Encyclopedia > L > 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211
LDS Philanthropies LDS Philanthropies is a department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is responsible for facilitating donations to humanitarian and education initiatives including Brigham Young University (Provo, Idaho, and Hawaii campuses), LDS Business College, the Perpetual Education Fund. Humanitarian donations are used to provide assistance worldwide without regard to race or religion, and plays a significant role in assisting victims of natural disasters, including being among first responders with aid such as hygiene kits, food and water, and blankets.
Le Banquier Le Banquier (French for "The Banker") is the Canadian French language adaptation of Deal or No Deal, scheduled to debut on January 24, 2007 at 9pm on the TVA network. The program, produced in Montreal by JPL Production II Inc.
Le Barbier de SĂ©ville Le Barbier de SĂ©ville is a French play by Pierre Beaumarchais, also called Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. It was first written in 1773, but due to legal and political problems of the author, it was not performed until February 23, 1775.
Le Bas International Air Division Le Bas International Air Division is a company which offers private jet rental for individual charter flights. Le Bas is considered an “ad-hoc” company, which means that each flight is handled and paid for individually, without any requirement for fractional ownership or subscription service.
Le Bateau ivre Le Bateau ivre (The Drunken Boat) is a verse-poem written by Arthur Rimbaud in 1871, which is considered to be revolutionary in its use of imagery and symbolism. The poem is arranged in a series of hexameter quatrains (25 in total) with an a/b/a/b rhyme-scheme.
Le Bioscope Le Bioscope is a theme park located at Ungersheim, in the Upper Rhine (the Haut-Rhin département) of France. The 12½-hectareBioscope: the leisure and discovery park, from the Office de Tourisme et des Congrès de Mulhouse(31-acre) park — described in a European Commission 2004 press releaseCommission authorises State cofinancing of theme park project in Alsace, a September 2004 press release from the European Union website as a place where visitors learn about health, life and the environment "whilst having fun" — is laid out in concentric circles, a design by Frédéric Jung meant to evoke the shockwaves caused by the impact of the Ensisheim meteorite, which struck nearby in 1492Bioscope, the park about life, opens its doors on June 1 in Alsace, from the French Government Tourist Office website.
Le Bleu du ciel Le Bleu du Ciel (Blue of Noon- English) is a transgressive novella of erotic fiction written in 1935, and its French author, Georges Bataille was a committed anti-fascist, as can be seen from the content of this particular work. Henry Matthews translated it into English in 1986.
Le Bocage International School Le Bocage International School is an English-medium international school in the ages of 11-19 in Mount Ory, Moka, Mauritius, founded in 1990. It prepares students for IGCSE and International Baccalaureate examinations.
Le Bon Marché Le Bon Marché ("the good market", or "the good deal" in French) is the name of one of the most famous department stores in Paris, France. It is regarded as the first department store in the world.
Le Bon Papa Le Bon Papa (French: "The Good Father") was a French frigate of approximately 280 ton displacement in the late 18th century. The majority of records regarding the ship come from its participation in the relocation of the people who were to become the known as Cajuns.
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme is a comédie-ballet in 5 acts by Molière, first presented October 14, 1670 before the court of Louis XIV at the château of Chambord by Molière's troup of actors. The music was composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully, the choreography was by Pierre Beauchamp, and the sets were Carlo Vigarani.
Le Bulletin de l’Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale Le Bulletin de l’Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale ("The Bulletin of the French Institute of Eastern Archaeology"), or BIFAO is a scientific journal containing scholarly articles pertaining to the study of Egyptology.
Le cinesi Le cinesi (The Chinese Women) is an opera in one act composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck with an Italian-language libretto by Pietro Metastasio that had first been set by Antonio Caldara in 1735. More specifically, the work is often described as an azione teatrale.
Le confort et l'indifférence Le confort et l'indifférence is a 1981 documentary film by Denys Arcand, offering an analysis of the 1980 Quebec referendum, in which "sovereignty-association" was defeated as a first step to eventual secession from Canada. The film takes the position that the referendum result was a failure of courage and that the Québécois were numbed by prosperity and the explicitly Machiavellian manipulations of federalist leaders.
Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (Conventions and Inconveniences of the Stage) is a dramma giocoso, or opera, in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Domenico Gilardoni, adapted from Antonio Simone Sografi's plays Le convenienze teatrali (1794) and Le inconvenienze teatrali (1800).
Le Cafe des Reves Le Café des Rêves is a French language educational mini-series. The series, which is made up of five 20 minute episodes, was made by the BBC for British secondary school students, aged between 11 and 14, learning French.
Le Canadien Le Canadien was a French language newspaper published in Lower Canada from November 13, 1806 to March 14, 1810. Its motto was: "Nos institutions, notre langue et nos droits" (Our institutions, our language, our rights).
Le Canard enchaîné Le Canard enchaîné is a satirical newspaper published weekly in France, founded in 1915, featuring investigative journalism and leaks from sources inside the French government, the French political world and the French business world, as well as a large number of jokes and humorous cartoons. It has a circulation of 446,000.
Le Canary Bleu Le Canary Bleu is a gourmet french fusion restaurant located in Saratoga Springs, New York. The chef Thomas Keller who is also involved in the restaurants per se in New York City and French Laundry in Napa Valley and Bouchon, in Las Vegas.
Le Casse Le Casse is a movie directed by French director Henri Verneuil, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Omar Sharif and Robert Hossein. It is based on David Goodis's The Burglar and revolve around a team of four burglars chased by a corrupt cop in Athens.
Le Cirque Le Cirque is a famed French restaurant in Manhattan owned and operated by Sirio Maccioni. Currently at One Beacon Court (151 East 58th Street), it is 16000 square foot restaurant designed by Adam Tihany and architect Costas Kondylis.
Le Click Le Click is a Germany based Techno-Dance-pop duo consisting of rapper/singer Robert Haynes and singer Kayo Shekoni. They had a hit in 1997 with the single "Call Me," which climbed to #35 on the Billboard Hot 100; its follow-up, the Spanish guitar accented "Don't Go" peaked at #62 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Le Colonel Chabert (novel) Le Colonel Chabert (English: Colonel Chabert) is an 1832 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) and included in his series of novels (or Roman-fleuve) known as La Comédie humaine (The Human Comedy) which parodies and depicts French society in the period of the Restoration and the July Monarchy (1815-1848). This novel was adapted for six different motion pictures, including two silent films.
