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Questionable Quizzes - New E-Book Series

With most of us staying home, and the stress throughout the world, I'm writing a series of short humour e-books called Questionable Quizzes. Each e-book has 5 funny quizzes to help you laugh and answer questions such as:

- Are You a Superhero? (Hint: Check to see whether you're wearing two different outfits, one on top of the other.)
- What Is Your Ideal Hobby? (No, sleeping is not a hobby. It's a lifestyle choice.)
- Are You Too Competitive? (After a rousing game of chess that table doesn't throw itself.)
- Are You Going Crazy? (More and more people are.)
- Do You Have a Sense of Humour? (Only 78% of people do.)

This series is available for download from: Amazon Kindle, Rakuten Kobo, and Barnes & Noble's Nook. #1 and #2 out now, more on the way. Hopefully they will take your mind off things and help you feel more optimistic as we wait to go out into the world again. Please share these links with anyone you know who could use a laugh.

Balloon Bomb WW2

https://youtu.be/mWyIKHJgPiw

A rare survival: a Japanese balloon bomb (aka Fu-Go, or fire balloon) launched at North America during World War Two. Author A. E. Chandler is behind the scenes at the Glenbow Museum. You can learn more about history and travel on her author website:
https://aechandler.wixsite.com/author https://www.goodreads.com/aechandler

Questionable Quizzes is a new short e-book series all about you! - Should you be allowed to pilot a motor vehicle? Are you a superhero? Do you have a sense of humour? What is your spirit animal? - All of life's burning questions finally laid out in an easily answerable format! Take a break and have a much-needed laugh.

Book #1 out now. Orderable online from:
Amazon Kindle https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08...
Barnes & Noble Nook https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/book...
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/shou...

Quarantine and Tips for COVID-19 Self-Isolation

https://youtu.be/7cjllHPDZ30

When bubonic plague hit the village of Eyam in 1655-1666 they volunteered to go into quarantine to protect the surrounding communities. Find out about their sacrifices and success. Also, tips for things to do during self-isolation, and tips on activities for what to do with kids.

0:01 Eyam's quarantine
4:24 living in self-isolation
8:13 things to do during self-isolation
13:42 things to do with kids
17:29 how to protect yourself from COVID-19
18:02 how to protect kids
20:31 how to help others

See Part 1 of this video: Black Death vs. Coronavirus: https://youtu.be/PBOW88CzoNU

You can learn more about history and travel on my author website. If you're looking for some quarantine reading, you can also find links to paperback and e-book copies of my historical novel The Scarlet Forest: A Tale of Robin Hood, or order a copy of my science and culture-oriented devotional Into the World: 62 Devotions to Edify and Inspire: https://aechandler.wixsite.com/author

https://www.goodreads.com/aechandler https://www.amazon.com/Scarlet-Forest... https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/... https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/the-...

For I *Heart* Yew clothing, phone cases, tote bags, and stationary, as well as home decor and more inspired by Robin Hood's England, check out: https://www.zazzle.ca/aechandler* (Canadian site) https://www.zazzle.com/aechandler* (US site)

Video tour of a southern Chinese wet market by a local: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P-P4...

Timeline of the coronavirus outbreak, and how it became a pandemic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSIt4...

Black Death vs. Coronavirus

https://youtu.be/PBOW88CzoNU

The Black Death (1347-1350) combined bubonic, pneumonic, and septicaemic plague. An author and medieval historian compares and contrasts the Black Death with the current Novel Coronavirus aka COVID-19 outbreak can help us to learn what to expect, and what we can do.

Part 2 of this video, Plague Village's Quarantine, and Tips for COVID-19 Self-Isolation coming soon. You can learn more about history and travel on my author website.

If you're looking for some quarantine reading, you can also find links to paperback and e-book copies of my historical novel The Scarlet Forest: A Tale of Robin Hood, or order a copy of my science and culture-oriented devotional Into the World: 62 Devotions to Edify and Inspire: https://aechandler.wixsite.com/author

https://www.goodreads.com/aechandler https://www.amazon.com/Scarlet-Forest... https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/... https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/the-...

