Top Picks: By all means, run to the theater The Horse WhispererRobert Redford's sharp directing turns Evans's mawkish best-selling novel about a teenage girl's recovery from a horseback-riding…
(Encyclopedia) Beckett, SamuelBeckett, Samuelbĕkˈĭt [key], 1906–89, Anglo-French playwright and novelist, b. Dublin. Beckett studied and taught in Paris before settling there permanently in 1937. He…
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(Encyclopedia) De Valera, EamonDe Valera, Eamonāˈmən dĕ vəlârˈə [key], 1882–1975, Irish statesman, b. New York City. He was taken as a child to Ireland. As a young man he joined the movement…
Source: National Education Association (NEA). Web: www.nea.org/readacross/resources/kidsbooks.html . This list was tabulated from an online survey that the National Education Association ran from…
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Adjectives Versus Adverbs Introduction Three Degrees of Separation Tough Sledding: Using Adjectives After Linking Verbs A Note on Adjectives and Adverbs for Non-Native Speakers…
Source: The National Archives and Records Administration Laura Ingalls Wilder has said that she and her sisters were busy and happy as children but loved Pa's stories the best. When Laura was 60…
News ofthe World While bloody wars broke out in Kosovo and Chechnya, the possiblity of peace in the Middle East and Northern Ireland grew more palpable.…