Le Concert des Nations Le Concert des Nations is an orchestra with period instruments, able to perform the orchestral and symphonic repertoire from the Baroque to Romanticism: 1600 - 1850. The orchestra was created in 1989, the youngest of the groups conducted by the Spanish maestro and viola da gamba virtuoso Jordi Savall.
Le Conte's Thrasher The Le Conte's Thrasher (Toxostoma lecontei) is a pale bird found in the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It prefers to live in deserts with very little vegetation, where it blends in with the sandy soils.
Le Corbusier Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, who chose to be known as Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887 – August 27, 1965), was a French Swiss born architect, who is famous for his contributions to what is now called modernism, or the International Style.
Le Creuset Le Creuset is a French cookware manufacturer best known for its colorful enameled cast iron dutch ovens (which the company calls "French Ovens"). The company also makes many other types of cookware, from both enameled cast iron and enamel over steel, and sells a line of corkscrews and wine openers under the "Screwpull" brand name.
Le Cuisinier Impérial A[lexandre] Viard'sA. Viard is described sometimes as André Dictionnaire des Auteurs Le Cuisinier Impérial (Paris: Barba, 1806) was a culinary encyclopedia that passed through at least thirty-two editions in its long career as the essential reference work for the French professional chef during the nineteenth century.
Le dictateur et le champignon Le dictateur et le champignon, written and drawn by Franquin, is the seventh album of the Spirou et Fantasio series. After serial publication in Le Journal de Spirou, the story was released as a hardcover album in 1956.
Le disque d'or de Dalida This is the fifth album of Dalida, containing hits like "Ciao, ciao Bambina", the classic "Come prima (Tu me donnes)", the hebrew folklore "Hava naguila (Dansons mon amour)", "Guitare et tambourin" and "Amstramgram".
Le donne di buon umore Le donne de buon umore (The Good-Humored Ladies) is a ballet arranged from sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti Vincenzo Tommasini. Written in 1917, the piece was based on a comedy by Carlo Goldoni; its plot concerns the diversions of a count, disguised as a woman, at a carnival.
Le Dain Commission of Inquiry into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs The Commission of Inquiry into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs, often referred to as the Le Dain Commission after its chair Dean Gerald Le Dain, was a Canadian government commission that was begun in 1969 and completed its work in 1972. The final report recommended that cannabis be removed from the Narcotic Control Act and that the provinces implement controls on possession and cultivation, similar to those governing the use of alcohol.
Le Déclin de l'empire américain Le Déclin de l'empire américain (The Decline of the American Empire) is a Canadian comedy/drama film directed by Denys Arcand and released in 1986. It was followed by a critically-acclaimed sequel, Les Invasions barbares, released in 2003.
Le Délit français Le Délit français, also simply known as Le Délit, is an independent francophone newspaper on the McGill University campus, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is a sister publication to the English-language McGill Daily and, as such, is published by the Daily Publications Society (DPS).
Le Devin du Village Le Devin du Village (The Village Soothsayer) is an opera by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, first performed before the court at Fontainbleau on 18 October 1752. King Louis XV so loved the work that he offered Rousseau a pension, an offer which Rousseau refused.
Le Diable amoureux Le Diable Amoureux (The Devil in Love, 1772) is an occult romance by Jacques Cazotte which tells of a demon, or devil, who falls in love with Alvaro, an amateur human dabbler, and attempts, in the guise of a young woman, to win his affections.
Le Diable à Quatre (opera) Le diable à quatre (The Devil to Pay) is an opéra comique in three acts by Christoph Willibald Gluck. The French-language libretto is by Michel-Jean Sedaine and Pierre Baurans, after the ballad opera by Charles Coffey.
Le Doulos Le Doulos (English title The Finger Man) is a 1962 French crime film directed by auteur Jean-Pierre Melville, based on a novel by Pierre Lesou. While the film comes before Melville’s masterpieces of the genre, Le Samourai (1967) and Le Cercle Rouge (1970), one can unmistakably observe several of Melville’s trademark techniques in this film.
Le Droit Humain The International Order of Co-Freemasonry Le Droit Humain is a global Co-Masonic Order, membership of which is available to men and women on equal terms, regardless of nationality, religion or ethnicity. The Order is founded on the ancient teachings and traditions of Freemasonry, using Masonic ritual and symbolism as its tools in the search for truth.
Le faiseur d'or Le faiseur d'or, written and drawn by Fournier, is the twentieth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series, and the first to follow the Spirou retirement of André Franquin. The story was initially serialised in Le Journal de Spirou, before it was published along with Un Noël clandestin and Le champignon nippon in a hardcover album in 1970.
Le Fantasque (1935) Le Fantasque ("Capricious") was a large destroyer ("contre-torpilleur", "counter-torpedo boat") of the French Navy which served during the Second World War. Her class is the fastest type of destroyer ever built.
Le Fantasque class destroyer The Le Fantasque class of six large, very fast destroyers (also referred to as the Le Malin class) was ordered under the French naval programme of 1930. They served in World War II for both Vichy France and the Free French Forces.
Le Fevre Peninsula The Le Fevre Peninsula is a peninsula that lies some 15 kilometres northwest of the Adelaide Central Business District in South Australia. It is a thin peninsula of about 30 kilometres north from its connection to the mainland.
Le Figaro Le Figaro () is one of the leading French morning daily newspapers. Its editorial line is conservative and has generally been supportive of the Rally for the Republic political party and its successor, the Union for a Popular Movement.
Le Flibustier (opera) Le Flibustier is a lyric comedy in three acts, composed by CĂ©sar Cui during 1888-1889. Although the title can translate as The Pirate or The Buccaneer, this is no swashbuckling action-drama, but an idyllic domestic comedy of mistaken identity.
Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres (The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space) is a continuation of the Gendarme series starring Louis de Funès. It is followed by one more film, Le gendarme et les gendarmettes.
Le gorille a bonne mine Le gorille a bonne mine, written and drawn by Franquin, is the eleventh album of the Spirou et Fantasio series. The title story and Vacances sans histoires, were first serial published in Le Journal de Spirou, before compiled together in a hardcover album in 1959.
Le Gardeur, Quebec Le Gardeur was a town in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the L'Assomption River in the Regional County Municipality of L'Assomption, and connected to Montreal by Quebec route 138, Quebec Autoroute 40, and VIA Rail on the Canadian National rail line.
Le Gaulois Le Gaulois was a French daily newspaper, founded in 1868 by Edmond Tarbe and Henri de Pene. After a printing stoppage, it was revived by Arthur Meyer in 1882 with notable collaborators Paul Bourget, Abel Hermant, and Ernest Daudet.
