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2 days ago · Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life by Jason Roberts. Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life (2024), by Jason Roberts, is a fascinating and (for me at least) eye-opening book detailing the parallel exploration of the natural word by two 18 th-century naturalists, one of whom is a (relatively) familiar household name and the other, at least in ...
1 day ago · Ernest Miller Hemingway (/ ˈ ɜːr n ɪ s t ˈ h ɛ m ɪ ŋ w eɪ /; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Best known for an economical, understated style that significantly influenced later 20th-century writers, he is often romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle, and outspoken and blunt public image.
1 day ago · from Kasparov's interview for Echo of Moscow, 13 September 2011. Garry Kimovich Kasparov [a] (born Garik Kimovich Weinstein [b] on 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion (1985–2000), political activist and writer. His peak FIDE chess rating of 2851, [2] achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until being ...
- Garry Kimovich Kasparov
- 1985–1993 (undisputed), 1993–2000 (classical)
- 2851 (July 1999)
- Grandmaster (1980)
5 days ago · Historian Gary S. Cross explores how leisure gave shape to the way we labor in “Free Time: The History of an Elusive Ideal.” Review by Brian O'Connor. May 6, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. EDT. Lounging in...
3 days ago · The bibliography of the American Civil War comprises books that deal in large part with the American Civil War. There are over 60,000 books on the war, with more appearing each month. [1] Authors James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier stated in 2012, "No event in American history has been so thoroughly studied, not merely by historians ...
5 days ago · Eric Matthew Gairy, son of Douglas and Theresa Gairy, was born in the parish of St. Andrew’s on the beautiful Caribbean Island of Grenada on February 18, 1922. He received his early education at the St. Mary’s RC School in La Fillette and the St Andrew’s RC School in Grenville.
4 days ago · Nick Hilton. May 8, 2024 at 1:00 AM. Gary Oldman plays a half-soaked, foul-mouthed espionage maestro (Apple ) It’s great to not give a f***,” Gary Oldman has said of his role in Slow Horses,...
