The Voyage of Life — series, painted by Thomas Cole in 1840, is a series of paintings that represent an allegory of the four stages of human life: childhood, youth, manhood, and old age. The paintings follow a voyager who travels in a boat on a river through the mid… … Wikipedia
The Piratica Series — is a fantasy series by Tanith Lee. * 2004 * 2006 * 2007Characters Piratica (aka Art Blastside) Infobox character colour = colour text = series = Piratica Series name = Artemesia Fitz Willoughby Weatherhouse/Art Blastside first = Piratica last =… … Wikipedia
The Legend of the Legendary Heroes — Cover of The Legend of the Legendary Heroes first volume as published by Fujimi Shobo 伝説の勇者の伝説 … Wikipedia
The Postboy (ship) — The 60 ton schooner Postboy was built at Port Adelaide in 1874. The schooner was owned by Messrs. Weman and Morgan registered at Port Adelaide. Captain James Thomas was in charge of the schooner Postboy on 15 December 1876 about 11 12 miles (20… … Wikipedia
Figurehead (object) — A figurehead is a carved wooden decoration, often female or bestial, found at the prow of ships of the 16th to the 19th century. Although earlier ships had often had some form of bow ornamentation (e.g. the Viking ships of ca. 800 1100 CE), the… … Wikipedia
figurehead — /fig yeuhr hed /, n. 1. a person who is head of a group, company, etc., in title but actually has no real authority or responsibility: Most modern kings and queens are figureheads. 2. Naut. a carved full length figure or bust built into the bow… … Universalium
Figurehead — In politics, a figurehead, by metaphor with the carved figurehead at the prow of a sailing ship, is a person who holds an important title or office yet executes little actual power. Common figureheads include constitutional monarchs, such as the… … Wikipedia
The Last Templar — infobox Book | name = The Last Templar title orig = translator = image caption = A secret lost for a thousand years. A deadly race to keep it buried. author = Raymond Khoury illustrator = cover artist = country = Great Britain language = English… … Wikipedia
figurehead — [[t]fɪ̱gə(r)hed, AM gjə(r) [/t]] figureheads 1) N COUNT If someone is the figurehead of an organization or movement, they are recognized as being its leader, although they have little real power. The President will be little more than a… … English dictionary
figurehead — noun 1) the president was just a figurehead Syn: titular head, nominal leader, leader in name only, front man, cipher, token, mouthpiece, puppet, instrument 2) the figurehead on the ship Syn: carving, bust … Thesaurus of popular words
