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Cambridge Encyclopedia
Cambridge Encyclopedia Vol. 45
Laurel and Hardy - History, Trivia, Laurel and Hardy in other languages, Bibliography, Compare to
Lauren Bacall - Career, Private life, Trivia, Quotes, Filmography, Selected stage appearances, Television work, Books by Lauren Bacall
Laurence Eusden - Life, Poetry and Criticism
Laurence Gronlund - Works
Laurence Housman
Laurence Hutton - Publications
Laurence Sterne - Biography, Works
Laurens Perseus Hickok
Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel
Laurent Blanc
Laurent Fabius - Fabius's Ministry, 19 July 1984 - 20 March 1986
Laurent Fignon - Retirement, Significant victories by year
Laurent Jalabert - Grand tours, One-day races, Palmarès
Lauretta Bender - The Bender-Gestalt Test
Laurie Lee - Early life and works, Poetry, Other work and awards, Final years
Lauris Norstad - World War II, SHAPE Leadership
Lauritz (Lebrecht Hommel) Melchior - Bibliography
Lausanne - Transport, Culture, Notable people, Photos of Lausanne
lava - Lava composition, Volcanic Morphologies, Lava landforms, Composition of volcanic rocks, Unusual lavas, Hazards
lavender - Cultivation and uses
law - History of law, Legal systems, Branches of law, Legal theory, Institutions, Further reading
Law Commission - Similar bodies
Law Society - See also
Lawrence - Geography, Education, Christianity, Politics, Artistry, Military, Music, American community founding, Business
Lawrence (Dale) Bell - Namesakes
Lawrence (Edward Grace) Oates - Background, Terra Nova Expedition, Trivia
Lawrence (George) Durrell - Life and work, Major works
Lawrence (Monsanto) Ferlinghetti - Biography, Bibliography, Discography, Further reading
Lawrence (Robert) Klein - Development of business forecasting model, Return to America at Wharton, Later career, Publications
Lawrence Gilman - Works
Lawrence Halprin - Awards, Publications
Lawrence Hargrave - Career, Honors and memorials
Lawrence J(oseph) Henderson
Lawrence Kasdan
Lawrence Kearny
Lawrence Kohlberg - Early life, Death
Lawrence Martin
Lawrence Sheriff - Reference
Lawrence Tibbett
Lawrence Welk - Beginnings, Early career, The Lawrence Welk Show, Personal life, Later years, Legacy, Facts, Books
laxative - Bulk-producing agents, Stool softeners / Surfactants, Lubricants / Emollient, Hydrating agents (osmotics)
Layamon - Bibliography
layering - Ground layering
Lazare (Nicolas Marguerite) Carnot - Life, Famous offspring
Lazarists
Le Corbusier - Early life and education, 1887-1913
Le Duc Tho - Paris Peace Accords
Le Havre - Main sights, Miscellaneous
Le Mans - Sport
Le Nain - External links and sources
lead
lead poisoning - History, Symptoms and effects, Biological role, Occurrence, Measurement, Treatment, Famous cases of lead poisoning
leaf - Leaf anatomy, Leaf morphology, Leaf terminology, Adaptations
leaf beetle
leafcutter ant
League of Nations - Symbols, Languages, Structure, Members, Mandates, Successes, General weaknesses, Specific failures, Demise and legacy, Bibliography
League of Nobles - Setting
Leaning Tower - Other leaning towers
leap year - Gregorian calendar, Julian, Coptic and Ethiopian Calendars, Revised Julian Calendar, Chinese calendar
Lear - Surname
learning - Learning - Neuroscience, Basic learning processes, Learning methods, Learning which alternative methods exist
leather - Forms of leather, Preservation and conditioning of leather, Working with leather, Main manufactures, Cordwain
Lebanese Civil War - Formation of militias, The PLO and regional conflict
Lebanon - Etymology, Geography and climate, Administrative divisions, Demographics, Economy, Education, Culture, People, Politics, History, Recent events
Lebanon (Connecticut) - Etymology, Geography and climate, Administrative divisions, Demographics, Economy, Education, Culture, People, Politics, History, Recent events
Lebensraum
LED printer - Sources
Leda (astronomy)
Leda (mythology)
Lee - Etymology, British geography, American geography, Fictional Characters, Music, Television and film, Science, Education, Other
