This is the book I’ve been waiting for! “Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Children of Edward I” is akin to the perfectly faceted jewel affixed to the perfectly crafted ring: it is mesmerizing from afar yet intricately complex upon microscopic adoration. Author Kelcey Wilson-Lee examines the lives of the children […]
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“A History of Multicultural America” is a volume in a series comprising 8 total books: “The Great Migrations 1880s-1912” is the book I’m reviewing here. It’s a small 96 page book which covers 20 different categories of late 19th and early 20th century immigrants from Italians, to Baltics, to Japanese,
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A book about 4 Norman queens of England, “Queens of the Conquest” is a lavishly-detailed account that takes you through the Norman Dynasty into the Plantagenet Dynasty through the eyes of its medieval queens. This is a superb narrative for anyone interested in the behind-the-scenes lives of the founding families
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Ron Chernow is one of my all-time favourite authors, and “Grant” is the consummate biography of one of America’s greatest heroes. Military strategist, General, and 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant was a man of stalwart nature who rose from being a somewhat misunderstood subordinate to a
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Books about Charlemagne! Here are THE 5 best books about Charlemagne that you cannot do without, plus 14 more recommendations! As someone who reads extensively, these are my recommendations with annotations. Want to know everything about King Charlemagne? Well here you go! Charlemagne, aka Charles The Great, aka Karl der
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It’s virtually a meta-book on Charlemagne! “Becoming Charlemagne” by Jeff Sypeck was an unexpected find in a bookstore in Nashville, Tennessee that totally transformed my understanding of the “Father of Europe.” Compared to “The Two Lives of Charlemagne” or Fried’s “Charlemagne,” Jeff Sypeck’s treatment of King Charlemagne was a different
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This book is a racier, sexier rebirth of “God’s War” by Christopher Tyerman! “The World of the Crusades” by the same author repackages a masterpiece in the only way it can be improved upon: load it with images, charts, graphs, and beautiful artwork. This resplendent new offering by historian Christopher
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Out of the mind of the master comes “Upheaval” by Jared Diamond. Scintillating, didactic, and eminently practical, this book observes the historical record by subjecting them to both historical and psychological scrutiny. How does one apply the psychology of individuals to nations? Well, that’s the marvel of “Upheaval: Turning Points
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You definitely want to photograph cemetery headstones the right way once and not have to go back a second time. There is a method of taking pictures and documenting a cemetery, or a section of a cemetery, so that you will have all of the necessary information that you need
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WordPress subscription plugins can be very confusing for new bloggers. Don’t just be a “best” or “free” list dummy, know your form TYPES and CLASSES first before choosing. I’m going to introduce you to every WP form TYPE and CLASS so you can best decide which ones are the right
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Come take a tour of the University of Alabama Campus Quad with 65 photos I took while there! The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa is a campus that is not only renown for its athletics, but also its old-world, colonial architecture. The oldest and most beautiful buildings were constructed of
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Blogging IS back, WordPress is on the rise, and the internet is moving towards a decentralized web. The next renaissance is right around the corner and you’re just in time to be the beneficiary of this trend which will manifest itself in terms of less ‘social media dump’ and more
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“The Origins of the Anglo-Saxons” by Jean Manco is how every book should be written: with preeminent scholarship and exquisite maps and supporting images. This masterpiece was compiled vis-à-vis Mary Hollingworth’s “The Medici Family” or Christopher De Hamel’s “Remarkable Manuscripts” and is a trend in publishing I hope to see
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Saint Patrick’s Day, or Saint Paddy’s Day, is an Irish holiday intended to honor the greatest of Ireland’s saints, Saint Patrick, who was neither a saint nor Irish. Putting aside the historical and cultural irony for now, the importance of St. Patrick has morphed from a 1500 year old symbol
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How many WordPress plugins are your best plugins? Are they working together efficiently or just sitting there staring at each other incommunicado? Of your plugin arsenal which ones are the ones you absolutely need, and are there WordPress plugins out there that you don’t have and are missing out on?
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