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Brunhoff, Jean de
(Encyclopedia) Brunhoff, Jean deBrunhoff, Jean dezhäN də brüˈnôf [key], 1899–1937, French author and illustrator of children's books, b. Paris. He wrote and illustrated The Story of Babar, the Little…thunder
(Encyclopedia) thunder, sound produced along a path of a lightning flash, caused by the rapid heating and expansion of the adjacent air; lightning can heat air to temperatures as much as five times…Tavernier, Jean Baptiste
(Encyclopedia) Tavernier, Jean BaptisteTavernier, Jean BaptistezhäN bätēstˈ tävĕrnyāˈ [key], 1605–89, French traveler in Asia. He undertook six voyages, which took him as far as the East Indies and…Stanhope, Lady Hester Lucy
(Encyclopedia) Stanhope, Lady Hester Lucy, 1776–1839, English traveler. Leaving England in 1810, she traveled in the Levant, adopting Eastern male dress and a religion that was a composite of…Balmont, Konstantin Dmitrieyevich
(Encyclopedia) Balmont, Konstantin DmitrieyevichBalmont, Konstantin Dmitrieyevichkənstəntyēnˈ dəmēˈtrēəvĭch bälˈmônt [key], 1867–1943, Russian poet and translator. After first hailing the Bolshevik…Brewer's: Gull
(rhymes with dull). A dupe, one easily cheated. (See Bejan.) The most notorious geck and gull That e'er invention played on. Shakespeare: Twelfth Night, v. 1. Source: Dictionary of…Fact Monster's Writing Prompts: Time-Travelling Princesses
If you had a time-machine, what time and place would you visit? by Maddie Time-Traveling Princesses On July 4, 2009, at 9:00 p.m. my friend Harmony and I were pretending we…Brewer's: Gulnare
(2 syl.), afterwards called Kaled, queen of the harem, and fairest of all the slaves of Seyd [Seed ]. She was rescued from the flaming palace by Lord Conrad, the corsair, and when the…Top 100 Works in World Literature
Source: Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, 2002. The editors of the Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, polled a panel of 100 authors from 54…1939 Academy Awards
The 1939 Academy Awards were presented Feb. 29, 1940 at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles.Outstanding ProductionDark Victory (Warner Bros.-First National)Gone With the Wind (Selznick…Trending
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