Homer
c. 750 BCE
Greek
Ancient Greek poet (c. 8th Century BCE). Homer stands as the foundational figure of the We…
2 booksA Journey Through the Ages
Travel across the eras and meet the 158 authors whose lives and works shaped our library — from antiquity to the modern age.
Cosmos viewAntiquity
750 BCE – 121 · 7 authors
Aesop
620 BCE – 564 BCE 56 yrs
Greek
Aesop (b. 620 BCE) was an ancient Greek storyteller and fabulist who is credited with init…
1 book
Sun Tzu
c. 544 BCE – 496 BCE 48 yrs
Chinese
Sun Tzu (c. 544 BC) was a Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher. He is tra…
1 book
Thucydides
460 BCE – 400 BCE 60 yrs
Greek
Thucydides (b. 460 BC) was an Athenian historian and military general. He is widely celebr…
1 book
Plato
428 BCE – 348 BCE 80 yrs
Greek
Plato (b. c. 427 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and educator who is widely regarded …
1 book
Aristotle
384 BCE – 322 BCE 62 yrs
Greek
Aristotle (384–322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and polymath who stands as one of …
1 book
Marcus Aurelius
121 – 180 59 yrs
Roman
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (b. 121) was a Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher who ruled the…
1 bookThe Medieval Age
980 – 1226 · 2 authors
Avicenna
980 – 1037 57 yrs
Persian
Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Abd Allah ibn Sina (980 CE - 1037 CE), known in the West as "Avicenn…
3 books
Bar Hebraeus
1226 – 1286 60 yrs
Syriac
Abu al-Faraj Jamal al-Din ibn Harun al-Malati, known as Bar Hebraeus (1226 - 1286 AD), was…
1 bookThe Renaissance
1469 – 1596 · 5 authors
Niccolò Machiavelli
1469 – 1527 58 yrs
Italian
Italian diplomat, philosopher, and historian (1469 to 1527). Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machi…
1 book
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
1547 – 1616 69 yrs
Spanish
Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (1547 to 1616). Miguel de Cervantes is the preemine…
1 book
William Shakespeare
1564 – 1616 52 yrs
English
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) remains the most influential figure in the history of the …
1 book
Thomas Hobbes
1588 – 1679 91 yrs
English
Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) was an English philosopher whose deeply cynical, rigorously logi…
1 book
René Descartes
1596 – 1650 54 yrs
French
René Descartes (1596 to 1650), French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. René Desc…
2 booksThe Age of Reason
1606 – 1694 · 11 authors
Pierre Corneille
1606 – 1684 78 yrs
French
Pierre Corneille (1606–1684) was a preeminent French dramatist and poet who is widely rega…
7 books
Hercule-Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac
1619 – 1655 36 yrs
French
Hercule-Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac (1619-1655) was a French writer, poet, and free-thi…
1 book
Jean de La Fontaine
1621 – 1695 74 yrs
French
French poet, fabulist, and writer (1621 to 1695). Jean de La Fontaine was one of the most …
8 books
Molière
1622 – 1673 51 yrs
French
Molière (1622–1673), born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, is widely celebrated as the supreme mast…
20 books
Charles Perrault
1628 – 1703 75 yrs
French
Charles Perrault (1628–1703) was a French author, lawyer, and high-ranking civil servant w…
1 book
John Locke
1632 – 1704 72 yrs
English
John Locke (1632–1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of…
1 book
Madame de Lafayette
1634 – 1693 59 yrs
French
Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, Comtesse de La Fayette (1634-1693), was a French woma…
2 books
Jean Racine
1639 – 1699 60 yrs
French
Jean Racine (1639–1699) was a preeminent French dramatist and one of the three great playw…
10 books
Jonathan Swift
1667 – 1745 78 yrs
Irish
Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and cleric (1667 to 1745). Jonathan…
1 book
Montesquieu
1689 – 1755 66 yrs
French
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (1689–1755) was a French la…
2 books
Voltaire
1694 – 1778 84 yrs
French
