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108676 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franchising | Franchising | Franchising is a business method that involves the licensing of trademarks and methods of doing business. That can be chain stores, which are retail outlets which share a brand and central management, but also an exclusive right to sell branded merchandise. A similar case is a media franchise, the ownership of the char... |
108685 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Alessandria | Province of Alessandria | Alessandria is a province in the region of Piedmont, Italy.
Al |
108690 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Asti | Province of Asti | Asti is a province in the region of Piedmont, Italy.
As |
108691 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Biella | Province of Biella | Biella is a province in the region of Piedmont, Italy.
B |
108692 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Cuneo | Province of Cuneo | Cuneo is a province in the region of Piedmont, Italy.
C |
108693 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Novara | Province of Novara | Novara is a province in the region of Piedmont, Italy.
N |
108694 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Turin | Province of Turin | Turin (or Torino) is a province in the region of Piedmont, Italy.
T |
108695 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Verbano-Cusio-Ossola | Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola | Verbano-Cusio-Ossola is a province in the region of Piedmont, Italy.
Verbano |
108696 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Vercelli | Province of Vercelli | Vercelli is a province in the region of Piedmont, Italy.
Vercelli |
108738 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Campobasso | Province of Campobasso | Campobasso is a province in the region of Molise, Italy.
C |
108740 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Isernia | Province of Isernia | Isernia is a province in the region of Molise, Italy.
I |
108744 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Ancona | Province of Ancona | The province of Ancona () is a province in the Marche region of Central Italy. Its capital is the city of Ancona, and the province borders the Adriatic Sea. The city of Ancona is also the capital of Marche.
Geography
Ancona has an area of . The province is bordered to the northeast and east by the Adriatic Sea, to th... |
108745 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannon | Cannon | A cannon is a type of artillery, or large gun. They are made with a large tube called "barrel", and shoot projectiles. Cannons were first made in China, and were used with another Chinese invention, gunpowder. The gunpowder was put at the back of the tube, and the projectile, usually a cannonball, was placed in front. ... |
108746 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Macerata | Province of Macerata | The Province of Macerata () is a province in the region of Marche in Italy. Its capital is the city of Macerata.
Geography
Macerata is the largest of provinces of the Marche, with an area of . The province is bordered to the east by the Adriatic Sea and to the west by the Umbria region (Province of Perugia). It is th... |
108747 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induction | Induction |
Most common meanings
Inductive reasoning, used in science and the scientific method
Mathematical induction, a way of proving things in math
Electromagnetic induction in physics and engineering
Other articles
Induction (play), an opening scene in a play, notably used in early English plays
Rite of passage
Ori... |
108748 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deduction | Deduction | Deduction might mean:
Deduction in logic:
Deductive reasoning
Natural deduction: attempts to give a model of logical reasoning as it "naturally" occurs
Expenditure which may be deducted from profits before taxation |
108753 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven%20Cherundolo | Steven Cherundolo | Steven Cherundolo (born February 19, 1979 in Rockford, Illinois) is an American soccer player. He has played most of career (until 2008) for the German football club Hannover 96. Cherundolo plays on the position of a defender.
Before he came to Hannover, Cherundolo played from 1997 to 1998 in an American college socce... |
108759 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania%20XXV | WrestleMania XXV | WrestleMania XXV (or The 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania or WrestleMania 25), was the twenty-fifth yearly WrestleMania professional wrestling Pay-per-view produced by World Wrestling Entertainment and took place on April 5, 2009 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. It was the second WrestleMania held in the state of ... |
108767 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counties%20of%20Romania | Counties of Romania | The judeţe (translated in English as "counties") are administrative units of Romania.
The following is a complete list of all the counties in Romania:
Source: http://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Comunicat_DATE_PROVIZORII_RPL_2011_.pdf
References
Counties
Lists of counties |
108772 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alba%20County | Alba County | Alba (; Hungarian: Fehér) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Transylvania. The capital of Alba County is Alba Iulia, with a population of 72,405 people.
