History of the Space Shuttle – Development
A fascinating history of the Space Shuttle Development, originally published by Alan Tatourian. June 18, 2019 · by Alan Tatourian Links to the lectures: Origins of the Space Shuttle or The Making of a new Program Development of the Space Shuttle Introduction by Jeff...
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The Day Jobs of 10 Famous Writers
by Nicholas Parker, for the New York Public Library Any successful author will tell you that before they hit the literary bigtime, they had to do a whole lot of hustling to support their writing habit. On July 5, 1880, playwright George Bernard Shaw was able to quit...
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Independence Day, a Family Story
In 1812, the Hayes family lived in Maryland. Taxes were being collected by the government for the war effort. A man came around from the government and collected a very large estate tax, which left the family nearly penniless until the next harvest. A few weeks later,...
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Greta Thunberg became a climate activist not in spite of her autism, but because of it
| Read this powerful piece by Steve Silberman in VOX about climate activist Greta Thunberg The 16-year-old climate activist’s radical approach to autism. Watching video of Greta Thunberg addressing the House of Parliament in London on April 24, it’s hard not to...
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Special Preview of a New Novel: The Real World of Jasper Hunter
The Real World of Jasper Hunter || READ more about The Real World of Jasper Hunter >> Ascension Sunlight seeps out of the edge of the dark sky and leaks across the Black Rock Desert. Everywhere the light touched turns white, the heat of the day taking...
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