Cate Marvin
Cate Marvin is an American poet.
F Marvin's Books:
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Monday, April 30, 2012
Cate Marvin
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Keith Bullen
Keith Bullen
Keith Brebner Bullen (died 30 July 1946) was a British poet and teacher who was part of the Salamander group in Cairo during World War II.
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Bishop Eulogios Kourilas Of Kor
Bishop Eulogios Kourilas Of Kor (1880-1961)
Eulogios Kourilas or Evlogji Kurila (18801961) was the Orthodox bishop of Kor (Korytsa) in Albania between 1937 and 1939, and a professor of philosophy and author on religious matters. He was born in the Albanian village of Ziisht in 1880 and had an Albanian family background. During his youth he was attracted by ascetic and monastic ideals and joined the monastic community of Mount Athos. He graduated from the local Athonite School of Theology and continued his studies in the Philosophy department of the University of Athens, where he acquired his Ph.D. in Humanities. He participated in the Greek Struggle for Macedonia and during the Balkan Wars (19121913) he was in charge of 100 armed men, among them many priests, that fought for Greece in the area of Chalkidiki. After an agreement with the Albanian authorities, in 1937, the Ecumenical Patriarchate chose a number of highly educated religious personalities for key positions in the recently declared as autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania. Among them where Panteleimon Kotokos as bishop of Gjirokaster and Evllogji Kurilla as bishop of Kor. When the communist regime of Enver Hoxha came to power in Albania in 1945, he was declared an "enemy of the state" and was expelled from the country. Eulogios Kourilas wrote several historical, philosophical and theological books, and taught for a time as a professor in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He donated a significant part (10,000 volumes) of his library to the University of Ioannina.
H W Bishop's Books:
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Alan Seeger
Alan Seeger
Alan Seeger, born June 22, 1888 and died July 4, 1916, was an American poet who fought in World War I. A statue to his memory and to the memory of his comrades, Americans who had volunteered to fight for France, was erected in the Place des tats-Unis, Paris.
Alan Seeger's Books:
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Saturday, April 28, 2012
Gustav Meyrink
Gustav Meyrink (1868-1932)
Gustav Meyrink (January 19, 1868 December 4, 1932) was the pseudonym of Gustav Meyer, an Austrian author, storyteller, dramatist, translator, and banker, most famous for his novel The Golem.
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W Somerset Maugham
W Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)
William Somerset Maugham, CH (25 January 1874 16 December 1965) was an English playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era, and reputedly, the highest paid author during the 1930s.
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George Kitson Clark
George Kitson Clark
George Sidney Roberts Kitson Clark (1900-1975) was an English historian, a specialist in the nineteenth century.
George Clark's Books:
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Havelock Ellis
Havelock Ellis (1859-1939)
Henry Havelock Ellis (2 February 1859 - 8 July 1939) was a British sexologist, physician, and social reformer.
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Bronson Howard
Bronson Howard (1842-1908)
Bronson Howard (October 7, 1842 in Detroit August 4, 1908 in Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey) was a well-known American dramatist and son of Detroit mayor Charles Howard. He prepared for college at New Haven, Conn., but instead of entering Yale he turned to Journalism in New York. From 1867 to 1872 he worked on several newspapers, among them the Evening Mail and the Tribune. As early as 1864 he had written a dramatic piece (Fantine) which was played in Detroit. His first important play was Saratoga, produced by Augustin Daly in 1870. It was very successful and became the first of a long series of pieces which gave Mr. Howard a foremost position among American playwright
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Catherine Booth
Catherine Booth
Catherine Booth (17 January 1829 - 4 October 1890) was the wife of the founder of The Salvation Army, William Booth. Because of her influence in the formation of The Salvation Army she was known as the 'Army Mother'. She was born Catherine Mumford in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England, the daughter of John Mumford and Sarah Milward. Her father was a coach builder. Her family later moved to Boston, Lincolnshire, and later lived in Brixton, London.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Baha Ad Din Ibn Shaddad
Baha Ad Din Ibn Shaddad
Bah' ad-Dn Yusuf ibn Rafi ibn Shaddd (7 March 1145 - 8 November 1234) was a 12th-century Muslim jurist and scholar, an Arabian historian of great note, notable for writing a biography of Saladin whom he knew well. Ibn Shaddd was born in Mosul on 10 Ramadan 539 AH (7 March 1145 CE), where he studied the Qur'an, hadith, and Muslim law before moving to the Nizamiyya madrasa in Baghdad where he rapidly became mu'id ("assistant professor").
