Sunday, 15 October 2017

Edgar Allan Poe 1809-1949

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EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809-1849) Whereas Charles Baudelaire felt “a strange commotion ” because of his talent, Dostoevsky amazingly saw “ ...
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Saturday, 19 August 2017

Gianni Versace death

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Versace is one of the most important fashion brands in the world. Similarly, the death of its founder, Gianni Versace, is still an unsolv...
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Sunday, 13 August 2017

Phillis Wheatley 1753-1784

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Phillis Wheatley was born in the area that is present-day Senegal or Gambia. Phillis Wheatley was kidnapped by slave traders along with ...
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Thursday, 10 August 2017

Olaudah Equiano 1745-1797

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Nobody epitomizes the slave narrative genre and the lives of the first African American as Olaudah Equiano does. After being kidnapped in...
Sunday, 6 August 2017

Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790

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The now coveted and highly mentioned American dream started with Benjamin Franklin , the first self-man made and the first American man of...
Saturday, 5 August 2017

William Bradford (1590-1657)

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The first real Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1623 after a providential rain shower saved the plantation’s crops. Apart from the end of th...
Thursday, 3 August 2017

John Smith 1580-1631

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The first texts in America were written in Spanish and the first compositions are oral ones in old Native American languages. The first...
Tuesday, 1 August 2017

10 truly extraordinary lives of ten relevant authors

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The reader would have probably heard of the following authors about whom I am to write.  Nonetheless, while some of their quotes are veril...
Thursday, 20 July 2017

Review the adventures of Halcombe Norilsk and other gripping tales

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Halcombe has received a very positive review in the United States which can be enjoyed in this post.  My book the Adventures of Halcom...
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Saturday, 10 June 2017

The Dream of the Celt

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The Dream of the celt is the first book I have ever read from Peruvian author and Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa . I do not believe...