François-Marie Arouet, known by his pen name Voltaire (1694–1778), was born in Paris and w…
1 bookThe Enlightenment
1706 – 1799 · 15 authors
Benjamin Franklin
1706 – 1790 84 yrs
American
Benjamin Franklin (b. 1706) was an American polymath, writer, scientist, and statesman who…
1 book
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
1712 – 1778 66 yrs
Swiss
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer whose po…
7 books
T. Smollett
1721 – 1771 50 yrs
Scottish
Tobias Smollett (1721–1771) was a Scottish physician and author who became one of the defi…
2 books
Adam Smith
1723 – 1790 67 yrs
Scottish
Adam Smith (b. 1723) was a Scottish philosopher and economist who is widely recognized as …
1 book
Olaudah Equiano
1745 – 1797 52 yrs
Nigerian
Olaudah Equiano (b. 1745) was an African-British abolitionist, writer, and merchant seaman…
1 book
François-René de Chateaubriand
1768 – 1848 80 yrs
French
François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848) was a French writer, diplomat, and statesman wh…
4 books
Jane Austen
1775 – 1817 42 yrs
English
English novelist (1775 to 1817). Jane Austen was a preeminent figure in English literature…
1 book
Charles Lamb
1775 – 1834 59 yrs
English
Charles Lamb (1775–1834) was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian who is best rememb…
1 book
Jacob Grimm
1785 – 1863 78 yrs
German
German philologist, jurist, and mythologist. Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm (1785 to 1863) was a…
4 books
Henri Guys
1787 – 1877 90 yrs
French
Henri-Joseph Guys (1787–1878) was a French diplomat, orientalist, and travel writer who se…
1 book
James Fenimore Cooper
1789 – 1851 62 yrs
American
James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851) was the first great myth-maker of American literature, p…
1 book
Alphonse de Lamartine
1790 – 1869 79 yrs
French
Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine (1790–1869) was a prominent French poet, statesm…
4 books
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
1797 – 1851 54 yrs
English
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797–1851) was born into radical intellectual royalty, the da…
1 book
Honoré de Balzac
1799 – 1850 51 yrs
French
French novelist and playwright (1799 to 1850). Honoré de Balzac was a titan of world liter…
24 books
Countess of Ségur
1799 – 1874 75 yrs
French
Sophie Rostopchine, Comtesse de Segur (1799–1874), was a prolific French novelist of Russi…
5 booksThe Romantic Age
1802 – 1849 · 35 authors
Alexandre Dumas
1802 – 1870 68 yrs
French
Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) lived with an unbridled energy that mirrored the grand scale o…
9 books
Victor Hugo
1802 – 1885 83 yrs
French
Victor Marie Hugo (1802–1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist who became the pr…
20 books
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1804 – 1864 60 yrs
American
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) remains the undisputed master of American dark romanticism…
1 book
George Sand
1804 – 1876 72 yrs
French
George Sand (1804–1876), born Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, was a pioneering French noveli…
7 books
Hans Christian Andersen
1805 – 1875 70 yrs
Danish
Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) was a Danish author, poet, and playwright who achieved…
1 book
John Stuart Mill
1806 – 1873 67 yrs
English
John Stuart Mill (b. 1806) was a British philosopher, political economist, and civil serva…
1 book
Charles Darwin
1809 – 1882 73 yrs
English
Charles Darwin (1809–1882) possessed a rare, radical patience. While his five-year voyage …
1 book
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
1810 – 1865 55 yrs
English
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810–1865) was a prominent English novelist and short story wr…
1 book
Charles Dickens
1812 – 1870 58 yrs
English
English novelist and social critic (1812 to 1870). Charles John Huffam Dickens was the def…
5 books
Richard Wagner
1813 – 1883 70 yrs
German
Richard Wagner (1813–1883) was a titanic, fiercely polarizing figure in 19th-century Germa…
