Stanisław Staszic

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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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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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Timeline of the Titanic’s Final Hours

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Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs

July, 2006, Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121. See attached for full caption information.

Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?

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Were the Nazis Socialists?

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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6 Important Mughal Emperors

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Also Known As	Stanisław Wawrzyniec Staszic
Born	November 6, 1755 • Piła • Prussia
Died	January 20, 1826 (aged 70) • Warsaw • Poland
Notable Works	“Przestrogi dla Polski” • “Ród ludzki”

Maria Dąbrowska

Polish author and critic

Jan Kasprowicz

Polish writer

Jan Andrzej Morsztyn

Polish author and diplomat

Antoni Lange

Polish writer and translator

Alexander Pope

English author

Adamántios Koraïs

Greek scholar

Allan Bloom

American philosopher and author

Johann Heinrich Voss

German poet

Andrew Lang

British scholar

Anne Dacier

French scholar and translator

Richmond Lattimore

American poet and translator

Thomas Tickell

English writer

Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz

Polish writer

Józef Wittlin

Polish author

Wojciech Bogusławski

Polish dramatist

Andrzej Modrzewski

Polish author

Sergius of Resaina

Syrian theologian

Ezra Pound

American poet

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

Roman scholar, philosopher, and statesman

Ted Hughes

British poet

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