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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Prisoners of Buchenwald concentration camp, near Weimar, Germany, April 16, 1945, liberated by American troops of the 80th Division. Elie Wiesel (7th from the left on the middle bunk next to the vertical post) World War II Holocaust

What Is the Origin of the Term Holocaust?

9 Obscure Literary Terms

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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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

Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)

Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

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

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

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10 Best Hockey Players of All Time

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Secret Service Agent Listens To Earpiece

Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents

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Born	July 31, 1919 • Turin • Italy
Died	April 11, 1987 (aged 67) • Turin • Italy
Notable Works	“If This is a Man” • “The Periodic Table”

Giorgio Bassani

Italian author

Giovanni Guareschi

Italian journalist and novelist

Michelangelo

Italian artist

Dante

Italian poet

Niccolò Machiavelli

Italian statesman and writer

Petrarch

Italian poet

Giovanni Boccaccio

Italian poet and scholar

Giordano Bruno

Italian philosopher

Luigi Pirandello

Italian author

Leo XIII

pope

Torquato Tasso

Italian poet

Ariosto, woodcut after a drawing by Titian from the third edition of Orlando furioso, 1532.

Ludovico Ariosto

Italian author

Elena Ferrante

Italian author

Gabriele D’Annunzio

Italian writer and political leader

Poliziano

Italian poet and humanist

Aldo Rossi

Italian architect

Pietro Metastasio

Italian poet

Umberto Eco

Italian author and literary critic

Giacomo Leopardi

Italian poet and philosopher

Alessandro Manzoni

Italian author

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