Lee (Buck) Trevino - Results in major championships
Lee (O) Lawrie - Commissions related to Goodhue, Other Commissions, Photographs
Lee De Forest - Early years, Marriages, Middle years, Later years, Quotes, Trivia
Lee Friedlander - Career
Lee Harvey Oswald - Early life and Marine Corps service, Life in the Soviet Union, Dallas
Lee Iacocca - Early life, Ford, Chrysler, Other work and activities, "Return" to Chrysler
Lee Konitz
Lee Kuan Yew - Family background, Early life, Early political career – 1951 to 1959
Lee Shubert
Lee Strasberg - Career, Personal life
Lee Teng-hui - Early life and education, Rise to power, Presidency, Taiwan localization movement, Lee's positions
leech
Leeds - History, Industry and economy, Development, Areas of the City, Tourism, Culture, People from Leeds
leek
Leeuwarden - The city of Leeuwarden, Transport
Leeward Islands (Caribbean) - List of the Leeward Islands, British colonial entity
Leeward Islands (French Polynesia) - List of the Leeward Islands, British colonial entity
Left Bank
leg - The human leg
Lega Nord
Legacy
Legal Aid - Legal aid in the U.S., Legal aid in Scotland, Legal aid in Australia
legal tender - Legal tender in Australia, Legal tender in Canada, Legal tender in the Eurozone
legend - Examples, Related concepts, Some famous legends
legislature - List of titles of legislatures
legitimacy
legume
Leicester - General information, History, Coat of Arms, Politics, Education, Arts, Sport, Areas, Places of Interest and Landmarks
Leicestershire
Leinster - Cities, Large Towns, Leinster: the Name and Early History, Borders of Leinster
Leipzig - History, Education, Economy, Main sights, Transportation, Quotations, Sister cities, Notable residents
leishmaniasis - Geography and epidemiology, Life cycle, Signs and symptoms, Treatment, Leishmaniosis as part of the CVBDs
leitmotif - Usage in classical music, Movies and television, Popular music, Literature, Drama
Leland Olds
Lelio Basso - Early life, In the Resistance and the early Italian Republic, PSI-PSIUP split, As lawyer
lemming - Population fluctuations, Classification, Popular culture
Lemnos - Mythic Lemnos, Historical Lemnos, Modern Lemnos, Municipalities, Communities, Reference
lemon - Lemon battery, Lemon Alternatives, Gallery
lemon sole
lemon verbena
Lemony Snicket
Lemuel Shaw
lemur
Len Deighton - Selected bibliography
Len Hutton
Lena Horne - Early career, Changes of direction, Tributes and re-releases, Personal life, Albums
Lena Levine - Life, Views
lender of last resort - Origin, Purpose, Retail lending, Criticisms
Leni Riefenstahl - Biography, World War II, After World War II, Death, Works, Bibliographies
Lennart Nilsson - Biography, Awards and honors, Works
Lennie Tristano
Lennox Lewis - Biography, Life outside the ring
Lenny Bruce - Career, Legal troubles, Last years, Death, Posthumous credits and legacy, Books by or about Bruce, Trivia
Lenny Henry - Early life, Recent work, Personal life, Biography, Filmography
Lenore Tawney
lens
Lent - Origin, Customs during Lent, Holy Days, Reference
lenticel
lentil
lentivirus - Genome Organization and Replication, Physicochemical and Physical Properties
Lenz's law - Definition, Explanation
Leo (Daniel) Stein - Biography, Publications
Leo (Ernest) Durocher
Leo (Hendrik) Baekeland - The invention of Bakelite, Later life, Decline and death, Name
Leo Africanus
Leo Baeck
Leo Baxendale
Leo Burnett - Biography
Leo Castelli
Leo Esaki - List of books available in English
Leo Ornstein
Leo Robin - Work on Broadway
Leo Sowerby - Selected works
Leo Steinberg
Leo Strauss - Biography, Philosophy, Strauss on reading, Strauss on politics, Strauss in the Public View
Leo X
Leominster - History
Leon (Albert) Golub - Selected Public Collections, Selected Private Foundations, Selected Private Collections
Leon (Howard) Sullivan
Leon (Marcus) Uris - Life, Trivia, Selected titles
Le - Places, People
Le - Places, People
Leon Czolgosz - Early life, Anarchy and Emma Goldman, September 1901, Miscellany
Leon de Winter - Early life, Writing career, Criticism