Le Gentil (crater) Le Gentil is a lunar crater that is located in the south-southwest part of the Moon, near the limb, and is nearly attached to the southern rim of the huge Bailly walled plain. To the southwest is the large Drygalski crater.
Le Glèbe Le Glèbe is a municipality in the district of Sarine, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2003 by the merger of the villages of Estavayer-le-Gibloux, Rueyres-Saint-Laurent, Villarlod and Villarsel-le-Gibloux.
Le Gosier Le Gosier is the third-largest commune in the French overseas département of Guadeloupe. It is located on the south side of the island of Grande-Terre, and is part of the metropolitan area of Pointe-à -Pitre, the largest conurbation in Guadeloupe.
Le Grand Macabre Le Grand Macabre (1975-77, revised version 1996) is György Ligeti's only opera. The opera has two acts and its libretto, loosely based on a play by the Belgian author Michel De Ghelderode, was written by Ligeti in collaboration with Michael Meschke.
Le Grand Magistery Le Grand Magistery is an independent record label operating out of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan since 1996. They have been home to a number of artists including A Girl Called Eddy, Always, Baxendale, The Blood Group, Flare, Kahimi Karie, Mascott, Memphis, Momus, Moose, Mr.
Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Quebec [Granit (Granite) is a regional county municipality] in the [[Estrie region of eastern Quebec, Canada. Located directly south of Quebec City, it borders the region of Chaudière-Appalaches, as well as the US states of New Hampshire and Maine.
Le Griffon Built by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Le Griffon is considered to have been the first full-sized sailing ship on the upper Great Lakes of North America. The ship was launched in Cayuga Creek as a forty-five ton Barque with five guns.
Le Gros et le maigre Le Gros et le maigre is a short film written and directed by Roman Polanski in 1961. Polanski plays a slave playing a flute and beating a drum to entertain his master who rocks in a rocking chair in front of his mansion where he wipes his master's brow, feeds him, washes his feet, shades him from the sun with an umbrella and holds a urinal for him.
Le Groupe Dance Lab Le Groupe Dance Lab (formerly Le Groupe de la Place Royale) is a contemporary dance research center formed in Montréal in 1966 as a dance company, re-located to Ottawa in 1977 and re-named and re-purposed in 1988.
Le Guide Culinaire Published in 1903, Auguste Escoffier's Le Guide Culinaire is a historic book in the history of European haute cuisine. Over a century after its original publication, the Guide Culinaire is still considered the definitive reference for the traditional French cuisine classique.
Le huitième jour Le Huitième Jour (The Eighth Day) is a 1996 film that tells the story of the friendship that develops between two men who meet by chance. Harry (Daniel Auteuil), a divorced businessman who feels alienated from his children, meets Georges (Pascal Duquenne), an institutionalised man with Down's syndrome, after Georges has escaped from his mental institution and is nearly run over by Harry.
Le Hardi class destroyer The Hardi class was a group of eight French navy destroyers (contre-torpilleur) laid down in 1936 to 1938 and commissioned in 1940. They were the lighter counterparts to the very fast larger destroyers of the Mogador class, and the successors of L'Adroit class.
Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality, Quebec [Haut-Saint-Laurent (Upper Saint Lawrence) is a regional county municipality] in southwestern [[Quebec, Canada in the Montérégie region. Its seat is in Huntingdon and it is named for the Saint Lawrence River which forms its western and northwestern boundary.
Le Havre AC Le Havre Athletic Club Football Association or Havre Athletic Club, is a French football club based in Le Havre, founded in 1872 making it the oldest soccer and rugby club registered in France. Football began being played on a regular basis in 1894.
Le Hong Phong High School Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted , in Vietnamese: Trường Phổ Thông Trung Học Chuyên Lê Hồng Phong, is a high school in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. Initially founded in 1927 as College de Cochichine, it was renamed later under the name of Petrus Ky.
Le Huynh Äuc Le Huynh Duc (born April 20, 1972) is a Vietnamese footballer currently player/coach for Da Nang FC of the V-League. Duc is a former member of the Vietnam national football team, with whom he has over 60 caps (a national record) as well as its top scorer.
Le Chapelier Law The Le Chapelier Law (French: Loi Le Chapelier) was a piece of legislation passed by the National Assembly during the first phase of the French Revolution (June 14, 1791), banning guilds as the early version of trade unions - as well as compagnonnage and the right to strike, and proclaiming free enterprise as the norm. It was advocated and drafted by Isaac René Guy le Chapelier.
Le Chat Noir Le Chat Noir (French for "The Black Cat") was a famous 19th century cabaret in the notoriously bohemian Montmartre district of Paris. It was opened on 18 November 1881 at 84 Boulevard Rouchechouart by the artist Rodolphe Salis, and closed in 1897 (much to the disappointment of Picasso and others who looked for it when they came to Paris for the Exposition in 1900).
Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant (literally "the Castle of Sleeping Beauty") is a structure that stands at the centre of the Disneyland Park at Disneyland Resort Paris and is a continuation of a concept first seen at Disneyland in California.
Le Château de ma mère Le Château de ma mère is an autobiographical novel by Marcel Pagnol, the second in the series Souvenirs d'Enfance. It was the subject of a film made by Yves Robert in 1990 which is faithful to the original plot but which includes episodes from the third book in the series, Le Temps des Secrets.
Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge' (translated as The Knight of Maison-Rouge: A Novel of Marie Antoinette or The Knight of the Red House) was written in 1845 by Alexandre Dumas as part of a series referred to as the Marie Antoinette romances. Set in Paris during the Reign of Terror, the novel follows the adventures of a brave young man named Maurice Lindey who unwittingly implicates himself in a Royalist plot to rescue Marie Antoinette from prison.
Le Chiffre Le Chiffre is a fictional character and the main villain in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Casino Royale. On screen Le Chiffre has been portrayed by Peter Lorre in the 1954 television adaptation of the novel for CBS's Climax!
Le Jazz Non: A Compilation of Norwegian Noise Le Jazz Non: A Compilation of Norwegian Noise is a compilation album of experimental Norwegian music, released on the Smalltown Supersound label in 2000. The album acts as a follow-up to the Le Jazz Non compilation of New Zealand music, released on Corpus Hermeticum in 1996.
