Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Green building. Sustainable architecture, Low-energy house, Zero-energy building, Green building in...

Commodity markets are markets where raw or primary products are exchanged. These raw commodities are traded on regulated commodities exchanges, in which they are bought and sold in standardized contracts.This article focuses on the...

Names of the Irish state, Republic of Ireland, Constitution of Ireland, President of Ireland, Republic of Ireland Act 1948, Eire (Confirmation of Agreements) Act 1938, Ireland Act 1949, Annals of the Four Masters, Ériu, Hibernia, Irish...

The Mannerheim Line was a defensive fortification line on the Karelian Isthmus built by Finland against the Soviet Union. During the Winter War it became known as the Mannerheim Line, after Field Marshal Baron Carl Gustaf Emil...

Burgundy wine (French: Bourgogne or Vin de Bourgogne) is wine made in the Burgundy region in eastern France. The most famous wines produced here - those commonly referred to as Burgundies - are red wines made from Pinot Noir grapes or...

Racial segregation. South Africa under apartheid, Racial segregation in the United States, 1987 Fijian coups d'état, Bumiputera (Malaysia), Ketuanan Melayu, Caste, Affirmative action, Bantustan, Eagle feather law, Endogamy, Jim Crow...

Jackie Brown is a 1997 crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It is an adaptation of the novel Rum Punch by American novelist Elmore Leonard, but reworks it to create an homage to 1970s blaxploitation films. The film stars...

History of fishing. Fishing, Gillnet, Trawling, Cod, Trepanging, Fly fishing, History of whaling von Miller, Frederic P.

Filmmaking is the process of making a film, from an initial story idea or commission, through scriptwriting, shooting, editing, directing and distribution to an audience. Typically, it involves a large number of people, and takes from a...

Michael Jackson's This Is It is a 2009 American concert film documenting Michael Jackson's on-stage and behind-the-scenes rehearsals of the concert series of the same name scheduled to start on July 13, 2009, but canceled due to his...

British Chinese. Hong Kong people in the United Kingdom, Chinese American history, History of Chinese immigration to Canada, Chinese Australian, East Asians in the United Kingdom, Sino-British relations, History of British nationality...

The Nirvana Sutra, or Mahaparinirva¿a Sutra is a major Mahayana sutra, which its English-translator, Kosho Yamamoto, has described as 'one of the three great masterpieces of Mahayana Buddhism. It is one of several Buddhist texts having...