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		Carol Shields ^Votes:0 Carol Shields READING IS, BY DEFINITION, a solitary act, and our society tends to look askance at those who pursue their pleasures in solitude. But 25 years from now I predict a rediscovery of the book as we know it. Suddenly people will be saying of books: how portable, how compact, how direct, how cost-effective, how intimate, how blessedly silent, how vivid, how enduring, how interactive, how revolutionary! Quote from the Vancouver Village The youngest of three children, Carol Shields was born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1935. She studied at Hanover College, the University of Exeter in England, and the University of Ottawa, where she received an M.A. In 1957 she married Donald Hugh Shields, a professor of Civil Engineering, and moved to Canada. She has lived there ever since. In addition t Read More Go to Site


		Arthur Schopenhauer ^Votes:0 Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) Certainly one of the greatest philosophers of the 19th century, Schopenhauer seems to have had more impact on literature (e.g. Thomas Mann) and on people in general than on academic philosophy. Perhaps that is because, first, he wrote very well, simply and intelligibly (unusual, we might say, for a German philosopher, and unusual now for any philosopher), second, he was the first Western philosopher to have access to translations of philosophical material from India , both Vedic and Buddhist , by which he was profoundly affected, to the great interest of many, and, third, his concerns were with the dilemmas and tragedies, in a religious or existential sense, of real life, not just with abstract philosophical problems. As Jung said: He was the first to speak Read More Go to Site

		Colette (Sidonie-Gabrielle) 1873-1954 ^Votes:0 Colette (Sidonie-Gabrielle) 1873-1954 Colette was born in the village of Saint-Saveur-en Puisaye, Burgundy. Considered one of France?s leading twentieth-century novelists, she was elected to the prestigious Academie Goncourt and Academie Royal Belge. Recognized for her warm, subjective style and the lyrical beauty of her prose as well as her prolific output, she produced over fifty books, numerous short stories and articles for some of the leading newspapers and periodicals of her era. Critics generally divide her work into four phases: the Claudine novels, life in the theater, the politics of love, and reminiscences of youth and family. Dominant themes concern the difficulty of reconciling a woman?s struggle for independence and self-realization with the insistent demands of physical pass Read More Go to Site

		Danielle Steel - Official Site for the Author ^Votes:0 New from Danielle SteelAMAZING GRACE Four strangers experience near miraculous changes after a terrible tragedy in this novel from New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel. CHAPTER ONE • LEARN MORE • BUY THE BOOK Now on DVD: Danielle Steel’s SAFE HARBOUR New Line Home Entertainment is excited to announce the first new Danielle Steel movie production in over 10 years. “Danielle Steel’s Safe Harbour,” starring Melissa Gilbert (TV’s “Nip/Tuck”) is on sale now on DVD. “Safe Harbour” is the first in the series of Danielle Steel books to be released by NLHE. The bestselling book SISTERS will be adapted and released on DVD in 2008. CLICK TO WATCH THE PREVIEW Win a limited-edition copy of AMAZING GRACE or a DVD of &#8220 Read More Go to Site

		Eminent Berkshirites ^Votes:0 * John Alford * Dr. Amp * Susan B. Anthony * Colonel John Ashley * Mum Bett * Josh Billings * Israel Bissell * William Cullen Bryant * Joseph Hodges Choate * Silvio Conte * Zenas Crane * W.E.B. DuBois * Jonathan Edwards * Cyrus Field * Giraud Foster * Joseph Franz * Daniel Chester French * James A. Garfield * Arlo Guthrie * Nathaniel Hawthorne * Jonathan Hinsdale * Oliver Wendell Holmes * Fanny Kemble * John D. Kennedy * Henry Hudson Kitson * Chief Konkaput * Serge Koussevitsky * Elder John LeLand * Herman Melville * Dexter G. Morrill * Ichabod Parsons * John Parsons * Norman Rockwell * Shorty Rogers * Catharine Sedgwick * Ted Shawn * John Sergeant * William Stanley * Chief Umpachene * Stanford White * Edith Wharton John Alford : The man for whom the town of Alford is named. Dr Amp ; (b.19 Read More Go to Site

		Jean Stubbs ^Votes:0 Redirecting to http://www.afrocubaweb.com/jeanstubbs.htm If you do not get redirected in 5 seconds, click on the link. Please update this link! Read More Go to Site

		Joyce Stevens Author - A History of International Women's Day ^Votes:0 A History of International Women's Day in words and images Joyce Stevens has been an activist over many years in the left, union and feminist movements, starting with her membership in the Eureka Youth League in 1942 and in the Communist Party of Australia (CPA) in 1945 In the early 70s, feminism was a powerful new political force and Joyce was intent on reconciling this with her experience of class politics. She helped to produce the first Women's Liberation newspaper in Australia, Mejane and Australia's first socialist-feminist magazine, Scarlet Woman. She helped set up the Control Abortion Referral Service which established the first two women's health centres in Sydney - at Leichhardt and Liverpool. She worked for the Women's Employment Action Centre (WEAC) on its register of women in Read More Go to Site