Le Jour se lève Le Jour se lève (or Daybreak) is a 1939 French film directed by Marcel Carné and written by Jacques Prévert, based on a story by Jacques Viot. In the film, factory worker Francois (Jean Gabin) kills Valentin before locking himself in his room.
Le Juif Errant This article is an introduction to and summary of Eugène Sue's Le Juif Errant (The Wandering Jew). Le juif errant is a serially published novel, which attained incredible popularity in all of Paris, and beyond.
Le Karlof Orchestra The Karlof Orchestra (French: Le Karlof Orchestra) is the "pop" project of multi-disciplinary artist Karlof Galovsky. Primarily known for his scenic and provocative performances, Karlof has also made some videos for himself and for other artists like CoSMIC DUMB FISH and CASSANDRA VERNON.
Le Kevin Smith Le Kevin Smith (born July 21, 1982 in Macon, Georgia) is an American football defensive tackle, drafted in the sixth round of the 2006 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots of the National Football League. Smith played collegiate football at the University of Nebraska.
Le Lamentin Le Lamentin is the second-largest commune in the French overseas département of Martinique. It is located in the center of the island of Martinique, and is part of the metropolitan area of Fort-de-France, the largest conurbation in Martinique.
Le Landeron Le Landeron is a municipality in the district of Neuchâtel, in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. The largely French-speaking town lies at Switzerland's language border with the German-speaking canton of Bern.
Le Livre noir du Canada anglais Le Livre noir du Canada Anglais (The Black Book of English Canada) is a series of three books written by Quebec journalist Normand Lester. The essays relate what are, from the author's point of view, historical fabrications and injustices in Canada, notably those against the Quebecois, Jewish and aboriginal peoples.
Le marteau sans maître Le marteau sans maître (The hammer without master) is a piece of classical music composed by the French composer Pierre Boulez. It is a setting of the surrealist poetry of René Char for alto, five instruments, and percussion.
Le Mall Le Mall is a shopping mall on Tahliah Street in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It covers an area of 3,650 square meters with 60 shops; products include garments, jewellery, skin care products, food, patisseries etc; also has coffee shop etc.
Le Manoir du diable Le Manoir du diable (French: The House of the Devil) is a two minute long French film directed by Georges Méliès. The film contained many traditional pantomime elements and was intentionally meant to amuse people, rather than frighten them.
Le Mans (band) Le Mans was a Spanish indie rock band in existence between 1993 and 1998. Having previously toured and released records under the name Aventuras de Kirlian, the group took a new direction as they hired a new member, Gorka Ochoa, to play the drums.
Le Mans Academy Founded in 1955 as Sacred Heart Military Academy in Watertown, Wisconsin, Le Mans Academy was a boarding middle school (grades 5-9) for boys located 90 minutes east of Chicago, Illinois near La Porte, Indiana on 700 acres (2.8 km²) of land.
Le Mans Series The Le Mans Series (LMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series based around the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and run by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The series was originally named the Le Mans Endurance Series, but changed its name prior to the 2006 season.
Le Matin des Magiciens Le Matin des Magiciens was a book written by Louis Pauwels in 1960. The book was a collaboration of ideas spanning a wide variety of subjects from Nazi occultism to supernatural phenomenon and the place of mankind in the universe relative to traditional philosophical positions.
Le Méridien Cyberport Hotel Le Meridien Cyberport (Chinese: 數碼港艾美酒店) is a hotel at the Cyberport in the Southern District of Hong Kong, China. It is a 5-star, 13-story, 173-room complex that publicises large plasma screen televisions, broadband, and luxury showers as features of its technology theme.
Le Monde Le Monde () is a French daily evening newspaper with a circulation in 2004 of 371,803. It is considered the French newspaper of record, and is generally well respected, often the only French newspaper easily obtainable in non-Francophone countries.
Le Monde d'Edena "Le Monde d'Edena" (The World of Edena) is a series of graphic novels by French artist Moebius. It was inspired by a portfolio Moebius made for the French car manufacturer Citroën, called "The Star", in 1983.
Le Monde diplomatique Le Monde diplomatique (nicknamed "Le Diplo" by its French readers) is a monthly publication offering analysis and opinion on politics, culture, and current affairs. Its articles are long, thoughtful, scholarly, and opinionated, usually from an uncompromising leftist position.
Le Monde Illustré Le Monde Illustré was a leading illustrated news magazine of the 19th century in France. Many of its highly realistic drawings were actually made from photographs, at a time when photographic reproduction in print was not technically feasible.
Le Monnier (crater) Le Monnier is the remnant of a lunar crater that has been partly inundated by lava flows. It is located on the east edge of Mare Serenitatis, and the west part of the rim is missing so that it now forms a large bay.
Le Morne Brabant Le Morne Brabant is a peninsula at the extreme south-western tip of Mauritius. It is highlighted by an eponymous single standing basaltic rock with a summit of 556 metres above sea level which belongs to the most imposing sights on Mauritius.
Le Morte d'Arthur Le Morte d'Arthur (spelled Le Morte Darthur in the first printing and also in some modern editions, Middle French for la mort d'Arthur, "the death of Arthur") is Sir Thomas Malory's compilation of some French and English Arthurian romances. The book contains some of Malory's own original material (the Gareth story) and retells the older stories in light of Malory's own views and interpretations.
Le Mouret Le Mouret is a municipality in the district of Sarine, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2003 from the merger of the former municipalities of Bonnefontaine, Essert, Montévraz, Oberried, Praroman and Zénauva.
Le Moustier Le Moustier is an archeological site consisting of two rock shelters in Peyzac-le-Moustier, Dordogne, France. It is known for a fossilized skull of the species Homo neanderthalensis that was discovered in 1909.
Le Mouvement Normand Mouvement normand (Norman Movement) is a political organisation in France that campaigns for autonomy of Normandy. Unlike many regionalist groupings in France, it rejects "separatism" and underlines the view that people of Normandy are one of the constituent nationalities that made up the French nation.
Le Moyne College Le Moyne College is a four-year Jesuit college of approximately 2,300 undergraduate students that balances a comprehensive liberal arts education with preparation for specific career paths or graduate study. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1946, Le Moyne is the second-youngest of the twenty-eight Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States.
Le Musee de Saint-Boniface Museum Le Musee de Saint-Boniface Museum is a museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada that is dedicated to the Franophone experience in Manitoba. It is located in the oldest building in Winnipeg, a former convent run by the Gray Sisters.
Le nid des Marsupilamis Le nid des Marsupilamis, written and drawn by Franquin, is the twelfth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series. The title story, and another, La foire aux gangsters, appeared in Le Journal de Spirou, before being released as a hardcover album in 1960.
