In modern usage, a cottage is a modest dwelling, typically in a rural, or semi-rural location (although there are cottage-style dwellings in cities). In the United Kingdom, the term cottage tends to denote a rurally- (sometimes village-)...

The Ford Transit Connect is a compact panel van developed by Ford Otosan, designed by Peter Horbury and introduced by American carmaker Ford in 2002 to replace the older Ford Escort van range, which had ceased production in the same...

Internal resistance to the apartheid system in South Africa came from several sectors of society and saw the creation of organisations dedicated variously to peaceful protests, passive resistance and armed insurrection. It came from both...

Economic history as it relates to economic growth in the modern sense first occurred during the industrial revolution in the West, due to high amounts of energy conversion taking place. Economic growth spread to all regions of the world...

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Hamburg. Germany, History of Hamburg, Boroughs and quarters of Hamburg, Government of Hamburg, Demographics...

Denglisch (German spelling) or Denglish (English spelling) is a portmanteau of the German words Deutsch and Englisch. Used in all German-speaking countries, it describes an influx of English, or pseudo-English, vocabulary into the German...

Frodo Baggins is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. He is a principal protagonist of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. He is also mentioned in The Silmarillion. He was a hobbit of the Shire who inherited Sauron's...

Being located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany. With 830,000 inhabitants in the tri-national metropolitan area as of 2004, Basel is Switzerland's second-largest urban area. von...

Advance health care directives, also known as living wills, advance directives, or advance decisions, are instructions given by individuals specifying what actions should be taken for their health in the event that they are no longer...

Gaza Strip. Occupation of the Gaza Strip by Egypt, Israel-Gaza Strip barrier, Gaza War, 2006 Israel-Gaza conflict, 2007-2009 blockade of the Gaza Strip, 2008 breach of the Gaza-Egypt border, Geography of the Gaza Strip, Demographics of...

Kunming. History of Yunnan, History of China, List of administrative divisions of Yunnan, Kunming Institute of Botany, Western Mountains, Traffic congestion, Transportation in Yunnan, Kunming Wujiaba International Airport, List of...

2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team. 2008 Chick-fil-A College Kickoff, 2008 SEC Championship Game, 2009 Sugar Bowl, 2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Alabama - Ole Miss rivalry, Third Saturday in October, Alabama-LSU rivalry, 2008...