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Moby Dick is Herman Melville's magnum opus, and it is now widely considered to be one of the great American novels.

Determined to destroy the white whale that cost him his leg, Captain Ahab (Gregory Peck), relentlessly pursues the scarred, white leviathan, Moby Dick.

Jezebel has been portrayed for centuries as a wicked harlot; recent scholarship and archaeological evidence argue otherwise.

"Man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment (Heb. 9:27, NIV)." Two persons in the Bible never died, though. God seems to have a special plan for them.

Archaeological evidence supports the accuracy of Biblical accounts almost to King David's time. Why is the rest in doubt?

Bartleby's infamous "I would prefer not to" can be interpreted as blank, silent speech, which also expresses Melville's refusal to further explain his story.

Brief biography of writer Herman Melville whose one classic novel Moby Dick stands by him, best known for the line "Call Me Ishmael."

The Borg launch an attack on Earth by travelling back in time to destroy the Federation before it was even created, and only the Picard and the Enterprise can stop them.

A look at three bands whose careers have either ended or faded from view, but definitely need a fresh listen.

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From the Bible to Dan Brown, writers have used albinism's whiteness to shade characters that are either too good or too evil for this world. Few survive.

Like most other dramatic fiction, good Comic Books and Graphic Novels conform to a basic storytelling structure, called the "Three Act Structure".

King Asa of Judah convinced Ben-Hadad of Aram to make war against Israel. The Bible record in 1st Kings and 2nd Chronicles leaves the timing of this unclear.

Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio Elijah: facts, the cast, brief synopsis, brief history, and other Mendelssohn-related information.

The achievements of Herman Melville tower amongst the heights of literary fiction. Today his work continues to illumine the dark crevices of American existence.

The "Carriers of Civilization" dominated the Mediterranean for centuries, establishing colonies and trading their dyed textiles as far away as Southern Spain.

Elijah's flight from Jezebel, his meeting with God on Mt. Horeb and the still small voice recorded in 1 Kings 19 picture a prophet in a struggle between faith and doubt.