Neither Mantle nor Maris need fear being classified an intellectual, but lately Mantle has shown unusual devotion to an intellectual opus, Henry Miller's `` Tropic of Cancer ''.

I read the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer.

The area where the company could operate consisted of West Africa ( between the Tropic of Cancer and the Cape of Good Hope ) and the Americas, which included the Pacific Ocean and the eastern part of New Guinea.

Kaohsiung is located within a degree to the south of the Tropic of Cancer.

Evolution of the position where the Tropic of Cancer crosses Carretera 83 ( Vía Corta ) Zaragoza-Victoria, Km 27 + 800 ( Mexico ).

Nutation makes a small change to the angle at which the Earth tilts with respect to the Sun, thereby moving the location of the Tropic of Cancer, the most northerly latitude which the Sun can reach directly overhead.

Between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer lies the Northern Temperate Zone.

Tropical regions ( between the Tropic of Cancer and the equator ) are generally hot all year round and tend to experience a rainy season during the summer months, and a dry season during the winter months.

Piri Reis ' map is centered on the Sahara at the latitude of the Tropic of Cancer.

All he had to go by was the definition of the frigid zone as the latitudes north of the line where the celestial arctic circle was equal to the celestial Tropic of Cancer, the tropikos kuklos ( refer to the next subsection ).

At the Tropic of Cancer the radius of the circumpolar stars reaches 24 °.

When the observer is on the terrestrial Arctic Circle and the radius of the circumpolar stars is 66 ° the celestial Arctic Circle is identical to the celestial Tropic of Cancer.

That is what Pytheas means when he says that Thule is located at the place where the Arctic Circle is identical to the Tropic of Cancer.

Furthermore, this account illustrates that his positioning of the Tropic of Cancer was nearly exact, while his positioning of the equator was exactly correct.

Furthermore, Gerbert instructed Constantine that the north pole could be measured with the upper and lower sighting tubes, the Arctic Circle through another tube, the Tropic of Cancer through another tube, the equator through another tube, and the Tropic of Capricorn through another tube.

At the northern solstice the subsolar point is further north than any other time: at latitude 23. 44 ° north, known as the Tropic of Cancer.

The northern solstice is in June, when the Sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere, and the southern solstice is in December, when the Sun is directly over the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere.

It has an area of and straddles the Tropic of Cancer.

* Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia becomes the first to explore the western coast of Africa past the Tropic of Cancer.

Henry Miller's 1934 novel, Tropic of Cancer, had explicit sexual passages and could not be published in the United States ; an edition was printed by the Obelisk Press in Paris and copies were smuggled into the United States.

Owing to the latitude near the Tropic of Cancer, the permanent snow line is among the highest in the world at typically around-for comparison, equatorial mountains in New Guinea and the Rwenzoris have a snow line some lower.

The critic for Time magazine acknowledged the critical storm around Fleming and Dr. No, but was broadly welcoming of the book, writing that whilst " not all readers will agree that Dr. No ... is magnificent writing, ... pages of it, at least, qualify for Ezra Pound's classic comment on Tropic of Cancer: ' At last, an unprintable book that is readable '.

The sun's most southerly position, which is attained at the northern hemisphere's winter solstice, is now called the Tropic of Capricorn, a term which also applies to the line on the Earth at which the sun is directly overhead at noon on that solstice.

Tropic Thunder ( 2008 ) is a comedy film revolving around a group of prima donna actors making a Vietnam War film ( itself also named " Tropic Thunder ") when their fed-up writer and director decide to abandon them in the middle of the jungle, forcing them to fight their way out.

He also played supporting roles in the 2006 drama Peaceful Warrior and the 2008 comedy Tropic Thunder.

Some Stars within the far southern constellations, such as Crux, Musca, and Hydrus, roughly south of the Tropic of Capricorn (- 23½ °), will also be circumpolar stars.

A longer but paved route to Tropic from the south is also available via US-89 and SR-12.

