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1943 – Second World War: The German battleship Scharnhorst was sunk at the Battle of the North Cape during an attempt to attack Arctic convoys. 2004 – A major earthquake and tsunami devastated communities around the Indian Ocean, killing an estimated 227,898 people in 14 countries.
English: Five of these stories were written by the noted Finnish author, Zachris Topelius, who wrote them, and much else, for the children of Finland and Sweden more than fifty years ago. His loving sympathy for children, and his earnest desire to write only what was wholesome and good for them, shine through all his literary work for the young.
Come celebrate Reader's Digest's 100th anniversary with a century of funny jokes, moving quotes, heartwarming stories, and riveting dramas. The post 100 Years of Reader’s Digest: People, Stories ...
National Geographic logo National Geographic magazines from 2015. National Geographic is an American magazine noted for its cover stories and accompanying photography. [1] [2] [3] This is a list of National Geographic cover stories including writers and photographers [4] starting in July 1959, when the magazine started featuring photos on the front cover.
book about the history and culture of Unix programming by Eric S. Raymond (with added proviso) CC BY-ND 1.0 [6] A Briefer History of Time: 1999: 2004 [7] science humor book by Eric Schulman: CC BY-ND-NC 1.0: Archimedes Palimpsest: 3rd century BC: 2008: reconstructed and released by OPenn as Free Cultural Works: CC BY [8] [9] [10] Free Culture: 2004
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The list starts in order with the first ten books: the I Ching (an ancient Chinese divination text), the Hebrew Bible (a version of which serves as the "Old Testament" of the Christian Bible), the Iliad and Odyssey, the Upanishads (a collection of ancient Indian philosophical texts), the Tao Te Ching, the Avesta, the Analects, the History of ...
The collection includes several of Dunsany's most famous stories. It is grouped in themed sections by the editor, and the contents [2] are: Introduction (S. T. Joshi) Suggestions for Further Reading (S. T. Joshi) A Note on the Text (S. T. Joshi) Section I: Pegana and Environs. The Gods of Pegāna (entire text)