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Challenges one of our most fundamental beliefs that human beings come divided into a few distinct groups. A look at why race is not biologically meaningful yet nonetheless very real.

The Cid, Corneille's masterpiece set in medieval Spain, was the first great work of French classical drama; Cinna, written three years later in 1641, is a tense political drama, while The Theatrical Illusion, an earlier work, is reminiscent of Shakespeare's exuberant comedies.

The wild and crazy '20s ... the Jazz Age ... the dangerous decade that laid the groundwork for many of the debacles of the remainder of the century. The end of World War I marked the end of the sufferings of war, and of the standards and expectations of the 19th century: hems came up, morality was redefined, and the search was on for the new. The '20s were a fertile time for artistic innovation and for dictatorships-the cruelties of the Bolshevik...

Guns N' Roses was formed in Los Angels, California in 1985 and has come to epitomize Rock 'n' Roll with glorious excesses and captivating showmanship. With members Axl Rose, Slash, Izzy Stradlin, Duff McKagen, and Steve Adler, they will forever be thought of as one of the world's most iconic bands. With the release of their albums "Use Your Illusion I & II", the band cemented their place in music history, becoming the first group ever to occupy the...

"The late Francois Furet was acknowledged as this century's preeminent historian of the French Revolution. But several years before his untimely death, he turned his attention to the consequences and aftermath of another critical revolution in the history of the modern world - the Communist revolution. The result, Le passe d'une illusion, was published initially in France, where it was critically acclaimed and went on to be a bestseller. Not surprisingly,...