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2013 National Book Awards

The National Book Awards were presented November 20, 2013, in New York City. Fiction: The Good Lord Bird, James McBride (…

Titus (TV Show)

FoxMidseason debutMonday 8:30–9:00 p.m.Cast:Christopher Titus, Stacy Keach, Cynthia Watros, and Zack Ward An autobiographical comedy about stand-up comic Christopher Titus (he plays a custom…

2000 National Book Critics Circle Awards

Fiction: Being Dead, Jim Crace (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)General Nonfiction: Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing, Ted Conover (Random House)Biography or Autobiography: Hirohito and the Making of…

Presidential Pardons

An explanation of the power to pardon granted to U.S. presidents by the Constitution President Gerald Ford testifying before the House Judicial Committee about his pardoning of former president…

E. Howard Hunt Biography

CIA agentDied: January 23, 2007 (Miami, Florida) Best Known as: White House secret agent involved in Watergate scandal Former CIA spy and secret agent for…

John Keats: To My Brother George

by JohnKeatsTo * * * * * *To My Brother George Many the wonders I this day have seen: The sun, when first he kist away the tears That fill'd the eyes of morn;--the laurel'd peers Who…

2005 Newbery Medal and Honor Books

The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.Newbery Medal for Best Book: Kira-Kira,…

African Americans in the 111th Congress

A list of the African-Americans serving in the 111th Congress. There are 42 black members in the House of Representatives and one in the Senate. State House…

Daniel Ellsberg Biography

Daniel Ellsbergpolitical analystBorn: April 7, 1931Birthplace: Detroit U.S. political analyst who leaked the classified Pentagon papers to the press in 1971, and figured in the Watergate…