Demosthenes was one of the great orators that ended up being exiled by Alexander the Great, to end up killing his self with the poison concealed in his pen.
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Digital Libraries You Can Visit From Your Home
Is your state still on shut down? Kids still out of school? Many libraries, museums and organizations are offering some of their content for free online. Here are just 7 digital libraries you can visit from the comfort of your own home. Digital Public Library of America Digital Library The DPLA is an online collection of overContinue reading “Digital Libraries You Can Visit From Your Home”
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Happy National Bookmobile Day!
Celebrate National Bookmobile Day! Every day, bookmobiles help transform the communities they serve, providing everything from access to books, magazines and videos to job search assistance and much more.
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8 Legendary Monsters of Christmas
The customs of the holiday season, which include St. Nicholas Day, New Years Day, and Epiphany, as well as Christmas, often incorporate earlier pagan traditions that have been appropriated and adapted for contemporary use.
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What Henry David Thoreau Teaches us About Travel
As we prepare for limited travel and mobility restrictions, know that Thoreau understood something that many of us modern day nomads would do well to recognize: travel is a matter of perspective, not location. “I have traveled a great deal in Concord,” said Henry Thoreau, a native of…wait for it…Concord, Massachusetts. In fact, Thoreau traveled far and wideContinue reading “What Henry David Thoreau Teaches us About Travel”
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Spanish Playwright Produces Over 1,400 Works of Drama
Think you can write over 1,400 works of #drama in your lifetime? This guy Lope De Vega managed to during the 1,500’s. Born #OTD in 1562 he was an outstanding dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age, author of as many as 1,800 plays and several hundred shorter dramatic pieces, of which 431 plays and 50Continue reading “Spanish Playwright Produces Over 1,400 Works of Drama”
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Homeless Man Reviews Books for Sale
This young homeless man sits on the side of Empire Road in Johannesburg and instead of begging, he provides book reviews. He collects books, reads them, and provides reviews for people passing by. If you like the review, he will try to sell you the book. This is how he makes a living. Have youContinue reading “Homeless Man Reviews Books for Sale”
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Literary Birthday – Stevenson, Author of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
Author of “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”, Robert Louis Stevenson was born #OTD in 1850. Stevenson was a Scottish novelist and travel writer, most noted for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and A Child’s Garden of Verses. Born and educated in Edinburgh, Stevenson suffered fromContinue reading “Literary Birthday – Stevenson, Author of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde”
