Edward Martyn

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

9 Obscure Literary Terms

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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

9 American Countercultural Books

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9 Mind-Altering Plants

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10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish

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Causes of the Great Depression

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7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals

Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.

What is Holy Week?

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

Battle of the Alamo from "Texas: An Epitome of Texas History from the Filibustering and Revolutionary Eras to the Independence of the Republic, 1897. Texas Revolution, Texas revolt, Texas independence, Texas history.

6 Wars of Independence

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Born	January 30, 1859 • Ireland
Died	December 5, 1923 (aged 64) • Ireland
Movement / Style	Irish literary renaissance

William Butler Yeats

Irish author and poet

Sean O’Casey

Irish dramatist

J.M. Synge

Irish author

Micheál MacLiammóir

actor, scenic designer, and playwright

Augusta, Lady Gregory

Irish writer

Lennox Robinson

Irish playwright

Saint John Ervine

British dramatist

Padraic Colum

Irish poet

George Bernard Shaw

Irish dramatist and critic

James Joyce

Irish author

Oscar Wilde

Irish author

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Anglo-Irish playwright

Oliver Goldsmith

Anglo-Irish author

Brian Friel

Irish playwright

Brendan Behan

Irish author

Dion Boucicault

Irish playwright

Farquhar, engraving by R. Clamp for Burney's Theatrical Portraits

George Farquhar

Irish dramatist

Molly Keane

Irish author

Southerne, stipple engraving after a portrait by J. Worsdale

Thomas Southerne

Irish writer

James Plunkett

Irish writer

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