they were compiled separately from the primary canon, as explained in 2 Esdras, where Esdras is instructed to keep certain books separate and hidden.

Among them were editions of Chaucer, Plutarch, two books in Italian, and folio editions of Cicero and Plato.

Among books on the list considered to be the Great American Novel were: Moby-Dick, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Great Gatsby, The Grapes of Wrath, The Catcher in the Rye, Invisible Man and To Kill a Mockingbird.

Among the books found in his library ( as evidenced in Lovecraft's Library by S. T. Joshi ) was " The Seven Who Were Hanged " by Leonid Andreyev and " A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder " by James De Mille.

Among other accomplishments of the Great Assembly, the last books of the Bible were written at this time and the canon sealed.

Among her awards are an ABBY Honor award for books in the Mitford series, set in the fictional community of Mitford, North Carolina.

Among Agricola's other theoretical works is Musica instrumentalis deudsch ( 1529 ), a study of musical instruments, and one of the most important works in early organology ; and one of the earliest books on the Rudiments of music.

Among the books he authored are Guilty Men ( an attack on Neville Chamberlain and others for the policy of appeasement ), a biography of Jonathan Swift ( The Pen and the Sword, 1957 ) and a biography of Aneurin Bevan.

" Among fans of the nearly forty year old books, this film was mostly disappointing.

Among the rejected Lake translation: " not genuine " writings must be reckoned also the Acts of Paul, and the so-called Shepherd, and the Apocalypse of Peter, and in addition to these the extant epistle of Barnabas, and the so-called Teachings of the Apostles ; and besides, as I said, the Apocalypse of John, if it seem proper, which some, as I said, reject, but which others class with the accepted books.

Among these groups are comic book fandom, media fandom, the Society for Creative Anachronism, gaming, and furry fandom, sometimes referred to collectively as " fringe fandoms " with the implication that the original fandom centered on science fiction texts ( magazines and later books and fanzines ) is the " true " or " core " fandom.

Among leading language-usage commentators, Garner's Modern American Usage acknowledges that " website " is the standard form, but Bill Walsh, of The Washington Post, argues for using " Web site " in his books and on his website ( however, The Washington Post itself uses " website ").

Among his early books was Contes à Ninon, published in 1864.

In the 1980s, Seymour began a career as a writer of self-help and inspirational books, including Jane Seymour's Guide to Romantic Living ( 1986 ), Two at a Time: Having Twins ( 2002 ), Remarkable Changes ( 2003 ), and Among Angels ( 2010 ).

* Among the treasures of the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica in Amsterdam are books on the Gnosis and the Corpus Hermeticum as published in Florence in 1471.

Among his best-known books is The Carpetbaggers – loosely based on a composite of Howard Hughes, Bill Lear, Harry Cohn, and Louis B. Mayer –

Among the humor books, Beat, Beat, Beat was a 1959 Signet paperback of cartoons by Phi Beta Kappa Princeton graduate William F. Brown, who looked down on the movement from his position in the TV department of the Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn advertising agency.

Among the books written by Bossuet during this period are three classics.

Among the wisest of the Noldor were Rúmil, creator of the first writing system and author of many epic books of lore.

§ Among the rejected books by both the Judaic and Catholic canons was found the Book of Enoch, the Manual of Discipline or " Rule of the Community " ( 1QS ) and " The War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness ".

Among the most famous anti-Tom books are The Sword and the Distaff by William Gilmore Simms, Aunt Phillis's Cabin by Mary Henderson Eastman, and The Planter's Northern Bride by Caroline Lee Hentz, with the last author having been a close personal friend of Stowe's when the two lived in Cincinnati.

Among others, the " House of Kopernik " and the accompanying museum commemorate Nicolaus Copernicus and his revolutionary work, the university museum reveals the history of the city's academic past.

Among the dead are 18 players and club officials of the Torino A. C. – also known as Il Grande Torino – football ( soccer ) team, journalists accompanying the team, and the planes crew.

