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What is the order of the Kurt Wallander series?

Beginning with "Faceless Killers" in 1991, a new book in the Kurt Wallander series was released every year through 1999. The sixth book in the series was "The Fifth Woman," followed by "One Step Behind" and "Firewall." The ninth book, "The Pyramid," was published in 1999; the next two books, "An Event in Autumn" and "The Troubled Man," were not published until 2004 and 2009 respectively.\nMankell also published "Before the Frost" in 2002, which was meant to be a spin-off book series that featured Wallander's daughter Linda as the main protagonist. A personal tragedy close to the author an..

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What are the most famous oil paintings that have been lost or stolen?

Two thieves posing as police officers stole both Rembrandt's "The Storm on the Sea of Galilee" and Vermeer's "The Concert" in 1990. A thief cut "Poppy Flowers" from its frame in 2010, and it has not been seen since. "Poppy Flowers" was stolen previously in 1978, but authorities recovered it two years later. "View of Auvers-sur-Oise" went missing on December 31, 1999, from the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England.

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Who is Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen?

Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen is the daughter of former South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky. Nguyen was born in Saigon, but her family relocated to the United States after the seizure of Saigon by the North Vietnamese in 1975. Ky Duyen grew up in Virginia and Southern California. She attended the California State Polytechnic Institute and began recording music and performing publicly in the mid-1980s. She began her tenure as Master of Ceremonies on "Paris by Night" in the 1990s and appeared in the Robert Hyatt film "Lost Paradise" in 1993. In addition to her position on "Paris by Night," Ky Du..

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When did Maureen O'Hara die?

Maureen O'Hara was born Maureen FitzSimons, to a businessman and stage actress, and exhibited a flair for theatrics at a young age. After graduating from Dublin's Abbey Theatre School, she moved to London, where she met an acclaimed movie star and producer who jumpstarted her career and suggested she change her surname to O'Hara. She was later cast alongside Hollywood leading men in a string of action films during the 1940s and shifted her career towards singing and comedy in the 1960s.

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Where can you find poems about the loss of a loved one?

Leacy.com lists 25 poems that deal with losing a loved one as well as death and loss in a more general sense.\nPoemHunter.com suggests 494 poems under the subject of Grief, in a list that spans Shakespeare to Shelley. The list also includes some contemporary poetry.\nA page on the Academy of American Poets' website includes an article that discusses grief in poetry. The article includes examples of poems written about the loss of a loved one, and it features a list of suggested poems that cover the topic.

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How do you create your own channel using AccuRadio?

In order to create customized channels using AccuRadio:Choose basic channel from compiled channel listingsUsers can click on the featured channels or choose from the channels by genre on the left of the homepage. Previous users can also choose My Channels to access listening history and favorited channels. To create a unique channel, click the shuffle icon and blend with another channel by choosing Let's Blend. Blend as many different channels and genres. Users can provide a unique name for personalized channels and they will be saved in user's history.Add channels to My FavoritesCus..

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Who were the top six contestants of "The Voice" Season 8?

After weeks of coaching and rounds of elimination, the top six contestants represented teams named for their super star coaches. Team Adam retained one contestant in the top six, Joshua Davis, a musician since high school from Traverse City, Michigan. Koryn Hawthorne, a local community singer from Abbeville, Louisiana, and Sawyer Fredericks, an artist from the small farm town Fultonville, New York, represented Team Pharrell. Team Blake placed Meghan Linsey, a seasoned singer from New Orleans, Louisiana, onstage. Meanwhile, India Carney, a lifelong musician from Brooklyn, New York, and Kimberl..

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How is a pegasus drawn?

Drawing complex items is simplified by using basic shapes. Quickly sketch a series of rectangles or ovals to represent the general shape of the Pegasus' body and legs. Add triangles to represent wings. This provides an idea of how much space on the paper that the Pegasus takes up and grants a starting point for adding detail.\nDefining the size of the drawing at the start allows artists to avoid running out of room before the drawing is finished. How to Draw & Paint states that quickly sketching the basic shapes of different parts of a drawing allows the artist to avoid second-guessing. T..

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What is Jane Fonda's most iconic haircut?

Before the movie "Klute" in 1971, Jane Fonda mostly wore her blond hair long and voluminous. The contrast between the popular haircut of the time -- long, feminine waves -- and the shag represented the era of female activism of the 70s. Fonda wore her hair in many variations of the "shag" throughout the 70s. In the 1980s, she began to wear the shag with more volume and curled on the ends.

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Which ABC shows are available to watch online?

"Castle" and "Modern Family" first premiered in 2009. Between 2009 and 2015, "Castle" earned four Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and "Modern Family" earned 67 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning 21 of them.\nMaurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon and Joss Whedon created the series "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," which is based on the Marvel comics by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee. The action drama series first aired in 2013, and has received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. "Black-ish," created by Kenya Barris, focuses on an upper-middle-class African American family. The series premiered on Sept. ..

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