Ida B. Wells would go on to co-own a newspaper, write several books, help cofound the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and fight for women's right to vote. Sarah Fabiny has written several Who Was? titles, including biographies of Beatrix Potter, Frida...
A clearly decent prelate who was deceived Three biographies had been written on the Archbishop of Canterbury but he wanted something more personal as a summing up, writes Penelope DeningPENELOPE DENING
“These are not people who would have had biographies written about them.” The story of the Roebling steel mill and town—of industry and immigration, decline and adaptation—in many ways echoes the story of New Jersey. Patriarch John A. Roebling invented the process for manufactur...
In the study by Hail-Jares and Vichta-Ohlsen (2023), Sandra, a young woman who has previously been in state care recounted that her spending time away from her authorised placement enabled her some control over where she lived, a decision that she had previously not been able to ...
— She ___ Zi Bo to enjoy the local barbecue (烧烤). She went there last week. A.has been to B.has gone to C.has been in D.has got to 二、完形填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分) 通读下列短文,从每小题所给的A、B、C...
The Bible today is the same as what was originally written. Some people have the idea that the Bible has been translated "so many times" that it has become corrupted through stages of translating. That would probably be true if the translations were being made from other translations. But tr...
Charlie Chaplin holds a record for being thefilm star with the most biographies, with over 259 book-length works written about him. 1961 – John F. Kennedy The Queen met 13 of the last 14 US presidents during her life (Lyndon B. Johnson was the unlucky one who missed out). ...
There are dozens of biographies written on evangelist Billy Graham, including his impressive 800 page autobiography, and hundreds more written on different aspects of his life and ministry. Why would another biography on this important figure be necessary?Igniting the Fireoffers an in-depth look at...
For the past three years, he has served as a field philosopher working with a diverse range of stakeholders around the issue of natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing in the city limits of Denton, Texas. He has written about fracking in Slate, Truthout, Science Progress, and The ...
Happiest in his garden, he's loves Shakespeare, paints watercolors and has written children's books. He can be fun but also short-tempered and demanding, the former aide said. LIFE OF LUXURY? Official figures show his recent overseas tours were the most expensive taken by the r...