Men (and an occasional woman) of genius often clashed, in public as in private, and they certainly disagreed about all manner of topics while practicing the 17th-century arts of engagement & confrontation. Engaging unfamiliar ideas and people is seldom easy, but it can be stimulating. To this...
My favorite out of these books though, is definitelyA Wind in The Door. The novel continues to follow Meg and the Murray family, as her parents conduct risky and ingenious experiments. The genius family is distraught as they’re faced with one thing they might not be able to fix: a here...
We had a textbook that excerpted several of the tales–the Miller’s tale, for example. But also, and this was formative for me: The tale of the Wife of Bath. I had my mother’s book, and I could see that the tale of the Wife of Bath was very very different from the one we w...
"The lessons have been lifesavers asextensions on curriculum material or introduction to grammar topics.Having the pdf version with a variety of practices in various modalities—individual and partner work—was genius. It elevated the lesson from being just another paper-and-pencil activity, making ...
author of the book here pre- sented in an abridged translation, is to be accounted amongst the greatest poets of Persia; his dimensions as a literary genius increase with the further investigation of his writings, which are still far from completely explor...