Bouvet Island The most remote spot on earth Where Is It?Bored with tropical retreats and looking for something a little more invigorating and brisk? Try the sub-Antarctic. Bouvet Island is…
Bouvet Island The most remote spot on earth Where Is It?Bored with tropical retreats and looking for something a little more invigorating and brisk? Try the sub-Antarctic. Bouvet Island is…
Source: Publishers Weekly.HardcoverThe Prayer of Jabez for Kids, Bruce Wilkinson and Melody CarlsonThe Prayer of Jabez for Little Ones, Bruce Wilkinson and Melody Carlson; illustrated by Alexi…
(Encyclopedia) decadents, in literature, name loosely applied to those 19th-century, fin-de-siècle European authors who sought inspiration, both in their lives and in their writings, in aestheticism…
(Encyclopedia) Bazille, Frédéric, 1841–70, early French impressionist painter. He abandoned medical school to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, where he met and became friends with Monet,…
(Encyclopedia) McClure, Sir Robert John Le Mesurier, 1807–73, British arctic explorer. He entered the navy and in 1848 accompanied Sir James Clark Ross to the arctic. As a naval captain he was given…
(Encyclopedia) Longueuil, Charles le Moyne, sieur deLongueuil, Charles le Moyne, sieur deshärl lə mwän, syör də lôNgöˈyə [key], 1626–85, French colonial leader in Canada, founder of a famous Canadian…
(Encyclopedia) Iberville, Pierre le Moyne, sieur d'Iberville, Pierre le Moyne, sieur d'pyĕr lə mwän syör dēbĕrvēlˈ [key], 1661–1706, French Canadian naval officer, founder of the French territory of…
(Encyclopedia) Rancé, Armand Jean le Bouthillier deRancé, Armand Jean le Bouthillier deärmäNˈ zhäN lə b&oomacr;tēyāˈ də räNsāˈ [key], 1626–1700, French religious reformer, founder of the…
(Encyclopedia) Boisguilbert, Pierre le Pesant, sieur deBoisguilbert, Pierre le Pesant, sieur depyĕr lə pəzäNˈ syör də bwägēlbĕrˈ [key], 1646–1714, French economist. A local official of Rouen after…
