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Did Author Morgan Robertson Predict the Sinking of the Titanic in His Book, ‘Futility’?
Did Author Morgan Robertson Predict the Sinking of the Titanic in His Book, ‘Futility’?
Did Author Morgan Robertson Predict the Sinking of the Titanic in His Book, ‘Futility’?
You know the story: a supposedly unsinkable ship hits an iceberg and meets a tragic end, killing most of the passengers on board. But it wasn’t the the Titanic — it was actually a fictional ship called the Titan, written about in a book published 14 years before the famed Titanic set sail on its doomed voyage.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Goes Out of Print
Encyclopaedia Britannica Goes Out of Print
Encyclopaedia Britannica Goes Out of Print
The era of the door-to-door encyclopedia salesman is officially over. After more than two centuries of existence, Encyclopaedia Britannica, the oldest continuously-published encyclopedia in the English language, has announced it’s going out of print.
Martha Stewart’s Daughter Alexis Lashes Out In New Book
Martha Stewart’s Daughter Alexis Lashes Out In New Book
Martha Stewart’s Daughter Alexis Lashes Out In New Book
It should come as no surprise that growing up as the daughter of domestic goddess Martha Stewart was difficult, but nobody, except for Alexis Stewart, knew just how bad it could get. “If I didn’t do something perfectly, I had to do it again,” she writes in her upcoming book ‘Whateverland: Learning to Live Here.’ “I grew up with a glue gun pointed at my head.”