There are two novels that can transform a bookish 14-year-old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish daydream that can lead to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood ...in which large chunks of the day are spent inventing ways to make real life more like a fantasy novel. The other is a book about orcs.

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• Charles Spurgeon

  Preacher

  Thursday, Jun 19, 1834
  Sunday, Jan 31, 1892

• Walt Whitman

  Poet

  Monday, May 31, 1819
  Saturday, Mar 26, 1892

• H. L. Mencken

  Journalist

  Sunday, Sep 12, 1880
  Sunday, Jan 29, 1956

• Robert Frost

  Poet

  Thursday, Mar 26, 1874
  Tuesday, Jan 29, 1963

• Benjamin Franklin

  Founding Father Of The United States

  Sunday, Jan 17, 1706
  Saturday, Apr 17, 1790

• John F. Kennedy

  35Th U.s. President

  Tuesday, May 29, 1917
  Friday, Nov 22, 1963

• Socrates

  Philosopher

  Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
  Thursday, Jan 01, 1970

• Oprah Winfrey

  Media Proprietor

  Friday, Jan 29, 1954
  

• Isaac Newton

  Physicist

  Sunday, Jan 04, 1643
  Monday, Mar 31, 1727

• Napoleon Bonaparte

  Military Commander

  Tuesday, Aug 15, 1769
  Saturday, May 05, 1821

• Groucho Marx

  Comedian

  Thursday, Oct 02, 1890
  Friday, Aug 19, 1977

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Poet

  Wednesday, Oct 21, 1772
  Friday, Jul 25, 1834

• Billy Graham

  Evangelist

  Thursday, Nov 07, 1918
  

• Nelson Mandela

  Former President Of South Africa

  Thursday, Jul 18, 1918
  Thursday, Dec 05, 2013

• Winston Churchill

  Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom

  Monday, Nov 30, 1874
  Sunday, Jan 24, 1965