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Wednesday, January 7, 2015

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Sunday, November 16, 2014

Seth Godin - V is for Vulnerable: Life Outside the Comfort Zone

Take a look at Seth Godin's book: Here's a taste: "A is for . . . Anxiety is experiencing failure in advance. Tell yourself enough vivid stories about the worst possible outcome of your work and you'll soon come to believe them. Worry is not preparation, and anxiety doesn't make you better."

Thursday, November 6, 2014

The Odyssey Pronunciation Guide

Wonder how to pronounce the names? Print out this guide, practice, and you'll be fluent soon. Here's a taste: Calypso Cah-lip-so, Charybdis Chuh-rib-dis, Cicones Kih-ko-knees

Sunday, October 19, 2014

The Literary United States: A Map of the Best Book for Every State

NORTH CAROLINA: Look Homeward Angel, Thomas Wolfe: “The mountains were his masters. They rimmed in life. They were the cup of reality, beyond growth, beyond struggle and death. They were his absolute unity in the midst of eternal change.”

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Storyline Online - Where Reading Is Fun!

The Screen Actors Guild Foundation records well-known actors reading children’s books and makes graphically dynamic videos so that children around the world can be read to with just the click of a Storyline Online video book image. Many teachers play SAG Foundation’s Storyline Online videos for their students. Doctors and nurses play Storyline Online videos for children in hospitals. And parents and children around the world watch Storyline Online videos millions of times every month.