Geography
Alba County has an area of 6,242 km².
The main rivers are the Mureş River and its tributaries, the Târnava, the Sebeş and the Arieş.
Divisions
Alba Cou... |
108774 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arad%20County | Arad County | Arad (; Hungarian: Arad, Serbian: Arad/Арад) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Crişana. The capital of Arad County is Arad. About 185,272 people live in Arad County.
Geography
Arad County has an area of 7,754 km².
The Mureş River and the Crişul Alb River both flow through Arad County.
Divisions
Arad County has one ... |
108779 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanrio | Sanrio | Sanrio Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company that makes characters and sells and licenses products with images of characters. The things they make include stationery (pencils, pens writing, paper, etc.), school supplies and gifts. Sanrio's best known character is Hello Kitty, a white cat with red bow and no mouth. Hello Kit... |
108785 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Burningham | John Burningham | John Burningham (27 April 1936 – 4 January 2019) was a British children's book writer and illustrator. He won many awards including the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1963 for his book called Borka: The Adventures of a Goose With No Feathers. He was also known for illustrating the book Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang.
Burningham wa... |
108786 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borka%3A%20The%20Adventures%20of%20a%20Goose%20With%20No%20Feathers | Borka: The Adventures of a Goose With No Feathers | Borka: The Adventures of a Goose With No Feathers is a children's book that was written by John Burningham in 1963. The book won the 1963 Kate Greenaway Medal.
References
1963 books
Children's books |
108787 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate%20Greenaway%20Medal | Kate Greenaway Medal | The Kate Greenaway Medal is an award that was created in the United Kingdom in 1955. It was named after the children's illustrator, Kate Greenaway. The medal is given every year to an extremely good work of illustration in children's literature. It is awarded by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Profe... |
108789 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate%20Greenaway | Kate Greenaway | Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (17 March 1846 – 6 November 1901) was a children's book illustrator and writer. Her first book, Under The Window (1879) was a best-seller.
The Kate Greenaway Medal is awarded every year by the UK Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals to an illustrator of children's bo... |
108791 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Cry%20of%20the%20Icemark | The Cry of the Icemark | The Cry Of The Icemark is the first book in the Icemark Chronicles that are written by the English author Stuart Hill. The book won the Ottakar's Children's Book Prize in 2005. It also won the 2006 Highlands Children's Book award for Long Novels in 2006. It is followed by The Blade of Fire.
References
2005 books
The... |
108792 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade%20of%20Fire | Blade of Fire | Blade of Fire is the second book in Stuart Hill's fantasy series, The Icemark Chronicles. It came out in 2007. It tells the story of Nicosia, the elder heir of the king Cupro.
2007 books
Nicosia
The Icemark Chronicles |
108793 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart%20Hill | Stuart Hill | Stuart Hill is a British author who was born in 1958. in Leicester England. He has written two books in The Icemark Chronicles. They are called The Cry of the Icemark and The Blade of Fire. He is currently writing the third book called "Last Battle Of The Icemark".
References
1958 births
Living people |
108794 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinon | Chinon | Chinon is a French commune. It is in the west of the Indre-et-Loire department in the Centre-Val de Loire region, to the southwest of Paris, and is a subprefecture in the department. It is also the capital of the arrrondissement of Chinon and the administrative centre of the Chinon canton.
Chinon is in the valley of t... |
108795 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific%20Ring%20of%20Fire | Pacific Ring of Fire | The Pacific Ring of Fire is an arc around the Pacific Ocean where many volcanoes and earthquakes are formed. The area is also called the Pacific Rim, a term which refers to the coastal areas of the countries round the Pacific.
About three quarters of the world's dormant volcanos and active volcanos are here. The ring ... |
108797 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palenque | Palenque | Palenque (Bàak' in Modern Maya) is a Maya archeological site near the Usumacinta River in the Mexican state of Chiapas. It is a medium-sized site, much smaller than large sites like Tikal or Copán. It does, however, contain good examples of architecture, sculpture, roof comb and bas-relief carvings of the Maya time.
