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American Society of Mechanical Engineers Staff

Art, Business & Economics, Computers, Crafts & Hobbies, House & Home, Language Arts & Disciplines, Mathematics, Nature, Science, Self-help, Social Science, Technology & Engineering, Transportation

Roland Barthes

Born in France in 1915, Roland Barthes would go on to become one of the most revered critics of his generation. Growing up in a single parent home, Barthes learned a work ethic that would serve him well for the rest of his life. He attended the Sorbonne where he received degrees in classical literature and grammar and ....[more]

For many, an illustrated version of Aesop’s Fables is ubiquitous with childhood. Born a slave, Aesop and his fables have become a staple of popular culture for generations. While his birthplace is a matter of much scholarly debate with Egypt, Ethiopia and Athens being presented as possibilities, some facts about his li....[more]

Henry Adams

Henry Brooks Adams (1838 – 1918) was an American, novelist, journalist and historian Adams is best known for his autobiography, The Education of Henry Adams. Adams was born on February 16, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts into the politically prominent Adams family. Adams was the fourth of seven children. His father....[more]

Audrey Niffenegger

Audrey Niffenegger was born in 1963 in the idyllic hamlet of South Haven, Michigan. Her family moved to Evanston, Illinois when she was little; she has lived in or near Chicago for most of her life. She began making prints in 1978 under the tutelage of William Wimmer. Miss Niffenegger trained as a visual artist at ....[more]

Gavin Ambrose

Architecture, Art, Computers, Design, Reference

Ezio Bassani

Art, Crafts & Hobbies

Jean Cocteau

Julien Martinez Calmettes

Publications International Staff

Art, Biography & Autobiography, Cooking, Crafts & Hobbies, Education, Family & Relationships, Fiction, Games, Gardening, Health & Fitness, History, House & Home, Humor, Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction, Language Arts & Disciplines, Mathematics, Music, Nature, Philosophy, Poetry, Reference, Religion, Self-help, Sports & Recreation, Technology & Engineering, Transportation, Travel

Suzanne J. E. Tourtillott

Oscar Wilde

Mulk Raj Anand

Often referred to as India’s Charles Dickens, Mulk Raj Anand was a novelist, short story writer, poet, and critic. He was born in Peshawar, Pakistan, in December 1905, and was the son of a coppersmith. Anand studied at Khalsa College in Amritsar, University College of London, and Cambridge University where he graduated....[more]