Le Banquier Le Banquier (French for "The Banker") is the Canadian French language adaptation of Deal or No Deal, scheduled to debut on January 24, 2007 at 9pm on the TVA network. The program, produced in Montreal by JPL Production II Inc.
Le Barbier de SĂ©ville Le Barbier de SĂ©ville is a French play by Pierre Beaumarchais, also called Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. It was first written in 1773, but due to legal and political problems of the author, it was not performed until February 23, 1775.
Le Bas International Air Division Le Bas International Air Division is a company which offers private jet rental for individual charter flights. Le Bas is considered an “ad-hoc” company, which means that each flight is handled and paid for individually, without any requirement for fractional ownership or subscription service.
Le Bateau ivre Le Bateau ivre (The Drunken Boat) is a verse-poem written by Arthur Rimbaud in 1871, which is considered to be revolutionary in its use of imagery and symbolism. The poem is arranged in a series of hexameter quatrains (25 in total) with an a/b/a/b rhyme-scheme.
Le Bioscope Le Bioscope is a theme park located at Ungersheim, in the Upper Rhine (the Haut-Rhin département) of France. The 12½-hectareBioscope: the leisure and discovery park, from the Office de Tourisme et des Congrès de Mulhouse(31-acre) park — described in a European Commission 2004 press releaseCommission authorises State cofinancing of theme park project in Alsace, a September 2004 press release from the European Union website as a place where visitors learn about health, life and the environment "whilst having fun" — is laid out in concentric circles, a design by Frédéric Jung meant to evoke the shockwaves caused by the impact of the Ensisheim meteorite, which struck nearby in 1492Bioscope, the park about life, opens its doors on June 1 in Alsace, from the French Government Tourist Office website.
Le Bleu du ciel Le Bleu du Ciel (Blue of Noon- English) is a transgressive novella of erotic fiction written in 1935, and its French author, Georges Bataille was a committed anti-fascist, as can be seen from the content of this particular work. Henry Matthews translated it into English in 1986.
Le Bocage International School Le Bocage International School is an English-medium international school in the ages of 11-19 in Mount Ory, Moka, Mauritius, founded in 1990. It prepares students for IGCSE and International Baccalaureate examinations.
Le Bon Marché Le Bon Marché ("the good market", or "the good deal" in French) is the name of one of the most famous department stores in Paris, France. It is regarded as the first department store in the world.
Le Bon Papa Le Bon Papa (French: "The Good Father") was a French frigate of approximately 280 ton displacement in the late 18th century. The majority of records regarding the ship come from its participation in the relocation of the people who were to become the known as Cajuns.
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme is a comédie-ballet in 5 acts by Molière, first presented October 14, 1670 before the court of Louis XIV at the château of Chambord by Molière's troup of actors. The music was composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully, the choreography was by Pierre Beauchamp, and the sets were Carlo Vigarani.
Le Bulletin de l’Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale Le Bulletin de l’Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale ("The Bulletin of the French Institute of Eastern Archaeology"), or BIFAO is a scientific journal containing scholarly articles pertaining to the study of Egyptology.
Le cinesi Le cinesi (The Chinese Women) is an opera in one act composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck with an Italian-language libretto by Pietro Metastasio that had first been set by Antonio Caldara in 1735. More specifically, the work is often described as an azione teatrale.
Le confort et l'indifférence Le confort et l'indifférence is a 1981 documentary film by Denys Arcand, offering an analysis of the 1980 Quebec referendum, in which "sovereignty-association" was defeated as a first step to eventual secession from Canada. The film takes the position that the referendum result was a failure of courage and that the Québécois were numbed by prosperity and the explicitly Machiavellian manipulations of federalist leaders.
Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (Conventions and Inconveniences of the Stage) is a dramma giocoso, or opera, in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Domenico Gilardoni, adapted from Antonio Simone Sografi's plays Le convenienze teatrali (1794) and Le inconvenienze teatrali (1800).
Le Cafe des Reves Le Café des Rêves is a French language educational mini-series. The series, which is made up of five 20 minute episodes, was made by the BBC for British secondary school students, aged between 11 and 14, learning French.
Le Canadien Le Canadien was a French language newspaper published in Lower Canada from November 13, 1806 to March 14, 1810. Its motto was: "Nos institutions, notre langue et nos droits" (Our institutions, our language, our rights).
Le Canard enchaîné Le Canard enchaîné is a satirical newspaper published weekly in France, founded in 1915, featuring investigative journalism and leaks from sources inside the French government, the French political world and the French business world, as well as a large number of jokes and humorous cartoons. It has a circulation of 446,000.
Le Canary Bleu Le Canary Bleu is a gourmet french fusion restaurant located in Saratoga Springs, New York. The chef Thomas Keller who is also involved in the restaurants per se in New York City and French Laundry in Napa Valley and Bouchon, in Las Vegas.
Le Casse Le Casse is a movie directed by French director Henri Verneuil, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Omar Sharif and Robert Hossein. It is based on David Goodis's The Burglar and revolve around a team of four burglars chased by a corrupt cop in Athens.
Le Cirque Le Cirque is a famed French restaurant in Manhattan owned and operated by Sirio Maccioni. Currently at One Beacon Court (151 East 58th Street), it is 16000 square foot restaurant designed by Adam Tihany and architect Costas Kondylis.
Le Click Le Click is a Germany based Techno-Dance-pop duo consisting of rapper/singer Robert Haynes and singer Kayo Shekoni. They had a hit in 1997 with the single "Call Me," which climbed to #35 on the Billboard Hot 100; its follow-up, the Spanish guitar accented "Don't Go" peaked at #62 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Le Colonel Chabert (novel) Le Colonel Chabert (English: Colonel Chabert) is an 1832 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) and included in his series of novels (or Roman-fleuve) known as La Comédie humaine (The Human Comedy) which parodies and depicts French society in the period of the Restoration and the July Monarchy (1815-1848). This novel was adapted for six different motion pictures, including two silent films.
Le Concert des Nations Le Concert des Nations is an orchestra with period instruments, able to perform the orchestral and symphonic repertoire from the Baroque to Romanticism: 1600 - 1850. The orchestra was created in 1989, the youngest of the groups conducted by the Spanish maestro and viola da gamba virtuoso Jordi Savall.
