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Saint Jerome in his Study by Niccolò Antonio Colantonio Colantonio was a mid-15th century Neapolitan artist, his works were influenced by b...

Magpies and Hare by Cui Bai (11th century Chinese artist) from 1061 ink and colors on silk (76.3 × 40.7 in.)

"A clear thought, a pure affection, a resolute act of a virtuous will, have a dignity of quite another kind, and far higher than accu...

Prelude to Space by Robert W. Haseltine An entertaining science fiction short story from the May 1954 issue of Imagination.

The Education of Achilles by James Barry (1741-1806) painted circa 1772 The painting shows the centaur Chiron teaching Achilles. Barry wa...

The Coming of the Ice by Green Peyton Wertenbaker First published in the June 1926 issue of Amazing Stories, this is a masterful, evo...

"Do not consider any vice as trivial, and therefore practice it; do not consider any virtue as unimportant, and therefore neglect it....

Mena Suvari is among the most beautiful and talented actresses, she rose to fame in 1999 with two big hits, American Pie and American Beauty...

The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson Powerful, Evocative, Mysterious. First published in 1908, this is a true literary maste...

The wanderer above the sea of fog Chalk Cliffs on Rügen Winter landscape with church Mountain Landscape with Rainbow Caspa...

"Amongst all possessions knowledge appears pre-eminent. The wise call it supreme riches, because it can never be lost, has no price, an...

The Thirty-Nine Steps By John Buchan First published in 1915, this is a masterful spy adventure thriller set right before the breakout of ...

"One of the deepest and strangest of all human moods is the mood which will suddenly strike us perhaps in a garden at night, or deep in...

Arco Naturale, Capri Morning LIght, Roman Campagna William Stanley Haseltine (1835-1900) Haseltine was one of the best American art...

"They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." Edgar Allan Poe - Eleonora (1841...