R... |
108802 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20Hyles | Jack Hyles | Jack Frasure Hyles (September 25, 1926 in Texas - February 6, 2001 in Indiana) was a important person in the independent Baptist movement. He was the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Hammond in Hammond, Indiana from 1959 until his death in 2001.
Other websites
The Jack Hyles Home Page -- books, sermons, & links... |
108813 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old%20Faithful%20Geyser | Old Faithful Geyser | There is also a regularly-erupting geyser named Old Faithful near Calistoga, California.
Old Faithful is a cone geyser in Wyoming, in Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Old Faithful was named in 1870 during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition and was the first geyser in the park to get a name.
Eruptio... |
108817 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey%20%28disambiguation%29 | Odyssey (disambiguation) | The Odyssey is an ancient Greek epic poem by Homer.
Odyssey could also mean:
Literature
Odyssey (fictional town), the setting of the radio series Adventures in Odyssey
Odyssey Writing Workshop, an annual workshop for writers
The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel, an epic poem by Nikos Kazantzakis
A book in the Isaac Asim... |
108818 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club%20de%20Gimnasia%20y%20Esgrima%20La%20Plata | Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata | Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (CGE or GELP) is an Argentina sports club, of the city of La Plata, Buenos Aires. It was founded on June 3, 1887 as Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima. Its principal activity is football, and it competes in the First División Argentina, Argentina's premier league.
Its stadium is the "Juan C... |
108821 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galatians | Galatians | Galatians may refer to
the Celtic inhabitants of Galatia, an ancient region of Asia Minor
Saint Paul's Epistle to the Galatians |
108842 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Pesaro%20and%20Urbino | Province of Pesaro and Urbino | The Province of Pesaro and Urbino () is a province in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pesaro.
The province is also known as "Riviera of Hills". It is mostly covered by hills and is popular for its beaches.
Geography
Pesaro and Urbino has an area of , the second largest province of the Marche a... |
108844 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camilla%2C%20Duchess%20of%20Cornwall | Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall | Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (Camilla Rosemary; née Shand; formerly Parker Bowles; born 17 July 1947) is the second wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.
Early life
She was born Camilla Rosemary Shand in King's College Hospital, London. She grew up in Sussex. She has a sister, Annabel Elliot (born 1949) and had a brothe... |
108847 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence%20House | Clarence House | Clarence House is the home of Charles, Prince of Wales in London. It is part of St James's Palace, and is on The Mall, close to Buckingham Palace (The Queen's home).
The Prince of Wales lives with his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall there. The Prince of Wales' offices and staff are also based at Clarence House, and... |
108852 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heal%27s | Heal's | Heal's ("Heal and Sons Ltd") is a British department store furniture and furnishing store chain with six stores. The stores sell an upmarket range of furniture, lighting, accessories, home and garden-wares.
It was founded in 1810 by John Harris Heal and his son. At first the company made beds.
The work of Sir Ambros... |
108864 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain%20store | Chain store | Chain stores are retail stores which share a brand and central management, usually with standardized business methods and practices. They may all have the same owners or may be franchised. Many restaurants are also chains.
Related pages
List of supermarkets, contains a number of chain stores
Business |
108876 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Bergamo | Province of Bergamo | Bergamo is a province in the region of Lombardy in Italy.
Bergamo |
108880 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Brescia | Province of Brescia | Brescia is a province in the region of Lombardy in Italy.
Brescia |
108885 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Como | Province of Como | Como is a province in the region of Lombardy in Italy.
Como |
108886 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Cremona | Province of Cremona | Cremona is a province in the region of Lombardy in Italy.
Cremona |
108891 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Augustine%2C%20Florida | St. Augustine, Florida | St. Augustine is the oldest city in the United States begun by Europeans and filled with people since it was started. The admiral from Spain, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, started St. Augustine in 1565. There was fighting between England and Spain in 1586, 1702, and 1740 over the city. Spain won each time. In 1763, St. Aug... |
108901 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson%20Parish%2C%20Louisiana | Jefferson Parish, Louisiana | Jefferson Parish is a parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Most of the suburbs of New Orleans are in this parish. Because of this Jefferson parish has the most population in the state.
