List of the most popular authors from China, listed alphabetically with photos when available. For centuries authors have been among the world's most ...
Women as Spies and Messengers During the American Revolution, communication between military officers needed to be secretive and quick. Some women participated in a secret spy ring that discovered information about troop movements and attack plans. One woman even used the laundry on her clothesline (...
Kate Chopin (, also US: ; born Katherine O'Flaherty; February 8, 1850 – August 22, 1904) was an American author of short stories and novels based in Louisiana. She is now considered by some scholars to have been a forerunner of American 20th-century feminist authors of Southern or Catho...
What happened to the flags Apollo astronauts left on the moon?Astronauts placed six different American flags on the moon during the Apollo program. What became of those flags in the years since, and why were they controversial?Space Cardiologists Reveals: How She Used This ...
He began in London, running agents, keeping tabs on subversives and spies, and learning the tradecraft. He moved to the foreign branch, MI-6, at the height of the Cold War, posing as a young diplomat at the British Embassy in West Germany, just as the Berlin Wall was going up. ...
Sir Thomas left some of his properties to Elizabeth Darrell with “right of reversion” to their son Francis. During the reign of Queen Mary, Elizabeth Darrell finally received the legacy left to her by her beloved Queen Catherine of Aragon. (It had been withheld by Henry VIII.) According ...
Byron Scott is an American former professional basketball player and head coach in the NBA. As a player, Scott achieved great success with the Los Angeles Lakers, winning three NBA championships during the 1980s. Transitioning into coaching, he was recognized as the NBA Coach of the Year with...
Rachael Lynn Gabriela Kozak-Salmi (born May 26, 1976), better known by her stage name Hecate, is an American-Austrian experimental industrial and breakcore musician currently based in Kuopio, Finland. Her stage name originates from Hecate, the Greek goddess of sorcery. With a career spanning ov...
While in New York, Williams won Off-Broadway roles, appearing in "The American Dream" and "The Sandbox," two one-acts written and directed by heralded playwright Edward Albee. Then in 2008, Williams made his film debut with a supporting part in the friendship-centered teen film "The ...
Anthony Perkins, an American actor best known for his role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's seminal horror film Psycho, was a figure of intrigue and prodigious talent within the realm of Hollywood. Born in New York City on April 4, 1932, to stage actor Osgood Perkins and Janet Essel...