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Recommended age: 8 years and up Beautiful book to explain Indian history to a young child.It contains maps, drawings , fascinating information and links to additional information on each topic. Subhadra Sen Gupta does a wonderful job of captivating a young child’s imagination ,narrating history in a manner that would be understandable for a young children.I thoroughly enjoyed the concise
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Recommended age:Middle Schoolers ,High Schoolers and Parents Eight cousins is a heart warming tale about a healthy and happy Rose Campbell who is raised by her uncle Dr.Alex Campbell on unorthodox ideas of child rearing.The story revolves around the parenting of this little girl and her adventures with her cousins. As with all Louisa may Alcott books,the story is entertained
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Recommended age: Upper Middle school and high school This is valuable book for those interested into reading more into South Indian history. I am always eager to read new information on south Indian history.And this book is a good source for some real fascinating information about the south. For me this book helped in understanding: How the name Coramandel came
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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: 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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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: 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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Recommendation:High School Considered by Mr.Dickens as his very favorite book.An interesting book which features many incidents from Dickens life and that is what got me interested in this book,the chance to understand dickens. The story follows the life and making of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity. His childhood,friendships,mentors,career and marriages.All in all a book that shows everyday life’s thoughts
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Recommended:Middle School and High School In the school hour rush I didn’t have much time to actually pay details to the history behind them.This book really helped in rectifying that. A much needed book to understand the history of prominent scientific discoveries and it does it in laymen terms. My favorite part of the book was the calculation of the
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