The 2013 Academy Awards were presented on March 2, 2014, at the Kodak Theatre. All of the nominees are listed below; the Oscar winners are in bold. Best Picture American…
(Encyclopedia) Thompson, Guy Lawrence, 1897–1970, English surgeon, writer, and naturalist, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, he wrote Eric and Joan (…
(Encyclopedia) Leif EricssonLeif Ericssonlēf ĕrˈĭksən [key], Old Norse Leifr Eiriksson, fl. a.d. 999–1000, Norse discoverer of America, b. probably in Iceland; son of Eric the Red. He spent his youth…
Source: Publishers Weekly.HardcoverThe Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events #11),Lemony Snicket; illustrated by Brett HelquistsantaKid, James Patterson; illustrated by Michael GarlandMister…
Who are the world's leading public intellectuals? The October 2005 cover of Prospect Foreign Policy and Britain's Prospect magazine selected their top 100, and invited readers to…
(Encyclopedia) SweynSweynswān [key], c.960–1014, king of Denmark (986–1014), son of Harold Bluetooth. Although baptized, he reverted to paganism and rebelled against his father, who was killed in…
MULDOWNEY, Michael Joseph, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., on August 10, 1889; moved with his parents to Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1894; attended the public schools;…
MYERS, Michael Joseph (Ozzie), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 4, 1943; attended Bishop Neumann High School, Philadelphia, Pa.; graduated…
MYERS, Michael Joseph (Ozzie), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 4, 1943; attended Bishop Neumann High School, Philadelphia, Pa.;…
