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Biblioteka dlya Chteniya

Biblioteka dlya Chteniya (Russian: «Библиотека для чтения», Library for Reading) was a monthly Russian literary journal published in Saint Petersburg from 1834 to 1865, the first mass-circulation thick journal in Russia.

Bibliotheca (Photius)

The Bibliotheca, also known as the Myriobiblos, is a ninth-century collection of summaries and critical judgments of several hundred books read by Photius, patriarch of Constantinople.

Bibliotheca Corviniana

The Bibliotheca Corviniana was the royal library of King Matthias Corvinus, regarded as the second greatest Renaissance collection of books in Europe after the Vatican Library.

Bibliotheca Teubneriana

The Bibliotheca Teubneriana, formally Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana, is a German series of critical editions of Greek and Latin literature founded in 1849.

Bibliothèque bleue

The Bibliothèque bleue was a French collection of cheap, small booklets with blue covers, printed chiefly at Troyes from about 1600 and spread across the countryside by peddlers.

Bicchoo Ka Khel

Bicchoo Ka Khel (बिच्छू का खेल), Hindi crime thriller web series on ZEE5 and ALTBalaji, premiered 18 November 2020; 9 episodes, directed by Ashish Shukla, starring Divyendu Sharma as Akhil, based on Amit Khan's novel, set in Banaras.

Bicentennial Man (film)

Bicentennial Man is a 1999 American science fiction drama directed by Chris Columbus, in which Robin Williams plays a robot who spends two centuries trying to become human.

BICEP live

BICEP live, also presented as BICEP LIVE, is the live show of Bicep, the Belfast-born electronic duo of Andy Ferguson and Matt McBriar, first performed in 2016.

BICEP presents CHROMA (AV DJ Set)

BICEP presents CHROMA is a hybrid audiovisual DJ and live show by the Northern Irish electronic duo Bicep, debuting in 2023 and touring globally since.

Bích Câu kỳ ngộ

Bích Câu kỳ ngộ is a Vietnamese Nôm verse romance in lục bát meter telling how the poor scholar Trần Tú Uyên meets and marries the fairy Giáng Kiều.

Bích Phương

Bích Phương is a Vietnamese pop singer who finished in the top 7 of Vietnam Idol 2010, known for hits like 'Bùa yêu' and 'Đi đu đưa đi'.

Bichhoo (बिछ्छू)

Bichhoo (बिछ्छू, "Scorpion") is a 2000 Hindi action thriller directed by Guddu Dhanoa, starring Bobby Deol, Rani Mukerji, and Ashish Vidyarthi; an adaptation of Léon: The Professional released 7 July 2000.

Bichitr

Bichitr was an Indian Mughal court painter active from about 1610 to 1660 who served the emperors Jahangir and Shah Jahan and painted allegorical miniatures.

Bichitra Ramayana

Bichitra Ramayana (ବିଚିତ୍ର ରାମାୟଣ, "the Wonderful Ramayana") is the shared name of two Odia retellings of the Rama story, by Sarala Das and Biswanath Khuntia.

Bicycle Day (psychedelic holiday)

Bicycle Day, April 19, commemorates Albert Hofmann's first intentional LSD trip on April 19, 1943, and his bicycle ride home through Basel; founded 1985 by Thomas B. Roberts, distinct from UN World Bicycle Day.

Bicycle Race

Bicycle Race is a 1978 song by Queen, written by Freddie Mercury. It is famous for its cycling lyrics and the promotional nude model race staged at Wimbledon Stadium.

Bicycle Thieves

Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette, The Bicycle Thief) is Vittorio De Sica's 1948 Italian neorealist film, written with Cesare Zavattini from Luigi Bartolini's novel, about unemployed Antonio Ricci searching Rome with his son Bruno for a stolen bicycle, and the first Sight & Sound poll's greatest film.

Bidagdha Chintamani

Bidagdha Chintamani (ବିଦଗ୍ଧ ଚିନ୍ତାମଣି) is an 18th-century Odia kavya by Abhimanyu Samanta Singhara, telling the love story of Radha and Krishna and counted as the longest kavya in Odia literature.

Biddu

Biddu, born Biddu Appaiah, is an India-born, England-based music producer and composer who produced "Kung Fu Fighting" (1974) and pioneered Indi-pop with Nazia Hassan's Disco Deewane.

Bidesia

Bidesia (बिदेसिया) is a Bhojpuri folk theater form from Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh, created by Bhikhari Thakur to depict labor migration and the sorrow of abandoned wives.

Bidriware

Bidriware is a metal handicraft from Bidar, Karnataka, India, where silver wire is inlaid into a blackened zinc-copper alloy, leaving bright silver designs on black.

Bidrohi

Bidrohi (বিদ্রোহী, "The Rebel") is a Bengali revolutionary poem by Kazi Nazrul Islam, written in December 1921 and published in 1922, which earned him the title Bidrohi Kavi, the Rebel Poet.

Bie Re Zhen Qianjin, Ta Ba Shi Chaoji Nver Nu

Bie Re Zhen Qianjin, Ta Ba Shi Chaoji Nver Nu (别惹真千金,她爸是超级女儿奴) is a 2025 Chinese 60-episode vertical short drama directed by Liu Xiaoxiao, starring Min Xinghan and Gao Jiehui, a rebirth revenge heiress story that ranked 7th on DataEye's 2025 annual heat list.

Biedermeier

Biedermeier, also called Vormärz, is the Central European cultural era and style between the Congress of Vienna (1815) and the 1848 revolutions, known for bourgeois domesticity, simple elegant furniture, and genre painting by Waldmüller and Spitzweg.

Biennale

Biennale (Italian; English: biennial): a large recurring exhibition of contemporary art held every two years, begun with the Venice Biennale in 1895. Covers national pavilions, documenta, Manifesta, and the global spread to over 300 biennials.

Bienvenido Lumbera

Bienvenido Lumbera (1932–2021), known as Bien Lumbera or Ka Bien, was a Filipino poet, playwright, essayist, and literary critic who was named National Artist for Literature in 2006.

Bienvenido Santos

Bienvenido Santos (1911–1996) was a Filipino novelist, short story writer, and poet whose work chronicles Filipino exile in America; his collection Scent of Apples won the 1980 American Book Award.

Biermösl Blosn

Biermösl Blosn was a Bavarian satirical music trio founded in 1976 by the brothers Hans, Michael, and Christoph Well, pioneers of Neue Volksmusik who gave their last concerts in 2012.

Bif Naked

Bif Naked (Beth Torbert, born 1971, New Delhi) is a Canadian Juno-winning punk/alternative rock singer known for I Bificus (1998), "Spaceman," and the 2024 album Champion, distinct from unrelated BIF organizations and naked motorcycles.

Bifa Ji

Bifa Ji (笔法记) is a treatise on ink landscape painting attributed to the Five Dynasties painter Jing Hao, and the first Chinese work devoted to landscape theory.