After the Fall

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Playwright Arthur Miller works on a new play at his typewriter in the study of his New York apartment on July 21, 1959.

Arthur Miller Centenary

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

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9 American Countercultural Books

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What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?

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7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

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Timeline of the Space Race, 1957–69

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7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,

Which Religion Is the Oldest?

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The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

New Seven Wonders of the World

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