Vitalogy: An amazing but very amusing medical Encyclopedia
We all have to thank Eddie Vedder for our curiosity in a very interesting home medical encyclopedia first published inContinue Reading
Category: Culture
The Winds of Change, New York City 1945
Every year millions of migrating birds fly over New York City, using it as a stop over while on theirContinue Reading
Amazing Women Who Inspire Us: Anne Frank
International Women’s Day is held every year around the world on the 8th March. Between now and then in anticipation ofContinue Reading
Queen of France and England: Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Eleanor of Aquitaine was a very wealthy woman and one of the most powerful and influential women of the twelfthContinue Reading
Amazing Women Who Inspire Us: Diane, Princess of Wales and Jane McGarth
Diana, Princess of Wales Let me start by telling you the reader I am not a royalist. In 1981, whenContinue Reading
Napoleon and Josephine, Love Letters and Angst!
Most people have undoubtedly expressed their love for someone in their life. Sometimes love is out of reach, but oftenContinue Reading
The Big Bang Theory (a brief history of…)
Questions about human history and the origins of the universe has puzzled us for thousands of years. The answer toContinue Reading
The Promise of Immortal Life?
The elixir of life, according to mythology, if consumed will bring its bearer the promise of immortal life. The substanceContinue Reading
Narrative History’s Man of the Moment.
“History is taught, I believe, by one thing only- sparking interest. This means telling a good story, of which thereContinue Reading
This is Miroslav Sasek
It was about four years ago that I first came across an illustrated children’s book entitled This is New YorkContinue Reading