Other websites
Official website
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office
Jefferson Parish Convention and Visitors Bureau - Tourism
Jeffers... |
108902 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s%20Lynn | King's Lynn | King's Lynn is a town and port in Norfolk, England. Over the years, the town has been known variously as Bishop's Lynn and Lynn Regis, while it is occasionally referred to by locals as simply Lynn—the Celtic word for lake.
King's Lynn is the third largest settlement in Norfolk after the city of Norwich and the town o... |
108904 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterhof | Peterhof | Peterhof (or Petergof), meaning "Peter's Court" is a town in Saint Petersburg on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland. It has a population of about 65,000. It hosts one of two campuses of Saint Petersburg State University. A series of palaces and gardens, laid out on the orders of Peter the Great, and sometimes ca... |
108905 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haltern%20am%20See | Haltern am See | Haltern am See (Haltern at the lake, before December 2001 only Haltern) is a town and a municipality in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is next to the Lippe River and the Wesel-Datteln Canal, approx. 15 km north of Recklinghausen.
Twin towns
Rochford, Essex, England
Roost-Wa... |
108912 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapides%20Parish%2C%20Louisiana | Rapides Parish, Louisiana | Rapides Parish () is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 131,613. The parish seat is Alexandria. Rapides is the French spelling of "rapids" and is pronounced ra-PEEDS (I.P.A. [ɹæ.pid͜z]).
The parish was created in 1807 after the United States bought this territor... |
108920 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enteric%20nervous%20system | Enteric nervous system | The enteric nervous system (ENS) is a part of the peripheral nervous system. It controls the reflexes of the gastrointestinal system.
Some treat the ENS as part of the autonomic nervous system.
References
"The Enteric nervous system (ENS)" at anaesthetist.com
Nervous system |
108924 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Frederick%20Tandberg | Carl Frederick Tandberg | Carl Frederick Tandberg (March 22, 1910 – August 26, 1988), was a bass fiddle musician who recorded with Glen Campbell and Frankie Ortega.
Biography
He was born in 1910 in Boston where his father, Thorvald Martin Tandberg I (1874-1970), managed a restaurant. Thorvald was born in Portland, Maine. Carl's mother was Alvi... |
108944 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personification | Personification | Personification is a figure of speech where non-living objects are described to seem like people.
In the arts, personification means representing a non-human thing as if it were human. Personification gives human traits and qualities, such as emotions, desires, sensations, gestures and speech, often by way of a metaph... |
108945 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Named | The Named | The Named is a fantasy book that was written by Marianne Curley. It is the first book in the Guardians of Time Trilogy.
Other websites
Marianne Curley's website
Bloomsbury Guardians of Time website
2002 books
Guardians of Time Trilogy |
108946 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Dark%20%28novel%29 | The Dark (novel) | The Dark is a fantasy book that was written by Marianne Curley. It is the second book in the Guardians of Time Trilogy.
Other websites
Marianne Curley's website
Bloomsbury Guardians of Time website
2003 books
Guardians of Time Trilogy |
108947 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Key%20%28novel%29 | The Key (novel) | The Key is a fantasy book that was written by Marianne Curley. It is the third book in the Guardians of Time Trilogy.
