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The Wavewatcher's Companion

As Jennifer Ouellette of the Wall Street Journal describes, Pretor-Pinney 'employs a chatty, conversational tone, with clear technical explanations enlivened by real-world examples, whimsical asides, personal anecdotes and inventive analogies' to explain his subject.


Be My Life's Companion

Best selling versions of the song were recorded by Rosemary Clooney and by The Mills Brothers, both in 1951.

The Rosemary Clooney recording was recorded in December 1951 and released by Columbia Records as catalog number 39631, with the flip side "Why Don't You Love Me?".

Élise la Flotte

Elise la Flotte, also called de Flotte (died 1815), was a French Lady's companion, lady in waiting of the French Crown Princess of Sweden Désirée Clary, consort of Jean Baptiste Bernadotte.

Frederick Myron Colby

Colby wrote for a variety of publications aimed at youths such as The Youth's Companion and St. Nicholas.

Housewife

The Compleat Housewife or Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion, an English cookbook and how-to manual; also the first published cookbook in the United States

The Filmgoer's Companion

It was originally written by Leslie Halliwell, but since his death in 1989, it has been edited by John Walker.

The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion

The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion (2005) is a nonfiction book written by scholars Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull.

Reprinted for the first time since 1980, and corrected and expanded, is Tolkien's Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings (previously referred to as Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings), an index of persons, places, and things designed to aid the translator in rendering Tolkien's work into foreign languages.


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