ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MANTICORE
From Latin manticora, from Greek mantichōrās, corruption of martichorās, from Persian mardkhora man-eater.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MANTICORE»
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In the second book of the Deptford Trilogy, following Fifth Business, David Staunton, a successful man haunted by his relationship with his larger-than-life father, uses therapy to come to terms with his past. Reprint.
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Manticore's Secret : Gameworld Trilogy 2
Once Again Samit Basu Creates A Mesmeric Landscape Bursting With Weird And Wonderful Characters And A Gripping Narrative That S Complex, Playful, Sometimes Sombre But Always Dazzlingly Inventive.
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Marianne, the Magus and the
Manticore
Marianne, the Magus and the Manticore is the first volume of Sheri S. Tepper's acclaimed Marianne Trilogy.
Mixing SF action with gothic horror, Manticore Reborn is an edge-of-your-seat thrill ride as the most dangerous woman in the galaxy finds out there's something even she is scared of - herself.
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The Mythical Creatures Bible: The Definitive Guide to ...
Manticore. The Manticore is a hybrid beast of Persian ^ origin — in Farsi
mardkhora means "man- slayer." According to Pliny, the creature •;* comes from
Ethiopia and has the body of a blood-red lion, the face and ears of ...
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Doctors in Fiction: Lessons from Literature
Dr. Johanna. Von. Haller. in. The. Manticore. by Robertson Davies1 Themes
Jungian analysis and the archetypes □ Continuation of □ Deptford saga
Robertson Davies was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic and journalist and
was ...
Borys Surawicz, Beverly Jacobson, 2009
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Central European Functional Programming School: Third Summer ...
On top of the sequential base language, Manticore provides the programmer with
mechanisms for explicit concurrency and coarse-grain parallelism and
mechanisms for fine-grain parallelism. Manticore's concurrency mechanisms are
based ...
Zoltán Horváth, Zoltan Horvath, Rinus Plasmeijer, 2011
And at least the Manticore System's astrography had let him get away with it for a
while. Classic system-defense doctrine, developed over centuries of experience,
taught that a covering fleet should be deployed in an interior position. Habitable ...
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Gian Carlo Menotti: A Bio-bibliography
"Gian Carlo Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon, and the Manticore." Notes (Music
Library Association) IS (December 1957): 144-145. Review of the G. Ricortli
piano-vocal score. Admirers of Gian Carlo Menotti will recognise here the finesse
, ...
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Dracopedia The Bestiary: An Artist's Guide to Creating ...
Manticore from Medieval Bestiary The manticore is one of the most ferocious and
bizarre ree creatures described throughout classical medieval bestiaries. Similar
to its cousin the sphinx, the manticore traditionally has the body ofa lion, the ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MANTICORE»
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manticore is used in the context of the following news items.
Ranking the trade value of players currently in the Giants organization
He's basically a manticore with dreamy hair. 5. Brandon Belt Under contract for another three years. Starting to get pricey, but not prohibitively ... «McCovey Chronicles, Jul 15»
Concert Sampler July 16 to 22: Yaima Sáez, Black Mountain and …
... on the other side of the river in more ways than just geography. With ambient duo Andrew Timar and Bill Parsons, and T.O. duo Manticore. «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
Album Review: Cradle of Filth – Hammer of the Witches
Bassist Daniel Firth, now a permanent member of the band after being featured on 2012's The Manticore and Other Horrors, is pleasantly ... «Consequence of Sound, Jul 15»
Frenzy from the fringe
(I have one or two copies hanging around the house and Manticore Books has a few more.) As I was saying, I hate to complain, but some ... «Orillia Packet & Times, Jul 15»
Cradle Of Filth – Hammer Of The Witches
... a seemingly stagnant band which has experienced something of an overhaul since previous album “The Manticore and Other Horrors”. «RockSins, Jul 15»
Lots of buzz behind Orillia bookstore
In the local-history section of Manticore Books in downtown Orillia, you'll often find a surprising number of books on the history of Toronto. «Orillia Packet & Times, Jul 15»
Why company towns are bad for people
Industry's manticore-shaped boundaries include about 2,500 businesses, a daytime workforce of 50,000 and a resident population of no more ... «Sacramento Bee, Jul 15»
'D&D' Fifth Edition: One Year in, Beyond the Game
“Mom, what's a manticore?” “Here – look it up.” And then maybe you keep flipping pages on to learning about Medusa and merfolk and mind ... «GeekDad, Jul 15»
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell: Chapter 4 "All the Mirrors of the …
... tell him that image in the painting in the King's residences was a real person, instead of comparing it to a manticore, all this might be avoided. «Lightly Buzzed, Jul 15»
Author publishes book on transportation in Muskoka decades after …
He retired in Orillia about 15 years ago. A Decade on Wheels is available at Manticore Books for $10. roberta.bell@sunmedia.ca. twitter.com/ ... «Orillia Packet & Times, Jul 15»