Le Conte's Thrasher The Le Conte's Thrasher (Toxostoma lecontei) is a pale bird found in the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It prefers to live in deserts with very little vegetation, where it blends in with the sandy soils.
Le Corbusier Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, who chose to be known as Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887 – August 27, 1965), was a French Swiss born architect, who is famous for his contributions to what is now called modernism, or the International Style.
Le Creuset Le Creuset is a French cookware manufacturer best known for its colorful enameled cast iron dutch ovens (which the company calls "French Ovens"). The company also makes many other types of cookware, from both enameled cast iron and enamel over steel, and sells a line of corkscrews and wine openers under the "Screwpull" brand name.
Le Cuisinier Impérial A[lexandre] Viard'sA. Viard is described sometimes as André Dictionnaire des Auteurs Le Cuisinier Impérial (Paris: Barba, 1806) was a culinary encyclopedia that passed through at least thirty-two editions in its long career as the essential reference work for the French professional chef during the nineteenth century.
Le dictateur et le champignon Le dictateur et le champignon, written and drawn by Franquin, is the seventh album of the Spirou et Fantasio series. After serial publication in Le Journal de Spirou, the story was released as a hardcover album in 1956.
Le disque d'or de Dalida This is the fifth album of Dalida, containing hits like "Ciao, ciao Bambina", the classic "Come prima (Tu me donnes)", the hebrew folklore "Hava naguila (Dansons mon amour)", "Guitare et tambourin" and "Amstramgram".
Le donne di buon umore Le donne de buon umore (The Good-Humored Ladies) is a ballet arranged from sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti Vincenzo Tommasini. Written in 1917, the piece was based on a comedy by Carlo Goldoni; its plot concerns the diversions of a count, disguised as a woman, at a carnival.
Le Dain Commission of Inquiry into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs The Commission of Inquiry into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs, often referred to as the Le Dain Commission after its chair Dean Gerald Le Dain, was a Canadian government commission that was begun in 1969 and completed its work in 1972. The final report recommended that cannabis be removed from the Narcotic Control Act and that the provinces implement controls on possession and cultivation, similar to those governing the use of alcohol.
Le Déclin de l'empire américain Le Déclin de l'empire américain (The Decline of the American Empire) is a Canadian comedy/drama film directed by Denys Arcand and released in 1986. It was followed by a critically-acclaimed sequel, Les Invasions barbares, released in 2003.
Le Délit français Le Délit français, also simply known as Le Délit, is an independent francophone newspaper on the McGill University campus, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is a sister publication to the English-language McGill Daily and, as such, is published by the Daily Publications Society (DPS).
Le Devin du Village Le Devin du Village (The Village Soothsayer) is an opera by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, first performed before the court at Fontainbleau on 18 October 1752. King Louis XV so loved the work that he offered Rousseau a pension, an offer which Rousseau refused.
Le Diable amoureux Le Diable Amoureux (The Devil in Love, 1772) is an occult romance by Jacques Cazotte which tells of a demon, or devil, who falls in love with Alvaro, an amateur human dabbler, and attempts, in the guise of a young woman, to win his affections.
Le Diable à Quatre (opera) Le diable à quatre (The Devil to Pay) is an opéra comique in three acts by Christoph Willibald Gluck. The French-language libretto is by Michel-Jean Sedaine and Pierre Baurans, after the ballad opera by Charles Coffey.
Le Doulos Le Doulos (English title The Finger Man) is a 1962 French crime film directed by auteur Jean-Pierre Melville, based on a novel by Pierre Lesou. While the film comes before Melville’s masterpieces of the genre, Le Samourai (1967) and Le Cercle Rouge (1970), one can unmistakably observe several of Melville’s trademark techniques in this film.
Le Droit Humain The International Order of Co-Freemasonry Le Droit Humain is a global Co-Masonic Order, membership of which is available to men and women on equal terms, regardless of nationality, religion or ethnicity. The Order is founded on the ancient teachings and traditions of Freemasonry, using Masonic ritual and symbolism as its tools in the search for truth.
Le faiseur d'or Le faiseur d'or, written and drawn by Fournier, is the twentieth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series, and the first to follow the Spirou retirement of André Franquin. The story was initially serialised in Le Journal de Spirou, before it was published along with Un Noël clandestin and Le champignon nippon in a hardcover album in 1970.
Le Fantasque (1935) Le Fantasque ("Capricious") was a large destroyer ("contre-torpilleur", "counter-torpedo boat") of the French Navy which served during the Second World War. Her class is the fastest type of destroyer ever built.
Le Fantasque class destroyer The Le Fantasque class of six large, very fast destroyers (also referred to as the Le Malin class) was ordered under the French naval programme of 1930. They served in World War II for both Vichy France and the Free French Forces.
Le Fevre Peninsula The Le Fevre Peninsula is a peninsula that lies some 15 kilometres northwest of the Adelaide Central Business District in South Australia. It is a thin peninsula of about 30 kilometres north from its connection to the mainland.
Le Figaro Le Figaro () is one of the leading French morning daily newspapers. Its editorial line is conservative and has generally been supportive of the Rally for the Republic political party and its successor, the Union for a Popular Movement.
Le Flibustier (opera) Le Flibustier is a lyric comedy in three acts, composed by CĂ©sar Cui during 1888-1889. Although the title can translate as The Pirate or The Buccaneer, this is no swashbuckling action-drama, but an idyllic domestic comedy of mistaken identity.
Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres (The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space) is a continuation of the Gendarme series starring Louis de Funès. It is followed by one more film, Le gendarme et les gendarmettes.
Le gorille a bonne mine Le gorille a bonne mine, written and drawn by Franquin, is the eleventh album of the Spirou et Fantasio series. The title story and Vacances sans histoires, were first serial published in Le Journal de Spirou, before compiled together in a hardcover album in 1959.
Le Gardeur, Quebec Le Gardeur was a town in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the L'Assomption River in the Regional County Municipality of L'Assomption, and connected to Montreal by Quebec route 138, Quebec Autoroute 40, and VIA Rail on the Canadian National rail line.
Le Gaulois Le Gaulois was a French daily newspaper, founded in 1868 by Edmond Tarbe and Henri de Pene. After a printing stoppage, it was revived by Arthur Meyer in 1882 with notable collaborators Paul Bourget, Abel Hermant, and Ernest Daudet.
Le Gentil (crater) Le Gentil is a lunar crater that is located in the south-southwest part of the Moon, near the limb, and is nearly attached to the southern rim of the huge Bailly walled plain. To the southwest is the large Drygalski crater.