Other websites
Marianne Curley's website
Bloomsbury Guardians of Time website
2005 books
Guardians of Time Trilogy |
108949 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne%20Curley | Marianne Curley | Marianne Curley, (born 20 May 1959) is an Australian writer of young-adult novels. She is the author of several fantasy books, including Old Magic and the three novels in the Guardians of Time series. She is most popular outside of Australia, and her books have been translated into several languages, including Spanish,... |
108950 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardians%20of%20Time%20Trilogy | Guardians of Time Trilogy | The Guardians of Time Trilogy is a series of fictional books that are written by Marianne Curley. The books in this trilogy are The Named, The Dark, and The Key. The trilogy is about a group of people called the Guardians of Time (the Guard), going into history to save the world from the Order of Chaos (the Order), who... |
108953 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ender%27s%20Game | Ender's Game | Ender's Game (1985) is one of the most famous books written by Orson Scott Card. It takes place in Earth's future where mankind has barely survived two attacks by the "buggers", a species of alien, and the International Fleet is getting ready for war. In order to find and train a leader for the next invasion, the world... |
108966 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson%20Scott%20Card | Orson Scott Card | Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is a popular American writer, a critic, political writer, and speaker. He is best known for his science fiction books. His novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead both won the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award, making Card the only writer (as of 2007) to win both of... |
108967 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genius%20Squad | Genius Squad | Genius Squad is a book that was written by Catherine Jinks in 2008. It was published by Allen & Unwin, Australia. It is the second book in a series that follows the main character Cadel Piggot.
References
2008 books
Fantasy books
Science fiction books |
108968 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil%20Genius%20%28book%29 | Evil Genius (book) | Evil Genius is a book written by Catherine Jinks in 2005. It was published by Allen & Unwin, Australia. The book is the first in a series that follows the story of Cadel Piggot.
Other websites
The Axis Institute website
Evil Genius series blog
2005 books
Fantasy books
Science fiction books |
108969 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine%20Jinks | Catherine Jinks | Catherine Jinks (born 1963 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian writer. She has written over thirty books and has won many awards, including the Children's Book Council Of Australia Book of the Year Award three times, the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, the Aurealis Award for Science Fiction, the Australian Ib... |
108970 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public%20speaking | Public speaking | Public speaking is speaking to a group of people in an organized way: to give information, influence or persuade, or to entertain the listeners.
In public speaking there are five important questions, which are often expressed as "who is saying what to whom, using which medium, with what effects?"
The Ancient Greeks... |
108977 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20North%20Carolina%20at%20Chapel%20Hill | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) is a university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It was founded in 1789. UNC is one of three schools that claim to be the oldest public university in the United States. To be more exact, UNC is the first school in the U.S. to hold classes and graduate students as a ... |
108987 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan%20State%20University | Michigan State University | Michigan State University (or "MSU" for short) is a public university in East Lansing, Michigan.
Athletics
The Michigan State Spartans are the athletic team of the university. The school's athletic program includes 23 varsity sports teams. The school colors are green and white. They play in NCAA Division I, with almo... |
108998 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Ten%20%28disambiguation%29 | Big Ten (disambiguation) | Big Ten could mean:
Big Ten Conference
Big Ten Network
Big Ten Tournament
Major movie studios |
108999 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletic | Athletic | Athletic could mean:
Athletic (Kretschmer) — A physical/psychological type classification of Ernst Kretschmer.
Athlete
Physical exercise
Physical fitness
Athletic of Philadelphia - baseball team of the 1870s
Oakland Athletics - American baseball club
Charlton Athletic F.C. - English football club
Oldham Athle... |
109000 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Ten%20Conference | Big Ten Conference | The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Most of its 14 member institutions are in the Midwestern United States.
Members
Associate member
The Big Ten gained its first "associate member"—i.e., a school playing only a small number of sports (in this case, one) in the c... |
109009 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid%20spectral%20types | Asteroid spectral types | Asteroids are assigned a type based on spectral shape, color, and sometimes albedo. These types are thought to correspond to an asteroid's surface composition. For small bodies which are not internally differentiated, the surface and internal compositions are presumably similar, while large bodies such as 1 Ceres and 4... |
109011 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn%27s%20Gallic%20group%20of%20satellites | Saturn's Gallic group of satellites | The Gallic group is a dynamical grouping of the prograde irregular satellites of Saturn following similar orbits. Their semi-major axes range between 16 and 19 Gm, their inclinations between 35° and 40°, and their eccentricities around 0.53.
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) reserves names taken from Gallic m... |
109017 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulawesi | Sulawesi | Sulawesi (formerly known as Celebes) is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia, and is between Borneo and the Maluku Islands.
