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Armistice of 11 November 1918. Coordinates: 49°25′39″N 02°54′22″E. Photograph taken after reaching agreement for the armistice that ended World War I. This is Ferdinand Foch 's own railway carriage in the Forest of Compiègne. Foch's chief of staff Maxime Weygand is second from left.
Embers of firewood used in sauna stove. An ember, also called a hot coal, is a hot lump of smouldering solid fuel, typically glowing, composed of greatly heated wood, coal, or other carbon -based material. Embers (hot coals) can exist within, remain after, or sometimes precede, a fire. Embers are, in some cases, as hot as the fire which created ...
San Francisco, California, U.S. Occupation. Novelist. Notable works. The Books of Ember. Website. www.jeanneduprau.com. Jeanne DuPrau (born 1944 in San Francisco, California) is an American writer, best known for The Books of Ember, a series of science fiction novels for young people. She lives in Menlo Park, California.
A private forest (also private woodland or private wood) is a forest that is not owned by municipal authorities (such as a corporate forest), church authorities or the state (e.g. a state forest or national forest). It can refer to woodland owned by a natural or juridical person or a partnership.It is the forest which is planted, nurtured or ...
The Meru have maintained adherence to a fairly strict customary code amongst the various cohorts of the population. For instance, circumcision is a mandatory rite of passage for boys, during which time cultural education including community norms and expectations, such as respect for elders and protection of children are taught in a seclusion ...
An Amber alert as seen on Android, advising users to call 911 if they find a car with a matching description. An Amber alert (alternatively styled AMBER alert) or a child abduction emergency alert (SAME code: CAE) is a message distributed by a child abduction alert system to ask the public for help in finding abducted children. [1][2] The ...
Worldwide distribution of country calling codes. Regions are coloured by first digit. Country calling codes, country dial-in codes, international subscriber dialing (ISD) codes, or most commonly, telephone country codes are telephone number prefixes for reaching telephone subscribers in foreign countries or areas via international telecommunication networks.
Isabel Allende: City of the Beasts, Kingdom of the Golden Dragon, Forest of the Pygmies; David Almond: Kit's Wilderness, Heaven Eyes, Clay; Elaine M. Alphin: Counterfeit Son; Adi Alsaid: Let's Get Lost, Never Always Sometimes; Julia Alvarez: How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, Yo!, Before We Were Free