Beach (disambiguation)
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A beach is a geological formation consisting of loose rock particles along the shoreline of a body of water.
Beach, Beaches or beaching may also refer to:
In literature:
- Beaches (novel), a 1986 novel by Iris Rainer Dart
- The Beach (novel), a 1996 novel by Alex Garland
- Sebastian Beach, Lord Emsworth's butler in the stories of P. G. Wodehouse
Films:
- Beaches (film), a 1988 movie starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey
- The Beach (film), a 2000 movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio
People:
- Edward L. Beach, Jr. (1918-2002) U.S. Navy submarine commander and best-selling author
- Alfred Ely Beach (1826-96), inventor and publisher
- Amy Beach (1867-1944), American composer, also known as Mrs. H.H.A. Beach
- David Nelson Beach (1848-1926), American theologian
- Harlan Page Beach (1854-1933), American missionary, brother of David Nelson Beach
- Moses Yale Beach (1800-68), American inventor and publisher
- Nelson J. Beach (1800-1876), New York politician
- Ralph H. Beach, co-inventor of the Edison-Beach railcar
- Rex Beach (1877-1949), American author
- Spencer A. Beach (1860-1922), American horticulturalist
- Sylvia Beach (1887-1962), editor and bookseller
Places:
- Beach, Gloucestershire, a village in England
- Beach, North Dakota, a town in the USA
- Beaches, Newfoundland and Labrador, a Canadian village
- The Beaches, a neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada
Other:
- Beaching (nautical), to lay a vessel ashore or ground it deliberately
- Wader, also known as beach bird
- Beach music
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