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Abbey Library of St Gall – Switzerland - For Reading Addicts The library, founded in 719, is one of the oldest, and most beautiful in the world. It is an amazing experience for any book, history or art fanatic.

On this day in 1864, English mathematician and writer Charles Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll) presented a handwritten and illustrated manuscript, "Alice's Adventures Under Ground," to his 12-year-old friend Alice Pleasance Liddell; the book was later turned into "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."

“What obsession do men have for destruction and murder? Who do we electrocute men for murdering an individual and then pin a purple heart on them for mass slaughter of someone arbitrarily labeled 'enemy?”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath's journals were originally published in 1982 in a heavily abridged version authorized by Plath's husband, Ted Hughes. This new edition is an exact and complete transcription of the diaries Plath kept during the last twelve years of her life. Sixty percent of the book is material that has never before been made public, more fully revealing the intensity of the poet's personal and literary struggles, and providing fresh insight into both her frequent desperation and the bravery with which she faced down her demons. The complete Journals of Sylvia Plath is essential reading for all who have been moved and fascinated by Plath's life and work.

The 17th annual Los Angeles Automobile Show, held at the Shrine Auditorium in February 1930

For our second week, we had stories from the Pacific Northwest and we created our own Totem Poles.

Alaska: Russia's Folly | History Today On March 30th, 1967, it will be exactly one hundred years since the American Secretary of State, William H. Seward, signed a treaty with the Russian Minister, Baron Edouard de Stoeckl, to conclude what was perhaps the shrewdest purchase in history—Alaska, 586,400 square miles of land, furs, fish, ti…

18 year old Agnessa Boiajian | 1928

Later became known as the Universal symbol of Charity, Mother Teresa.