Leon Festinger - Cognitive dissonance from disconfirmed expectancies
Leon Jaworski
Leon Kirchner
Leon Spinks - Amateur Career, Trivia
Leon Trotsky - Before the 1917 Revolution, After the Russian Revolution, Last exile (1929-1940)
Leona (Mindy) Helmsley - Early life, Business success and controversy, 1980s, Film adaptations
Leonard (Alfred George) Strong - Career, Publications: verse, Publications: fiction, Publications: belles lettres
Leonard (Augustus) Jones
Leonard (Eugene) Dickson - Life, Work, The algebraist, The number theorist
Leonard (Sidney) Woolf - Works, Autobiographical Works, Biographical Works on Woolf
Leonard Bacon
Leonard Baskin - History and accomplishments, Awards, Trivia
Leonard Bernstein - Biography, Awards and recognitions, Principal works with first performance dates, Quotes
Leonard Bloomfield
Leonard Calvert
Leonard Chess
Leonard Cohen - Biography, Themes, Titles and honours, Works
Leonard Digges
Leonard Nimoy - Life, Career, Filmography, Discography
Leonard Peltier - Early life, Murder conviction, Shootout at Jumping Bull Ranch, Post-trial debate and developments
Leonard Rose - Awards and Recognitions
Leonard Rosenman - Awards, Other Films
Leonard Rossiter
Leonard Slatkin - Trivia
Leonard Warren
Leonard Wood - Army Chief of Staff, Legacy
Leonardo Boff
Leonardo Bruni - Biography, Significance, Bibliography
Leonardo da Vinci - Professional life, Selected works, Science and engineering, Personal life, Johannite heresy
Leonardo Dati
Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo Sciascia - Notable Works
Leonardo Sinisgalli
Leone Ginzburg - Early life and career, Persecution and internal exile, Capture and murder
Leonhard Euler - Biography, Contributions to mathematics, Philosophy and religious beliefs, Selected bibliography, Further reading
Leonhard Frank
Leonid (Danilovich) Kuchma - Early life, Political career, Post-Presidency, Policiticians closely associated with Kuchma, Related Literature
Leonidas Polk - Early life, Civil War, In memoriam, Polk's effects, Recent controversy
Leonids - Meteor Shower, History
Leonor Michaelis
Leonora O'Reilly
leopard - Description, Distribution and conservation, Behaviour and predation, Taxonomy, King Leopard, Heraldry, In media
leopard cat - Subspecies
leopard seal
Leopold Damrosch - Biography, Works
Leopold Gmelin
Leopold Godowsky
Leopold (of Belgium) I
Leopold (of Belgium) II - Private colonialism, Leopold and the Belgians, Writings about Leopold, Miscellaneous
Leopold Kohr - Kohr's philosophy, Works
Leopold Stokowski - Early life, Professional career, Personal life, Bibliography, Notable premieres
Leopold von Ranke - Overview, Selected works, Online works
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch - Venus in Furs, Influence
Leopoldo (Fortunato) Galtieri
Leopoldo Alas (y Ure
Leopoldo Nobili
Lepidoptera - Characteristics of Lepidoptera, Families of Lepidoptera, Evolution
leprechaun - Etymology, Mythology, Appearance, Related creatures, In politics, Popular culture
lepton - Table of the leptons, Etymology
Lepus
Leroy (Randle) Grumman - Early life, Work, Grumman Company, Late in life
LeRoy Neiman - Trivia
Lerwick
Les Paul - Trivia, Discography
Lesley Garrett - Music career, Radio, Television, Trivia
Leslie (Aaron) Fiedler - Life, Quotes
Leslie (Cornelius) Arends - House Leadership
Leslie Charteris - Bibliography
Leslie Silko
Lesotho - Politics, Administrative divisions, Geography, Economy, HIV/AIDS, Foreign relations
lesser celandine
Lester (Carl) Thurow
Lester (Garfield) Maddox - Early life, Life and career, Retirement
Lester (Halbert) Germer
Lester (Keith) Piggott - Major winners
Lester (Willis) Young - Early life and career, Eccentric icon, Army induction and its effects, Final years
Lester del Rey - Career, Selected works
Lester Frank Ward - Quotes, Literature, Major works
Leszno - Sport, Education, Politics, People
Lethbridge - Neighbourhoods, Economy, Major attractions, Education, Transportation, Government, Sister cities, Police Services, Local media, Trivia
Lethe - References to Lethe in later culture
Letitia Tyler - Usage of the word
