American architect Frank Lloyd Wright has been called the greatest single influence on twentieth-century design. His 70-year career spanned an era of enormous change in the nation and the world, and he was in the vanguard of those who sought to make architecture relevant to the social and cultural dynamic of their time. After his […] Read more

This Swiss are known for a few beautiful, quality products: watches, chocolate, and those odd long horns that they play in the Alps. Of course, the Swiss produce many more quality products than these, like the kitchen sink. The unique kitchen sink, by Franke. With great design, great materials and great craftsmanship, it can accommodate […] Read more

It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishments of my toils. With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet […] Read more

My education was neglected, yet I was passionately fond of reading. These volumes were my study day and night, and my familiarity with them increased that regret which I had felt, as a child, on learning that my father’s dying injunction had forbidden my uncle to allow me to embark in a seafaring life […] Read more

THE CREATURE: I expected this reception. All men hate the wretched. How, then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me, thy creature, to whom thou art bound by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us. You purpose to kill me. […] Read more

English Literature – Science Fiction Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797 – 1851) Excerpt from Chapter 5   It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark […] Read more

Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz celebrates more than 25 years as a leading media, entertainment, and advertising law firm. We represent some of the world’s best-known publishers, producers, directors, distributors, celebrities, writers, athletes, financiers, online content and service providers, and many of the foremost advertising agencies, communications companies, and corporate brands. Our broad-based practice comprises […] Read more

You grow up looking to your parents as your providers and protectors. Then one day, sometimes quite suddenly, the shoe’s on the other foot. As you yourself grow older, how can you be assured that you won’t be forced to depend on your own children for your care and security? It’s simple. We’re the Franklin […] Read more

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