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3 days ago · In between the hulking hardback biographies I've been reading, I've been veering wildly to the other extreme: slim non-fiction treasures from The Emma Press, which are like palate cleansers, dashes of modern life and living to refresh my appetite for epic tomes about past lives.
2 days ago · Buddha (born c. 6th–4th century bce, Lumbini, near Kapilavastu, Shakya republic, Kosala kingdom [now in Nepal]—died, Kusinara, Malla republic, Magadha kingdom [now Kasia, India]) was the founder of Buddhism, one of the major religions and philosophical systems of southern and eastern Asia and of the world. Buddha is one of the many epithets ...
20 hours ago · Ella Creamer. Monday 27 May 2024. A celebration of the author Martin Amis, who died last May aged 73, is due to be held in London next month.. Friends, family and colleagues of Amis will gather at St Martin-in-the-Fields church in Trafalgar Square on 10 June for the event, which will include tributes and readings from the writer’s body of work.
3 days ago · Early life Family and youth Tiberius and his mother Livia, AD 14–19, from Paestum, National Archaeological Museum of Spain, Madrid Tiberius was born in Rome on 16 November 42 BC to Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla. Both of his biological parents belonged to the gens Claudia, an ancient patrician family that came to prominence in the early years of the republic. His mother was also a ...
20 hours ago · George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Second Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army in 1775, Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the ...
1 day ago · Whig. Signature. Sir Isaac Newton FRS (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27 [a]) was an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author who was described in his time as a natural philosopher. [7] He was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment that followed.
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