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(Encyclopedia) zoology, branch of biology concerned with the study of animal life. From earliest times animals have been vitally important to man; cave art demonstrates the practical and mystical…Warren, Robert Penn
(Encyclopedia) Warren, Robert Penn, 1905–89, American novelist, poet, and critic, b. Guthrie, Ky., grad. Vanderbilt Univ. 1925; M.A., Univ. of California 1927; B.Litt., Oxford 1930. At Vanderbilt he…Jean M. Auel
Name at birth: Jean Marie UntinenJean Auel is the author of the Earth's Children series of six novels, the first of which is The Clan of the Cave Bear, published in 1980. The books tell the epic…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: May 23, 1804
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark May 22, 1804May 24, 1804May 23, 1804 Wednesday May 23rd 8 Indians Kick. Came to Camp with meat we recved their pesents of 3 Deer & gave them…The Celtic Twilight: Regina, Regina Pigmeorum, Veni
by W. B. Yeats The Last Gleeman"And Fair, Fierce Women"Regina, Regina Pigmeorum, Veni One night a middle-aged man, who had lived all his life far from the noise of cab-wheels, a young…World Heritage Sites in the United States
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has identified 878 World Heritage sites that it considers of “outstanding universal value.“ In the United States…Machu Picchu
(Encyclopedia) Machu PicchuMachu Picchumäˈch&oomacr; pēkˈch&oomacr; [key], Inca site in Peru, about 50 mi (80 km) NW of Cuzco. It is perched high upon a rock in a narrow saddle between two…well
(Encyclopedia) well, aperture in the earth's surface through which substances in a natural underground reservoir, such as water, gas, oil, salt, and sulfur, can flow or be pumped to the surface. In…Aesop's Fables: The Lion and the Ass
by Aesop The Lark and the FarmerThe ProphetThe Lion and the Ass A Lion and an Ass set up as partners and went a-hunting together. In course of time they came to a cave in which there were…Aesop's Fables: The Old Lion
by Aesop The She-Goats and Their BeardsThe Boy BathingThe Old Lion A Lion, enfeebled by age and no longer able to procure food for himself by force, determined to do so by cunning.…Trending
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