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The Two Towers. The Two Towers is the second volume of J. R. R. Tolkien 's high fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. It is preceded by The Fellowship of the Ring and followed by The Return of the King. The volume's title is ambiguous, as five towers are named in the narrative, and Tolkien himself gave conflicting identifications of the two towers.
Appleby Castle from above. Appleby Castle is in the town of Appleby-in-Westmorland overlooking the River Eden ( grid reference NY685200 ). It consists of a 12th-century castle keep which is known as Caesar's Tower, and a mansion house. These, together with their associated buildings, are set in a courtyard surrounded by curtain walls. [1]
Operation Teapot. Operation Teapot was a series of 14 nuclear test explosions conducted at the Nevada Test Site in the first half of 1955. It was preceded by Operation Castle, and followed by Operation Wigwam. Wigwam was, administratively, a part of Teapot, but it is usually treated as a class of its own.
The Seventh Tower is a series of six books written by Garth Nix, the result of a joint partnership between Scholastic and LucasFilm. The series follows two children from distinctly different societies in a world blocked from the sun by a magical Veil that leaves the world in complete darkness. Tal is a Chosen from the Castle, and Milla is an ...
Yeats believed that the word "castle" was too magnificent and used the word "Thoor" instead as it was an anglicisation of the Irish for "tower", 'túr'. Yeats credits the landmark as being the inspiration for the poem's setting. At the top of the tower was a waste room, which inspired the image of the empty room discussed in lines 8-12:
Apple Fifth Avenue. / 40.76383; -73.97298. Apple Fifth Avenue is an Apple Store, a retail location of Apple Inc., in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States. It is in the luxury shopping district of Fifth Avenue between 59th and 60th Streets, and opposite Manhattan's Grand Army Plaza. The store is considered one of several Apple ...
Wilfred Bailey Everett Bixby III (January 22, 1934 – November 21, 1993) was an American actor, director, producer, and frequent game-show panelist.Bixby's career spanned more than three decades, including appearances on stage, in films, and on television series.
October 15, 1970. Fort Independence is a granite bastion fort that provided harbor defenses for Boston, Massachusetts, located on Castle Island. Fort Independence is one of the oldest continuously fortified sites of English origin in the United States. [2] [3] The first primitive fortification was called "The Castle", placed on the site in 1634.