Geography
Sulawesi is the world's eleventh-largest island, covering an area of 174,600 km2. The island is surrounded by Borneo to the west, by the Philippines to the north, by Maluk... |
109018 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flores | Flores | Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, an island arc. Its area is about . It goes east from the island of Java. There are about 1.5 million people in Flores. The largest town is Maumere.
Flores is east of Sumbawa and Komodo. It is west of Lembata and the Alor Archipelago. To the southeast is Timor. To the south is... |
109019 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumbawa | Sumbawa | Sumbawa is an Indonesian island in the middle of the Lesser Sunda Islands chain. It has Lombok to the west, Flores to the east, and Sumba farther to the southeast. It is in the province of West Nusa Tenggara.
Sumbawa is 15,448 km² (three times the size of Lombok). About 1.5 million people live there. It marks the bo... |
109022 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothing%20in%20Ancient%20Rome | Clothing in Ancient Rome | Clothing in Ancient Rome is most commonly known by the toga and stola.
The cloth was made from wool, linen or hemp. Cotton and silk were also used, more rarely. Leather was also used. The kind of clothing showed status.
Types
The toga was an important item and was worn by only Roman citizens, and after the second ... |
109033 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibia%20%28video%20game%29 | Tibia (video game) | Tibia is a MMORPG video game released in 1997. Three German science students, Stephan Börzsönyi, Guido Lübke, Ulrich Schlott and Stephan Vogler, thought of the idea for the game. It was made by the German company CipSoft.
Massively multiplayer online role-playing games
Online games
1997 video games |
109034 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20Library%20of%20Turin | Royal Library of Turin | The Royal Library of Turin is an important museum in Turin, Italy. It was started by King Charles Albert of Sardinia in 1839.
Now it has 187,987 print volumes, 4,403 hand-written volumes (manuscripts), 3,000 drawings, 188 books made before 1501 (incunabula), 5,029 books from the 16th century, 20,987 pamphlets, and ma... |
109035 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibia | Tibia | The tibia, also known as the shinbone, or shankbone, is the larger and stronger of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates. It connects the knee with the ankle bones and is parallel to the fibula. Additionally it is the second largest bone in the body as its supports a significantly large portion of the ... |
109050 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauzon | Chauzon | Chauzon is a commune of the Ardèche département in the southern part of France.
Chauzon |
109051 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chazeaux | Chazeaux | Chazeaux is a commune of the Ardèche département in the southern part of France.
Chazeaux |
109052 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheminas | Cheminas | Cheminas is a commune of the Ardèche département in the southern part of France.
Cheminas |
109053 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%20Cheylard | Le Cheylard | Le Cheylard is a commune of the Ardèche département in the southern part of France.
Other websites
Official Web site
Le Cheylard |
109065 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory%20of%20Colours | Theory of Colours | Theory of Colours (original German title, Zur Farbenlehre) is a book by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe published in 1810. It contains some of the earliest and most accurate descriptions of phenomena such as coloured shadows, refraction, and chromatic aberration.
Its influence extends primarily to the art world, especially... |
109066 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox | Orthodox | Orthodox is a word about beliefs. It is made from two Ancient Greek words, ὀρθός orthós „correct, straight“ and δόξα dóxa „teaching, worship". Orthodoxy means a teaching that is supposed to be close to the original.
In particular:
in Christianity:
Eastern Orthodox Church (The split of the Christian Church into t... |
109067 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will%20Rogers | Will Rogers | William Penn Adair “Will” Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was a Cherokee-American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer and actor.
Known as Oklahoma's favorite son, Rogers was born to a well off Indian Territory family and learned to ride horses and use a lariat so well that ... |
109075 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris%20DX | Tetris DX | Tetris DX is a video game released in 1998 for the Game Boy Color console. It is a remake of the Game Boy game Tetris. The game can save high scores, has two new modes, and three profiles for three separate players.