Among the well-known pilots flying accompanying planes are Major James H. Doolittle, referee of the tour, who is accompanied by Mrs. Doolittle and Mrs. Ray W. Brown, wife of the assistant tour starter ; Capt.

Among the passengers was Winston Churchill, then a war correspondent accompanying the detachment, who helped load the train engine with wounded before it made an escape attempt, pushing through the de-railed section that blocked its path and making it through safely.

Among his very numerous works two poems entitle him to a distinguished place in the Latin literature of the Middle Ages ; one of these, the De planctu naturae, is an ingenious satire on the vices of humanity.

Among the letters of Julian are two ( 29 and 30 ) addressed to Alypius ; one inviting him to Rome, the other thanking him for a geographical treatise, which no longer exists.

Among the Syrian junds were contingents of old Umayyad clients, numbering perhaps 500, and Abd al-Rahman believed he might tug on old loyalties and get them to receive him.

Among the titles accorded to him are " king of lands ", " king of heaven and earth ", and " father of the gods ".

Among other things he told me that, some ten years before, a young man had come to the city and had given, like me practical demonstrations of the resources of our art ; this young man was put to death by poison, together with two servants who accompanied him.

Among the Mandaeans, Jesus was considered a mšiha kdaba or " false messiah " who perverted the teachings entrusted to him by John the Baptist.

) Among those who critiqued him from the left were Marxist-humanist Raya Dunayevskaya, fellow German emigre Paul Mattick, both of whom subjected One-Dimensional Man to a Marxist critique, and Noam Chomsky, who knew and liked Marcuse " but thought very little of his work.

Among the loot from these cities was Briseis, from Lyrnessus, who was awarded to him, and Chryseis, from Hypoplacian Thebes, who was awarded to Agamemnon.

Among other items, Roosevelt brought with him four tons of salt for preserving animal hides, a lucky rabbit's foot given to him by boxer John L. Sullivan, a Holland and Holland double rifle in. 500 / 450 donated by a group of 56 admiring Britons, a Winchester 1895 rifle in. 405 Winchester, an Army ( M1903 ) Springfield in. 30-06 caliber stocked and sighted for him, a Fox No. 12 shotgun, and the famous Pigskin Library, a collection of classics bound in pig leather and transported in a single reinforced trunk.

Among the details he gave authorities, was that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's lieutenant had told him that Reid and Abderraouf Jdey had both been enlisted by the al-Qaeda chief to carry out identical shoe-bombing plots as part of a second wave of attacks against the United States, and that they had successfully blown up Flight 587, while Reid had been stymied.

Among hundreds of articles contributed by him to scientific journals, the most important include:

Among other factors, this had landed him in trouble with his colleagues.

Among the tracks, the band were most impressed by Orbit's effort and enlisted him to replace Street as producer for their next album, citing a need to approach the recording process from a fresh perspective.

Among his earliest memories are folk songs she sang to him.

John Edward Lloyd gave the following assessment of Llywelyn: Among the chieftains who battled against the Anglo-Norman power his place will always be high, if not indeed the highest of all, for no man ever made better or more judicious use of the native force of the Welsh people for adequate national ends ; his patriotic statemanship will always entitle him to wear the proud style of Llywelyn the Great.

Among them was a Central Intelligence Agency-sponsored attempt to poison him, which may have come on orders from U. S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Among the guests behind him is Martin Luther King, Jr.

Among Annie's patrons are Dave the Dude, a gambling gangster who believes her apples bring him good luck, and his henchman Happy McGuire.

Among Grampa's stories are the time he chased Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1922, the time John D. Rockefeller dropped silver dollars on him while floating in a Zeppelin, various times spent harassing Springfield's Irish immigrant community, listening to Thomas Edison recite the alphabet over the radio, when President Grover Cleveland spanked him on two nonconsecutive occasions, and when he " took a shot " at President Theodore Roosevelt.

Among other things, the investigation showed that Spano had deliberately misled the NHL and the Islanders about his net worth, and also had two lawsuits pending against him.