A brilliant scholar, a devoted teacher, and an author of a number of books, Brentano belonged to the German Historical School. He was a prominent pacifist and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1927). His close observation revealed that economic units were in constant discord, degene...
Kahlil Gibran: Beyond Borders is the definitive biography of a much loved poet and author of the bestselling classic The Prophet. Gibran was a poet, a painter, a rebel, a global citizen and an immigrant from his beloved Lebanon. His compelling story is one of overcoming barriers faced by ...
In recent years, young adult author John Green has become incredibly popular, largely with the success of his YA novel The Fault in Our Stars. Green has written several other notable books for teens, so he's on this list quite a bit. Other top choices include Suzanne Collins's Hunger Gam...
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography describes Johnson as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history". He is the subject of James Boswell's The Life of Samuel Johnson, described by Walter Jackson Bate as "the most famous single work of biographical art in the ...
Judy Taylor, along with her determined doctor, helped bring TPN out of the realm of science fiction and into reality, allowing more patients to live longer, fulfilled lives. Notes to Editors: About the Author Shireen Jeejeebhoy was born in London and lives in Toronto, Canada. S...
A human without a cosmology is like a pebble lying near the top of a great mountain, in contact with its little indentation in the dirt and pebbles immediately surrounding it, but oblivious to its stupendous view. — Joel R. Primack As co-author with Nancy Ellen Abrams, in The View ...
Swift's professional career spanned over six decades covering work as a teacher and educator of teachers, school inspector, author, educational administrator, and eventually, senior public servant, as Deputy Minister of Education for the Province of Alberta. He had direct experience with, and was ...
Biography Garry Hamilton is the author of the book Super Species, and his articles have appeared in New Scientist, Nature, Audubon, Conservation, National Wildlife, Canadian Geographic, Australian Geographic, Equinox, Wildlife Conservation and The Ecologist. He lives in Seattle.Norbert Rosing travels ...
The film is based on a 1977 short story by horror author and brilliant storyteller Stephen King. Set in the fictitious rural town of Gatlin, Nebraska, the film tells the story of a malevolent entity referred to as “He Who Walks Behind the Rows” which entices the town’s children to ri...
In lieu of an , here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by Elizabeth L. Pandolfo Briggs (bio) Robin Hood: A Mythic Biography . By KnightStephen. Ithaca and London: Cornell UP, 2003 One rarely has the opportunity to read the biog... ELP Briggs - 《Childrens Literature Associat...