The book was "Virginia: History, Government, Geography," and it was one of a trio of state-commissioned texts – the others were for fourth grade and high school – that taught Confederate ...

Back home after living in Finland for five months, Samantha Hull giggles at the notion that the Scandinavian country is the ...

EP doesn't even remember that he has a memory problem. That is something he discovers anew every moment. And since he forgets ...

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The same old man and soul--the same old aspirations, and the same content. I was thinking this globe enough till there sprang out so noiseless around me myriads of other globes. Now while the great ...

Open a book, pack your imaginary bags, and travel the world in this Read Around the World Middle Grade Book Reading Challenge for tweens ages 9 to 12. I have lists of curated book recommendations ...

The Yiddish writer's lost masterpiece, Sons and Daughters, brought back to life, in all its humor and beauty, the Jewish ...

The meeting place of facts, ego, ignorance and politics typically is a messy arena as Tim Weiner illustrates over and over in ...

They called it “the greatest book on earth”—so I bought it. Here’s what I found inside the most ambitious atlas ever published.

Professor Gill calls the Green Book “a travel guide but one with a practical need.” What does she mean by this? Provide examples from the video segment to support your answer. EXTENSION: How did the ...

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