Throughout history, greatness has become a siren call to many. Society often glorifies the extraordinary, rendering average as something lacking. Yet the vast literature on eminence has only skimmed the surface of what drives the legendary.Some claim fame through connections. Others find followers in material assets acquired. Many have chased the specter of renown down winding paths, only to grasp at air.True legend status springs from an inner drive to excel. Educational p...

Winning in life is close to priceless to some people. Any notion of worth might have to be proven worthy of our attention. Some people might look at winning in terms of prosperity. The prosperous person might give himself over to a certain way of thinking. If a philosophy could guide us in life, it might need to actually work well. If someone looks at our earnings, it would be good if it shined in a favorable light.This is about not trailing behind financially. Poverty doesn't alwa...

By: M. Jackson Crispin & Leonce Macary, Pub. 1938, reprinted 2024, 334 pages, Index, E-BOOK, ISBN #978-1-63914-901-8. The Falaise Roll is a list of 315 persons whose names engraved on a bronze plate located in the chapel of the castle of Falaise in Normandy. These individuals were believed to having fought in the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The bulk of this book is devoted to biographies whose names are recorded on that roll. The author has also included, additional biographies of other in...

Throughout history, greatness has become a siren call to many. Society often glorifies the extraordinary, rendering average as something lacking. Yet the vast literature on eminence has only skimmed the surface of what drives the legendary.Some claim fame through connections. Others find followers in material assets acquired. Many have chased the specter of renown down winding paths, only to grasp at air.True legend status springs from an inner drive to excel. Educational p...

An Archeologist Opens an Ancient Tomb. His Discovery Reveals A Secret. A Secret Some Will Kill to Keep Buried. On the planet Na-Dina, the tombs in the Ancestor’s Valley have lain undisturbed for six thousand years. A fully intact royal chamber promises treasures beyond reckoning, but no one expected ancient Mizari artifacts. When a member of the team is brutally murdered, Ambassador-at-Large Mahree Burroughs arrives, determined to find the killer…no matter the cost. What she disc...