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Bambi's Children Bambi's Children: The Story of a Forest Family (German: Bambis Kinder: Eine Familie im Walde) is a novel written by Austrian author Felix Salten as a sequel to his successful work Bambi, A Life in the Woods.Contents1 Background 2 Translation history 3 Plot 4 Dell Comic 5 Further reading 6 ReferencesBackground[edit] The sequel to Bambi ![]() Bambi follows the lives of the twin children of Bambi and his cousin Faline as they grow from fawns through adulthood. Salten wrote the sequel while living in exile in Switzerland ![]() Switzerland after being forced to flee Nazi-occupied Austria as he was of Jewish heritage.[1] Originally written in German, the novel was first published in English in the United States in 1939 by Bobbs-Merrill [...More...] | "Bambi's Children" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Hungarian Language Hungarian ( magyar nyelv (help·info)) is a Finno-Ugric language spoken in Hungary ![]() Hungary and several neighbouring countries. It is the official language of Hungary ![]() Hungary and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union. Outside Hungary ![]() Hungary it is also spoken by communities of Hungarians ![]() Hungarians in the countries that today make up Slovakia, western Ukraine, central and western Romania ![]() Romania (Transylvania and Partium), northern Serbia ![]() Serbia (Vojvodina), southern Poland[citation needed], northern Croatia, and northern Slovenia ![]() Slovenia due to the effects of the Treaty of Trianon, which resulted in many ethnic Hungarians ![]() Hungarians being displaced from their homes and communities in the former territories of the Austro-Hungarian Empire [...More...] | "Hungarian Language" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Spanish Language The Spanish language ![]() Spanish language (/ˈspænɪʃ/ ( listen); Español (help·info)), also called the Castilian language[4] (/kæˈstɪliən/ ( listen), castellano (help·info)), is a Western Romance language that originated in the Castile region of Spain ![]() Spain and today has hundreds of millions of native speakers in Latin ![]() Latin America and Spain. It is usually considered the world's second-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese.[5][6][7][8][9] Spanish is a part of the Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin ![]() Vulgar Latin in Iberia after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire ![]() Western Roman Empire in the 5th century [...More...] | "Spanish Language" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Special Special ![]() Special or specials may refer to:Contents1 Music 2 Film and television 3 Other uses 4 See alsoMusic[edit] Special ![]() Special (album), a 1992 [...More...] | "Special" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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International Standard Book Number "ISBN" redirects here. For other uses, see ISBN (other).International Standard Book ![]() Book NumberA 13-digit ISBN, 978-3-16-148410-0, as represented by an EAN-13 bar codeAcronym ISBNIntroduced 1970; 48 years ago (1970)Managing organisation International ISBN AgencyNo. of digits 13 (formerly 10)Check digit Weighted sumExample 978-3-16-148410-0Website www.isbn-international.orgThe International Standard Book ![]() Book Number (ISBN) is a unique[a][b] numeric commercial book identifier. Publishers purchase ISBNs from an affiliate of the International ISBN Agency.[1] An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation (except reprintings) of a book. For example, an e-book, a paperback and a hardcover edition of the same book would each have a different ISBN. The ISBN is 13 digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007, and 10 digits long if assigned before 2007 [...More...] | "International Standard Book Number" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Boydell & Brewer Boydell & Brewer is an academic press based in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England ![]() England that specializes in publishing historical and critical works. In addition to British and general history, the company publishes three series devoted to studies, editions, and translations of material related to the Arthurian legend. There are also series that publish studies in medieval German and French literature, Spanish theatre, early English texts, in other subjects. Depending on the subject, its books are assigned to one of several imprints in Woodbridge, Cambridge (UK), or Rochester, New York, location of its principal North American office. Imprints include Boydell & Brewer, D.S [...More...] | "Boydell & Brewer" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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New York Times The New York Times ![]() The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City ![]() New York City with worldwide influence and readership.[6][7][8] Founded in 1851, the paper has won 122 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper.[9][10] As of September 2016, it had the largest combined print-and-digital circulation of any daily newspaper in the United States.[11] The New York Times is ranked 18th in the world by circulation. The paper is owned by The New York Times ![]() The New York Times Company, which is publicly traded but primarily controlled by the Ochs-Sulzberger family through a dual-class share structure.[12] It has been owned by the family since 1896; A.G [...More...] | "New York Times" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Wolfdog A wolfdog (also called a wolf–dog hybrid or wolf hybrid) is a canid hybrid resulting from the hybridization of a domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris) to one of five other Canis sub-species, the gray (Canis lupus), eastern timber (Canis lycaon), red (Canis rufus), ethiopian (Canis simensis) or arctic wolves (Canis arctos).Contents1 Description 2 Varieties 3 History3.1 Prehistoric wolfdogs 3.2 Teotihuacan wolfdogs 3.3 North American gray wolf-domestic dog hybrids 3.4 British wolfdogs 3.5 Documented breeding3.5.1 German Shepherds 3.5.2 The Saarloos wolfdog 3.5.3 The Czechoslovakian Wolfdog 3.5.4 The Lupo Italiano 3.5.5 The Hierran Wolfdog 3.5.6 The Kunming wolfdog3.6 Livestock guardian dogs 3.7 New World black wolves 3.8 Random-bred wolfdogs 3.9 Breed-specific legislation 3.10 Wolfdogs in the wild4 Description 5 Health 6 Temperament and behavior6.1 Aggression 6.2 Trainability7 Further reading 8 See also 9 References 10 External li [...More...] | "Wolfdog" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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European Eagle-owl See text.Range of Eurasian eagle-owlSynonymsBubo ignavus Forster, 1817 Bubo maximus [2]The Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) is a species of eagle-owl that resides in much of Eurasia. It is also called the European eagle-owl and in Europe, it is occasionally abbreviated to just eagle-owl.