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Rebecca Reid rated a book 3 of 5 stars
Native Americans by S.N. Paleja
I spent a few months reading about the Native Americans last fall, so Native Americans: A Visual Exploration by S.N. Paleja (Annick Press, 2013) caught my eye on Netgalley. As a brief visual overview to the subject, it was a nice book for young reade...more
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The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner
read in April, 2013
wow where to begin on this one?
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Rebecca Reid rated a book 5 of 5 stars
Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
Dead Souls
by Nikolai Gogol
read in February, 2013
In early nineteenth century Russia, one’s status is decided based on how many enslaved workers (serfs) under your name. Likewise, property owners do not pay taxes on the land own but rather on the number of serfs assigned to them at the last census....more
Rebecca Reid rated a book 3 of 5 stars
How Children Succeed by Paul Tough
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough (Houghton Mifflin, 2012) is a volume exploring why certain children succeed, despite the odds. He focuses on the children who are most struggling. Some of them suc...more
Rebecca Reid rated a book 3 of 5 stars
Shakespeare's Common Prayers by Daniel Swift
William Shakespeare’s plays have abundant evidence of the influences on the man behind the words. Shakespeare obviously was familiar with the world and especially human nature. I’ve read that he did not get some geographic facts correct, but in gener...more
Rebecca Reid rated a book 4 of 5 stars
Thomas Jefferson by Jon Meacham
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“If you stop complaining and asking for what you never will get, you will have a good life. A good life is not measured by any biblical span.”
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