A Celebration of the Poetry of Roses
Poetry & Roses share a special bond; a rose flower may be the most used symbolic reference by poets right from ancient times for describing & expressing a whole range of emotions and objects.
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Book Review: The Illustrated Longitude
Longitude from Dava Sobel is a fascinating account of how a virtually unknown watchmaker named John Harrison conquered one of the oldest and thorniest problems surrounding the ocean voyages; the problem of accurately measuring longitude.
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Alice in Blunderland – A hundred year old sharp political satire
A hundred year old sharp political satire by the American humorist & satirist John Kendrick Bangs. Still retains its relevance.
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Coffee and Repartee – An amusing verbal battle by John Kendrick Bangs
Set exclusively in a high-class boarding-house for gentlemen, Coffee and Repartee is a clever, funny assortment of short tales made up of repartee after repartee taking place between the boarders over breakfast.
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Promoting Diversity – World Radio Day 2020
Annually Feb 13th is held as the ‘World Radio Day’, an occasion which celebrates radio as a medium; a mass medium with the widest audience on our planet.
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The Water Ghost and Others – An anthology of 8 comical Victorian era ‘ghost stories’
An anthology of 8 comical Victorian era ‘ghost stories’ by the American humorist & satirist John Kendrick Bangs.
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A curious nineteenth century graphic novel about the California Gold Rush of the 1848
Outline History Of An Expedition To California is a curious nineteenth century graphic novel depicting the dark and tragic tale related to the pursuit for the glittering yellow metal from the days of the California Gold Rush of the 1848.
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A Crime Mystery set on a Train – The Passenger from Calais
Describing the mysterious affairs that happen to Colonel Basil Annesley , an army officer, onboard the Engadine Express from Calais, The Passenger from Calais takes the reader for a mystery ride across Europe
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The Velveteen Rabbit – A Story of Unconditional Love
Originally published in 1922, The Velveteen Rabbit (or How Toys Become Real) is a classic children’s story by the English-American writer Margery Williams Bianco.
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The Mystery of the Yellow Room – One of the earliest locked-room mystery novels
The Mystery of the Yellow Room, by Gaston Leroux, originally written in French in 1908 is the first book featuring the fictional reporter and amateur sleuth, Joseph Rouletabille.
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