Inspired by a passage from Henry David Thoreau's Walden, the wonderfully appealing Henry Hikes to Fitchburg follows two friends who have very different approaches to life. When the two agree to meet one evening in Fitchburg, which is thirty miles away, each decides to get there in his own way, and t[...]
In 1911, in the Scottish Border village of Sprouston, the young parish minister wrote to the Daily Mail for entry forms for its sweet pea competition. The top prize was a staggering GBP1000 and organisers predicted that as many as 15,000 would enter.[...]
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EuroTalks Hela Serien/Complete Set innehåller fem språkkurser som hjälper dig att lära dig ett nytt språk, från nybörjare till en mycket hög kunskapsnivå. Genom att kunna lyssna och tala med en lärare, gör denna serie inlärningen både rol[...]
A comprehensive history of World War II, expanded and updated from the original work by Henry Steele Commager, draws on previously unavailable letters, memoirs, oral histories, and photographs to incorporate new information on the contributions of African Americans and other minorities, the war in t[...]
"The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross "is the companion book to the six-part, six hour documentary of the same name, airing on national, primetime public television in the fall of 2013. The series is the first to air since 1968 that chronicles the full sweep of 500 years of African American h[...]