Le Glèbe Le Glèbe is a municipality in the district of Sarine, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2003 by the merger of the villages of Estavayer-le-Gibloux, Rueyres-Saint-Laurent, Villarlod and Villarsel-le-Gibloux.
Le Gosier Le Gosier is the third-largest commune in the French overseas département of Guadeloupe. It is located on the south side of the island of Grande-Terre, and is part of the metropolitan area of Pointe-à -Pitre, the largest conurbation in Guadeloupe.
Le Grand Macabre Le Grand Macabre (1975-77, revised version 1996) is György Ligeti's only opera. The opera has two acts and its libretto, loosely based on a play by the Belgian author Michel De Ghelderode, was written by Ligeti in collaboration with Michael Meschke.
Le Grand Magistery Le Grand Magistery is an independent record label operating out of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan since 1996. They have been home to a number of artists including A Girl Called Eddy, Always, Baxendale, The Blood Group, Flare, Kahimi Karie, Mascott, Memphis, Momus, Moose, Mr.
Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Quebec [Granit (Granite) is a regional county municipality] in the [[Estrie region of eastern Quebec, Canada. Located directly south of Quebec City, it borders the region of Chaudière-Appalaches, as well as the US states of New Hampshire and Maine.
Le Griffon Built by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Le Griffon is considered to have been the first full-sized sailing ship on the upper Great Lakes of North America. The ship was launched in Cayuga Creek as a forty-five ton Barque with five guns.
Le Gros et le maigre Le Gros et le maigre is a short film written and directed by Roman Polanski in 1961. Polanski plays a slave playing a flute and beating a drum to entertain his master who rocks in a rocking chair in front of his mansion where he wipes his master's brow, feeds him, washes his feet, shades him from the sun with an umbrella and holds a urinal for him.
Le Groupe Dance Lab Le Groupe Dance Lab (formerly Le Groupe de la Place Royale) is a contemporary dance research center formed in Montréal in 1966 as a dance company, re-located to Ottawa in 1977 and re-named and re-purposed in 1988.
Le Guide Culinaire Published in 1903, Auguste Escoffier's Le Guide Culinaire is a historic book in the history of European haute cuisine. Over a century after its original publication, the Guide Culinaire is still considered the definitive reference for the traditional French cuisine classique.
Le huitième jour Le Huitième Jour (The Eighth Day) is a 1996 film that tells the story of the friendship that develops between two men who meet by chance. Harry (Daniel Auteuil), a divorced businessman who feels alienated from his children, meets Georges (Pascal Duquenne), an institutionalised man with Down's syndrome, after Georges has escaped from his mental institution and is nearly run over by Harry.
Le Hardi class destroyer The Hardi class was a group of eight French navy destroyers (contre-torpilleur) laid down in 1936 to 1938 and commissioned in 1940. They were the lighter counterparts to the very fast larger destroyers of the Mogador class, and the successors of L'Adroit class.
Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality, Quebec [Haut-Saint-Laurent (Upper Saint Lawrence) is a regional county municipality] in southwestern [[Quebec, Canada in the Montérégie region. Its seat is in Huntingdon and it is named for the Saint Lawrence River which forms its western and northwestern boundary.
Le Havre AC Le Havre Athletic Club Football Association or Havre Athletic Club, is a French football club based in Le Havre, founded in 1872 making it the oldest soccer and rugby club registered in France. Football began being played on a regular basis in 1894.
Le Hong Phong High School Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted , in Vietnamese: Trường Phổ Thông Trung Học Chuyên Lê Hồng Phong, is a high school in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. Initially founded in 1927 as College de Cochichine, it was renamed later under the name of Petrus Ky.
Le Huynh Äuc Le Huynh Duc (born April 20, 1972) is a Vietnamese footballer currently player/coach for Da Nang FC of the V-League. Duc is a former member of the Vietnam national football team, with whom he has over 60 caps (a national record) as well as its top scorer.
Le Chapelier Law The Le Chapelier Law (French: Loi Le Chapelier) was a piece of legislation passed by the National Assembly during the first phase of the French Revolution (June 14, 1791), banning guilds as the early version of trade unions - as well as compagnonnage and the right to strike, and proclaiming free enterprise as the norm. It was advocated and drafted by Isaac René Guy le Chapelier.
Le Chat Noir Le Chat Noir (French for "The Black Cat") was a famous 19th century cabaret in the notoriously bohemian Montmartre district of Paris. It was opened on 18 November 1881 at 84 Boulevard Rouchechouart by the artist Rodolphe Salis, and closed in 1897 (much to the disappointment of Picasso and others who looked for it when they came to Paris for the Exposition in 1900).
Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant (literally "the Castle of Sleeping Beauty") is a structure that stands at the centre of the Disneyland Park at Disneyland Resort Paris and is a continuation of a concept first seen at Disneyland in California.
Le Château de ma mère Le Château de ma mère is an autobiographical novel by Marcel Pagnol, the second in the series Souvenirs d'Enfance. It was the subject of a film made by Yves Robert in 1990 which is faithful to the original plot but which includes episodes from the third book in the series, Le Temps des Secrets.
Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge' (translated as The Knight of Maison-Rouge: A Novel of Marie Antoinette or The Knight of the Red House) was written in 1845 by Alexandre Dumas as part of a series referred to as the Marie Antoinette romances. Set in Paris during the Reign of Terror, the novel follows the adventures of a brave young man named Maurice Lindey who unwittingly implicates himself in a Royalist plot to rescue Marie Antoinette from prison.
Le Chiffre Le Chiffre is a fictional character and the main villain in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Casino Royale. On screen Le Chiffre has been portrayed by Peter Lorre in the 1954 television adaptation of the novel for CBS's Climax!
Le Jazz Non: A Compilation of Norwegian Noise Le Jazz Non: A Compilation of Norwegian Noise is a compilation album of experimental Norwegian music, released on the Smalltown Supersound label in 2000. The album acts as a follow-up to the Le Jazz Non compilation of New Zealand music, released on Corpus Hermeticum in 1996.
Le Jour se lève Le Jour se lève (or Daybreak) is a 1939 French film directed by Marcel Carné and written by Jacques Prévert, based on a story by Jacques Viot. In the film, factory worker Francois (Jean Gabin) kills Valentin before locking himself in his room.
Le Juif Errant This article is an introduction to and summary of Eugène Sue's Le Juif Errant (The Wandering Jew). Le juif errant is a serially published novel, which attained incredible popularity in all of Paris, and beyond.