		LifeWeb: The Writings of Elisabet Sahtouris ^Votes:0 C O N T E N T S Earthdance Book Articles Downloadable Photo and Bios Media Materials On The Web Cosmogenesis Video Meet Elisabet Sahtouris e-mail: elisabet[at]sahtouris[dot]com EARTHDANCE: A Book November 2000: The updated 432-page book of EarthDance (ISBN: 0-595-13067-4) is now published by (and available at) iuniverse.com , distributed by Ingram and available through all normal channels, including the big online bookstores. Earthdance: Living Systems in Evolution: "To find meaning and guidance in nature, I integrated my personal experience of it with those scientific accounts that seemed to best fit it. From this synthesis, meaning and lessons for humanity emerged freely. I did the work in the peaceful, natural setting of a tiny old village on a small pine-forested Greek island, where I Read More Go to Site

		NotSorry.com: Han Suyin, Elizabeth Comber, Modern Chinese Asia History Novels, China, Many Splendoured, Su Yin Han ^Votes:0 Han Suyin (1917 - ) Author Biography and Bibliography Eurasian writer: Elizabeth Comber Visit the NotSorry Index for page selection Please use http://www.notsorry.com/hansuyin.asp Please change your Browser Favorites and Bookmarks. Han Suyin is a prominent writer on modern Chinese and Asian subjects. Her books range from historical romantic fiction to modern Chinese history and a multi-volume autobiography. She was born on September 12, 1917 in Henan Province (formerly Honan). Her birth name was apparently Elizabeth Kuanghu Chow. She signs her name as Han Suyin or Dr. Elizabeth CK Comber. In 1975 I met her quite briefly at the Australian National University in Canberra. This was just before my first visit to Asia. This brief meeting at a tea reception inspired me to try one of her books. R Read More Go to Site

		Sam Shepard ^Votes:0 Sam Shepard Read More Go to Site

		Sanger Papers Mini-Edition ^Votes:0 The Margaret Sanger Papers Margaret Sanger and The Woman Rebel the Documents" VSPACE=2 BORDER=0 height=25 width=115> the Documents" VSPACE=2 BORDER=0 height=25 width=115> this Mini-Edition" VSPACE=2 BORDER=0 height=25 width=115> Sanger Papers" VSPACE=2 BORDER=0 height=25 width=115> the Staff" VSPACE=2 BORDER=0 height=25 width=115> The documents gathered for this mini-edition chronicle Margaret Sanger's publication of the radical, feminist journal, The Woman Rebel, and her emergence as the foremost leader of the birth control movement. The events surrounding the publication of the journal in 1914, including Sanger's indictment for violation of federal obscenity laws, her unlawful flight from prosecution, her 13-months in exile in Europe, and her emotional return to New York in the fall of 1 Read More Go to Site

		The Elizabeth Oakes Smith page ^Votes:0 Elizabeth Oakes Smith (1806-1893) Chronology Gallery of Images Links, Biography and Selected Criticism Bibliography Woman and Her Needs EOS at the SSAWW Conference Research Grants Available Before you Leave The image to the right is a copy of the Joseph Ives Pease engraving done after a Thomas Buchanan Read portrait of Oakes Smith for Read's 1849 volume, The Female Poets of America. The Oakes Smith webpage is authored and maintained by Timothy H. Scherman tscherman@comcast.net (last updated 11/18/2006) Read More Go to Site

		The World of Gertrude Stein -biography of an early twentieth century author and legend ^Votes:0 The World of Gertrude Stein page has moved to ellensplace.net/gstein1.html (If you are not taken to the new page in 30 seconds click on the above link) PLEASE be sure to BOOKMARK the new page! !IMPORTANT! Due to curcumstances beyond my control you will NOT be able to access this website through this url after mid-MAY . PLEASE Bookmark the above address at ellensplace.net and go directly to the webpage. Read More Go to Site

		unibg.it/rls/rls.htm - life and works of robert louis stevenson ^Votes:0 The Web Site www.unibg.it/rls Robert Louis Stevenson by P.S. Kr?yer life e-texts bibliographies derivative works museums and libraries events associations and clubs website updates iconography images critical reception links RLS 2008: Bergamo Conference (Explorer ) (Other browsers) Journal of Stevenson Studies ? edited by Richard Dury Universit? di Bergamo, Via Salvecchio 19, 24129 Bergamo, Italy NOTE: please treat this site as a collaborative effort. If you have any contributions to existing pages or any new pages (filmography, translations, and studies in other languages...) please don?t hesitate to send them in. Summaries of articles and books are also welcomed for the ?Bibliography 2? page ( studies on-line ). some information on the site editor image credit: Robert Louis Stevenson Dra Read More Go to Site

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