Shaquille O’Neal is a basketball player, born March 6, 1972 in Newark, New Jersey. It is best known as the 216 centimeter center Phoenix Suns. At birth, he received the name Shakil Rashone O’Neal. With the growth of 216 cm and weight of 143 kg, Shaquille is one of the leading centers in the history … Read more
The story of Mikhail Sholokhov “The Fate of Man” tells about the life of a soldier of the Great Patriotic War, Andrei Sokolov. The raging war has taken from the man everything: family, home, faith in a bright future. The strong-willed character and firmness of spirit prevented Andrei from breaking down. Meeting with the orphaned … Read more
If you believe the historical data, this work Repin painted about 9 years, and three years after completion, has made all the same changes. Repin was considered the first artist who in his works managed to touch on the topic of people’s will. According to historians, when writing this picture, the artist had problems with … Read more
Annika Sorenstam – a golfer, was born on October 9, 1970 in the city of Stockholm, Sweden. Known as the legend of Swiss golf, five times named the best player of the year of the Women’s Association of Professional Golf. In her biography, Annika Sorenstam was the leading player in the Women’s Association of Professional … Read more
Wilkie Collins Moonstone Moonstone – a huge yellow diamond – from time immemorial decorated the bosom of the moon god in one of the temples of the sacred Indian city of Somnaut. In the XI century, saving the statue from the Mohammedan conquerors, the three brahmins transported it to Benares. It was there that the … Read more
Althea Gibson – tennis player, was born on August 25, 1027 in the city of Silver, South Carolina. Biography Althea Gibson is known as the first black woman who won the US Open. As the daughter of a tenant-sharecropper, Althea became a tennis sensation in the 1950s. Her triumph in 1956 at the French Tennis … Read more
In the foreword the author informs the reader that these notes belong to the pen of his friend Maksudov, who committed suicide and ordered him to straighten them, to sign by his own name and publish it. The author warns that the suicide had no relation to the theater, so that these notes are the … Read more
The African proverb says: water is more expensive than flour. This indicates that local people value water above wealth. On large areas of Africa, water is really scarce. Nevertheless, not everywhere on the mainland it is lacking. Here and there, even in excess water. The uneven distribution of water bodies in Africa is related to … Read more
The beginning of the last century. A certain traveler, making a trip to Italy, gets acquainted with a sad young man in one of the provincial towns. When a young man becomes ill, the traveler takes care of him, and the one who has recovered grants him his manuscript in gratitude. Confident that the diary … Read more
About how to properly behave in the world around, in detail tells readers an instructive essay on the topic “Take care of nature.” If a child from the early childhood is accustomed to a respectful attitude to the plant and animal life, over the years he will only strengthen his convictions and call for correct … Read more