Máximo Gómez y Báez was the commander in chief of the Cuban revolutionary forces in the unsuccessful Ten Years’ War (1868–78) and again in the successful Cuban revolution against Spain some 20 years later. Rejecting the clerical career that his mother desired for him, Gómez at age 16 fought against

Cuban Independence Movement: Máximo Gómez y Báez, who had commanded the rebel troops during the Ten Years’ War, was among those who joined Martí’s invasion force. Although Martí was killed (and martyred) in battle about one month after initiation of the invasion on April 11, 1895, Gómez and…

Black Eyed Peas: …Philippines) recruited MC and dancer Taboo (byname of Jaime Luis Gomez; b. July 14, 1975, East Los Angeles, California) to form the Black Eyed Peas. The group’s debut recording, Behind the Front (1998), gained attention for its positive socially conscious lyrics and musical dexterity.

Cuba: The Republic of Cuba: …government to the Liberal president, José Miguel Gómez. Meanwhile, Cuba’s economy grew steadily, and sugar prices rose continually until the 1920s.

Juan Vicente Gómez was the dictator of Venezuela from 1908 until 1935, reputed to have been the wealthiest man in South America. Although a nearly full-blooded Indian with almost no formal education, Gómez became a figure of local prominence in the Andean region. Joining the private army of

Laureano Eleuterio Gómez was an extremely conservative politician who was president of Colombia (1950–53) until forced into exile by a coalition of Liberals and Conservatives. Gómez received an engineering degree in 1909 but immediately entered politics and journalism, serving in various ministries

New Jersey Devils: Petr Sykora, Jason Arnott, and Scott Gomez, the Devils once again won the Stanley Cup. The team dominated their division over the next several years, advancing to the Stanley Cup finals in 2000–01 and winning a third title in 2002–03. Although the Devils continued as one of the NHL’s winningest…

Selena Gomez is an American actress and singer who won legions of young fans as the winsome star of the Disney television series Wizards of Waverly Place (2007–12) and as a pop vocalist. Gomez, who was named after the popular Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez, was raised in suburban Dallas.

Selena Gomez is an American actress and singer who won legions of young fans as the winsome star of the Disney television series Wizards of Waverly Place (2007–12) and as a pop vocalist. Gomez, who was named after the popular Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez, was raised in suburban Dallas.

Salvador Sanchez: …when he faced Puerto Rican Wilfredo Gomez, the WBC junior featherweight (122 pounds; also known as super bantamweight) champion, who had moved up in weight class for the fight. Gomez stepped into the ring unbeaten in 33 fights and flaunting 32 knockouts. Sanchez knocked down Gomez in the first round…

Komitas was an ethnomusicologist and composer who created the basis for a distinctive national musical style in Armenia. Orphaned at age 11, he was sent to study liturgical singing at a seminary in Vagarshapat (now Ejmiadzin) in Armenia. He graduated in 1893 and adopted the name Komitas, that of a

Bahubali, According to the traditions of the Indian religion Jainism, the son of the first Tirthankara (literally, “ford maker,” a metaphor for saviour), Rishabhanatha. He is said to have lived many millions of years ago. After Bahubali won a duel with his half brother for control of the kingdom,

Alain Robbe-Grillet: …first work, Les Gommes (1953; The Erasers), deals with a murder committed by the man who has come to investigate it. Le Voyeur (1955; The Voyeur) deals with the murder of a young girl by a passing stranger. In La Jalousie (1957; Jealousy), a jealous husband views the actions of…

Itō Jinsai: …in a small work called Gōmōjigi (1683), a commentary on the writings of the Chinese philosophers Confucius and Mencius. Jinsai was concerned with what he saw as the underlying truths of Confucian thought. He tried to develop a rational, as against an authoritarian, basis for human morality and the pursuit…

Sodom and Gomorrah, notoriously sinful cities in the biblical book of Genesis, destroyed by “sulfur and fire” because of their wickedness (Genesis 19:24). Sodom and Gomorrah along with the cities of Admah, Zeboiim, and Zoar (Bela) constituted the five “cities of the plain,” and they are referenced

Laurales: Other families: Gomortega keule, the only member of the family Gomortegaceae, has an inferior ovary and bisexual flowers with only two or three carpels that are fused to form a compound ovary. As in many Monimiaceae species, the pollen sacs of the stamens have valvular dehiscence.

