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Homer was an ancient Greek epic poet. The ancient Greeks generally believed that Homer was a historical individual, but some modern scholars are skeptical: no reliable biographical information has been handed down from classical antiquity. He is traditionally said to be the author of the epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey. They are commonly dated to the late 9th or early 8th century BC, and many scholars believe The Iliad is the oldest extan...

Willard F. Baker was an American author of children's books, particularly adventure stories for boys. He wrote two well known series' of books: The Boy Ranchers series and the Bob Dexter series. Amongst his works are The Boy Ranchers, or, Solving the Mystery at Diamond X (1921), The Boy Ranchers in Camp, or, The Water Fight at Diamond X (1921), The Boy Ranchers on the Trail, or, The Diamond X After Cattle Rustlers (1921), The Boy Ranchers Amon...

Herman Cyril McNeile MC (1888-1937) was a British author, who published under the pen name Sapper. He was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1907 and was sent to France in 1914 when World War I broke out. McNeile saw action at both the First and the Second Battle of Ypres. He displayed considerable bravery, was awarded the Military Cross and was mentioned in dispatches. His first known published works were a series of short war stories b...

William Lilly (1602-1681), was a famed English astrologer and occultist during his time. He began to dabble in astrology, reading all the books on the subject he could fall in with, and occasionally trying his hand at unravelling mysteries by means of his art. The years 1642 and 1643 were devoted to a careful revision of all his previous reading, and in particular, having lighted on Valentine Naibod's Commentary on Alcabitius, he "seriously st...

Baroness, (Emusca/Emmuska/Emma Magdalena Rosalia Marie Josepha Barbara) Orczy, Mrs Barstow (1865-1947) was a British novelist, playwright and artist of Hungarian origin. She was most notable for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel. Some of her paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in London. Her parents left Hungary in 1868, fearful of the threat of a peasant revolution. They lived in Budapest, Brussels, and Paris, whe...

Charles King (1844-1933) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer. He served in the Army during the Indian Wars under George Crook. In 1898, he was appointed brigadier general of volunteers and sailed to the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. The fighting with Spain was over by the time he arrived, but he assisted in the surrender negotiations. During the following Philippine-American War, King was placed in command of ...

Elizabeth Wilson Grierson was the author of: Children's Tales From Scottish Ballads (1906), Scotland (1907), Vivian's Lesson (1907), The Children's Book of Celtic Stories (1908), Scottish Fairy Book (1910), Canterbury (1910), St. Paul's (1910), Hereford (1911), Florence (1912) and Tales From Scottish Ballads (1916).

William Andrews (1848-1908) was an author and editor. He authored: Historic Yorkshire (1883), Modern Yorkshire Poets (1885), Curiosities of the Church (1890), Old Church Lore (1891), England in the Days of Old (1897), Manxland Epitaphs (1899), Bygone Punishments (1899), At the Sign of the Barber's Pole: Studies in Hirsute History (1904) and Modern Merry Men (1904). He also edited Curious Church Customs (1895), Church Treasury (1898), Ecclesias...

L. T. Meade was the pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1854-1914), a prolific writer of girls stories in late 19th century England. Her most famous book was, A World of Girls, published in 1886. She was also the editor of a popular girl's magazine Atlanta. She also co-authored a number of notable mystery novels with Robert Eustace. Eustace Robert Barton (1854-1943), was a British physician who also wrote medico-legal thrillers under...

Arthur George Morrison (1863-1945) was an English author and journalist, known for his realistic novels about London's East End and for his detective stories. In 1890 he left his job as a clerk at the People's Palace and joined the editorial staff of the Evening Globe newspaper. The following year he published a story entitled A Street which was subsequently published in book form in Tales of Mean Streets (1894). Around this time Morrison was ...

Professor Henry Drummond (1851-1897) was a Scottish evangelical writer and lecturer. He was educated at Edinburgh University, where he displayed a strong inclination for physical and mathematical science. While preparing for the ministry, he became for a time deeply interested in the evangelizing mission of Moody and Sankey, in which he actively co-operated for two years. In 1877 he became lecturer on natural science in the Free Church College...

Jacob August Riis (1849-1914) was a Danish-American muckraker journalist, photographer, and social reformer. He is known for his dedication to using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the less fortunate in New York City, which was the subject of most of his prolific writings and photographic essays. He helped with the implementation of "model tenements" in New York with the help of humanitarian Lawrence Veiller. As one of the fi...

Claude Grahame-White (1879-1959) was an English pioneer of aviation, and the first to make a night flight, during the Daily Mail sponsored London to Manchester race in 1910. He was apprenticed as an engineer and later started his own motor engineering company. In 1909 he learned to fly in France, and became one of the first Englishmen to qualify as a pilot. He was also involved in promoting the military application of air power before the Firs...

Hawaiian Folk Tales: A Collection of Native Legends (1907) was compiled and edited by Thomas George Thrum (1843-1932). "It is becoming more and more a matter of regret that a larger amount of systematic effort was not established in early years for the gathering and preservation of the folk-lore of the Hawaiians. The world is under lasting obligations to the late Judge Fornander, and to Dr. Rae before him, for their painstaking efforts to gath...

Jehan de Mandeville", translated as "Sir John Mandeville", is the name claimed by the compiler of a singular book of supposed travels, written in Anglo- Norman French, and published between 1357 and 1371. By aid of translations into many other languages it acquired extraordinary popularity. Despite the extremely unreliable and often fantastical nature of the travels it describes, it was used as a work of reference - Christopher Columbus, for e...

Das Liber Draconis, geschrieben von einem Reikimeister, stellt das Ergebnis einer sechszehnjährigen Forschung in der Magie und Mystik dar. Es weist einen klaren Weg durch den unübersichtlichen Dschungel abendländischer okkulter Systeme und zeigt die eigentlichen Gemeinsamkeiten und Prinzipien der Magie auf, welche in vier kulturübergreifende Hauptwege unterteilt werden: in eine energetische, animistische, psychologische und kybernetische Heran...

A variety of approaches to assessing the health care needs and geographic distribution of California parolees can help policymakers understand local communities' capacity to meet the needs of this population.

Children love puzzles and they love books. Now they can have both-all in one! When kids open Best-Loved Bible Stories they will find a colorful book featuring five beloved Bible stories. Attached to the book is a box that contains all the puzzle pieces they need to complete a scene from one of the stories-Noah and the animals.

Sacrifice, generosity, effort, discipline, fellowship, loyalty, commitment... Aren't these the most appreciated values at the moment of hiring someone for the company? All of these are values that a basketball player acquires practicing this sport. Applying them to coaching a team is not an easy task nowadays, but the excellent results obtained, compensates the effort of trying. By the hand of Mateo Garena, the young professional protagonist o...