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Two of the newest music collections from the folks at Time/Life hundreds of great tracks from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.

A home business or small business start up often only has one employee - the owner. This makes balancing life and work a bit of a challenge.

Duets, love songs, and story songs combine in this three-disc set featuring the legendary singer Kenny Rogers.

This documentary follows the music and events of the Civil Rights Movement with historic footage, interviews, and the songs themselves.

In Sonnet 19, the speaker personifies and challenges Time to devastate his art as he does all living creatures as they age; then he declares that Time cannot do so.

The key to a balanced life is learning life's lessons during the down times and appreciating life's blessings during the good times.

The Order was founded in 1140, as a group of enclosed monasteries, where monks aimed to live independent existences, under the protection of a priory church.

In time, the west became dotted with cattle towns, homesteads, and ranches. A new kind of wild critter was inhabiting the west.

Egyptian tomb art wasn't just for decoration. It had a magical and religious function in the dead person's journey to the afterlife.

Some psychics claim to have the ability to receive information from entities on the "other side."

In the 11th and 12th Centuries AD, Muslim Cavalry was comprised of a limited number of Mamluks - warriors of slave origins - and faris. Faris is Arabic for horseman.

The Knights Templar were originally a small group of warriors sworn to defend pilgrims and the Holy places of Christendom in the Holy Land.

The Mongols of Genghis Khan's day lived a pastoral existence augmented by hunting and gathering.

Napoleon Bonaparte appoints several relatives to rule various parts of Europe, strengthening the power of the French Empire.

Louis XIV built the Palace of Versailles to keep his nobles and government officals under his control. Versailles became a symbol of absolutism throughout Europe.

In the Middle Ages, the tournament was a place to win glory and a training ground where untested Knights and Squires could hone their skills in preparation for warfare.

The Mongol army created by Genghis Khan was possibly the best military force since the armies of Ancient Rome.

The Anglo Boer War (sometimes known as the South African War) was fought between the Boer Republics of the Orange Free State and Transvaal and the British Empire.

Starting at the end of the twelfth century, a series of crusades were waged in the lands to the east of the Baltic sea.

The Vikings of Scandinavia attacked and colonized many parts of Europe, as well expanding settlements to the New World.

Viking society was made up of three distinct classes- landowning nobles, freeman and slaves. Vikings warriors came mainly from the noble and freeman classes.

By the 11th Century, Europeans began to charter towns and cities, necessitating a legal system that differed radically from the feudal and post-barbarian legal codes.

The evolution of Dodge City, Kansas from a few sod houses to a railroad depot and booming cow town was a natural one considering its prime location on the Santa Fe Trail.

If taking measurements and plotting on graph paper just isn't your style, you can still have a beautiful garden by following a few simple rules.

In 1862 Confederate general Stonewall Jackson ordered cartographer Jedediah Hotchkiss to "Make me a map of the Valley."

Egyptian tombs were built to foil tomb robbers, but it seldom worked. When the priests of Amen finally did hide their Pharaohs, they remained lost until the 19th century.

Perfect gift for Christmas or any occasion, Nobel Wisdom is a collection of quotes from Nobel Prize winners, with 250 laureates profile, and Nobel Prize brief history.

Rice is a great pantry grain item and is used in many cuisines. It is also low in fat, low in sodium and gluten-free, making it a quick cooking healthy starch as well.

Large groups of covered wagons often traveled together in the American West for protection and mutual support.

From the eighth century AD to the beginning of the 1100's, Europe, England, Russia and even the Middle East were terrorised by marauding armies of Scandinavian Pirates.

When the Priests of Amen hid the mummies of their pharaohs from tomb robbers in the 20th Dynasty, they did the job so well the tombs remained hidden until the 1800s.

Ramses II of Egypt was taller than any other Pharaoh, reigned longer, lived longer, and sired more children. He was truly deserving of his title "The Great."

Egyptian tomb art is not quite like the art we have today, where a single artist will create the whole piece. Instead, a different craftsman would complete each step.

In the decades before the Revolution, most Boston women were literate, many ran shops. Also, abortion was legal and getting a divorce was easier than in England.

The final step to drawing a face with dots.

Powhatan was the chief of a federation of Algonquian Indian tribes who lived in the tidewater region of Virginia. His rule may hold a clue to the disappearance of the wh

Powhatan's first proven contact with whites came in 1607, when Jamestown was established a few miles from Powhatan's capital of Werowocomoco. He attempted to control the

Weather conditions during the Southern Hemisphere Christmas celebrations are in sharp contrast to the icy winter weather underlying European Christmas ceremonies.

With his skillful use of light and remarkably detailed portraits, Alfred Jacob Miller built a solid reputation as an artist in early 1800s Baltimore.

On October 23rd 2003, Concorde completed its last ever flight, taking off from New York and landing at Heathrow Airport, London.

Working from home, or "telecommuting," has become an increasingly desirable career feature among full-time and part-time workers.

Kansas Charley is executed. He is given a new suit of clothes to wear. Now he can die in style.

Lydia Roosevelt survives the devastating destruction caused by the New Madrid Earthquake. The steamboat New Orleans reaches New Orleans.

So many techniques are used to relieve stress. Some can cost money, but what if a great stress reliever is at the tip of your fingers. Music can be a great stress relief.

Powhatan has many wives but only keeps each wife until she bears him a child. All of his wives are temporary. He also retained a large group of bodyguards.

Jamestown lacked men who knew how to farm. Powhatan's people show them how to plant and catch fish in exchange for metal for hatchets, glass beads and copper.

With the coming of the American Civil War a telegraph line is strung across the nation, connecting the east to the west. On October 24, 1861, the Pony Express is through.

The animated series captured the late 1980s zeitgeist with clever quips, big hair, era-perfect synthesizers and messy ectoplasmic ghosts with stories of their own.

Rose Greenhow was a prominent leader in Washington society who helped the Confederacy from both inside and outside the U.S. capital.

This article looks at the basis for Buddhist ethics found in the desire to end the suffering experienced by all sentient beings.