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Aaron

Aaron was the first priest of Israel, according to the biblical book Leviticus. His story begins in Exodus, with Aaron as spokesperson for and assistant to his younger brother, Moses. Together they…

Georgia O’Keeffe

Georgia O'Keeffe was born in Wisconsin, raised in Virginia and schooled in Chicago and New York, but she is generally associated with the American southwest, particularly New Mexico. She was one of…

The Koran/Sura IX. —Immunity

Sura IX.[1213] —ImmunityMedina — 130 Verses An IMMUNITY from God and His Apostle to those with whom ye are in league, among the Polytheist Arabs! (those who join gods with God). Go ye,…

Donald Cram Biography

Donald CramchemistBorn: 4/22/1919Birthplace: Chester, Vt. chemist who shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in chemistry for “synthesizing three-dimensional molecules that could mimic the functioning…

Bob Denver

Bob Denver played the hapless first mate Gilligan in the TV sitcom Gilligan's Island. The show featured "seven stranded castaways" making the best of life after they are shipwrecked on a deserted…

Iraq Timeline

  by Borgna Brunner 1920s–1999 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 1920 Iraq comes under British mandate after the fall of the Ottoman empire in 1918…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Queen Mab Book 8

by Percy Bysshe Shelley 7 9 8 THE FAIRY: 'The Present and the Past thou hast beheld: It was a desolate sight. Now, Spirit, learn The secrets of the Future.—Time! Unfold the brooding pinion of…

Mark: 6

Mark Chapter 6 1 And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him. 2 And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Fragment: A Wanderer

by Percy Bysshe Shelley StanzaFragment: Life Rounded with SleepFragment: A Wanderer Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Poetical Works", 1839, 1st edition. He wanders, like a day-appearing dream…