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Page (novel) Page. (novel) Original Random House U.S. hardcover of the book featuring the title character. Page is the second book in the quartet Protector of the Small, by fantasy author Tamora Pierce. It details the training of Keladry "Kel" of Mindelan, the first female page in a hundred years.
Dock landing ship. A dock landing ship (also called landing ship, dock or LSD) is an amphibious warfare ship with a well dock to transport and launch landing craft and amphibious vehicles. [1] Some ships with well decks, such as the Soviet Ivan Rogov class, also have bow doors to enable them to deliver vehicles directly onto a beach (like a ...
The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the American Civil War fought on April 6–7, 1862. The fighting took place in southwestern Tennessee, which was part of the war's Western Theater. The battlefield is located between a small, undistinguished church named Shiloh and Pittsburg Landing on ...
Microwave landing system. The microwave landing system ( MLS) is an all-weather, precision radio guidance system intended to be installed at large airports to assist aircraft in landing, including 'blind landings'. MLS enables an approaching aircraft to determine when it is aligned with the destination runway and on the correct glidepath for a ...
Mar-a-Lago ( / ˌmɑːrəˈlɑːɡoʊ /; Spanish for 'Sea-to-Lake') is a resort and National Historic Landmark in Palm Beach, Florida. Since 1985, it has been owned by former U.S. president Donald Trump, who resides on the premises. Mar-a-Lago was built for the businesswoman and socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post between 1924 and 1927, during ...
The LCM2000 was a class of Landing Craft Mechanised (LCM) built for the Australian Army by Australian Defence Industries (ADI) (now Thales Australia). The LCMs were ordered in 2001 and the first craft was originally scheduled to enter service with the Army in 2003. The craft proved too large for their intended purpose, however, and were only ...
Gisele Caroline Bündchen ( Brazilian Portuguese: [ʒiˈzɛli ˈbĩtʃẽ], German: [ˈbʏntçn̩], born 20 July 1980 [4]) is a Brazilian fashion model. Since 2001, she has been one of the highest-paid models in the world. [5] In 2007, Bündchen was the 16th-richest woman in the entertainment industry and earned the top spot on Forbes top ...
Falcon Heavy, Falcon 9 Block 5. Landing Zone 1 and Landing Zone 2, also known as LZ-1 and LZ-2 respectively, are landing facilities on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for recovering components of SpaceX 's VTVL reusable launch vehicles. LZ-1 and LZ-2 were built on land leased in February 2015, on the site of the former Cape Canaveral Launch ...