1998 video games
Game Boy Color games
en:Tetris (Game Boy)#Tetris DX |
109077 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super%20Mario%20Land%202%3A%206%20Golden%20Coins | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins | is a 1992 video game for the Game Boy Nintendo device and the sequel to Super Mario Land.
In 1994, Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 was released. It is the sequel to Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins.
Plot
Before Super Mario Land, Mario had went away. While he was away, Wario took over Mario's castle. He takes the si... |
109096 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkene | Alkene | In organic chemistry, an alkene, olefin, or olefine is an unsaturated chemical compound containing at least one carbon-to-carbon double bond. The simplest alkenes, with only one double bond, no rings, and no other functional groups, are hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH2n.
Aromatic compounds are often drawn a... |
109098 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrodisiac | Afrodisiac | Afrodisiac is the fourth studio album by American R&B/pop singer Brandy Norwood, released by Atlantic Records on June 28, 2004 outside North America and on June 29, 2004 (see 2004 in music) in Canada and the United States. It was mostly produced by Timbaland, with more production from Warryn Campbell, Organized Noise, ... |
109100 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy%20%28disambiguation%29 | Boy (disambiguation) | A boy is a young male, usually human, or may refer to a man regardless of age.
Boy, Boys, The Boy, or The Boys may also mean:
Music
Songs
"Boy (I Need You)", by Mariah Carey
"Boy" (Erasure song)
"Boys" (Britney Spears song)
"Boys" (The Shirelles song), notably covered by The Beatles
"Boys" (Robots in Disguise s... |
109109 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker%20for%20the%20Dead | Speaker for the Dead | Speaker for the Dead (1986) is a science fiction book by Orson Scott Card. It is a sequel to the novel Ender's Game, and takes place around the year 5135, some 3,000 years after the events in Ender's Game. Because of space travel, the main character Ender is only about 35 years old.
Like Ender's Game, the book won th... |
109113 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenocide | Xenocide | Xenocide (1991) is a science fiction book that is third in the Ender's Game series. It was written by Orson Scott Card and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1992. It was followed by Children of the Mind.
Other websites
About the novel Xenocide from Card's website
1991 books
Books by Orson Scott C... |
109115 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%20of%20the%20Mind | Children of the Mind | Children of the Mind (1996) is the fourth, and currently the last, book of Orson Scott Card's popular Ender's Game series, a series of science fiction novels that focus on the character Ender Wiggin. Although Card has written some additional novels that take place with in the Ender Saga, they take place in the middle o... |
109118 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ender%27s%20Shadow | Ender's Shadow | Ender's Shadow (1999) is a science fiction book that was written by Orson Scott Card. It is a parallel novel, which means it has a story that has some of the events in Ender's Game from the point of view of another character named Bean. This book was first titled Urchin, but it was changed before release. Ender's Sha... |
109119 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow%20of%20the%20Hegemon | Shadow of the Hegemon | Shadow of the Hegemon (2001) is the second book in the Ender's Shadow series (also called the Bean Quartet) by Orson Scott Card. It is also the sixth book in the Ender's Game series. It is told mostly from the point of view of Bean, a mostly minor character in the first novel Ender's Game.
Other webs
About the novel... |
109121 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard%20Haitink | Bernard Haitink | Bernard Haitink (4 March 1929 – 21 October 2021) was a Dutch conductor and violinist. He won two Grammy Awards in 2004 and 2009.
Early life
Haitink studied music at the conservatoire in Amsterdam, the town where he was born. He started his career playing the violin in orchestras. Then he learned to conduct.
Career
H... |
109122 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow%20Puppets | Shadow Puppets | Shadow Puppets (2002), by Orson Scott Card, is the sequel to Shadow of the Hegemon and the third book in the Ender's Shadow series (often called the Bean Quartet). It was first going to be called Shadow of Death.
References
2002 books
Books by Orson Scott Card |
109124 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lib%C3%A9ration | Libération | Libération (also called Libé) is a French daily newspaper founded in Paris in 1973 by Jean-Paul Sartre.
Other websites
www.liberation.fr
Paris
French-language newspapers |
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