Laurales: Distribution and abundance: Gomortegaceae, or the queule family, consists of a single species, Gomortega keule, which is a rare species native to central Chile.

123Movies, defunct movie and television show streaming website that enabled users to watch and download media for free in the 2010s. The site operated under numerous domain names during its existence, including 123movies.to, 0123movies.net, and 123movies.la, and went by several names, including

Joseph Rucker Lamar: …opinion on two important cases: Gompers v. Bucks Stove and Range Company (1911), which upheld the power of the courts to punish violations of injunctions but set aside the convictions of Samuel Gompers and other labour leaders on procedural grounds, and United States v. Midwest Oil Company (1914), which upheld…

Samuel Gompers was an American labour leader and the first president of the American Federation of Labor (AFL). Gompers emigrated in 1863 from England to New York City, where he took up his father’s trade of cigar making and in 1872 became a naturalized citizen. His careful leadership of labour

aging: …the survivorship curve and the age-specific death rate, or Gompertz function. The relation of such factors as aging characteristics, constitutional vigour, physical factors, diet, and exposure to disease-causing organisms to the actuarial functions is complex. There is, nevertheless, no substitute for them as measures of the aging process and of…

Dame Lucie Rie was an Austrian-born British studio potter. Her unique and complex slip-glaze surface treatment and inventive kiln processing influenced an entire generation of younger British ceramists. Rie was educated at the Vienna Gymnasium and at the Arts and Crafts School. Her early ceramics

Theodor Gomperz was a philosopher and classical scholar, remembered chiefly for his Griechische Denker: eine Geschichte der antiken Philosophie, 2 vol. (1893–1902; Greek Thinkers: A History of Ancient Philosophy, 4 vol., 1901–12). He was professor of classical philology at Vienna (1873–1901) and

fungus: Annotated classification: Order Gomphales Most are mycorrhizal, some are saprotrophic; spores may be olive-shaped, usually rough; included in subclass Phallomycetidae; example genera include Gomphus, Gautieria, and Ramaria. Order Hysterangiales Most are saprotrophic; resembles puffballs when small, becoming pear-shaped and finally globose when mature; fruiting

joint: Fibrous joints: A gomphosis is a fibrous mobile peg-and-socket joint. The roots of the teeth (the pegs) fit into their sockets in the mandible and maxilla and are the only examples of this type of joint. Bundles of collagen fibres pass from the wall of the socket to…

Lebachia: …as detached fossils, are called Gomphostrobus) at the ends of the side branches.

gomphothere, any member of a line of extinct elephants that formed the most numerous group of the order Proboscidea and lived from perhaps as early as the end of the Oligocene Epoch (33.9 million to 23 million years ago) to the late Pleistocene (2.6 million to 11,700 years ago) and early Holocene

globe amaranth, (Gomphrena globosa), ornamental garden plant of the amaranth family (Amaranthaceae), grown for its showy spherical flower clusters. Globe amaranth is native to Guatemala, Panama, and Brazil and is cultivated around the world. The flowers are attractive to butterflies and are often

concrete poetry: Max Bill and Eugen Gomringer were among the early practitioners of concrete poetry. The Vienna Group of Hans Carl Artmann, Gerhard Rühm, and Konrad Bayer also promoted concrete poetry, as did Ernst Jandl and Friederike Mayröcker. The movement drew inspiration from Dada, Surrealism, and other nonrational 20th-century movements.…

Władysław Gomułka was the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers’ Party, the ruling communist party of Poland, from 1956 to 1970. Before Gomułka’s birth his parents had emigrated to the United States but had returned disillusioned. His father, Jan, was a socialist and

World War II: The Solomons, Papua, Madagascar, the Aleutians, and Burma, July 1942–May 1943: …the Japanese had landed near Gona on the north coast of Papua (the southeastern extremity of the great island) on July 24, 1942, in an attempt to reach Port Moresby overland, via the Kokoda Trail. Advanced Japanese units from the north, despite Australian opposition, had reached a ridge 32 miles…

gonad, in zoology, primary reproductive gland that produces reproductive cells (gametes). In males the gonads are called testes; the gonads in females are called ovaries. (see ovary; testis). The gonads in some lower invertebrate groups (e.g., hydrozoans) are temporary organs; in higher forms they

endocrine system: Phylum Echinodermata: A neuropeptide called the gonad-stimulating substance (also called the gamete-shedding substance) is released from the radial nerves into the body cavity about one hour before spawning. Gonad-stimulating substance has been reported in more than 30 species of sea star. This neuropeptide contacts the ovaries directly and causes formation of…

