Larry McMurtry

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Washington, D.C. locator map.

What State Is Washington, D.C. In?

Streets of Puerto Rico

Pro and Con: Statehood for Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia

Bag end on Bagshot row from the movies Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit in Hobbiton, New Zealand, Australia

You Ought to Be in Pictures: 8 Filming Locations You Can Actually Visit

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Mesopotamian Religion. Cuneiform tablet in the British Museum, London, England, 7th Century BC, describing the Flood Epic, a deluge story in the Epic of Gilgamesh added as Tablet XI to the ten original tablets of the Gilgamesh Epic by an editor who copied or altered parts of the flood story from the Epic of Atrahasis. (flood tablet, Neo Assyrian, clay tablet)

What Was the First Book Ever Written?

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In this aerial photo, structures are damaged and destroyed October 15, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. It is estimated that 90% of the city of Balakot was leveled by the earthquake. The death toll in the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005 is believed to be 38,000 with at least 1,300 more dead in Indian Kashmir. SEE CONTENT NOTES.

6 of the World’s Deadliest Natural Disasters

Vietnam War. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson awards the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant Marty A. Hammer, during a visit to military personnel, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, October 26, 1966. President Johnson

Vietnam War Timeline

Data analysis of the Super Bowl's "winningest" teams, game locations, MVP winners by position, teams with the most game losses. football, sports, infographic

From Sport to Spectacle: The History of the Super Bowl

Attack on Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor infographic. World War II. Hawaii. United States. Japan. SPOTLIGHT VERSION

Attack on Pearl Harbor Timeline

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The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time

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9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Shah Jahan. Taj Mahal. Mughal architecture. Emperor Shah Jahan fifth Mughal Emperor (reigned 1628-1658) India, Himachal Pradesh, Basohli or Jammu and Kashmir, Mankot, circa 1690 Drawings; Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper (see notes)

6 Important Mughal Emperors

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Also Known As	Larry Jeff McMurtry
Born	June 3, 1936 • Wichita Falls • Texas
Died	March 25, 2021 (aged 84)
Awards And Honors	Academy Award (2006) • Pulitzer Prize (1986)
Notable Works	“All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers” • “Brokeback Mountain” • “Buffalo Girls” • “Cadillac Jack” • “Duane’s Depressed” • “Horseman, Pass By” • “Leaving Cheyenne” • “Lonesome Dove” • “Moving On” • “Terms of Endearment” • “Texasville” • “The Desert Rose” • “The Evening Star” • “The Last Picture Show” • “The Last Picture Show” • “Zeke and Ned”

A.B. Guthrie, Jr.

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James Goldman

American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist

Brooks, Richard

Richard Brooks

American writer and director

John Irving

John Irving

American author

William Goldman

William Goldman

American screenwriter, novelist, playwright, non-fiction author

James Agee

American author

Thornton Wilder

Thornton Wilder

American writer

Mario Puzo

Mario Puzo

American novelist and screenwriter

William Saroyan.

William Saroyan

American author

William Kennedy

American author and journalist

MacKinlay Kantor

American author

Sherwood, photograph by Yousuf Karsh

Robert E. Sherwood

American playwright

Foote, Horton

Horton Foote

American playwright and screenwriter

James McBride

James McBride

American musician, journalist, and author

Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury

American writer

Sam Shepard

Sam Shepard

American playwright and actor

Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams

American playwright

Joan Didion

Joan Didion

American author

Schulberg, Budd

Budd Schulberg

American screenwriter, novelist, and journalist

Ben Hecht

American writer

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