1 book
Linda Brent
1813 – 1897 84 yrs
American
Linda Brent (b. 1813), the pen name of Harriet Jacobs, was an American author, abolitionis…
1 book
Charlotte Brontë
1816 – 1855 39 yrs
English
Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855) was a pioneering English novelist whose fiercely independent…
1 book
Henry David Thoreau
1817 – 1862 45 yrs
American
American naturalist, philosopher, and essayist (1817 to 1862). Henry David Thoreau was a l…
2 books
Emily Brontë
1818 – 1848 30 yrs
English
Emily Jane Brontë (1818–1848) was an English novelist and poet who remains one of the most…
1 book
Karl Marx
1818 – 1883 65 yrs
German
Karl Marx (1818–1883) was a German philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary soc…
1 book
Frederick Douglass
1818 – 1895 77 yrs
American
Frederick Douglass (b. 1818) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer…
1 book
George Eliot
1819 – 1880 61 yrs
English
George Eliot (1819–1880) born Mary Ann Evans, possessed one of the most formidable intelle…
1 book
Herman Melville
1819 – 1891 72 yrs
American
Herman Melville (1819–1891) was an American literary titan whose most profound work went e…
1 book
Fortuné du Boisgobey
1821 – 1891 70 yrs
French
Fortuné Du Boisgobey (1821–1891) picked up the torch of the French detective novel when th…
1 book
Fyodor Dostoevsky
1821 – 1881 60 yrs
Russian
Russian novelist, philosopher, and essayist (1821 to 1881). Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky…
22 books
Gustave Flaubert
1821 – 1880 59 yrs
French
Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880) was a titan of French literature and the demanding architect …
9 books
Charles Baudelaire
1821 – 1867 46 yrs
French
Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821–1867) was a French poet, essayist, and art critic who is w…
3 books
Alexandre Dumas (fils)
1824 – 1895 71 yrs
French
Alexandre Dumas fils (1824–1895) While his father conquered the world with swashbuckling h…
1 book
Leo Tolstoy
1828 – 1910 82 yrs
Russian
Born into the highest echelons of Russian nobility, Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828–1…
10 books
Henrik Ibsen
1828 – 1906 78 yrs
Norwegian
Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906) was a Norwegian playwright whose uncompromising vision dismantled…
1 book
Jules Verne
1828 – 1905 77 yrs
French
Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905) was a globally renowned French writer, considered one of t…
31 books
Lewis Carroll
1832 – 1898 66 yrs
English
Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, led a fascinating doub…
1 book
Louisa May Alcott
1832 – 1888 56 yrs
American
Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) grew up in the intellectual heart of 19th-century New Englan…
1 book
Mark Twain
1835 – 1910 75 yrs
American
Mark Twain (1835–1910), born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, is widely celebrated as the father …
2 books
Alphonse Daudet
1840 – 1897 57 yrs
French
Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897) was a prominent French novelist, playwright, and short story w…
8 books
Émile Zola
1840 – 1902 62 yrs
French
Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (1840–1902) was a French novelist, playwright, and jour…
1 book
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
1844 – 1900 56 yrs
German
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (b. 1844) was a German philosopher, cultural critic, and class…
4 books
Bram Stoker
1847 – 1912 65 yrs
Irish
Bram Stoker (1847–1912) was an Irish author whose name became synonymous with the most end…
1 book
Frances Hodgson Burnett
1849 – 1924 75 yrs
English
Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (b. 1849) was a British-American novelist and playwright bes…
1 book
Frances Hodgson Burnett
1849 – 1924 75 yrs
English
Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright best kn…
1 bookThe Victorian Era
1850 – 1899 · 46 authors
Robert Louis Stevenson
1850 – 1894 44 yrs
Scottish
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer celebr…
