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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › BoethiusBoethius - Wikipedia

    3 days ago · Boethius. Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, [6] [note 1] commonly known simply as Boethius ( / boʊˈiːθiəs /; Latin: Boetius; c. 480–524 AD), was a Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, polymath, historian, and philosopher of the Early Middle Ages. He was a central figure in the translation of the Greek classics into Latin, a ...

    • Consolation

      On the Consolation of Philosophy (Latin: De consolatione...

  2. Apr 17, 2024 · Fame and Fortune by Kate Coscarelli, 1984, St. Martin's Press edition, in English

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › BookBook - Wikipedia

    1 day ago · A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images. Books are typically composed of many pages, bound together and protected by a cover. [1] Modern bound books were preceded by many other written mediums, such as the codex and the scroll. The book publishing process is the series of steps involved in their creation ...

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    3 days ago · Leo Tolstoy at age 20, c. 1848. Tolstoy was born at Yasnaya Polyana, a family estate 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southwest of Tula, and 200 kilometres (120 mi) south of Moscow. He was the fourth of five children of Count Nikolai Ilyich Tolstoy (1794–1837), a veteran of the Patriotic War of 1812, and Princess Mariya Tolstaya (née Volkonskaya; 1790 ...

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  5. Apr 13, 2024 · Apr. 13, 2024, 7:26 PM ET (AP) Faith Ringgold, pioneering Black quilt artist and author, dies at 93. Langston Hughes (born February 1, 1902?, Joplin, Missouri, U.S.—died May 22, 1967, New York, New York) was an American writer who was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance and made the African American experience the subject of his ...

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  6. Apr 18, 2024 · Whatever the reasoning, one thing is certain – Clara Bow will probably be a bop. Kristin Juszczyk lands official NFL deal. The original It girl – and a Hollywood darling who ultimately paid ...

  7. Apr 23, 2024 · Samuel F.B. Morse (born April 27, 1791, Charlestown, Massachusetts, U.S.—died April 2, 1872, New York, New York) was an American painter and inventor who developed an electric telegraph (1832–35). In 1838 he and his friend Alfred Vail developed the Morse Code. He was the son of the distinguished geographer and Congregational clergyman ...

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