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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Britannica’s Book Bingo

10 Captivating Contemporary Novels Set in the British Isles

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

Tom Cruise as Maverick in Top Gun(1986) directed by Tony Scott.

Can You Guess the Movie by the Scene?

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Pro and Con: School Uniforms

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1855), founder of the house of Rothschild; lithograph by Friedrich Lieder, c. 1830.

Where Do Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories About the Rothschild Family Come From?

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8 of the Largest Empires in History

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11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

Los Angeles Police Department wanted flyer on Elizabeth Short, aka the "Black Dahlia," who was brutally murdered in January 1947. The FBI supported the Los Angeles Police Department in the case, including by identifying Short through her fingerprints that

America’s 5 Most Notorious Cold Cases (Including One You May Have Thought Was Already Solved)

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

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Born	August 25, 1921 • Northern Ireland
Died	January 10, 1999 (aged 77) • Malibu • California
Notable Works	“The Feast of Lupercal” • “The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne” • “The Luck of Ginger Coffey” • “Torn Curtain”

Edna O’Brien

Irish author

Thomas King

American-born Canadian writer and photographer

J.P. Donleavy

Irish-American author

Padraic Colum

Irish poet

Isabella Valancy Crawford

Canadian poet

John Banim

Irish author

Michael Banim

Irish author

Martha Ostenso

Canadian author

George Bernard Shaw

Irish dramatist and critic

James Joyce

Irish author

Oscar Wilde

Irish author

Oliver Goldsmith

Anglo-Irish author

Colm Tóibín

Irish author

Roddy Doyle

Irish writer

Michael Ignatieff

Canadian political leader

Margaret Atwood

Canadian author

Anne Michaels

Canadian poet and novelist

John Banville

Irish writer

Michael Ondaatje

Canadian writer

Anne Carson

Canadian poet

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