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Spelling
bee winner part of Indian-American streak (news.yahoo.com)
("Indian-Americans comprise less than 1 percent of the U.S.
population according to 2000 census data, but they have an
impressive bee winning streak — taking the trophy in eight of the
past 12 years.")
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Authors:
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Jane Austen:
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How Jane Austen failed at spelling using regional accent and poor punctuation
(dailymail.co.uk)
("Her reputation as one of the country’s greatest female
authors may rest on her elegant writing style. But Jane Austen
could not spell or correctly use punctuation, and wrote in a
‘regional accent’, according to a study of her handwritten work.")
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Jane
Austen's Biography (youtube.com)
("We were no longer
"good society.".")
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Jane
Austen Quotations (youtube.com)
(Good quotes and great pictures.)
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Harper Lee:
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Harper
Lee breaks silence - just - for Mockingbird anniversary (guardian.co.uk)
("Reclusive author talks to Mail on Sunday for 50th anniversary
of To Kill a Mockingbird, but reporter had to promise not to mention
her Pulitzer-winning novel")
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J. K.
Rowling:
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Rowling Conjures Up Potter E-Books - WSJ.com
(online.wsj.com)
("Web Store for Digital 'Potter' Editions
Promises to Open New Chapter for Industry.")
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Shakespeare:
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Serious Stuff:
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Asimov's
Guide to Shakespeare (futuretg.com)
(PDF file)
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
(shakespeare.mit.edu/)
("Web's first edition of the Complete Works of William
Shakespeare" )
Henry
V - Band of Brothers (YouTube video)
(Shakespeare coined the phrase "Band of Brothers"
in
the St. Crispen Day speech of Henry V. - S. K. Smith)
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Hip-Hop & Shakespeare?
(youtube.com)
("Akala demonstrates and explores the connections between
Shakespeare and Hip-Hop, and the wider cultural debate around
language and it's power." )
Shakespeare Online
(elizabethi.org/us/shakespeare)
(Great resource to explore this literary giant. )
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For Dummies:
A
Midsummer's Night Dream (YouTube.com)
(Animaniacs version - but you get the gist of
it. - SK Smith)
Hamlet
(YouTube.com)
(Animaniacs version - something is definitely
rotten in Denmark. - SK Smith)
MacBeth
(YouTube.com)
(Animaniacs version of that Scottish play.. - SK
Smith)
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Amy Tan:
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Amy
Tan on creativity
(ted.com)
("Novelist Amy Tan digs deep into the
creative process, looking for hints of how hers evolved.")
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Tolkien: |
10
Things You Should Know About J.R.R. Tolkien
(mentalfloss.com)
(" ...there are plenty of things even the most ardent fans
don’t know about John Ronald Reuel Tolkien" )
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Happy 119th Birthday, Professor Tolkien
(catholicvote.org)
("The Birth of Christ is the eucatastrophe of
Man’s history. The Resurrection is the eucatastrophe of the
story of the Incarnation. . . . To reject it leads either to sadness
or to wrath.")
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The
'Ring' and the remnants of the West (atimes.com)
(Interesting article how The Lord of the Rings countered the
philosophy of the Nazi movement inspired by Richard Wagner's The
Ring of the Nibelungs. - S. K. Smith
"Tolkien well may have written his epic as an
"anti-Ring" to repair the damage that Wagner had inflicted
upon Western culture." )
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Books:
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General:
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100
Best Characters in Fiction Since 1900 (www.npr.com)
(From Book magazine,
March/April 2002)
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Banned
and/or Challenged Books from the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100
Novels of the 20th Century (www.ala.org)
(Lord of the Rings in a book burning? Say it
is not so. S. K. Smith)
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Flashlight
Worthy (flashlightworthybooks.com)
("Handpicked book recommendations on hundreds of topics.")
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Google
Books (books.google.com)
(Complete works or previews of fiction, non-fiction books &
magazines online.)
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ManyBooks (manybooks.net)
(the best ebooks at the best price: free!)
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Project Gutenberg : Free Books : Free Texts : Download & Streaming : Internet Archive
(books.google.com)
("Project
Gutenberg began in 1971 by Michael Hart as a community project
to make plain text versions of books available freely to all")
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Times
Critics 100 best novels from 1923 to the present
(www.times.com)
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Anthologies:
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Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature
(luminarium.org)
("This site combines
several sites first created in 1996 to provide a starting point for
students and enthusiasts of English Literature.")
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Binding:
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About
Bookbinding (aboutbookbinding.com)
("Anatomy of a book.")
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"The
Word":
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World's
Oldest Christian Bible Digitized (FoxNews.com)
("The surviving pages of the world's oldest Christian Bible
have been reunited — digitally." )
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Drama:
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General:
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Drama Study Guides - SparkNotes
(sparknotes.com)
(Like Cliff Notes on
drama. - S. K. Smith)
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Helps:
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General:
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Literature Study Guides - SparkNotes
(sparknotes.com)
(Like Cliff Notes on
the web. - S. K. Smith)
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History:
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General:
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The History of English in 10 Minutes
(youtube.com)
("A compilation of ten videos on the history of the
English language.")
