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  William Shakespeare - Facts...

  Kelly Mass

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  William Shakespeare is the celebrated script writer of the most popular plays in the English language. By writing both tragedies, romances, and comedies in the 16th century, he made a name for himself and became successful in the art of drama. 
  Shakespeare’s life and decisions led to his acclaim, and in this book, we will lay out some of the most significant changes in both his personal choices and his career. Despite of his financial debts, his complex family life, and his background, he was able to entertain his audiences both in his time and for centuries after his death. 
  I encourage you to use this brief study to become more aware and understanding of the historical challenges and successes in his time, and the value and symbolism in his plays.

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  The Gathering Storm

  Winston S. Churchill

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  “It is our immense good fortune that a man who presided over this crisis in history is able to turn the action he lived through into enduring literature.” —The New York Times   This book is the first in Winston Churchill’s monumental six-volume account of the struggle between the Allied Powers in Europe against Germany and the Axis during World War II. Told from the unique viewpoint of a British prime minister, it is also the story of one nation’s heroic role in the fight against tyranny.   Having learned a lesson at Munich they would never forget, the British refused to make peace with Hitler, defying him even after France had fallen and it seemed as though the Nazis were unstoppable. What lends this work its tension and power is Churchill’s inclusion of primary source material. We are presented with not only Churchill’s retrospective analysis of the war, but also memos, letters, orders, speeches, and telegrams, day-by-day accounts of reactions as the drama intensifies. We listen as strategies and counterstrategies unfold in response to Hitler’s conquest of Europe, planned invasion of England, and assault on Russia. Together they give a mesmerizing account of the crucial decisions made as the fate of the world hangs in the balance.  The Gathering Storm covers the Treaty of Versailles, the rise of Adolf Hitler, the capitulation of Munich, and the entry of Britain into the war. This book makes clear Churchill’s feeling that the Second World War was a largely senseless but unavoidable conflict—and shows why Churchill earned the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953, in part because of this awe-inspiring work.

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  Vulgari Eloquentia

  Alighieri Dante

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  De vulgari eloquentia (On Eloquence in the vernacular) is a short essay written by Dante Alighieri in Latin. The work remains incomplete; only one and a half books are extant. It is believed to have been composed during Dante's exile, probably at some point between 1302 and 1305. The work revolves around the relationship between Latin and vernacular, and the need for a literary language, with an excourse on the poetic forms in vernacular.  - Summary by Leni

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  Fairy Tales stories vol: 2

  Hans Christian Andersen

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  This is a collection of a few  stories by Hans Christian Andersen included - The Little Match Girl-The Swineherd- The Real Princess- The Leap-Frog- The Elderbush- The Bell- The Old House

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  Jesmyn Ward: Sing Unburied Sing

  PBS NewsHour

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  Award-winning author Jesmyn Ward writes the stories of the people and places she found absent in literature while growing up. Her new fiction novel, Sing, Unburied, Sing, weaves the supernatural with genuine characters that are molded by the rural and poverty-stricken life in her Mississippi hometown. Ward joins Jeffrey Brown to talk about her community and the stories that have come from it.

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  10 Essential Pieces of...

  Charles Dickens, Zane Grey, H....

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  This Audiobook contains the following works: - The Island of Doctor Moreau [H.G. wells]- Tess of the d'Urbervilles [Thomas Hardy]- The Call of Cthulhu [H.P Lovecraft]- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court [Mark twain]- The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde [Robert Louis Stevenson]- Crime and Punishment [Fyodor Dostoyevsky]- Wuthering Heights [Emily Brontë]- A Christmas Carol [Charles Dickens]- The jungle book [Rudyard Kipling]- The Border Legion [Zane Grey]

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