And for opera fans, there is a pair of natural pearl drop earrings once possessed by opera diva Maria Callas .

FORBES: Bling On The Block

The West once possessed this, but lost it when the Aristotelianism of Averroes swept aside the Avicennan cosmology in the twelfth century.

FORBES: The First Immortal Does Not Live Among Us Today

At 100mph, he says, Deuce loses whatever grace she once possessed and starts to handle more like a forklift careening across a skating rink.

FORBES: Shiver Me Timbers

He started awake more than once, shouting like a man possessed.

NPR: 'The Swallows of Kabul' Book Excerpt