Abraham Lincoln-a great reader He became a great reader. He read every book and newspaper he could get hold of, and if he came a... Read more

Rabindranath Tagore Mystic, painter and Nobel laureate for literature, Rabindranath Tagore was a prolific writer (3,000 poems, 2... Read more

A Hard Lesson Benjamin Franklin is remembered as an inventor, author, statesman, and signer of the Declaration of Independence. ... Read more

Mahatma Gandhi Married by arrangement at 13, Gandhi went to London to study law when he was 18. He was admitted to the bar in 18... Read more

A Prodigy's Early Years As a boy growing up in Shenyang, China, I practiced the piano six hours a day. I loved the instrument. M... Read more