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...

For I *Heart* Yew clothing, phone cases, tote bags, and stationary, as well as home decor and more inspired by Robin Hood's England, check out:
https://www.zazzle.ca/aechandler* (Canadian site)
https://www.zazzle.com/aechandler* (US site)

Video tour of a southern Chinese wet market by a local: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P-P4...

Timeline of the coronavirus outbreak, and how it became a pandemic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSIt4...

Conserving Arms and Armour

https://youtu.be/OJoDEgEBS9E

Behind the scenes at the Glenbow Museum. Floods, fire, insect attacks - the Military Collection has seen it all. Find out about the biggest threats to artefacts, and how important conservation is when trying to preserve unique objects from the past.

You can learn more about history and travel on my author website: https://aechandler.wixsite.com/author

https://www.goodreads.com/aechandler
https://www.amazon.com/Scarlet-Forest...
https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/...
https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/the-...

London's Oldest Church - St. Bartholomew's

https://youtu.be/Oc2tJQfREQg

St. Bartholomew's is the oldest parish church in London, founded in the early 12th century. Built in the Norman style next to an execution ground, it has stories about William Wallace aka "Braveheart," Peasants' Revolt leader Wat Tyler, and even Benjamin Franklin.

To find out more about medieval England, check out the historical novel The Scarlet Forest: A Tale of Robin Hood: https://aechandler.wixsite.com/author

For St. Bartholomew’s: https://www.greatstbarts.com/
Facebook and Instagram: @stbartholomewthegreat
Twitter: @StStBartholomews

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https://www.amazon.com/Scarlet-Forest...
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Theatrical Armour Rescued from Flood

https://youtu.be/2oaWA4N4t7I

Behind the scenes at the Glenbow Museum. This armour is a hundred-year-old theatrical harness. After being missing for years, it was recently rediscovered in a secret storage closet during a flood caused by a burst pipe on the main exhibition floor. This harness, and dozens of other weapons, tools, and pieces of armour, had to be evacuated upstairs and are now receiving specialized attention.

You can learn more about history and travel on my author website: https://aechandler.wixsite.com/author

https://www.goodreads.com/aechandler
https://www.amazon.com/Scarlet-Forest...
https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/...
https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/the-...

Oldest Catholic Church in London

https://youtu.be/_BrJ2zdOdMA

St. Etheldreda's is the oldest Catholic church in London, built c. 1290 during the reign of Edward I. It is all that's left of the London palace of the powerful Bishops of Ely, and has hosted Edward the Black Prince as well as his brother John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, after his Savoy Palace was burned by Wat Tyler in the 1381 Peasants' Revolt.

To find out more about Edward I and thirteenth century England, check out the historical novel The Scarlet Forest: A Tale of Robin Hood: https://aechandler.wixsite.com/author

https://www.goodreads.com/aechandler
https://www.amazon.com/Scarlet-Forest...
https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/...
https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/the-...

Combat-Damaged Helmet

https://youtu.be/WfwKIREnJxw

Behind the scenes at the Glenbow Museum. This close helmet is one of the objects I am most honoured to have worked with. It is a gorgeous piece with a bellows visor, and the damage and subsequent repairs to it suggest that the last man who wore it into combat likely died of the injuries he sustained whilst wearing it.

You can learn more about history and travel on my author website: https://aechandler.wixsite.com/author

How Museums Store Armour

https://youtu.be/bhh6XiLO-xg

See how armour is stored by going behind the scenes with author A. E. Chandler at the Glenbow Museum.

You can learn more about history and travel here: https://aechandler.wixsite.com/author

https://www.goodreads.com/aechandler
https://www.amazon.com/Scarlet-Forest...
https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/...
https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/the-...