Turner syndrome, relatively uncommon sex-chromosome disorder that causes aberrant sexual development in human females. Turner syndrome occurs when one sex chromosome is deleted, so that instead of the normal 46 chromosomes, of which two are sex chromosomes (XX in females and XY in males), the

pituitary gland: The anterior pituitary: gonadotrophs, both luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH); the corticotrophs, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH; corticotropin); the somatotrophs, growth hormone (GH; somatotropin); and the lactotrophs,

gonadotropin, any of several hormones occurring in vertebrates that are secreted from the anterior pituitary gland and that act on the gonads (i.e., the ovaries or testes). Gonadotrophs, cells that constitute about 10 percent of the pituitary gland, secrete two primary gonadotropins: luteinizing

gonadotropin, any of several hormones occurring in vertebrates that are secreted from the anterior pituitary gland and that act on the gonads (i.e., the ovaries or testes). Gonadotrophs, cells that constitute about 10 percent of the pituitary gland, secrete two primary gonadotropins: luteinizing

gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), a neurohormone consisting of 10 amino acids that is produced in the arcuate nuclei of the hypothalamus. GnRH stimulates the synthesis and secretion of the two gonadotropins—luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)—by the anterior

gonad, in zoology, primary reproductive gland that produces reproductive cells (gametes). In males the gonads are called testes; the gonads in females are called ovaries. (see ovary; testis). The gonads in some lower invertebrate groups (e.g., hydrozoans) are temporary organs; in higher forms they

Gonaïves, city, western Haiti, on the northeastern shore of the Gulf of La Gonâve. Originally an Indian village called Gonaibo, it is now the commercial centre and port of the fertile Artibonite Plain, with a natural harbour; coffee, cotton, sugar, bananas, mangoes, and cabinet woods are exported.

Gonaïves, city, western Haiti, on the northeastern shore of the Gulf of La Gonâve. Originally an Indian village called Gonaibo, it is now the commercial centre and port of the fertile Artibonite Plain, with a natural harbour; coffee, cotton, sugar, bananas, mangoes, and cabinet woods are exported.

steroid: Steroid numbering system and nomenclature: This parent structure (1), named gonane (also known as the steroid nucleus), may be modified in a practically unlimited number of ways by removal, replacement, or addition of a few atoms at a time; hundreds of steroids have been isolated from plants and animals, and thousands more have been prepared…

Patanjali was the author or one of the authors of two great Hindu classics: the first, Yoga-sutras, a categorization of Yogic thought arranged in four volumes with the titles “Psychic Power,” “Practice of Yoga,” “Samadhi” (state of profound contemplation of the Absolute), and “Kaivalya”

türbe, form of mausoleum architecture developed by and popular among the Seljuq Turks in Iran (mid-11th to 13th century) and later carried by them into Iraq and Anatolia. The tower form of the tomb may have been based on the cylindrical and conical forms of Seljuq tents. The earliest towers,

türbe: …oldest surviving türbe is the Gonbad-e Qābūs, in the Gorgān region of northeastern Iran, which was built in 1006–07 for the emir Shams al-Maʿālī Qābūs (d. 1012). The tower rises to a height of 200 feet (60 m). Its conical roof created a type, but its 10-pointed, star-shaped ground plan…

Antônio Gonçalves Dias was a Romantic poet generally regarded as the national poet of Brazil. His “Canção do Exílio” (1843; “Song of Exile”), beginning “Minha terra tem palmeiras” (“My land has palm trees”), is known to every Brazilian schoolchild. Though Gonçalves Dias lived much of the time

António Aurélio Gonçalves was a Portuguese African story writer, novelist, critic, and teacher whose works challenge the traditional social role of women in the Cape Verde Islands. Gonçalves attended the University of Lisbon and later taught history and philosophy at the Liceu Gil Eanes in São

Portugal: The county and kingdom of Portugal to 1383: …Mumadona Dias and her husband Hermenegildo Gonçalves and their descendants, one of whom was tutor and father-in-law to the Leonese ruler Alfonso V. However, when this dynasty was overthrown by the Navarrese-Castilian house of Sancho III Garcés (Sancho the Great), the western county lost its autonomy. Sancho’s son Ferdinand I…

