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Do social outcasts have shared features or dispositions that cause them to become a social outcast? Or do social circumstances cause people to become outcasts?

In this article, I will explore the evolutionary roots of our universal desire to belong to a group.

Call them outlaws, gangsters, crooks, gunslingers, desperados, or any other name, they are still famous for the deeds they did that changed the course of history.

Jayne Lytel's March 4, 2008 release, Act Early Against Autism, provides practical advice for parents concerned with their child's development.

International superstar and music legend Michael Jackson died June 25 at the age of 50 after being rushed to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center from his home.

The Civil War (1861-65) is the most tumultuous period in U.S. history. The nation was divided into two sides, and each side had its own president and First Lady.

Brief biography and works of Norwegian dramatist and poet Henrik Ibsen, famous for A Doll's House, Peer Gynt and Hedda Gabler.

In Ethiopia, many women suffer shame and physical dysfunction following childbirth due to incontinence and the inability to remain part of their community.

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Criminal syndicates that emerged in China and Japan still conduct shady activities today, and the violence of Vietnamese/Laotian gangs is becoming well known.

Director Zack Snyder gives a valiant effort to the screen adaptation of the legendary graphic novel, but ultimately, this big-screen venture falls flat.

Adventure and misadventure, fantasy and fairy tale, monsters and mystery...growing up isn't easy, but some story from this guide suits the sympathies of any child.

The novel Gone With The Wind is sometimes forgotten because of the famous film, but there is much more to this classic than just romance.

2009 and Slumdog Millionaire represented a turning point for Indian artistes at the Oscars. Only two Indians had been honoured in the past with Oscar awards.

Brief biography of American writer Jack London, realist, socialist and naturalist, whose life experiences, especially those at sea, formed a basis for his classic novels.

History remembers Lady Caroline Lamb merely as Lord Byron's mistress. Yet, Lady Caroline wrote three satirical novels and married a future British prime minister.

Charlotte Bronte was a great admirer of the work of Lord Byron, and nowhere is this more obvious than in the character of Edward Rochester.

No one outside of Canada and New Mexico thought Mine That Bird had a prayer of winning the 2009 Kentucky Derby. Once again, the experts were wrong.

At the beginning of the 19th Century, before Bram Stoker penned Dracula, the first vampire story took shape in a vacation home in Switzerland, along with Frankenstein.

Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg star in Ruben Fleischer's surprising hit comedy with zombies, Zombieland.

Starting school can be daunting for young children. Reading stories about school in the lead up to their first day can help to alleviate some of their fears.

The story of Rahab highlights God's love for all sinners and how that transforming power can dramatically change lives and fulfill the universal plan of God.

John Ford and Dudley Nichols' work to craft the screenplay of Stagecoach (1939) focused on psychological character studies as the base of the first modern western film.

T. S. Eliot's poem, Rhapsody on a Windy Night, is full of blunt imagery that evokes the individual's increasing isolation in a depleted, worn-out society.

Claire Trevor as the prostitute Dallas in Stagecoach(1939) is key to Ford's critique of social prejudice and defense of the noble outcast in this classic western movie.

Vampire Kisses introduces Raven, a 16-year-old self-deemed goth girl struggling to rise above her outcast status while balancing friends, family, frenemies and true love.