1 book
William Chapman
1850 – 1917 67 yrs
Canadian
William Chapman (1850–1917) was a prominent French-Canadian poet, journalist, and civil se…
1 book
Guy de Maupassant
1850 – 1893 43 yrs
French
Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893) was a French writer and journalist who is widely celebrated …
1 book
Ya'qub Sarruf
1852 – 1927 75 yrs
Lebanese
Yaqub Sarruf (1852-1927) was a pioneering Lebanese journalist, novelist, and publisher who…
1 book
Oscar Wilde
1854 – 1900 46 yrs
Irish
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was the dazzling, controversial epicenter of late-Victorian London…
3 books
Sigmund Freud
1856 – 1939 83 yrs
Austrian
Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) was an Austrian neurologist who fundamentally shattered the mode…
3 books
L. Frank Baum
1856 – 1919 63 yrs
American
Lyman Frank Baum (b. 1856) was an American author, playwright, and journalist best known a…
1 book
Joseph Conrad
1857 – 1924 67 yrs
Polish
Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) was a Polish-British novelist and short-story writer who is wide…
2 books
Edith Nesbit
1858 – 1924 66 yrs
English
Edith Nesbit (1858–1924) was an English novelist and poet who revolutionized children's li…
2 books
Arthur Conan Doyle
1859 – 1930 71 yrs
Scottish
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a Scottish physician who revolutionized the mystery…
1 book
J. M. Barrie
1860 – 1937 77 yrs
Scottish
James Matthew Barrie (1860–1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright whose enduring leg…
1 book
Jurji Zaydan
1861 – 1914 53 yrs
Lebanese
Jurji Habib Zaydan (1861 - 1914) was a Lebanese writer, novelist, and historian, considere…
15 books
Edith Wharton
1862 – 1937 75 yrs
American
Edith Wharton (1862–1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer who b…
4 books
Antony Hope
1863 – 1933 70 yrs
English
Anthony Hope Hawkins (1863–1933), known professionally as Antony Hope, was a prolific Brit…
1 book
Maurice Leblanc
1864 – 1941 77 yrs
French
Maurice Marie Émile Leblanc (1864-1941) was a renowned French novelist and short story wri…
2 books
Robert W. Chambers
1865 – 1933 68 yrs
American
Robert William Chambers (1865–1933) was a prolific American artist and author who achieved…
1 book
Elizabeth Von Arnim
1866 – 1941 75 yrs
English
Born Mary Annette Beauchamp in Australia and raised in England, Elizabeth von Arnim (1866–…
1 book
H. G. Wells
1866 – 1946 80 yrs
English
Herbert George Wells known as H. G. Wells (1866–1946) didn't merely predict the future; he…
11 books
Felix Salten
1869 – 1945 76 yrs
Austrian
Born Siegmund Salzmann in Budapest and raised in Vienna, Felix Salten (1869–1945) was a ce…
1 book
Mahatma Gandhi
1869 – 1948 79 yrs
Indian
Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist (18…
1 book
Marcel Proust
1871 – 1922 51 yrs
French
French novelist, literary critic, and essayist (1871–1922). Valentin Louis Georges Eugène …
1 book
J. M. Synge
1871 – 1909 38 yrs
Irish
Edmund John Millington Synge (1871–1909) was an Irish playwright, poet, and folklore colle…
1 book
Bertrand Russell
1872 – 1970 98 yrs
English
Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872-1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathemati…
1 book
Niqula Haddad
1872 – 1954 82 yrs
Lebanese
Nicola Haddad (1878–1954) was a pioneering Lebanese-Egyptian journalist, sociologist, and …
1 book
L. M. Montgomery
1874 – 1942 68 yrs
Canadian
Canadian novelist, poet, and short story writer (1874 to 1942). Lucy Maud Montgomery was a…
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Churchill, Winston S. [Spencer]
1874 – 1965 91 yrs
English
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (b. 1874) was a British statesman, military officer, and…
1 book
Frederick H. Martens
1874 – 1932 58 yrs
American
Frederick Herman Martens (1874–1932) was an American author, music journalist, and prolifi…
1 book
Alphonse de Châteaubriant
1877 – 1951 74 yrs
French
Alphonse de Chateaubriant (1877–1951) began his career as a celebrated voice of the French…