Port-Gentil: The Portuguese navigator Lopo Gonçalves first rounded Cape Lopez in 1473. By the end of the 19th century several commercial houses were established there, and okoume wood (Gabonese mahogany) was exported. The discovery of oil offshore at nearby Ozouri and Pointe Clairette in 1956 stimulated Port-Gentil’s commercial and…

Nuno Gonçalves was a Portuguese painter recognized as one of the genuine masters of the 15th century. After the discovery in 1882 of the only extant work certain to be his—the altarpiece for the convent of São Vicente—he was, after 400 years of anonymity, finally acknowledged as the founder of the

Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov was a Russian novelist and travel writer, whose highly esteemed novels dramatize social change in Russia and contain some of Russian literature’s most vivid and memorable characters. Goncharov was born into a wealthy merchant family and, after graduating from Moscow

Natalya Goncharova was an innovative Russian painter, sculptor, and stage designer who was a founder, with Mikhail Larionov, of Rayonism (c. 1910) and was a designer for the Ballets Russes. In the 21st-century art market, Goncharova’s paintings brought some of the highest prices for works by women

Natalya Goncharova was an innovative Russian painter, sculptor, and stage designer who was a founder, with Mikhail Larionov, of Rayonism (c. 1910) and was a designer for the Ballets Russes. In the 21st-century art market, Goncharova’s paintings brought some of the highest prices for works by women

Edmond and Jules Goncourt: …perceptive, revealing Journal and for Edmond’s legacy, the Académie Goncourt, which annually awards the Prix Goncourt to the author of an outstanding work of French literature.

Edmond and Jules Goncourt were French brothers, writers and constant collaborators who made significant contributions to the development of the naturalist novel and to the fields of social history and art criticism. Above all, they are remembered for their perceptive, revealing Journal and for

Edmond and Jules Goncourt: …perceptive, revealing Journal and for Edmond’s legacy, the Académie Goncourt, which annually awards the Prix Goncourt to the author of an outstanding work of French literature.

Edmond and Jules Goncourt: …Journal no doubt belonged to Jules, whose fatal stroke presumably was preceded by syphilis.

Edmond and Jules Goncourt: …Journal no doubt belonged to Jules, whose fatal stroke presumably was preceded by syphilis.

Gond, group of aboriginal peoples (now officially designated as Scheduled Tribes) of central and south-central India, about two million in number. They live in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, and Odisha. The majority speak various and, in part, mutually

Gonda, city, east-central Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. It lies about 60 miles (95 km) northeast of Lucknow, on a tributary of the Ghaghara River. Gonda is situated at the junction of several roads and rail lines and is a trade centre for agricultural products. Gonda’s main industries are

Gonder, city, northwestern Ethiopia. It stands at an elevation of 7,500 feet (2,300 metres) on a basaltic ridge from which streams flanking the town flow to Lake Tana, 21 miles (34 km) south. Gonder was the capital of Ethiopia from 1632 to 1855, and it has the remains of castles and palaces

glassware: Germany: …of all the relief engravers, Franz Gondelach, handled glass with a truly sculptural feeling.

Gonder, city, northwestern Ethiopia. It stands at an elevation of 7,500 feet (2,300 metres) on a basaltic ridge from which streams flanking the town flow to Lake Tana, 21 miles (34 km) south. Gonder was the capital of Ethiopia from 1632 to 1855, and it has the remains of castles and palaces

theileriasis: …protozoan parasites of the genus Theileria (Gonderia), transmitted by tick bites. The most serious is East Coast fever of cattle, caused by T. parva; it has 90–100 percent mortality in Africa. Tropical theileriasis, from T. annulata (T. dispar), is a milder disease of cattle along the Mediterranean and in the…

education: Ancient Persia: …as it developed in the Academy of Gondēshāpūr. There Zoroastrian culture, Indian and Greek sciences, Alexandrian-Syrian thought, medical training, theology, philosophy, and other disciplines developed to a high degree, making Gondēshāpūr the most advanced academic centre of learning in the later period of Sāsānian civilization. Students from various parts of…

Gondi Family, French family of Florentine origin, whose diplomats and bankers were prominent in France from the 16th century. The family established itself in France after gaining the confidence and patronage of Catherine de Médicis. Antoine II (1486–1560) was the first Gondi to settle in France

Gondi language, one of the Dravidian languages of India. In the early 21st century it was spoken by about 2.7 million people, mostly Gonds. Gondi has many dialects, some of which are mutually unintelligible. It is not a written language and as such has no well-attested history before European

