If you’re as old as I am, Central and Eastern Europe is a pretty vague place because we didn’t learn much about it in school. I grew up before the fall of the USSR, so I don’t even know the countries of that part of the world that well although I’m getting a bit better, …
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Judging from the Newbery Award books I’ve seen and read, the books need to be well written, but they also need to have an unusual topic. Given the sheer numbers of books written and published, that’s fair. Some of them are so original, however, they defy categorization. This image is the final drawing in “My …
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As you probably know, India was subjugated to the British Empire for decades. Not good. Ironically, the history of India and the UK means that a surprising amount of stories from India are available in English and in the public domain, written down by both Indians and British. The history of India is complicated, but …
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What is the correct collective term for the people who were living in “North America” when the Europeans arrived? No one knows. I read two or three articles written by various “First People” from various part of North America, and I have definitively determined that I have no clue. I have decided go to with …
Why Read about England? I hope things have changed for the better, but I have to admit that I found myself as a supposedly well educated adult…with degrees in English literature, no less…who found herself with an embarrassing lack of knowledge about English history and folklore. I read a little King Arthur in high school, …
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