20th century erotic fiction includes such classics of the genre as: Suburban Souls ( 1901 ), published by Carrington and possibly written by him also ; The Confessions of Nemesis Hunt ( issued in three volumes 1902, 1903, 1906 ), probably by George Reginald Bacchus, printed by Duringe of Paris for Leonard Smithers in London ; Josephine Mutzenbacher ( 1906 ) by Felix Salten ; Sadopaideia ( 1907 ) by Anon ( possibly Algernon Charles Swinburne ); Les Mémoires d ' un jeune Don Juan ( 1907 ) and the somewhat disturbing Les onze mille verges ( 1907 ) by Guillaume Apollinaire ; The Way of a Man with a Maid ( 1908 ) and A Weekend Visit by Anon ; Pleasure Bound Afloat ( 1908 ), Pleasure Bound Ashore ( 1909 ) and Maudie ( 1909 ) by Anon ( probably George Reginald Bacchus ); Manuel de civilité pour les petites filles à l ' usage des maisons d ' éducation ( 1917 ) and Trois filles de leur mère ( 1926 ) by Pierre Louys ; Story of the Eye ( 1928 ) by Georges Bataille ; Tropic of Cancer ( 1934 ) and Tropic of Capricorn ( 1938 ) by Henry Miller ; The Story of O ( 1954 ) by Pauline Réage ; Helen and Desire ( 1954 ) and Thongs ( 1955 ) by Alexander Trocchi ; Ada, or Ardor ( 1969 ) by Vladimir Nabokov ; Journal ( 1966 ), Delta of Venus ( 1978 ) and Little Birds ( 1979 ) by Anaïs Nin and The Bicycle Rider ( 1985 ) by Guy Davenport.

The song is also referenced in the 2008 comedy Tropic Thunder.

The Hoggar Mountains (, Berber: idurar n Ahaggar ), also known as the Ahaggar, are a highland region in central Sahara, or southern Algeria, along the Tropic of Cancer.

It is at the northern side of the Little Sandy Desert, south of the Karlamilyi National Park and adjacent to the Canning Stock Route where it passes the Tropic of Capricorn also it is surrounded by sand dunes.

Yushan is also notable in containing the highest point on the Tropic of Cancer and the only point on that circle of latitude where there is any evidence of Quaternary glaciation.

In addition to the volumes included in Miller, she was also the author of Death it is, Judge Not, Hobby Horse, Roses in December, Tropic Heat, Here Too is Valour, and Blitz Kids.

It appeared in the final episode of the TV show Six Feet Under and has also been prominently featured in the movies Arthur, Three Kings, A Knight's Tale and Land of the Lost, as well as in the trailer for the movie Tropic Thunder and in the end credits music in episode 24 (" One Day in the Valley ") of Entourage.

She also had parts in commercials for AT & T and TrimSpa, and she was a spokesmodel for Hawaiian Tropic.

His novels about 1950s British National Service such as " The Virgin Soldiers " spawned two film versions, in 1969 and 1977, whilst his Tropic of Ruislip and Dangerous Davies, The Last Detective have been adapted for television ( the former as Tropic in 1979 and latter having also spawned a film version, in 1981 ).

It was also banned in Turkey. It is a sequel to Miller's 1934 work, the Tropic of Cancer.

France has also been more permissive in terms of censorship, and many important foreign language novels were originally published in France while being banned in America: Joyce's Ulysses ( published by Sylvia Beach in Paris, 1922 ), Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita and William S. Burroughs's Naked Lunch ( both published by Olympia Press ), and Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer ( published by Obelisk Press ).

Greater Mexico City spreads over the valley of Mexico, also called the valley of Anáhuac, a 9, 560 km² ( 3, 691 sq mi ) valley that lies at an average of 2, 240 m ( 7, 349 ft ) above sea level but below the Tropic of Cancer.

Philae also was remarkable for the singular effects of light and shade resulting from its position near the Tropic of Cancer.

Near the Tropic of Capricorn, the river splits in two ; the smaller southern branch, Bermejito, and the northern branch that known as the Teuco River ( also called Bermejo or Bermejo Nuevo ).

He is also known for his behind the scenes work as a screenwriter, penning such films as Tropic Thunder, Iron Man 2, and Rock of Ages.

France has also been more permissive in terms of censorship, and many important foreign language novels were originally published in France while being banned in America: Joyce's Ulysses ( published by Sylvia Beach in Paris, 1922 ), Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita and William S. Burroughs's Naked Lunch ( both published by Olympia Press ), and Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer ( published by Obelisk Press ).