Grammar

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Sep 9, 20225 min read

Mary, Queen of the Scots

9 September 1543: Mary Stuart crowned Queen of the Scots When Shakespeare penned the line, “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” he...

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Sep 8, 20225 min read

Long Live King Charles III

I was quite literally awakened this morning not by my alarm but instead by the incessant buzzing of constant news notifications. As I...

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Jul 17, 20204 min read

Explorers' Sketchbooks: A Just Because Book

Sometimes while searching for books for one post I come across a title that doesn't really fit but is too wonderful not to highlight....

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Jul 16, 20207 min read

Racing to the Bottom of the World

16 July 1872: Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer, is born in Borge, Østfeld, Norway. Race to the End: Amundsen, Scott, and the Attainment...

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May 9, 20204 min read

United coast to coast!

10 May 1869: Transcontinental railroad completed as the ceremonial final spike is driven at Promontory Point, Utah Iron Rails, Iron Men,...

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May 8, 20202 min read

Wild West in London

9 May 1887: "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" show opens in London, giving Queen Victoria and the English a look at real American cowboys and...

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May 7, 20202 min read

Siege of Orléans

8 May 1429: End of the English siege of the French city of Orléans Joan of Arc by Diane Stanley Nonfiction/Illustrated biography...

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Sep 29, 20192 min read

Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People

by Monica Brown illustrated by Julie Paschkis I was drawn to this book because a Communist Chilean poet seemed a peculiar subject for a...