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In Spain, Book Day began to be celebrated since 1926 every October 7, [7] the date that Miguel de Cervantes was believed to have been born. But, it was considered more appropriate to celebrate this day in a more pleasant season for walking and browsing the books in the open-air.
The World Book Encyclopedia is an American encyclopedia. [ 1] World Book was first published in 1917. Since 1925, a new edition of the encyclopedia has been published annually. [ 1] Although published online in digital form for a number of years, World Book is currently the only American encyclopedia which also still provides a print edition. [ 2]
Brave New World is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932. [3] Largely set in a futuristic World State, whose citizens are environmentally engineered into an intelligence-based social hierarchy, the novel anticipates huge scientific advancements in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation and classical conditioning ...
Ten Days That Shook the World. Ten Days That Shook the World (1919) is a book by the American journalist and socialist John Reed. Here, Reed presented a firsthand account of the 1917 Russian October Revolution. Reed followed many of the most prominent Bolsheviks closely during his time in Russia.
In early 21st-century London, Father Percy Franklin and Father John Francis visit the elderly Mr. Templeton.A Catholic and former Conservative Member of Parliament who witnessed the marginalisation of his religion and the destruction of his party, Templeton describes to the two priests the last century of British and world history.
Women's history month quotes “This new sport is comparable to no other. It is, in my opinion, one of the most intoxicating forms of sport, and will, I am sure, become one of the most popular.
Welcome to the World of Norm by Jonathan Meres (Hachette) Star Wars: Adventures in Wild Space: The Escape by Cavan Scott (Egmont) Harper and the Sea of Secrets by Cerrie Burnell (Scholastic) The Boy Who Could Do What He Liked by David Baddiel (HarperCollins) Stick Man by Julia Donaldson.
Black History Month Quotes. "Character is power." — Booker T. Washington, educator and author. "I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up." — Rosa Parks, civil ...