John Bulwer

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Ancient book lit by candle

9 Obscure Literary Terms

Still from the film Deliverance, 1919. The story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan. View shows Keller in the cockpit/front seat of an airplane.

How Did Helen Keller Fly a Plane?

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

The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. Salinger. Hardcover Book first sold: July 16, 1951. Current cover design dated 1991? Previous solid maroon book cover with gold font designed by J.D. Salinger in response to racey pulp paper back book cover. bad books

5 Good Books That Inspired Bad Deeds

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Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

Demystified - Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide? illustration

Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide?

Black widow spider

9 of the World’s Deadliest Spiders

Union Jack flag of Great Britain, united kingdom

What’s the Difference Between Great Britain and the United Kingdom?

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Why We Celebrate MLK Day

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?

World Data Locator Map: Australia

Is Australia an Island?

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Baptized	May 16, 1606 • London • England
Died	October 16, 1656 • London • England
Notable Works	“Anthropometamorphosis; or, The Artificial Changeling” • “Chirologia; or, The Natural Language of the Hand” • “Pathomyotamia; or, A Dissection of the Significative Muscles of the Affections of the Mind” • “Philocopus; or, The Deaf and Dumb Man’s Friend”
Subjects Of Study	deafness • sign language

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

prime minister of United Kingdom

D.H. Lawrence

D.H. Lawrence

English writer

C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis

Irish-born author and scholar

Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke

British author and scientist

Martin Rees

Martin Rees

British cosmologist and astrophysicist

Evelyn, oil painting by Robert Walker, 1648

John Evelyn

English author

Herbert, George

George Herbert

British poet

Sir Thomas Browne, lead pencil on vellum after R. White; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Sir Thomas Browne

English author

Frontispiece of an early edition of Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy.

Robert Burton

English author, scholar, and clergyman

A.S. Byatt

British scholar, literary critic, and novelist

Edith Sitwell, 1959

Edith Sitwell

British poet

portrait of Philip Stanhope, 4th earl of Chesterfield

Philip Stanhope, 4th earl of Chesterfield

English writer

Hughes, Ted

Ted Hughes

British poet

Churchill, Jennie Jerome

Jennie Jerome Churchill

British socialite and writer

Alex Comfort

British author

H. Rider Haggard, caricature by “Spy” (pseudonym of Leslie Ward) for Vanity Fair, 1905.

Sir H. Rider Haggard

British author

Colin Wilson

Colin Wilson

English author

Sylvia Townsend Warner

British author

Brigid Brophy

British writer

Robin Maugham

British author