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Ban, noble title used in several states in Central and Southeastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century. Dauphin , title of the heir apparent of the royal family of France , as he was the de jure ruler of the Imperial Dauphiné region in today's southeastern France (under the authority of the King)
Djuna Barnes (/ ˈ dʒ uː n ɑː /, June 12, 1892 – June 18, 1982) was an American artist, illustrator, journalist, and writer who is perhaps best known for her novel Nightwood (1936), a cult classic of lesbian fiction and an important work of modernist literature.
John Charles Bryan Barnes MBE (born 7 November 1963) is a former professional football player and manager. Often considered one of the greatest England players of all time, [4] [5] [6] Barnes currently works as an author, as well as a commentator and pundit for ESPN and SuperSport. [7]
Exactly three months later, in a press release by Adobe, it was revealed Barnes & Noble would be joining forces with the software company to standardize the EPUB and PDF e-book formats. [7] [8] Barnes & Noble e-books are now sold mostly in EPUB format. [9] [10] [11]
The Turabay dynasty was a family of Bedouin emirs who governed the district of Lajjun in northern Palestine during Ottoman rule in the 16th–17th centuries. The family's forebears had served as chiefs of Jezreel Valley during Mamluk rule in the late 15th century.
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (1976) is John Steinbeck's retelling of the Arthurian legend, based on the Winchester Manuscript text of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. [1] He began his adaptation in November 1956. Steinbeck had long been a lover of the Arthurian legends.
A 100-body simulation with the Barnes–Hut tree visually as blue boxes. The Barnes–Hut simulation (named after Josh Barnes and Piet Hut) is an approximation algorithm for performing an n-body simulation. It is notable for having order O(n log n) compared to a direct-sum algorithm which would be O(n 2). [1]
The book is a broad history of the influence of Christianity on the world, focusing on its impact on morality – from its beginnings to the modern day. [1] According to the author, the book "isn’t a history of Christianity " but "a history of what's been revolutionary and transformative about Christianity: about how Christianity has ...