From the American and French revolutions to modern theories of consciousness to contemporary entertainment (the hit TV series Lost features a character ...

The tasks of the fleet mustered to invest the Cuban ports and convey the troops of the United States to their attack upon the island were by no means so ...

This classic survey of one of the most dramatic eras in American history is most notable, perhaps, for the insight it offers into the mindset of the era ...

"Moreover, I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and I will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more." -2 Samuel ...

Marco Polo tells a quaint story about a daughter of Kaidu’s, who was renowned for her fame in wrestling. She had sent challenges in all directions ...

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He is all but forgotten today, but in his time, British author GEORGE WILLIAM MACARTHUR REYNOLDS (1814–1879) was a veritable Victorian Stephen King ...

The vulgar notion that the Templars were as wicked as they were fearless and brave, has not yet been entirely exploded; but it is hoped that the copious ...

What saves both Christian sacramentalism and the ceremonial and ritual practices of Judaism from any tinge or taint of the magical is the strong conviction ...