Commonplace books (or commonplaces) are a way to compile knowledge, usually by writing information into blank books. They have been kept from antiquity, and ...
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The human body works in sophisticated ways - which i always find amusing from the smallest cell to the organs and the neurons in our brains. The human body h...
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William Golding (1911–1993) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet best known for his debut novel Lord of the Flies (1954), which established his reput...
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After William Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu, the third most revered poet, Lebanese-American artist, philosopher, theologian, and writer KAHLIL GIBRAN was born on 6...
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Marco Polo’s The Travels is one of the most celebrated travel accounts in world literature. Beginning his journey in 1271, Polo traveled from Venice to China...
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