The complete online text of Regeneration by H. Rider Haggard.

Sir Henry Rider Haggard was not a great artist in anyone's estimation, least of all his own. Still less was he a great writer of short fiction; one seeks in vain for his name in critical surveys of the short story of the nineteenth or early twentieth cen...

A man of diverse talents and a writer eager to try his skills at many different kinds of writing projects, both nonfiction and fiction, H. Rider Haggard is best remembered by general readers of fantasy for his fourth and fifth books, King Solomon's Mines...

Henry Rider Haggard, K.B.E., wrote tales of romantic adventure which may be termed "mysteries" only in a nonconventional sense of the term. The reader encounters no Poirots, no Lord Peter Wimseys, no clues; and while there are murders aplenty, they are n...

Having a bad heart doesn't mean you can skip exercise, doctors said Wednesday. In fact, it may even help your heart to repair itself.Research presented at the European Society of Cardiology meeting showed that exercise sparks the creation of new heart vessels.In a small study...

Scientists looking at the aftermath of wildfires in the forests of southwestern Oregon and Northern California found that after five to ten years even the most severely burned areas had sprouted plentiful seedlings without any help from man.Though natural regeneration generally took longer to produce...

Researchers are trying to find ways to regrow fingers _ and someday, even limbs _ with tricks that sound like magic spells from a Harry Potter novel.There's the guy who sliced off a fingertip but grew it back, after he treated the wound with an...

With a little help from his friends, ex-Beatle Ringo Starr returned home Friday to kickstart Liverpool's year in the spotlight as a European Capital of Culture.Starr joined Eurythmics frontman Dave Stewart in headlining a huge outdoor concert, featuring around 600 local musicians, acrobats and children...