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Arlo Bates
Arlo Bates (1850-1918)
Arlo Bates (December 16, 1850 August 25, 1918) was an American author, educator and newspaperman. Arlo BatesBorn December 16, 1850Died August 25, 1918Boston, MassachusettsAlma mater Bowdoin CollegeSpouse(s) Harriet L. Vose (d. 1886)Signature
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Saturday, April 21, 2012
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15, 1844 - August 25, 1900) was a 19th-century German philosopher and classical philologist. He wrote critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony and aphorism. Nietzsche's influence remains substantial within and beyond philosophy, notably in existentialism and postmodernism. His style and radical questioning of the value and objectivity of truth have resulted in much commentary and interpretation, mostly in the continental tradition. His key ideas include the death of God, perspectivism, the bermensch, the eternal recurrence, and the will to power. Central to his philosophy is the idea of life-affirmation, which involves an honest questioning of all doctrines that drain life's expansive energies, however socially prevalent those views might be. Nietzsche began his career as a classical philologist before turning to philosophy. At the age of 24 he was appointed to the Chair of Classical Philology at the University of Basel (the youngest individual to have held this position), but resigned in 1879 due to health problems that plagued him most of his life. In 1889 he became mentally ill, possibly due to atypical general paralysis attributed to tertiary syphilis. He lived his remaining years in the care of his mother until her death in 1897, then under the care of his sister until his death in 1900.
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Charles Frederick Briggs
Charles Frederick Briggs (1804-1877)
Charles Frederick Briggs (December 30, 1804 June 20, 1877), also called C. F. Briggs, was an American journalist, author and editor, born in Nantucket, Massachusetts. He was also known under the pseudonym "Harry Franco", having written The Adventures of Harry Franco in 1839, which was followed by a series of works dealing more or less humorously with life in New York City.
Charles Frederick Briggs's Books:
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Friday, April 20, 2012
Carol Shields
Carol Shields (1935-2003)
Carol Ann Shields, CC, OM, FRSC, MA (ne Warner) (June 2, 1935 - July 16, 2003) was an American-born Canadian author. She is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as well as the Governor General's Award in Canada.
G Shields's Books:
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Frank R Adams
Frank R Adams
Frank Adam (August 18 1968, Bruges) is a Flemish author, mostly writing plays and philosophical works. He began writing in 1992. He is a member of the editorial team of the Dutch-language literary periodical De Brakke Hond and is a teacher at the writers academy in Bruges. Adam studied Arabic, Ancient Greek, Germanic languages, and literature.
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Ellen Emerson White
Ellen Emerson White
Ellen Emerson White is an American author who has written a number of young adult fiction novels.
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
Graham Chapman
Graham Chapman (1941-1989)
Graham Arthur Chapman (8 January 1941 4 October 1989) was an English comedian, actor, writer, physician and one of the six members of the Monty Python comedy troupe. He was also the lead actor in their two narrative films, playing King Arthur in Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Brian in Monty Python's Life of Brian. He co-authored and starred in the film Yellowbeard.
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Hans Andersen
Hans Andersen (1805-1875)
Hans Christian Andersen (referred to using the initials H. C. Andersen in Denmark; April 2, 1805 August 4, 1875) was a Danish author and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Snow Queen", "The Little Mermaid", "Thumbelina", "The Little Match Girl", and "The Ugly Duckling". During his lifetime he was acclaimed for having delighted children worldwide, and was feted by royalty. His poetry and stories have been translated into more than 150 languages. They have inspired motion pictures, plays, ballets, and animated films.
Hans Christian Andersen's Books:
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Monday, April 16, 2012
Mariana Starke
Mariana Starke
Mariana Starke (1761/2-1838) was an English author. She is best known for her ground-breaking travel guide of France and Italy which served as an essential companion for British travellers to the Continent in the early nineteenth century. She also wrote plays and poetry early in her career but was discouraged by harsh reviews. She was unmarried but sometimes referred to as Mrs. Starke.
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H L Mencken
H L Mencken (1880-1956)
Henry Louis "H. L. " Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956), was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of American life and culture, and a student of American English. Mencken, known as the "Sage of Baltimore", is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the 20th century. Mencken is known for writing The American Language, a multi-volume study of how the English language is spoken in the United States, and for his satirical reporting on the Scopes trial, which he named the "Monkey" trial. In addition to his literary accomplishments, Mencken was known for his controversial ideas. An opponent of World War II and democracy, Mencken wrote a huge number of articles about current events, books, music, prominent politicians, pseudo-intellectuals, temperance and uplifters. He notably attacked ignorance, intolerance, frauds, fundamentalist Christianity, osteopathy, and chiropractic.
H Mencken's Books:
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Sunday, April 15, 2012
Dicks
Dicks (1823-1891)
Edmond de la Fontaine (24 July 1823 24 June 1891), better known by his pen name of Dicks, was a Luxembourgian jurist, poet, and lyricist, known for his work in the Luxembourgish language. He is considered the national poet of Luxembourg, and, along with Michel Lentz and Michel Rodange, one of the most important figures in the history of Luxembourgian literature. In addition, his Luxemburger Sitten und Bruche was one of the most influential early ethnographies on the Luxembourgian people.
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Alexander George Craig
Alexander George Craig
Alexander George (Alec) Craig (18971973) was an author and poet, who wrote extensively about banned books. Craig was interested more generally in sexual behaviour and reform, and was also engaged with the socialist movement. He was involved with the Progressive League, reviewing books for their journal. His papers are in the archives of Senate House Library.
