...does she do it?" authors. It's a short novel, but it encompasses a girl's entire life, including that of her ancestors. Very affective writing. You can't go wrong with her. 42. Type: The Secret History of Letters by Simon Loxely What a magnificent book this was! In telling the history of typesetting and printing, Loxely incorporates a narrative style that brings many odd and exciting episodes...

The Festival of Samhain was an ancient Celtic festival, falling on October 31st. A day which also marks Catholic All-Souls-Day and the secular Halloween, both strongly colored by the Celtic festival... This was a common flame binding together the entire community. Read the rest of this entry » Originally published at Michael and Jaspenelle by Jaspenelle . Please leave any comments there.

Marillion and the Anglo-Saxons need to let go of my brain already . I can't wait for December and November hasn't even started yet. 26hours to go. I already know how things are gonna start... it's not...an unrelated note, is it cheating that a majority of my GoodReads account consists of every Star Wars/Star Trek I can remember reading as a wee girl of twelve, and picture books from when I was six

...the fortress. Garfinkel said it is the only site in Israel in which to investigate King David. "The chronology and geography of Khirbet Qeiyafa create a unique meeting point between the mythology, history, historiography and archaeology of King David," he said. The Dead Sea Scrolls are the earliest-known copies of the Bible, some dating back about 2,000 years. It is widely believed that the first...

juxtaposedjaya  and I should be doing History, really. We should be happily writing our essays, researching up on pimp king Henry VII and his six wives. I dunno what Jaya's doing, but I'm on Livejournal. Jaya, get on here. =D

”ATONEMENT” Review Based upon Ian McEwan’s 2001 novel, ”ATONEMENT” told the story about how the lies and misunderstandings of 13-year-old girl from a nouveau-riche English family affected the...managed to lift the usual Merchant Ivory façade of Britain’s past and create an emotionally dark film from Ian McEwan’s novel. As a reminder, I had posted a GALLERY featuring photos from the movie

Harvey Bernard Milk (1930-1978) Country: United States of America City politician, cultural revolutionary and assassination victim

History: Before the Conception, Nitta Isamu was nobody. He was a barely average student with a few friends and a mild life, easily other face in the Tokyo crowd. There were only two people close to him in his life, a girl- Chiaki- and a boy- Naoki. They were his true friends, the ones he spent most of his time with, both in school and out, and they made up a large part of his world. For a while,...

The Earned Income Tax Credit is a refundable tax credit that gives money to low income workers.  It is paid for by the taxes paid by higher income earners.  Under John McCain's definition of such things...was a socialist. McCain's desperation is understandable at this stage of the campaign, and nothing Sarah Palin does can surprise me anymore.  But their demagoguery on this issue is disgusting

Originally published at Goobertech . You can comment here or there . Germany beats Poland with a Pipe Wrench (click pic for full cartoon) I wish I knew who was responsible for this. It stars crumpets as fighting countries. OMGWTFBACON!!!?! Best History Lesson Ever!!