Not too many historical highlights this weekend. My favourite is the article on gorgeous Italian libraries (check out the photos!).… Read more Historical Highlights 096
Lines from a Favourite Novel: A Room with a View
A Room with a View by E.M Forster is one of my favourite novels. (You’ll find it on the list of… Read more Lines from a Favourite Novel: A Room with a View
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Here are some historical highlights – recent articles and blog posts on historical topics — that you might find intriguing.… Read more Historical Highlights 095
Picture Books on the History of Libraries, Part 2
Last month I posted brief reviews of eight picture books that feature libraries around the world. Today I’m back with six… Read more Picture Books on the History of Libraries, Part 2
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Better late than never, I suppose… Here are your historical highlights for the weekend (lots of library articles this time). Breaking… Read more Historical Highlights 094
The Western Humanities: Diderot’s Encyclopedie
I see that I haven’t posted anything from The Western Humanities (a textbook I can’t bear to part with) since September, when… Read more The Western Humanities: Diderot’s Encyclopedie
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Happy Friday, everyone! I’m gearing up to go garage saling tomorrow, but first here are some interesting reads. Have you… Read more Historical Highlights 093
Nine Picture Books About Residential Schools
Between 1876 and 1996, 150,000 Indigenous children were taken from their families and placed in Indian residential schools. Though it… Read more Nine Picture Books About Residential Schools
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I’m a little pressed for time, so here are your historical highlights, plain and simple. “Why Don’t Archivists Digitize Everything?”… Read more Historical Highlights 092
5 Things I Learned in May
Here are some miscellaneous things I learned in May. Hope you learned something that makes your life more fun or… Read more 5 Things I Learned in May
Favourite Things: May Edition
Another month is almost over. Read on to find out what I’ve been up to! Books I read the first… Read more Favourite Things: May Edition
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It’s been an interesting week weather-wise. One day it was 28 degrees C (82 F) and we barbecued chicken and… Read more Historical Highlights 091
Quiz: 100 Documents That Changed the World
Here’s a great gift for a history buff — 100 Documents That Changed the World: From the Magna Carta to… Read more Quiz: 100 Documents That Changed the World