[3] It is one of the largest species of owl, and females can grow to a total length of 75 cm (30 in), with a wingspan of 188 cm (6 ft 2 in), males being slightly smaller.[4] This bird has distinctive ear tufts, with upper parts that are mottled with darker blackish colouring and tawny. The wings and tail are barred. The underparts are a variably hued buff, streaked with darker colour [...More...] | "European Eagle-owl" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Perri (film) Perri is a 1957 film from Walt Disney Productions, based on Felix Salten's 1938 Perri: The Youth of a Squirrel. It was the company's fifth feature entry in their True-Life Adventures series, and the only one to be labeled a True Life Fantasy. In doing so, the Disney team combined the documentary aspects of earlier efforts with fictional scenarios and characters.[2] The story's title character is a young female squirrel who learns about forest life, and finds a mate in Porro, a male squirrel. In the film, there are seasons called the Time of Beauty, Time of Peace, and Together Time. In the 1982 CBC television documentary Cruel Camera (produced by The Fifth Estate)[3] Roy O. Disney, who was a cameraman on Perri's "fenced in" forest set, describes the film as both misrepresenting nature and being cruel to animals [...More...] | "Perri (film)" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Slovak Language Slovak (/ˈsloʊvæk, -vɑːk/ ( listen)[5][6]) is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages (together with Czech, Polish, and Sorbian). It is called slovenský jazyk (pronounced [ˈsloʋenskiː ˈjazik] ( listen)) or slovenčina ([ˈsloʋent͡ʃina]) in the language itself. Slovak is the official language of Slovakia, where it is spoken by approximately 5.51 million people (2014) [...More...] | "Slovak Language" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Finnish Language Finnish ( suomi (help·info), or suomen kieli [ˈsuomen ˈkieli]) is a Finnic language ![]() Finnic language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland ![]() Finland and by ethnic Finns ![]() Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland ![]() Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a Finnish dialect, are spoken. The Kven language, a dialect of Finnish, is spoken in Northern Norway ![]() Norway by a minority group of Finnish descent. Finnish is a member of the Finnic language ![]() Finnic language family and is typologically between fusional and agglutinative languages [...More...] | "Finnish Language" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Dutch Language Aruba Belgium Curaçao Netherlands Sint Maarten Suriname Benelux European Union South American Union CaricomRegulated by Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)Language codesISO 639-1 nlISO 639-2 dut (B) nld (T)ISO 639-3 nld Dutch/FlemishGlottolog mode1257[4]Linguasphere 52-ACB-aDutch-speaking world (included are areas of daughter-language Afrikaans)Distribution of the Dutch language ![]() Dutch language and its dialects in Western EuropeThis article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode ![]() Unicode characters [...More...] | "Dutch Language" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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French Language French (le français [lə fʁɑ̃sɛ] ( listen) or la langue française [la lɑ̃ɡ fʁɑ̃sɛz]) is a Romance language ![]() Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin ![]() Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French has evolved from Gallo-Romance, the spoken Latin ![]() Latin in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France ![]() France and in southern Belgium, which French (Francien) has largely supplanted. French was also influenced by native Celtic languages ![]() Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul ![]() Gaul like Gallia Belgica ![]() Gallia Belgica and by the (Germanic) Frankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders [...More...] | "French Language" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Brazilian Portuguese Brazilian Portuguese ![]() Brazilian Portuguese (português do Brasil [poʁtuˈɡez du bɾaˈziw] or português brasileiro [poʁtuˈɡez bɾaziˈlejɾu]) is a set of dialects of the Portuguese language ![]() Portuguese language used mostly in Brazil. It is spoken by virtually all of the 200 million inhabitants of Brazil[3] and spoken widely across the Brazilian diaspora, today consisting of about two million Brazilians who have emigrated to other countries. This variety of the Portuguese language ![]() Portuguese language differs, particularly in phonology and prosody, from the dialects spoken in Portugal ![]() Portugal and Portuguese-speaking African countries. In these latter countries, the language tends to have a closer connection to contemporary European Portuguese, partly because Portuguese colonial rule ended much more recently in them than in Brazil [...More...] | "Brazilian Portuguese" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Swedish Language Swedish ( svenska (help·info) [²svɛnːska]) is a North Germanic language spoken natively by 9.6 million people, predominantly in Sweden ![]() Sweden (as the sole official language), and in parts of Finland, where it has equal legal standing with Finnish. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and to some extent with Danish, although the degree of mutual intelligibility is largely dependent on the dialect and accent of the speaker. Both Norwegian and Danish are generally easier to read than to listen to because of difference in accent and tone when speaking. Swedish is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples ![]() Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Era [...More...] | "Swedish Language" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |