Angola is a country in southwestern Africa. Portugal explored the region and founded settlements and trading posts. Luanda was founded by Paulo Dias de Novais in the 16th century. The annexed territories in the region were ruled as a...

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...

Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has...

Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by a living organism. Its name is a hybrid word, originating from the Greek bios for "living" and the Latin lumen "light". Bioluminescence is a naturally occurring form of...

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...