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Jane Austen by her sister, Cassandra88

Regency Party

The Regency theme lends itself to many gentile ideas for society pleasures: Regency Fancy Dress Party - if you have enough friends who like dressing up (or can be persuaded into doing so) then this is...

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Stretching Minds Through Short Stories - The Veldt

Wednesday is my favorite day of the week, well, at least at school. It's the day I get to move beyond the ever changing routine and actually have a discussion with the kids that they want to have. I've...

12 comments    family technology education
To Build a Fire85

Stretching Minds With Short Stories- To Build A Fire

The topic of "man against nature" is always something that can stir up fierce debate. Everyone is all about what they would have done differently, what they wouldn't have done at all, and often what they...

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"A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight."                         ~ Robertson Davies ~80

Stretching Minds With Short Stories- The Cut Glass Bowl

Wednesday again; where does the time go? Last week we wrapped up Ray Bradbury's, The Veldt, and ended with a look at our next short story. The children left with their copies of F. Scott Fitzgerald's, The Cut...

13 comments    history vanity attitudes
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Best books for 10 year old boys

In looking at great books for 10 year old boys, I picked ones which not only entertained, but also had some deeper meaning or underlying lessons to learn. All of these books although different are very good....

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Excellent Book80

5 Financial Books Everyone Needs To Read & Why

Authors Note: Folks what I have learn from these books is that in order for any of this to work, you have to read and apply the knowledge, otherwise will be useless. Also unless you need the books...

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Bee Season by Myla Goldberg Book Review

Bee Season by Myla Goldberg (Anchor, 2001, ISBN 10:038549880) was not the novel I expected. Not at all. And I was very pleasantly surprised, because it was much more than the fluffy summer read I...

2 comments    religion reviews books
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How Sex Forty Days Tests Marriages

Is Your Marriage For the Challenge The situation comedy called Surburbia that comes on after Dancing with the Stars decided to follow Oprah's Book Club selection to bring life back into a marriage by...

15 comments    sex relationship marriage
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Must Read Books Of 2008, A Top 10 List... sort of

I’ll attempt to give a list of the top ten best books for 2008 sort of. I say “sort of” because there is definitely more than 10 books that deserve to be reviewed as among the best this year. As if...

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A Book List for Girls -- with Strong Female Protagonists

I compiled this list of books for my teenage daughter because I wanted her to have girl heroes to read about. They are divided into categories with female characters who are smart, strong, athletic, brave,...

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