(born July 9, 1945) is an American author. His novels are broadly described as suspense thrillers, but also frequently incorporate elements of horror, science fiction, mystery, and satire…
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley
(June 3, 1930 – September 25, 1999) was an American author of fantasy, historical fantasy, science fiction, and science fantasy novels, and is best known for the Arthurian fiction novel The Mists of Avalon, and the Darkover series
Saturday, December 27, 2014
Maya Angelou
(born Marguerite Ann Johnson April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) American author and poet. She published six autobiographies, five books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning more than fifty years
Friday, December 26, 2014
Dale Breckenridge Carnegie
(Nov. 24 1888 – Nov. 1 1955) American writer, lecturer & developer of courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking & interpersonal skills. The author ofHow to Win Friends and Influence People, first published in 1936,..
Leslie Townes “Bob” Hope
(May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), was an English-born American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, dancer, athlete, and author. With a career spanning over 60 years
Saturday, December 20, 2014
James Mercer Langston Hughes
(February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) Was an American poet, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the new literary art form jazz poetry. Hughes is best-known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the period that “Harlem was in vogue”.
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Laurence Johnston Peter
(September 16, 1919 – January 12, 1990) was a Canadian educator and “hierarchiologist”.He became widely famous in 1968, on the publication of The Peter Principle, in which he states: “In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence … in time every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties … Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.”
Will Smith
Willard Christopher “Will” Smith Jr. (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, producer, and rapper. He has enjoyed success in television, film and music. In April 2007, Newsweek called him the most powerful actor in Hollywood.Smith has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, two Academy Awards, and has won four Grammy Awards.