Frank Herbert
American science fiction author best known for the 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels
American science fiction author best known for the 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels
American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk
American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk
American poet and writer
Italian author whose work explored family relationships, politics during and after the Fascist years and World War II, and philosophy
Henry Glassie, (born 24 March 1941) College Professor Emeritus at Indiana University Bloomington, has done fieldwork on five continents and written books on the full range of folkloristic interest, from drama, song, and story to craft, art, and architecture. Three of his books — Passing the Time in Ballymenone, The Spirit of Folk Art, and …
American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science
American newspaper publisher
American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who created the Justice Department and worked with the Radical Republicans to protect African Americans during Reconstruction
Irish-American poet and memoirist who wrote Autobiography of a Face in 1994. This critically acclaimed book describes her childhood and early adolescent experience with cancer of the jaw, which left her with some facial disfigurement