Hartley, 1953. The Past is a Foreign Country, a 1985 book by David Lowenthal. Quote by L.P. Hartley: “The past is a foreign country; they do things d…” “The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” To see what your friends thought of this quote, please sign…
President Abraham LincolnPresident Abraham LincolnThe spot resolutions were offered in the United States House of Representatives on 22 December 1847 by future President Abraham Lincoln, then a Whig representative from Illinois. The resolutions requested President James K.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Spot_ResolutionsSpot Resolutions – Wikipedia issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January…
In our devised piece this term we used the play “ TWO” written by Jim Cartwright as our stimulus. The play is set in a Northern ‘working’ town in a pub and all the action and events take place on one night. It’s about a bickering landlord and landlady and…
Northanger Abbey. I’ve placed Northanger Abbey after P&P and Emma,but before the more serious novels because while it’s comical and light-hearted,it’s in many ways the odd one out. Sense and Sensibility. How I love this one! … Mansfield Park. This one is a strong competitor against Northanger Abbey for the…
Edward Estlin (E.E.) CummingsEdward Estlin (E.E.) CummingsEdward Estlin (E.E.) Cummings was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He attended the Cambridge Latin High School, where he studied Latin and Greek. Cummings earned both his BA and MA from Harvard, and his earliest poems were published in Eight Harvard Poets (1917).https://www.poetryfoundation.org › poets…
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (2004) is a history book written by Jack Weatherford, Dewitt Wallace Professor of Anthropology at Macalester College. Genghis Khan Novels 1 Genghis: Birth of an Empire (Conqueror, … 2 Genghis: Lords of…
Warsan ShireWarsan ShireBorn on 1 August 1988 in Kenya to Somali parents, Shire migrated with her family to the United Kingdom at the age of one. She has four siblings. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Creative Writing. As of 2015, she primarily resides in Los Angeles, California.https://en.wikipedia.org…
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna as translated by Swami Nikhilananda offers the reader a penetrating view into the spiritual wisdom of India. On account of his deep mystical experiences and constant absorption in God, Sri Ramakrishna (1836 – 1886) is regarded as being of the stature of Krishna, Buddha, and…
The Official Preppy Handbook (1980) is a tongue-in-cheek humor reference guide edited by Lisa Birnbach, written by Jonathan Roberts, Carol McD. Wallace, Mason Wiley, and Birnbach. It discusses an aspect of North American culture described as prepdom. Birnbach divides The Official Preppy Handbook into seven sections, each devoted to a…
Herodotus, (born 484 bce?, Halicarnassus, Asia Minor [now Bodrum, Turkey]? —died c. 430–420), Greek author of the first great narrative history produced in the ancient world, the History of the Greco-Persian WarsGreco-Persian WarsGreco-Persian Wars, also called Persian Wars, (492–449 bce), series of wars fought by Greek states and Persia over…