h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

New in the Edited Guide: The View Askewniverse Films by Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith is a comic-loving film fan who in the mid-1990s successfully broke into the film industry with 'Clerks'. As his company, co-founded with producer Scott Mosier, is called View Askew Productions, the film series has become known as the View Askewniverse.
Author: Bluebottle

See also:

• 'Star Wars' - the Films
• The Origins and Common Usage of British Swear-words
• American Superhero Comic Books

New in the Edited Guide: The Last Escaped POW: How Georg Gaertner Spent 40 Years on the Run and Invented a Tennis Racquet

While Dennis Whiles went about his business as a ski instructor, tennis pro and salesman, his youthful mugshot hung in post offices around the country.
Author: Dmitri Gheorgheni

See also:

• An Actor, a Chorus Girl, and a POW Sneak into a Country: Tales of Illegal Immigration in the USA
• Keep on the Sunny Side - Singing Away the Great Depression
• Pittsburgh Sub Specie Aeternitatis

Topical: Spies

On 9 August, 1940, Dorothy O'Grady was found on Yaverland's seafront on the Isle of Wight and became the first, and only, woman to be convicted under the 1940 Treachery Act. However, the question remains. Was Dorothy O'Grady a spy?

See also:

• Kurt Gerstein: God's Spy in the Devil's Uniform
• Spy-Fi and Telefantasy - The British Adventure Series of the 1960s and 70s
• The Cambridge Spies
• Minox Spy Cameras

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With humans staying away from each other, the wildlife has been thriving. Everywhere, people are noticing that the woodland creatures are encroaching on areas usually full of noisy people. Parks are getting more parklike. Downtown has been the scene of unusual sightings: from wandering sheep to new baby eagles.
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