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Princess and the goblin is a good fit for elementary schoolers. This lovely classic book brings out bravery courage and character very beautifully.This book opens up a child’s imagination,this also was a book that inspired J.R.R .Tolkien (The author of The Lord of the Rings). The story begins in a kingdom where there is an ongoing conflict between the goblins
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Recommended Age: High School Being a South Indian,South Indian history intrigues me.Robert Sewell’s the forgotten empire does justice to this Forgotten Empire Vijayanagar. Sewell sources for this book have been the the chronicles from Nunez a Portuguese visitor and traveller Ibn Bhutia It gives account of the beginning of Vijayanagar empire with my very favorite king Kamipla Deva of Kampili
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Robinson Crusoe is a classic and an excellent book for Upper Elementary schoolers. Its a great book that teaches a child environmental/social science in a well told story. The Story about Robinson Crusoe who rebels against his family and travels to see the world.It is a story about his adventures and about his resourceful as he gets stranded in a
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Recommended age: Upper Middle school and High school. This is valuable book for those interested into intensive and thorough reading into South Indian history. The book begins with sources that were taken into account to writing of history (coins ,rock edicts and writings by foreign travellers) Goes on to explain the Geography of the south Then moves to chronologically describe
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So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Gen 1:27 Walter Scott was an author i stumbled across as I was reading another author with the same style of writing and hence My interest was piqued because of my love for historical fiction. Historical fictional work enables us to
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Recommended Age:Middle school and High school This book was one I had to read,because this one is about my home state Tamil Nadu and very particularly the city where I live in Chennai whose previous name was Madras.It was an absolutely fascinating read,it helped me to look back a few centuries to see how Chennai looked like. Click Here to
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Recommendation:Middle School ,High school and young adults Little women is a story of 4 sisters and their mother as their father is miles from home involved in the civil war.It tells the story from the perspectives of the sisters their unique gifts ,opinions ,thoughts,their friendships and acquaintances. Click Here to Watch the Review Click Here to Buy the Book The
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Recommendation:Graduates. Now that I had read accounts of the British raj from Indian sources i wanted to read the view from the other side.I am interested in reading different views as long as the facts are straight and that’s how I got into reading this book.It was interesting to read from the view point of the British how they perceived
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Recommendation: Middle school and high school A must read thought provoking book that helps us to understand priorities and a wonderful read for Christmas. A Christmas carol tells the story of Ebeneezer scrooge with seriously skewed priorities and his second chance to setting them straight when he get visited by his past, present and future. Click here to Watch the
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Recommendation: High School The Rulers of India was a biographical book series edited by William Wilson Hunter and published from the Clarendon Press, Oxford,now not in print.You can get it on kindle or from the archives. Robert Clive is a important figure of Indian history,as he was the one to bring Bengal under the rule of East Indian Company. His
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