#Biography

Richard Forbes

Richardjforbes

Today, this beauty arrived in the mail — this calls for a twitter thread! With colourizations!!The book is a rare leather bound edition of “The Secret of Heroism” — PM

Laura R. Samotin

LauraRSamotin

With all the pitch contests happening soon, it's time to get your query letters ready! So I figured I'd do a thread on how to write a query letter. Queries

Zinn Ed Project

ZinnEdProject

#tdih 1951, Paul Robeson submitted a petition (edited by William Patterson) to the U.N. titled, “We Charge Genocide: The Crime of Government Against the Negro People,” signed by almost 100

Agniras (Gems of Indology)

GemsOfIndology

A thread compilation on Ibn Batuta's travel for myself.You may read for your own knowledgeIbn Batuta traveled Middle east-India-SriLanka-Malaysia-Indonesia-China-India-Africa-Egypt. He was a hysterical traveler. He spent 30 years away h

Amy Shira Teitel

AmyShiraTeitel

Sharing one of my all-time favourites today: the time I got a pic with Dick Gordon and Al Bean, the command module pilot and lunar module pilot of Apollo 12

Wealth Director

wealth_director

5 Life lessons from Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography“The 18th Century Da Vinci”=A THREAD BY WD= Benjamin Franklin was an author, statesman, scientist, inventor, philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of

Majorityville 🙄

majorityville

Thread on Savarkar - Father of Hindutva (copy/paste of Nazism) & Father of Cringe (OG, one & only)VD Savarkar wrote his OWN biography & called HIMSELF "Veer" (brave)! He actually

Daily Suffragist

DailySuffragist

The town of Orange, New Jersey sent Lucy Stone a tax bill in 1857. She replied with a note that began:"Enclosed I return my tax bill, without paying it. My

Daniel Finn

DanFinn95

Translation: there's important work to be done purging the universities of dissent til Spectator Thought is the only accredited doctrine, so RDE is willing to put her usual fierce moral

Kaitlyn Greenidge

surlybassey

Happy Haitian Independence Day! Two fascinating facts about the revolution, in addition to all the really great threads going around... Until Fredrick Douglass published his autobiography, the Haitian Constitution was

bookscache

bookscache

—THREAD—62/100 #100books2020 #1000booksby2030Title:#seeratulnabiGenre:BiographyPublished:2015 by National Book FoundationAuthor:Allama Shibli Noumani/Suleman Nadvi Length:7 VolumesBinding:PaperbackDescription:Comprehensive biography of

Daniel Torday

DanielTorday

Dostoyevsky was a virulent anti-Semite. He’s my favorite writer. Celine was literally a fascist. Philip Roth counted him as one of his main influences. Do what’s right for you. But

Jim Stewartson, QAnon Eliminator 🇺🇸 #TTP #RIPQ

jimstewartson

The Shittiest Wizard Gets Shittier @JasonLSullivan_ is at the center of QAnon. He is currently TREASONING HIS ASS OFF on his personal account, spreading disinformation and inciting violence. @TwitterSafety Let’s

vona⁷

7mapofsoul

now now...y'all are spreading A LOT of misinformation about Hoseok. all those narratives u hear about him originally being a vocalist are FALSE. Do not believe everything u see without

Duncan Reyburn

duncanreyburn

G. K. Chesterton was a rather notorious abuser of his books. His friend Digby d’Avigdor recalls him as a boy at St. Paul’s: "I always have a vision of him

Jonathan Last

johnnythin

A short thread on this evening’s visit to a rare sight in Surrey: a large standing stone, some 3-4m high.But it’s not quite what it seems from this angle -

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