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Connie Willis's Time Travel Series - History Degrees Just Got Real

It's 2054 and science has FINALLY got round to inventing time machines. Historians no longer have to guess what happened, they can check it out for themselves.

41% 6 5 RuthCox

Kilroy Was Here on Ocracoke Island with Summer McPhee

In this book review of The Adventures of Summer McPhee of Ocracoke Island: Kilroy Was Here! by Douglas Quinn, I will disclose who solves the Kilroy mystery.

33% 6 3 JoHarrington

Timeline of the Arthurian Legends through the Middle Ages 410-600

If there was a real life King Arthur, then he would have lived in the 5th or 6th centuries. Discover what people said about him at the time.

42% 6 5 JoHarrington

Diana Gabaldon's Outlander - A Classic, Swashbuckling, Historical Tale (with Time Travel Too)

Enter the world of Outlander and you'll never come out again. Diana Gabaldon's amazing story is about to become a global television phenomenon too.

47% 6 6 WiseFool

Top Ten Roald Dahl Children's Stories

Captivating generations of children, Roald Dahl's stories are as timeless as they are funny and, sometimes, frightening.

37% 6 4 Maritravel

The Soldier Poets of World War II

Where are the war poets? the newspapers asked on the outbreak of the Second World War. "Under your noses" said writer and critic Cyril Connolly. And so they were.

51% 6 7 JoHarrington

Siegfried Sassoon: Innocence Lost in the Trenches of the Great War

Decorated for bravery, Siegfried Sassoon changed the war poetry genre forever. His verses gave voice to a disillusioned generation of WWI soldiers.

60% 6 9 WriterArtist

Pumpkin Story Books, Posters and Cartoon Pumpkins for Halloween

This is your chance of re-discovering the pumpkins with your kids in story books, cartoons, coloring pages, songs and poetry.

41% 6 5 MaggiePowell

Nordic Noir aka Scandinavian Crime Fiction

Nordic Noir is a fabulous genre that blends mystery, detectives, thrillers and Scandinavia. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Kurt Wallander novels are great examples.

51% 6 7 PeggyHazelwood

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan

At 24, Susannah Cahalan began exhibiting physical and mental symptoms that baffled first her friends and family then her doctors.

37% 6 4 Ralpapajan

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Using About.Me

Showing how one may use About.Me to disseminate information and links about products or ideas. Simple and easy to use.

55% 6 8 JoHarrington

Book Review of The City & The City by China Mieville

It looked like a straight forward murder case - a prostitute, perhaps killed by her john. It was anything but; and it would have huge ramifications in two cities unlike any other.

46% 6 6 Mira

About a Boy, by Nick Hornby: A Delightful Read

I LOVED Nick Hornby's writing in About a Boy. It was spot-on for the characters he created. About a Boy is a jewel of a book that reads extremely fast (now THIS is a page-turner!)

68% 6 11 JoHarrington

Book Review of A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

This multi-award winning novel came highly recommended. The first in the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series lived up to the hype and left me wanting to read more.

41% 6 5 Ragtimelil

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Hinduism - a Book Review

It may be strange to review a book that starts with a title like “the Idiot’s Guide to” but I was looking to learn something about Hinduism and thought this was a good start.

52% 6 7 JoHarrington

Book Review of The Forest by Edward Rutherfurd

The history of the New Forest in England is fictionalized through tales of the generations who lived in it. This historical novel makes for a charming and entertaining read.

45% 6 6 JoHarrington

Book Review of Bill Bryson: The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

I've cried with laughter so much that I couldn't see the page. The Observer is quoted on the front cover with 'Bryson at his best: laugh-out-loud'. I concur. I'm still laughing.

37% 6 4 Jerrico_Usher

This Too Shall Pass Poem

This is a poem I wrote one day when I was at my wits end (overwhelmed by life) and shared on HP hope you like it.

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