Dust in Philip Pullman's trilogy of novels His Dark Materials is a mysterious cosmic particle that is integral to the plot.

* Dust ( His Dark Materials ), fictional form of matter in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials

The Oxford of Phillip Pullman's Northern Lights is similar, a world that is " both familiar and strange ".

Pullman's preface to that book explains that the setting is " a universe like ours, but different in many ways ".

* The ' Ancient of Days ' is a term for God in Phillip Pullman's ' His Dark Materials ' trilogy.

* In Philip Pullman's novel Count Karlstein, the Wild Hunt is featured as a major plot element, only here it is composed entirely of huge phantom hounds and just one huntsman: the evil demon Zamiel, who is actually named " the Demon Huntsman " in the novel.

Exeter College is the real life basis for the fictional Jordan College in Philip Pullman's novel trilogy His Dark Materials.

In Philip Pullman's less well-known little book " Lyra's Oxford " there is a pull-out map which clearly shows the building we know as Exeter College to be Jordan College.

WSU is among the co-sponsors of Pullman's annual National Lentil Festival that attracts many visitors on the weekend before university classes begin in August.

* In Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass, there is an attempted poisoning by the Master of Jordan College ( the novel ) or an official of the Magisterium ( the film ) of one of the major characters, Lord Asriel, via a decanter of Tokaji in the first chapter.

* Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy is strongly influenced by Winstanley's writings, including the idea of the Republic of Heaven.

Lyra Belacqua (), also known as Lyra Silvertongue, is the heroine of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.

The controls over new building and renovation, administered by the City of Chicago, are explained in the Beman Committee's Homeowner's Guide ( the Committee is named after Pullman's original architect, Solon Spencer Beman )

The Golden Compass, based on the first novel in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series, is considered a flop in North America due to its $ 180 million budget coupled with New Line Cinema's decision to sell all of the international distribution rights, but the unique circumstances of its international success have made the film's overall success a point of contention ; it was the first film ever to make more than $ 300 million internationally but less than $ 100 million in the United States.

The only indication of its length is Pullman's description of it as " a big, big book.

* In Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series ( 1995, 1997, 2000 ), the fall is presented in a positive light, as it is the moment at which human beings achieve self-awareness, knowledge, and freedom.

Lord Asriel is a major character in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series and one of the main protagonists of Northern Lights.

Marisa Coulter is a fictional character in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy and one of the main antagonists of Northern Lights.

It is directly mentioned in Philip Pullman's The Shadow in the North ( Sally Lockhart Quartet ).

* Lord Carlo Boreal, a fictional character in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy

* The plot of Philip Pullman's Ruby in the Smoke relies heavily on fictional events that supposedly occurred during the siege.

Intercision is a type of fictional operation in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy that separates an individual from their dæmon.

Lucius Beebe's book, `` Mr. Pullman's Elegant Palace Car '', fills us with nostalgia, recalling days when private cars and Pullmans were extra wonderful, with fine woodwork, craftsmanship in construction, deep carpets and durable upholstery.

Some examples of this are: R. A. Salvatore's Drizzt of " The Legend of Drizzt ", Kathryn Lasky's Soren of Guardians of Ga ' Hoole, David Eddings ' Belgarion in the Belgariad and Malloreon, Terry Brooks ' Shea and Wil Ohmsford of The Sword of Shannara and The Elfstones of Shannara, Terry Goodkind's Richard Cypher, Robert Jordan's Rand al ' Thor of The Wheel of Time, Pug and Arutha of Raymond Feist's Riftwar Saga, Philip Pullman's Lyra Belacqua of His Dark Materials, Ursula K. Le Guin's Ged, Aerial of the Darkangel Trilogy by Meredith Ann Pierce, and Christopher Paolini's Eragon of The Inheritance Cycleand Ashalind of the " Bitterbynd Trilogy ".

Pullman's publishers have primarily marketed the series to young adults, but Pullman also intended to speak to adults.

The Thames also features prominently in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, as a communications artery for the waterborne Gyptian people of Oxford and the Fens.

* In Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, Lord Asriel constructs an " adamant " fortress.

Harpies are commonly depicted as a race of bird-women, such as in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials book series.

These rivers play an important role in The Tiger in the Well, the last Sally Lockhart mystery in Philip Pullman's trilogy.

