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Gorky, Maxim
(Encyclopedia) Gorky, Maxim or MaksimGorky, Maxim or Maksimboth: məksyēm gôrˈkē [key] [Rus.,=Maxim the Bitter], pseud. of Aleksey Maximovich Pyeshkov, 1868–1936, Russian writer, b. Nizhny Novgorod (…Jessica Rabbit
Jessica Rabbit was the voluptuous cartoon femme fatale of the 1988 feature film Who Framed Roger Rabbit? The popular comedy, a loose-limbed mix of live action and animation, was based loosely on…Poems: The Chimney-Sweeper
by WilliamBlakeThe BlossomThe Little Boy LostThe Chimney-Sweeper When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry "Weep! weep! weep!…Jack London
Jack London was an early 20th-century writer closely associated with San Francisco and adventure. His most famous book by far is The Call of the Wild (1903), the story of a peaceful California dog…Ten Years Later
Ten Years Later“If anyone had told me what wonderful changes were to take place here in ten years, I wouldn't have believed it,” said Mrs Jo to Mrs Meg, as they sat on the piazza at Plumfield…The last digit of pi
The Question: What is the last digit of pi? The Answer: Pi is an irrational number. As such, it has no final digit. Furthermore, there is…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, May 5, 1805
Day 636 Day 638 Lewis, May 5, 1805 Sunday May 5th 1805 A fine morning I walked on shore untill 8 A M when we halted for breakfast and in the course of my walk killed a deer which I carried…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: February 16, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark February 15, 1806February 17, 1806February 16, 1806 Sunday February 16th 1806. By several trials made today in order to adjust my Octant and…Parts of Speech: Nouns: Prime-Time Players
Nouns: Prime-Time PlayersParts of SpeechGrammarNouns: Prime-Time PlayersVerbs: All the Right MovesConjunctions: The Ties That BindPrepositions: Good Things Come in Small PackagesAdjectives: Happy…Claus von Stauffenberg
Count Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg is remembered as one of the tragic heroes of World War II, thanks to his role in a failed plot to kill Adolf Hitler in 1944. Born into an aristocratic German…Trending
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