In 1845-47 and again in 1849-51 Mr. (later Sir) A. H. Layard carried out a series of excavations among the ruins of the ancient city of Nineveh, " that ...

George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin in 1856. Before becoming a playwright he wrote music and literary criticism. Shaw used his writing to attack social ...

The less a man carries in his pack, the more he must carry in his head, a camper cannot go by recipe alone. It is best for him to carry sound general principles ...

Marcus Aurelius was Emperor of Rome from 121 to 180. Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius was written for school age children. The author believed that children ...

Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914) was a short story writer, an editorialist, a satirist and a journalist. He is best known for his Devil's Dictionary. His ...

The discovery of the Hammurabi Code is one of the greatest achievements of archaeology, and is of paramount interest, not only to the student of the Bible ...

150 years have passed since Darwin first published his famous book on evolution. The subject is as controversial today as it was when first introduced ...

Frances Keyes was a 20th century American author and a convert to Roman Catholicism. Her works frequently featured Catholic themes and beliefs. Mrs. Keyes ...

Honora de Balzac is considered the founder of social realism. Balzac was the first writer to write about the all social levels of the social scene in ...