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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

9 Obscure Literary Terms

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Philosophers to Know, Part I

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Periods of American Literature

Philosophers to Know, Part II

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11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

Statue of Liberty in front of the skyline of Manhattan, New York City, New York.

Who Was the Woman Behind the Statue of Liberty?

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

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.

10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci

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7 Puzzling Plane Disappearances

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

New Seven Wonders of the World

Is Australia an Island?

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Born	July 25, 1902 • New York City • New York
Died	May 21, 1983 (aged 80) • San Francisco • California
Awards And Honors	Presidential Medal of Freedom (1982)
Notable Works	“The True Believer”

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David Mamet

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Margaret Fuller

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Washington Irving

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John Updike

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Lafcadio Hearn

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Barbara Kingsolver

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David Foster Wallace

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Thomas Merton

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Tom Wolfe

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David Sedaris

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Philosophy 101

Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) portrait by Carl Van Vecht April 3, 1938. Writer, folklorist and anthropologist celebrated African American culture of the rural South.

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