Leto - Birth of Artemis and Apollo, Witnesses at the birth of Apollo, The Lycian Peasants
letter of credit - How it works, Other information
letters patent
lettuce - Cultivars
Leucippus - Overview, Quotes, Sources
Leuven - History, Miscellanea, Gallery
Lev (Ivanovich) Ivanov
Lev Yashin - Statistics, Awards
The Levant - Etymology
Levellers - Brief history, Timeline, Other usage, Further reading
Leverett Saltonstall
Levi - Background, Descendants
Levi Strauss
Levi Woodbury
Leviathan - Judaism, Christianity, Leviathan as an animal, Leviathan in literature and other media
Lewes - History, Politics, Sport, Twin towns
Lewis (Blaine) Hershey - Early life, Military, Retirement, Quotations, Awards and decorations
Lewis (Lichtenstein) Strauss
Lewis (Roberts) Binford - Works
Lewis (Wickes) Hine
Lewis Carroll - Early life, Character and appearance, Dodgson the artist, The later years, Controversies and mysteries
Lewis Cass - Political life
Lewis Grassic Gibbon - Bibliography
Lewis Mumford - Life, Ideas, Writing style, Influence, Works, Reference
Lewis Thomas - Parallels to Gaia Theory, Books
Lewis with Harris
lexeme
Lexington (Massachusetts) - People with the given name Lexington
Lexington (Virginia) - People with the given name Lexington
Lexington-Fayette - People with the given name Lexington
Leyden - History, Leiden or Leyden, Rivers, canals and parks, Buildings of interest, Town twinning, Miscellaneous, Railway
Leyden jar - Description, Circuit theory, The "dissectible Leyden jar" myth
leyland cypress
Lhasa - Administration, Geography, Demographics, Culture, Lhasa in entertainment
Lhasa apso - Temperament, History, Miscellaneous
Li Dazhao
Li Lisan - Early years, Beginning career, Reign of Xiang, Aftermath
Li Peng - Personal background, Rise to power, Premiership, Legacy
Liam Cosgrave - Early life, Opposition, Fine Gael Leader, Taoiseach, Overview, Government, Political career
Liam Neeson - Filmography
Liam O'Flaherty - Early years, Political views, Work, Death, Works
liane
Liang Qichao - Contributions to Journalism, Literary Career, See Also
Libbie (Henrietta) Hyman
Liberace - Early life and stage name, Television, Recordings, Films, Lawsuits, Later career, Death, References in popular culture
Liberal Party (Australia) - Defunct parties of the name, In combination
Liberal Party (Canada) - Defunct parties of the name, In combination
liberalism - The nature and origins of liberalism, Development of liberal thought, Contemporary liberalism
liberalization - Liberalization and privatization, Liberalization vs Democratization
liberation theology - Overview, History: CELAM, López, liberation and the Vatican, The Vatican's reaction
Liberia - History, Administrative divisions, Politics, Geography, Economy, Demographics, Education, Culture, Miscellaneous topics, Further reading
libertarianism (philosophy) - Principles, Libertarian policy, History, Politics of libertarian parties, The Libertarian Movement, Criticism of libertarianism
libertarianism (politics) - Principles, Libertarian policy, History, Politics of libertarian parties, The Libertarian Movement, Criticism of libertarianism
Liberty Hyde (Jr) Bailey - Some selected works
library - History, Types of libraries, Description, Library use, Library management, Funding problems, Some famous libraries
Library of Congress - History, Holdings, Using the Library, Standards
library science - Subdisciplines, Types of Library Science Professionals, Librarians in different types of libraries, Theory and Practice
libration
Libreville - Geography, Transport, Culture and education
Libya - History of Libya, Politics, Administrative Divisions, Geography, Economy, Demographics, Culture, International rankings
lichen - Reproduction, Ecology, Growth form
Lichfield - History, Economy, Famous Lichfeldians, Places of interest, Other items of interest, Twinnings, Transport, Energy policy
Lick Observatory - Early history, Significant discoveries, Equipment
lie detector - Testing Procedure, 2003 National Academy of Sciences Report, Admissibility of polygraphs in Court
