pickI loved this! It was fun and light, without making me check my brain at the door. I was rooting for all four women and I enjoyed the atypical setting.
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pickI loved this! It was fun and light, without making me check my brain at the door. I was rooting for all four women and I enjoyed the atypical setting.
pickHaunting,atmospheric,1960s Florida low-lying coastal islands,bayou,wetlands,swamps,low lying brush. Here Faye Longchamp struggles daily to keep her Joyeuse Island,moldy, crumbling plantation, from the government for past due taxes.She digs on her land for artifacts to sell on the black market in hopes of staying afloat.In the process,she discovers a woman‘s skull.Rather than report it to authorities & face jail for her illegal activities, she ⬇️
pickWhat a great example for what #BookSpinBingo can do. I squeezed this one in, so I could make a Bingo 😅 It was a re-read for me after three years. I still agree that it's an excellent start for people not being used to read non-fiction, but want to learn about history. But even though this edition seems to have been updated, there are still some things, that caught my eye now: women are scarce, unfitting expressions and some unfitting opinions.
so-soI absolutely adore Bettany Hughes. Her TV shows and in-person talks are fascinating and engaging.
But I have to say, I found this a bit of a slog to get through at times :-(. Lots of good info but not as engaging as the author herself.
I have a question. The author of 7 wonders is writing about the temple of Artemis and says that bees were her symbol. Her priestesses were called honeybees. And for a sec that made sense, then I remembered the long history of male scientists (hilariously) thinking the queen bee was a king. Were bees her symbol cause there were lots of bees in the area, cause everyone liked honey, or did ancient people know something later naturalists forgot?
Been a long time (life stuff, you get it) but now I am in need of recs!
I'm teaching an English class to international students this summer and I am looking for book/movie/tv recommendations with "typically british" culture suitable for teens.
Tia x
pickIn 2012 anthropologists starts opening six coffins in Winchester Cathedral. Winchester is the old city of kings & queens. Who are the people mentioned on the coffins and how many people are in them?
Jarman looks into who they were and the time they were living in. This is the time when England was gathered into one nation, the time of the Viking invasions.
As a Norwegian it was interesting to read about the Vikings from another point of view.