More recently it has been used in the filming of the movies of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series and also the film adaptation of Philip Pullman's novel Northern Lights ( the film bearing the title of the US edition of the book, The Golden Compass ).

Philip Pullman's previously mentioned trilogy, His Dark Materials, presented the theme of a negligent or evil God to a wider audience, as depicted in the 2007 film The Golden Compass based on the first book of this trilogy.

Also Faust, Bomber, Doctor Who: The Vengeance of Morbius, Empire of the Sun, Brighton Rock, Fair Stood the Wind for France, Fluke, Great Speeches in History, How Proust Can Change Your Life, Lady Windermere's Fan, Peter Pan, The Alchemist, The Day of the Triffids, The Hairy Hands, The Lives of Christopher Chant, The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous, The Queen's Man, The Solitaire Mystery, The Swimming Pool Library, The Two Destinies, The Velveteen Rabbit, The Way I Found Her, The Way to Dusty Death, The Woodlanders, Under the Net, Wuthering Heights and Philip Pullman's Grimm Tales for Young and Old.

Pullman's business community had expressed concerns that playing the game away from the area would be detrimental to the local economy.

Pullman's Palace Car Co. stock certificate signed by Gen. Porter ( 1884 ) From 1869 to 1872, Porter served as President Grant's personal secretary in the White House.

Martin Stadium, the Cougars ' football stadium since 1972, holds more than 35, 000 spectators, which makes it the smallest stadium in the Pac-12 conference, but still allows it to hold 125 percent of Pullman's population, including the nearly 20, 000 student population.

In Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials novels, the European main characters often express fear of tartars, a term apparently referring to many Asian races, as the story takes place far from Mongolia.

Harris J. Griston, in Shaking The Dust From Shakespeare ( 216 ), writes: `` There is not a word spoken by Shylock which one would expect from a real Jew ''.

The seventh track of Joe Bonamassa's album Dust Bowl is entitled The Last Matador of Bayonne.

Woody Guthrie's Dust Bowl Ballads ( 1940 ) is considered to be the first concept album.

As of 25 July 2010, the only known track name for the 7th album is " Rock Dust Light Star " which has been performed live and confirmed by Kay himself to be on the new album.

The album notably featured " Bizarre Love Triangle " and " Angel Dust " ( of which a remixed instrumental version is available on the UK " True Faith " CD video single, under the title " Evil Dust "), a track which marries a synth break beat with Low-Life-era guitar effects.

Dust from near-surface explosions against hardened targets also contributes ; each Mt-equivalent of explosion could release up to 5 million tons of dust, but most would quickly fall out ; high altitude dust is estimated at 0. 1-1 million tons per Mt-equivalent of explosion.

Dust To Dust is an eight issue miniseries starting on May 26, 2010 and written by Chris Roberson and drawn by Robert Adler.

Red Dust, set on a far-future Mars colonized by the Chinese, is a planetary romance filled with all the latest SF ideas: nanotechnology, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, personality downloads, virtual reality.

Arguably the first influential classic electric blues slide guitarist is Elmore James, whose riff in the song " Dust My Broom " is copied from Robert Johnson and is held in particularly high regard.

Examples include Shadowcat, Sabra and Magneto who are Jewish, Dust who is a devout Muslim, Nightcrawler who is a devout Catholic, and Neal Shaara / Thunderbird who is Hindu.

By contrast, religion is also central to the lives of several X-Men, such as Nightcrawler, a devout Catholic, and Dust, a devout Sunni Muslim who wears an Islamic hijab.

Dust is removed from the airstream by the bag, and usually a filter, before it passes through the fan.

Dust blanketed that part of the valley for days, and the wind speed in front of the slide is estimated to have been 300 mph ( 480 km / h ).

Dust that forms a faint reflection nebulosity around the brightest stars was thought at first to be left over from the formation of the cluster ( hence the alternate name Maia Nebula after the star Maia ), but is now known to be an unrelated dust cloud in the interstellar medium that the stars are currently passing through.

Because Oklahoma is situated between the Great Plains and the Ozark Plateau in the Gulf of Mexico watershed, the western part of the state is subjected to extended periods of drought and high winds in the region may then generate Dust storms, and the eastern part of the state is humid subtropical climate zone.

Dust is one sort of aerosol which can easily be seen

Dust devils rarely cause injury to people on the ground ; however, 1 case is reported every 5 to 10 years.