The Stuff Heroes Are Made Of
Web Directory
The
Ancient World - Categorized links to sites dealing with teh Ancient World.- Alien Autopsy
- Babel Fish: AltaVista Translation
- It's not perfect, but it is an interesting service from Altavista
and Systran. Converts from/to
English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, French.
- CIA World
Factbook - The World Factbook is prepared by the Central Intelligence
Agency for the use of US Government officials, and the style, format, coverage,
and content are designed to meet their specific requirements. Information
was provided by the American Geophysical Union, Bureau of the Census, Central
Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, Defense Nuclear Agency,
Department of State, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Maritime Administration,
National Imagery and Mapping Agency, National Maritime Intelligence Center,
National Science Foundation (Antarctic Sciences Section), Office of Insular
Affairs, US Board on Geographic Names, US Coast Guard, and other public and
private sources. (John's note: Just a mind-numbing amount
of information.)
- The Constitution of the
United States - The Constitution defines the fundamental law of the United
States federal government, setting forth the three principal branches of the
federal government, outlining their jurisdictions, and propounding the basic
rights of U.S. citizens. It has become the landmark legal document of the
Western world, and is the oldest written national constitution currently in
effect. The essential principle of the document is that government must be
confined to the rule of law. (John's note: Every superhero
should know this document by heart.)
- The Declaration of Independence
- On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia
in the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall), approved the Declaration
of Independence. Its purpose was to set forth the principles upon which the
Congress had acted two days earlier when it voted in favor of Richard Henry
Lee's motion to declare the freedom and independence of the 13 American colonies
from England. The Declaration was designed to influence public opinion and
gain support both among the new states and abroad -- especially in France,
from which the new "United States" sought military assistance.
- Library of Congress
- National Geographic
Society
- Phobia
Directory - Phobia Directory lists hundreds of phobias in alphabetical
order. This utility includes a built-in Internet search engine which helps
you to research the topic of phobias in the top seven search engines. You
also have direct access to the Windows Notepad in case you need to take quick
notes. And you can print all phobia listings.
- Project Gutenberg - The Project Gutenberg
Philosophy is to make information, books and other materials available to
the general public in forms a vast majority of the computers, programs and
people can easily read, use, quote, and search. (John's
note: You just can not believe how much easier it was making a campaign based
on Edgar Rice Burroughs' Pellucidar with a complete electronic version
of the book.)
- The Shadow PDF Files - Enjoy
the finest electronic Shadow reproductions available - FREE - and formated
using the freeware Adobe Acrobat Reader. Out of print for decades, these are
the true Shadow adventures by Master Shadow scribe Walter Gibson (along with
the rare few others). The text of these stories are exactly as written 50
and 60 years ago. We have laid out the text as might have appeared in the
pulps. We have even included the original graphics where available.
- World Building 101
- An introductory course in creating Science Fiction!
