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Falkor appears much like a Chinese dragon but whereas on the cover of the book, Dan Craig illustrated Falkor as lion-like; in the 1984 film adaptation of the novel, Falkor is dog-like with white fur, pearly white scales that glitter pink, ruby-colored eyes, and is pleased by affectionate scratchings behind his ear. Luckdragons possess neither ...
Alma Books is a publishing house based in Richmond, London, founded in 2005 by Alessandro Gallenzi and Elisabetta Minervini, the founders of Hesperus Press. It publishes mainly fiction, both by authors from the English-speaking world and in translation from languages such as French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish and Japanese. [2]
RV Falkor (too) is an oceanographic research vessel refitted in 2021–2022 from the former multi-role offshore support vessel MS Polar Queen. The ship was purchased by the Schmidt Ocean Institute in March 2021.
Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire (circa 1961) Ingri d'Aulaire (December 27, 1904 – October 24, 1980) and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire (September 30, 1898 – May 1, 1986) were writers and illustrators of children's books who worked primarily as a team, completing almost all of their well-known works together.
Palatalization strictly speaking refers either to a change in a consonant's place of articulation, such as when the alveolar nasal [n] develops to a palatal nasal [ɲ], or to a change in secondary articulation, such as when [n] develops to [nʲ] (still alveolar but with the tongue body lifted towards the palate).
Larissa Volokhonsky (Russian: Лариса Волохонская) was born into a Jewish family in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, on 1 October 1945.After graduating from Leningrad State University with a degree in mathematical linguistics, she worked in the Institute of Marine Biology (Vladivostok) and travelled extensively in Sakhalin Island and Kamchatka (1968–1973).
Deborah Parker (1996). "Women in the Book Trade in Italy, 1475-1620". Renaissance Quarterly. 49 (3): 509– 541. doi:10.2307/2863365. JSTOR 2863365. S2CID 164039060. Paul F. Gehl (2000), Printing History and Book Arts: Recent Trends in the History of the Italian Book, archived from the original on 2017-12-01 – via Newberry Library
Researchers aboard Falkor received expert shipboard support, use of scientific equipment, as well as robotic and computational resources. [7] RV Falkor was adaptable and could facilitate new technologies and external resources as required for each science expedition. The Schmidt Ocean Institute announced a change of ownership of the vessel on 14.