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Magazines:
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Article
Plugin (articleplugin.com)
("...where you can find interesting and
useful information on almost any subject")
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Change Magazine Online - Bay Area Houston, TX
(changemagazine.net)
(One of my friends writes for this new online
magazine - check out his premier article - THE CONTRARIAN - Commit to Live with Fear and Doubt.
And others. - S. K. Smith)
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Forbes
(forbes.com)
("Business News, Financial News, Stock Market Analysis, Technology & Global Headline News")
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The
New Yorker (newyorker.com)
(Need I say more?)
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online
magazine rack (alltop.com)
("alltop is an “online
magazine rack” of popular topics. We update the stories every
hour.")
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Non-fiction:
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20 Amazing and Essential Non-fiction Books to Enrich Your Library
(zenhabits.net)
(A list of few of the Zen Habits bloggers
favorites.)
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Man's
Search for Meaning (rjgeib.com)
(by Viktor Frankl - Holocaust Survivor and Famous Author/Psychoanalyst)
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Novels:
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The 12 Greatest Apocalyptic Novels Of All Time (worldsbiggests.com)
("After scouring book reviews and Wikipedia, a list of the Top
12 Best Apocalyptic Novels was born. The books on this list take you
down the darkest paths in uncivilized worlds, from cannibalistic
gangs to vampire infected corpses.")
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The American Novel (pbs.org)
("How has the American Novel evolved and in what ways does
it reflect an experience that is uniquely American?")
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Size Does Matter. The Longest Novels (abebooks.com)
("We have selected 15 of the best single volume behemoths - all
true monsters of literature that could be judged on their weight
alone.")
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Poems:
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Best Poems by Category | Poems by Author | Poems A Plenty (poemsaplenty.com)
(Title says its)
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The Charge Of The Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
(nationalcenter.org)
("This poem was written to memorialize a
suicidal charge by light cavalry over open terrain by British forces
in the Battle of Balaclava (Ukraine) in the Crimean War (1854-56).")
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Daffodils
(youtube.com)
("T"Daffodils" wirtten in 1804
by William Wordsworth read by the actor Sir Jeremy Irons.")
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"High Flight" by John Gillespie Magee, Jr. (poetry reading) (youtube.com)
("John Magee was an American who joined the Royal Canadian Air
Force to fight in WWII. On December 11, 1941 at the age of 19 he
died in a midair crash in his Spitfire." It has also been
used as a TV
signoff in the 1870s & 1980s.)
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Poetry Study Guides - SparkNotes (sparknotes.com)
(The Cliff Notes of Poetry. S.K. Smith)
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The
Raven read by John De Lancie
(youtube.com)
("John De Lancie performing Edgar Allan Poe's
The Raven ....")
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Sonnet
130 (youtube.com)
(Alan Rickman Reciting Sonnet 130)
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Quotes:
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Quotable Quotes:
75
Blog Quotes For Inspiration, Creativity & Success
(smartboydesigns.com)
("I’m a huge fan of
quotes. I feel that if they’re read & pondered daily –
their ideals will soon become evident in our lives – and we’ll
internalize them.)
100
Movie quotes (flixxy.com)
(Picks from American Film Institute Top 100 Movies. Video
clip takes about 10 minutes.)
AllGreatQuotes
(allgreatquotes.com)
("Famous Quotes, Famous Quotations & Sayings, Great Quotes")
AllTopQuotes
(alltopquotes.com)
(Another collection of quotes)
Brainy Quotes
(brainyquote.com)
("Famous Quotes and Quotations at BrainyQuote")
Cute
Quotes (cute-quote.com)
("...a delectable assortment of quotes from
the Anonymous to the Famous, from the Inspired to the
Insipid, and from the sub-human to the sublime.")
Famous Quotes and Authors
(famousquotesandauthors.com)
("Famous Quotations for all occasions.")
Famous Quotes: Hand Picked Funny, Inspirational and Love Quotes
(famous-quotes-and-quotations.com)
("At Famous-Quotes-and-Quotations.com, you'll find 'Top
10' lists -- the best of the best -- in lots of famous quotations
categories.")
My
Favorite Quotes and Verses
(deanaohara.com)
(Quotes from Redemption's Heart.)
Motivational and Inspirational Quotes
Collection (inspirational-quotes.info)
(".. collection of inspirational and motivational
quotations.")
The
Quote Garden (quotegarden.com)
(Quotes for every occasion and season.)
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Rejection!:
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All Authors sooner or later face
this. Here are some famous rejections ....
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The 30 Harshest Author-on-Author Insults In History (flavorwire.com)
("Sigh. Authors just don’t insult each other like they used
to..")
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You Thought YOUR Rejections Were Tough? (cba-ramblings.blogspot.com)
("Rejection is part of the process of pursuing
publishing...")
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Short Stories:
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Short Story Study Guides - SparkNotes
(sparknotes.com)
(The Cliff Notes of Short Stories. S.K. Smith)
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