American author and advocate of socialism Jack London (1876-1916) wrote popular adventure stories and social tracts based on unusual personal experiences. At their best, his works are powerful and moving narratives. Jack London, in full John Griffith Lon...
Jack London has been recognized as one of the most dynamic figures in American literature. Sailor, hobo, Klondike argonaut, social crusader, war correspondent, scientific farmer, self-made millionaire, global traveler, and adventurer, London captured the...
"No literary historian but sooner or later must reckon with Jack London," Fred Lewis Pattee asserts in The Development of the American Short Story (1923), for "he represented more than an individual: he was the product of a literary condition in America....
There is no better antidote to noisy children than some good games. Travelling by U-Bahn to the Gruga Halls for the Essen Games Fair recently, I was surrounded by youngsters whose favourite game seemed to be musical seats - the object being to find...
Games sure have changed over the years. When you hear the kids say, "Let's play a game," what do you think of - Monopoly, Twister, Scrabble or Runescape? Baltimore County Public Library librarians who keep watch over our Internet computers most likely would answer...
Every so often there comes a rapper who single-handedly shifts the climate of hip hop. 50 Cent transformed the mood from the prevalent love rap to a gun-toting gangsta vibe with his debut, Get Rich or Die Tryin. Kanye launched the backpacker movement with his...
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer will make his acting debut on Feb. 3, but he will be heard and not seen.Palmer will play himself in the Disney Channel's animated series, "The Replacements," which will air the night before the Super Bowl."I am very thankful that...