Le Karlof Orchestra The Karlof Orchestra (French: Le Karlof Orchestra) is the "pop" project of multi-disciplinary artist Karlof Galovsky. Primarily known for his scenic and provocative performances, Karlof has also made some videos for himself and for other artists like CoSMIC DUMB FISH and CASSANDRA VERNON.
Le Kevin Smith Le Kevin Smith (born July 21, 1982 in Macon, Georgia) is an American football defensive tackle, drafted in the sixth round of the 2006 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots of the National Football League. Smith played collegiate football at the University of Nebraska.
Le Lamentin Le Lamentin is the second-largest commune in the French overseas département of Martinique. It is located in the center of the island of Martinique, and is part of the metropolitan area of Fort-de-France, the largest conurbation in Martinique.
Le Landeron Le Landeron is a municipality in the district of Neuchâtel, in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. The largely French-speaking town lies at Switzerland's language border with the German-speaking canton of Bern.
Le Livre noir du Canada anglais Le Livre noir du Canada Anglais (The Black Book of English Canada) is a series of three books written by Quebec journalist Normand Lester. The essays relate what are, from the author's point of view, historical fabrications and injustices in Canada, notably those against the Quebecois, Jewish and aboriginal peoples.
Le marteau sans maître Le marteau sans maître (The hammer without master) is a piece of classical music composed by the French composer Pierre Boulez. It is a setting of the surrealist poetry of René Char for alto, five instruments, and percussion.
Le Mall Le Mall is a shopping mall on Tahliah Street in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It covers an area of 3,650 square meters with 60 shops; products include garments, jewellery, skin care products, food, patisseries etc; also has coffee shop etc.
Le Manoir du diable Le Manoir du diable (French: The House of the Devil) is a two minute long French film directed by Georges Méliès. The film contained many traditional pantomime elements and was intentionally meant to amuse people, rather than frighten them.
Le Mans (band) Le Mans was a Spanish indie rock band in existence between 1993 and 1998. Having previously toured and released records under the name Aventuras de Kirlian, the group took a new direction as they hired a new member, Gorka Ochoa, to play the drums.
Le Mans Academy Founded in 1955 as Sacred Heart Military Academy in Watertown, Wisconsin, Le Mans Academy was a boarding middle school (grades 5-9) for boys located 90 minutes east of Chicago, Illinois near La Porte, Indiana on 700 acres (2.8 km²) of land.
Le Mans Series The Le Mans Series (LMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series based around the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and run by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The series was originally named the Le Mans Endurance Series, but changed its name prior to the 2006 season.
Le Matin des Magiciens Le Matin des Magiciens was a book written by Louis Pauwels in 1960. The book was a collaboration of ideas spanning a wide variety of subjects from Nazi occultism to supernatural phenomenon and the place of mankind in the universe relative to traditional philosophical positions.
Le Méridien Cyberport Hotel Le Meridien Cyberport (Chinese: 數碼港艾美酒店) is a hotel at the Cyberport in the Southern District of Hong Kong, China. It is a 5-star, 13-story, 173-room complex that publicises large plasma screen televisions, broadband, and luxury showers as features of its technology theme.
Le Monde Le Monde () is a French daily evening newspaper with a circulation in 2004 of 371,803. It is considered the French newspaper of record, and is generally well respected, often the only French newspaper easily obtainable in non-Francophone countries.
Le Monde d'Edena "Le Monde d'Edena" (The World of Edena) is a series of graphic novels by French artist Moebius. It was inspired by a portfolio Moebius made for the French car manufacturer Citroën, called "The Star", in 1983.
Le Monde diplomatique Le Monde diplomatique (nicknamed "Le Diplo" by its French readers) is a monthly publication offering analysis and opinion on politics, culture, and current affairs. Its articles are long, thoughtful, scholarly, and opinionated, usually from an uncompromising leftist position.
Le Monde Illustré Le Monde Illustré was a leading illustrated news magazine of the 19th century in France. Many of its highly realistic drawings were actually made from photographs, at a time when photographic reproduction in print was not technically feasible.
Le Monnier (crater) Le Monnier is the remnant of a lunar crater that has been partly inundated by lava flows. It is located on the east edge of Mare Serenitatis, and the west part of the rim is missing so that it now forms a large bay.
Le Morne Brabant Le Morne Brabant is a peninsula at the extreme south-western tip of Mauritius. It is highlighted by an eponymous single standing basaltic rock with a summit of 556 metres above sea level which belongs to the most imposing sights on Mauritius.
Le Morte d'Arthur Le Morte d'Arthur (spelled Le Morte Darthur in the first printing and also in some modern editions, Middle French for la mort d'Arthur, "the death of Arthur") is Sir Thomas Malory's compilation of some French and English Arthurian romances. The book contains some of Malory's own original material (the Gareth story) and retells the older stories in light of Malory's own views and interpretations.
Le Mouret Le Mouret is a municipality in the district of Sarine, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2003 from the merger of the former municipalities of Bonnefontaine, Essert, Montévraz, Oberried, Praroman and Zénauva.
Le Moustier Le Moustier is an archeological site consisting of two rock shelters in Peyzac-le-Moustier, Dordogne, France. It is known for a fossilized skull of the species Homo neanderthalensis that was discovered in 1909.
Le Mouvement Normand Mouvement normand (Norman Movement) is a political organisation in France that campaigns for autonomy of Normandy. Unlike many regionalist groupings in France, it rejects "separatism" and underlines the view that people of Normandy are one of the constituent nationalities that made up the French nation.
Le Moyne College Le Moyne College is a four-year Jesuit college of approximately 2,300 undergraduate students that balances a comprehensive liberal arts education with preparation for specific career paths or graduate study. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1946, Le Moyne is the second-youngest of the twenty-eight Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States.
Le Musee de Saint-Boniface Museum Le Musee de Saint-Boniface Museum is a museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada that is dedicated to the Franophone experience in Manitoba. It is located in the oldest building in Winnipeg, a former convent run by the Gray Sisters.
Le nid des Marsupilamis Le nid des Marsupilamis, written and drawn by Franquin, is the twelfth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series. The title story, and another, La foire aux gangsters, appeared in Le Journal de Spirou, before being released as a hardcover album in 1960.
Information are taken from Wikipedia, the open encyclopedia, to which contribute many volunteers from around the whole world. Texts are available under the following conditions GNU Free Documentation License.
Encyklopedie (cz) Encyklopédia (sk) Enzyklopädie (de)