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12 hours ago · The second book coincided with the sesquicentennial (150th) year celebration…there was a rich legacy of alumni and a deep connection to the city which needed to be documented.” Sondhi had delved into old school magazines back to the 1890s, as well as UK war records to trace the alumni of bygone years.
19 hours ago · v. t. e. Edgar Allan Poe (né Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as one of the central figures of Romanticism and Gothic fiction in the United ...
19 hours ago · The culture of the Philippines is characterized by cultural and ethnic diversity. [1] Although the multiple ethnic groups of the Philippine archipelago have only recently established a shared Filipino national identity, [2] their cultures were all shaped by the geography and history of the region, [3] [4] and by centuries of interaction with neighboring cultures, and colonial powers.
19 hours ago · Anne Rice[1] (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien; October 4, 1941 – December 11, 2021) was an American author of gothic fiction, erotic literature, and Bible fiction. She is best known for writing The Vampire Chronicles. She later adapted the first volume in the series into a commercially successful eponymous film, Interview with the Vampire ...
19 hours ago · Ulysses is a modernist novel by the Irish writer James Joyce. Partially serialized in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, the entire work was published in Paris by Sylvia Beach on 2 February 1922, Joyce's fortieth birthday. It is considered one of the most important works of modernist literature [3] and has ...
19 hours ago · Ted Kaczynski. Theodore John Kaczynski (/ kəˈzɪnski / ⓘ kə-ZIN-skee; May 22, 1942 – June 10, 2023), also known as the Unabomber (/ ˈjuːnəbɒmər / ⓘ YOO-nə-bom-ər), was an American mathematician and domestic terrorist. [1][2] He was a mathematics prodigy, but abandoned his academic career in 1969 to pursue a reclusive primitive ...
19 hours ago · Miami University (informally Miami of Ohio or simply Miami) is a public research university in Oxford, Ohio, United States. The university was founded in 1809, making it the second-oldest university in Ohio and the 10th-oldest public university (32nd overall) in the United States. [10] The school's system comprises the main campus in Oxford, as ...
