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Hana Videen

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Hana Videen has been hoarding Old English words since 2013, when she began tweeting one every day. Now thousands follow for these daily gems from her 'wordhord'. Hana holds a doctorate in English from King's College London, and is now a writer and blogger based in Canada, where she translates curiosities of history into engaging narratives. ...more

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	The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English 4.24 avg rating — 1,098 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary 4.05 avg rating — 257 ratings — published 2023 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

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The Empire of Gold (The Daevabad Trilogy, #3)

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“For some reason, the ball-biting beaver doesn't live on in modern fiction like Aslan the lion or Fawkes the phoenix.”
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“Much of history is unwritten. Remember this.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season

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“You are unlike anyone has ever existed, and that makes you exactly like everyone who has ever existed.”
― Brian K. Vaughan, Saga #43

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“I applied my reason at every moment. Reason is excellent for getting food, clothing and shelter. Reason is the very best tool kit. Nothing beats reason for keeping tigers away. But be excessively reasonable and you risk throwing out the universe with the bathwater.”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi

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“After all, Bao Bomu says, what is the past but what we choose to remember?”
― Amy Tan, The Bonesetter's Daughter

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