1 book
E. M. Forster
1879 – 1970 91 yrs
English
E. M. Forster (1879–1970) was a masterful English novelist whose quiet, elegant prose mask…
1 book
P. G. Wodehouse
1881 – 1975 94 yrs
English
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881–1975) was an English novelist, playwright, and humori…
4 books
James Joyce
1882 – 1941 59 yrs
Irish
James Joyce (1882–1941) was a monumental figure of literary modernism who radically reinve…
1 book
A. A. Milne
1882 – 1956 74 yrs
English
English novelist, playwright, and poet (1882 to 1956). Alan Alexander Milne was a master o…
1 book
Khalil Gibran
1883 – 1931 48 yrs
Lebanese
Gibran Khalil Gibran (1883–1931) was a Lebanese-American writer, poet, and visual artist w…
21 books
Hugh Walpole
1884 – 1941 57 yrs
English
Hugh Seymour Walpole (1884–1941) was an English novelist, critic, and dramatist who became…
3 books
Will Durant
1885 – 1981 96 yrs
American
Will Durant (1885–1981) was a visionary American historian and philosopher who dedicated h…
1 book
Maroun Abboud
1886 – 1962 76 yrs
Lebanese
Maroun Abboud (1886–1962) was a pioneering Lebanese writer, literary critic, and educator …
31 books
Antun al-Jumayyil
1887 – 1948 61 yrs
Lebanese
Antun bin Jamil Al-Jumayyil (1887–1948) was a prominent Lebanese writer, journalist, and p…
3 books
Ludwig Wittgenstein
1889 – 1951 62 yrs
Austrian
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (b. 1889) was an Austrian-British philosopher who is wide…
1 book
Agatha Christie
1890 – 1976 86 yrs
English
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie (1890–1976) was an English writer and playwright. She i…
6 books
W. E. Johns
1893 – 1968 75 yrs
English
CAPTAIN William Earl Johns (1893–1968), widely known by his pen names W. E. Johns and E. W…
6 books
F. Scott Fitzgerald
1896 – 1940 44 yrs
American
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald known widely as F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) was the undis…
1 book
Asad Rustum
1897 – 1965 68 yrs
Lebanese
Asad Rustum (1897–1965), a Lebanese national, was the "Historian of the See of Antioch" an…
7 books
Enid Blyton
1897 – 1968 71 yrs
English
Enid Mary Blyton (1897–1968) was an English children's writer whose prolific output made h…
14 books
C. S. Lewis
1898 – 1963 65 yrs
Northern Irish
Clive Staples Lewis (b. 1898) was a British writer, scholar, and lay theologian who became…
4 books
Scott O'Dell
1898 – 1989 91 yrs
American
Scott O'Dell (1898–1989) was an American author and journalist who became one of the most …
1 book
Ernest Hemingway
1899 – 1961 62 yrs
American
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) fundamentally altered the course of modern fiction with his s…
16 booksThe Modern Age
1900 – 1974 · 25 authors
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
1900 – 1944 44 yrs
French
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) was a pioneering French aviator and writer who transl…
2 books
James Hilton
1900 – 1954 54 yrs
English
James Hilton (1900-1954) was an English novelist and screenwriter whose imaginative storyt…
2 books
George Orwell
1903 – 1950 47 yrs
English
George Orwell (1903–1950), born Eric Arthur Blair, was an English novelist, essayist, and …
12 books
Elias Abu Chabake
1903 – 1947 44 yrs
Lebanese
Elias Abu Chabake (1903-1947) was a Lebanese poet, writer, and translator, considered one …
6 books
Blair, Eric Arthur
1903 – 1950 47 yrs
English
Eric Arthur Blair (b. 1903), who wrote under the pen name George Orwell, was an English no…
1 book
H. Beam Piper
1904 – 1964 60 yrs
American
Henry Beam Piper (1904–1964) was an American science fiction author known for his intricat…
1 book
Antoun Saadeh
1904 – 1949 45 yrs
Lebanese
Antoun Saadeh (1904-1949) was a Lebanese writer, thinker, and political philosopher, the f…
2 books
Robert E. Howard
1906 – 1936 30 yrs
American
Robert Ervin Howard (1906–1936) was an American author and poet widely regarded as the fat…
1 book
Rachel Carson
1907 – 1964 57 yrs
American
Rachel Louise Carson (b. 1907) was an American marine biologist, conservationist, and writ…
