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Plath, Sylvia

(Encyclopedia) Plath, Sylvia, 1932–63, American poet, b. Boston. Educated at Smith College and Cambridge, Plath published poems even as a child and won many academic and literary awards. Her first…

Books for Everyone: Classic Picture Books

  Ages Four and Up Books that delight practically everyone   by Holly Hartman A six-year-old who crashes parties at New York's posh Plaza Hotel. A talking dog and her astonished family.…

Experimental and Spy Planes: Bell X-1

by David Noland Bell X-1 Specs Length: 31 ft Wingspan: 28 ft Empty weight: 7,000 lbs Max weight: 12,250 lbs Related Links Experimental and Spy Planes:…

Back to School at the Movies

Lights! Camera! Learning!Shakespeare on the Silver Screen by Beth Rowen HamletKenneth Branagh as the mad prince It was no small feat putting Shakespeare's magnum opus on the big screen, a…

Christie, Dame Agatha

(Encyclopedia) Christie, Dame Agatha, 1890–1976, English detective story writer, b. Torquay, Devon, as Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller. Christie's second husband was the archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan,…

Hartmann, Nicolai

(Encyclopedia) Hartmann, NicolaiHartmann, Nicolainēˈkōlī [key], 1882–1950, German philosopher, b. Latvia. He taught at Marburg (1922–25), Cologne (1925–31), Berlin (1931–45), and Göttingen (1945–50…