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Saturday, April 14, 2012
Abby Barry Bergman
Abby Barry Bergman
Abby Barry Bergman is a science educator, author, and school administrator. Bergman earned a doctorate in science education at Columbia University and authored and co-authored several books in the area of science education and school administration. He served as a school administrator in public and private schools in the New York City Metropolitan Area. Bergman has received numerous awards and commendations for his work. A library was named in his honor at the Ralph S.
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Allan Antliff
Allan Antliff
Allan W. Antliff is an anarchist activist, art critic and author who has written extensively on the topics of anarchism and art in North America. Antliff holds the Canada Research Chair in Art History at the University of Victoria, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on modern and contemporary art.
Allan Fea's Books:
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Friday, April 13, 2012
Mark Stephen Meadows
Mark Stephen Meadows
Mark Stephen Meadows is an American author and artist. In addition to his illustration, books, and travelogues he also develops software. He is the co-inventor of several US patents relating to artificial intelligence and avatars, and he lectures internationally on this work. Meadows is known for his hitchhiking adventures, specifically for visiting Baghdad in 2003, and his interviews with terrorists in Sri Lanka. He holds a USCG captain's license.
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Douglas Johnson
Douglas Johnson (1925-now)
Douglas Johnson (19252005), a British historian, was born in Edinburgh in 1925. He attended the Royal Grammar School, Lancaster, and then Worcester College, Oxford, on a history scholarship. His academic career was as a historian of France; he held professorships, first, at the University of Birmingham, then at University College, London. His books included France and the Dreyfus Affair (1966), France (for the Thames & Hudson 'Nations and Peoples' series, 1969), An Idea of Europe (with Richard Hoggart, 1987) and The Age of Illusion: art and politics in France, 1918-1940 (with his wife Madeleine Johnson, 1987). From 1983 he was General Editor of the Fontana History of Modern France. Unashamedly Francophile, Johnson devoted his academic career to improving relations between France and Britain. He became an advisor to Margaret Thatcher on all matters concerning France, although his own political position was always something of a mystery. A collection of essays in his honour was compiled by Martyn Cornick and Ceri Crossley under the title Problems in French History and published by Palgrave in 2000.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Herbert Kaufman
Herbert Kaufman
Herbert Kaufman (March 6, 1878 September 6, 1947) was an American writer and newspaperman whose editorials were widely syndicated in both the United States and Canada. During World War I, Kaufman regularly contributed articles and editorials to the Evening Standard, The Times, and other leading British periodicals, along with more than 50 war poems, including the classic The Hell-Gate of Soissons.
Herbert Kaufman's Books:
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David Sellar
David Sellar (1941-now)
William David Hamilton Sellar (born 27 February 1941) is a Scottish solicitor and officer of arms. He graduated from the University of Oxford with a degree in history and the University of Edinburgh with a degree in law. He qualified as a solicitor in 1966. In 1968 he joined the Faculty of Law at the University of Edinburgh where he is an Honorary Fellow. He has published on the Lordship of the Isles and on the origins of many Highland families, including the Campbells, MacDonalds, MacDougalls, MacLeods, Lamonts, Maclachlans, MacNeills and Nicolsons. He has been a Member of the Ancient Monuments Board for Scotland and Vice-President of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. He has also served on the Council of the Scottish Genealogy Society and the Heraldry Society of Scotland. He has held the office of Bute Pursuivant of Arms since 2001. In 2008, he was appointed Lord Lyon King of Arms.
A Sellar's Books:
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Alex Stewart
Alex Stewart
Alex Stewart is a British writer, who also goes by the pseudonym Sandy Mitchell, best known for his Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 novels, including the Ciaphas Cain series.
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Holman Day
Holman Day
Holman Francis Day (1865-1935) was an American author, born at Vassalboro, Me., and a graduate of Colby College (class of 1887). In 1889-90 he was managing editor of the publications of the Union Publishing Company, Bangor, Me. He was also editor and proprietor of the Dexter, (Me. ) Gazette, a special writer for the Lewiston, (Me. ) Journal, Maine representative of the Boston Herald, and managing editor of the Lewiston Daily Sun. In 1901-04 he was military secretary to Gov. John F. Hill
Holman Day's Books:
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012
George Bancroft
George Bancroft (1800-1891)
George Bancroft (October 3, 1800 - January 17, 1891) was an American historian and statesman who was prominent in promoting secondary education both in his home state and at the national level. During his tenure as U.S. Secretary of the Navy, he established the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1845. Among his best-known writings is the magisterial series, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
George Bancroft's Books:
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Gerald Drayson Adams
Gerald Drayson Adams
Gerald Drayson Adams (June 25, 1900 August 23, 1988) was a former business executive and literary agent when he began writing for films in the 1940s. The Oxford University-educated Adams specialized in action/adventure and western films. His films include Dead Reckoning (1947) starring Humphrey Bogart, The Big Steal (1949), Armored Car Robbery (1950), His Kind of Woman (1951, uncredited) and The Black Sleep (1956). Adams also wrote for television series, including the pivotal episode "Stampede" for Maverick (1957).
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Monday, April 9, 2012
Charlotte Mary Yonge
Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901)
Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 - 24 May 1901), was an English novelist, known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.
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