1 book
Albert Camus
1913 – 1960 47 yrs
French
French writer, philosopher, and journalist (1913 to 1960). Albert Camus was a pivotal figu…
2 books
Virgil Gheorghiu
1916 – 1992 76 yrs
Romanian
Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu (1916–1992) was a Romanian novelist and Romanian Orthodox prie…
2 books
Alexander Schmemann
1921 – 1983 62 yrs
Russian
Alexander Schmemann (1921–1983) was a Russian-American Eastern Orthodox priest, theologian…
1 book
Amin Salama
1921 – 1998 77 yrs
Egyptian
Amin Salama (1921–1998) was an eminent Egyptian translator, scholar, and author who dedica…
1 book
Metropolitan George Khodr
1923 – present
Lebanese
Metropolitan of Mount Lebanon, theologian, and luminous writer (born 1923). George Khodr i…
1 book
Harry Harrison
1925 – 2012 87 yrs
American
Harry Maxwell Harrison (1925–2012) was an American science fiction author, illustrator, an…
1 book
Yusuf Idris
1927 – 1991 64 yrs
Egyptian
Yusuf Idris (1927–1991) was an Egyptian physician, playwright, and author widely regarded …
1 book
Charles Alexander Pasternak
1930 – present
English
Charles Alexander Pasternak (b. 1930) is a distinguished British biochemist, academic, and…
1 book
Hasan Hanafi
1935 – 2021 86 yrs
Egyptian
Hassan Hanafi (1935–2021) was an influential Egyptian philosopher, academic, and public in…
1 book
Fouad Daaboul
1941 – present
Lebanese
Fouad Daaboul is a renowned Lebanese media figure, journalist, and political analyst, wide…
2 books
Father Ibrahim Sarrouj
1942 – present
Lebanese
Priest, intellectual, and library founder (born in 1942). Father Ibrahim Sarrouj is a Leba…
1 book
Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos
1945 – present
Greek
Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos (b. 1945) is a Greek Eastern Orthodox metropolitan, t…
1 book
Sayyid al-Qimni
1947 – 2022 75 yrs
Egyptian
Sayyid al-Qemany (1947–2022) was an Egyptian historian, academic, and prominent secular in…
2 books
Gaby Fouad Daaboul
1968 – present
Lebanese
Gaby Fouad Daboul (lawyer) is a contemporary Lebanese poet and writer, considered one of t…
1 book
John R. Bradley
1970 – 2020 50 yrs
English
John R. Bradley (b. 1970) is a British journalist, author, and Middle East specialist. He …
2 books
Father Nehmeh Saliba
1974 – present
Lebanese
Priest, researcher, and academic (contemporary). Father Nema Saliba is a pastor in the Gre…
2 booksTimeless & Anonymous
Anonymous works & undated voices · 12 authors
Abd Allah ibn al-Muqaffa'
Date unknown
Persian
Abdullah ibn al-Muqaffa (724 - 759 AD) was a writer, translator, and thinker of Persian or…
1 book
Anonyme
Date unknown
Anonyme represents the collective voice of unknown storytellers whose oral traditions and …
5 books
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Date unknown
American
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) was a trailblazing American feminist, sociologist, an…
1 book
Gustave Le Bon
Date unknown
French
Gustave Le Bon (1841 - 1931) was a renowned French physician, historian, and social psycho…
1 book
Min al-turāth al-ʻālamī
Date unknown
1 book
Monastery of Saint George - Deir el-Harf, Lebanon
Date unknown
An Orthodox monastic community and spiritual destination (its modern revival was launched …
1 book
Sigmund Freud and Albert Einstein
Date unknown
Sigmund Freud (b. 1856) and Albert Einstein (b. 1879) were two of the most influential int…
1 book
Taha Husayn, Muhammad Kurd Ali, and Ali Mustafa Musharafa
Date unknown
Taha Hussein (1889-1973), Muhammad Kurd Ali (1876-1953), and Ali Mostafa Mosharafa (1898-1…
1 book
Taha Hussein
Date unknown
Egyptian
2 books
Taha Hussein, Ahmed Mohamed Hassanein Pasha, Ali Mustafa Mosharafa, and Hafez Afifi
Date unknown
Taha Hussein (1889-1973), Ahmed Mohamed Hassanein Pasha (1889-1946), Ali Mostafa Mosharafa…
1 book
United States. Office of Strategic Services
Date unknown
The United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was the premier intelligence agency o…
1 book
Washington Irving
Date unknown
American
1 book
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