Gondi Family: Antoine II’s oldest son, Albert (b. Nov. 4, 1522, Florence—d. April 21, 1602), went to the court of Henry II in 1547. Serving valiantly in several military campaigns, he took the part of the monarch during the Wars of Religion. Albert himself served as proxy in the marriage of…

Gondi Family: Antoine II (1486–1560) was the first Gondi to settle in France and started the most illustrious branch of the family. At first a banker in Lyon, he was brought to Paris by Catherine de Médicis, who made him steward to the Duke d’Anjou, later Henry…

Gondi Family: His second son, Henry I (1572–1622), succeeded his uncle Pierre as bishop of Paris. His third son, Philippe-Emmanuel (b. 1581, Limoges—d. June 29, 1662, Joigny), Marquis de Belle-Isle, Count de Joigny, and Baron de Montmirail, was an outstanding military commander. After his great success in the naval battle…

Gondi Family: Jean-Baptiste (1501–1580), nephew of Antoine, was steward to Catherine herself. A great-nephew, Jérôme II (1550–1600), Baron de Codun, helped arrange the marriage of Charles IX and Elizabeth of Austria (1570). Under Henry III, he served as ambassador to Venice and Rome, and Henry IV reappointed…

Gondi Family: …youngest of Albert’s four sons, Jean-François (1584–1654), succeeded his brother Henry I as bishop of Paris, later becoming archbishop.

Jean-François-Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz was one of the leaders of the aristocratic rebellion known as the Fronde (1648–53), whose memoirs remain a classic of 17th-century French literature. Of Florentine origin, the family into which Gondi was born had risen to prominence in the French court

Gondi Family: A great-nephew, Jérôme II (1550–1600), Baron de Codun, helped arrange the marriage of Charles IX and Elizabeth of Austria (1570). Under Henry III, he served as ambassador to Venice and Rome, and Henry IV reappointed him as ambassador to Rome.

Gondi Family: His third son, Philippe-Emmanuel (b. 1581, Limoges—d. June 29, 1662, Joigny), Marquis de Belle-Isle, Count de Joigny, and Baron de Montmirail, was an outstanding military commander. After his great success in the naval battle of La Rochelle (Oct. 26, 1622), he entered a religious order (Oratorians) in 1625,…

Gondi Family: His brother Pierre, bishop of Paris, made cardinal in 1587, was sent by Henry IV as ambassador to Rome in 1595. He became a principal adviser to Louis XIII.

Western architecture: France: …architect of the Paris Odéon; Jacques Gondoin, architect of the School of Medicine (1769–76), which, with its Corinthian temple portico and Roman-inspired amphitheatre covered by a coffered half dome and lit from a half oculus (a round opening in the top of a dome), was one of the most advanced…

gondola, tapered, 32-foot- (10-metre-) long flat-bottomed boat historically associated with the canals and lagoon of Venice, carrying from two to six passengers. It is propelled from the starboard quarter by a single sweep (oar) manipulated by a gondolier standing on the stern cover, and it has an

freight car: Gondola cars have fixed bottoms and must be unloaded from above with the help of a crane; they are used to transport manufactured goods. Boxcars are enclosed cars with sliding doors on the sides; they serve to transport manufactured goods requiring protection from the weather…

balloon flight: Elements of balloon flight: …sport ballooning, the traditional wicker basket, albeit with a stainless steel frame, is popular. Criteria for evaluation of a basket design should include toughness, energy absorption, and electrical resistance, but style and marketability are more often the governing factors.

Arthur Sullivan: …of the Guard (1888), and The Gondoliers (1889). The collective works of Gilbert and Sullivan became known as the “Savoy Operas.”

Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, count de Gondomar was a Spanish diplomat and ambassador to England who became one of the most influential men at the court of James I of England. Gondomar’s diplomatic fame rests largely on two missions to England (1613–18 and 1620–22). The chief objective of his first

Gondophernes was an Indo-Parthian king in the areas of Arachosia, Kabul, and Gandhara (present Afghanistan and Pakistan). Some scholars recognize the name of Gondophernes through its Armenian form, Gastaphar, in Gaspar, the traditional name of one of the Magi (Wise Men) who came from the East to

Gondophernes was an Indo-Parthian king in the areas of Arachosia, Kabul, and Gandhara (present Afghanistan and Pakistan). Some scholars recognize the name of Gondophernes through its Armenian form, Gastaphar, in Gaspar, the traditional name of one of the Magi (Wise Men) who came from the East to

history of film: European cinema: French director Michel Gondry, known in France for La science des rêves (2006; The Science of Sleep), shared a writing Oscar for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), his best-known movie, and also directed the comedies Be Kind Rewind (2008) and The Green Hornet (2011). Even…

Gondwana, historic region in central India, comprising portions of Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Maharashtra states. It is inhabited by the Gonds, a group of Dravidian-speaking peoples exceeding three million in population, who are among the officially designated Scheduled Tribes.

Gondwana, ancient supercontinent that incorporated present-day South America, Africa, Arabia, Madagascar, India, Australia, and Antarctica. It was fully assembled by Late Precambrian time, some 600 million years ago, and the first stage of its breakup began in the Early Jurassic Period, about 180

Antarctica: Structural framework: …long, stable Precambrian shield in East Antarctica and a much younger Mesozoic and Cenozoic mobile belt in West Antarctica—separated by the fault-block belt, or horst, of the Transantarctic Mountains. East and West Antarctica have come to be known respectively as the Gondwana and Andean provinces, indicating general affinities of each…

planation surface: …oldest surfaces he recognized, termed Gondwana, were Mesozoic in age and related to the ancient landmass of Pangaea and its subsequent breakup during the Mesozoic. A younger surface, called the African or Moorland, developed during the Late Cretaceous and Early Cenozoic by the stripping of weathered materials from the ancient…

Gondwana: …System in South Africa, the Gondwana System in India, and the Santa Catharina System in South America. It also occurs in the Maitland Group of eastern Australia as well as in the Whiteout conglomerate and Polarstar formations of Antarctica. Though the concept of Gondwana was widely accepted by scientists from…

Agaricales: …oldest known fossilized Agaricales mushroom, Gondwanagaricites magnificus, which was unearthed in northeast Brazil and dates to the Aptian Stage of the Lower Cretaceous Series (125 million to 113 million years ago).

Gondwana, ancient supercontinent that incorporated present-day South America, Africa, Arabia, Madagascar, India, Australia, and Antarctica. It was fully assembled by Late Precambrian time, some 600 million years ago, and the first stage of its breakup began in the Early Jurassic Period, about 180

Patti Smith: Gone Again appeared in 1996 and was followed by Peace and Noise (1997) and Gung Ho (2000). Smith continued releasing new records in the 21st century, among them Banga (2012). If anything, that late work showed her stronger than before, full of the old fire…

Ossie Davis: …adapted for the screen as Gone Are the Days! (1963), which also starred the couple, and as the Broadway musical Purlie (1970). On screen, Davis played a priest who is attacked by the Ku Klux Klan in Otto Preminger’s The Cardinal (1963) and a Jamaican soldier in Sidney Lumet’s The…

Ben Affleck: Film directing: …directed his first feature film, Gone, Baby, Gone. The crime drama, which was based on Dennis Lehane’s novel about two Boston detectives’ search for a missing girl, was a critical success. He mined similar terrain for his next effort behind the camera, The Town (2010), casting himself as the head…

Walter Mosley: For the publication of Gone Fishin’ (1997), a prequel to Devil in a Blue Dress, Mosley chose a small independent Black publisher, Black Classic Press, over his longtime publisher W.W. Norton. The series continued with Bad Boy Brawly Brown (2002), Little Scarlet (2004), Cinnamon Kiss (2005), and Blonde Faith…

Gillian Flynn: Gone Girl (2012) similarly investigated small-town malaise and menace. Its subtly creepy exploration of a fractured marriage in the wake of the wife’s disappearance and the subsequent suspicion cast on her husband won plaudits from many critics, who praised Flynn’s brisk pacing and her brutally…

Nine Inch Nails: Their score for Gone Girl (2015) was also nominated for a Grammy. The pair later provided the music for the climate-change documentary Before the Flood and the thriller Patriots Day (both 2016) as well as for the 2017 Ken Burns documentary series The Vietnam War. For the animated…

Nicolas Cage: …action films and thrillers include Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), about a group of car thieves attempting a single-night heist of 50 cars; Windtalkers (2002), a portrayal of Navajo code talkers during World War II; and National Treasure (2004) and its sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007), which featured…

Gone with the Wind, American epic film, released in 1939, that was one of the best known and most successful films of all time. It enjoyed a more-than-30-year reign as the all-time Hollywood box office champion, and it won eight Academy Awards (in addition to two honorary awards). Based on the