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Living Homeschool History(South India):History of South India from Prehistoric Times to Vijayanagar by Nilakanta Sastri

February 28, 2020 godlyindianmom 0 Comments

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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Living Homeschool History (South India):Book Review:The Story of Madras by Glynn Barlow

January 31, 2020 godlyindianmom Leave a comment

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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Book Review: Literature: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde -Robert Louis Stevenson

October 18, 2019 godlyindianmom 0 Comments

Recommended:High school I read this book as a part of my horror fiction reads.A book that showed me how powerful words could be in creating a chilling effect.Jekyll and Hyde a beautiful book that shows the struggle in every man between good and evil inside him. The Story is said from the view of Gabriel John Utterson who is apprised

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Book Review:Children’s Literature: Little Men~ Louisa May Alcott

August 16, 2019 godlyindianmom 0 Comments

Recommended:Moms,Middle School and High School Little Men, or Life at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys, is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott, published in 1871.The Story begins at Jo Bhaer’s (Formerly Jo March from Little Women by Louisa ) Plumfield Estate School were we get introduced to Nat Blake who is waiting to get admitted into the school.The book

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Living Books: Homeschool Science: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers By Mary Roach

August 1, 2019 godlyindianmom Leave a comment

Recommended age: High School A good eye opening book for those considering organ donation or medicine as a higher studies.Easy read for Laymen. Click Here to Watch the Review Click Here to Buy the Book A book that helps us understand the how far medical science has progressed and the various ways in which the human body has been used

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Book Review:Classics: Water Ship Down ~ Richard Adams

July 18, 2019 godlyindianmom Leave a comment

Recommended: Water ship down is a classic and good fit for middle schoolers and high schoolers. Its a story about bravery, courage and brotherhood.A unique adventure story with a good dose of character building. Click Here to watch the Review Click Here to Buy the Book The story begins with Fiver a seer who has premonitions that something bad is

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Homeschool History – Book Review: The Last Mughal by William Dalrymple

July 6, 2019 godlyindianmom Leave a comment

Book intro: A living history read which covers a major event in Indian history which is the 1857 sepoy mutiny /indian rebellion ,how it looked from Mughal Delhi and the fall of last Mugal Emperor Zafar in India.The book gives a good insight on what triggered this mutiny -which were communal-ism and social reforms. Inside the book: It contains Paintings

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Book Review:Classics: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

June 21, 2019 godlyindianmom 0 Comments

Harper Lee has an impressive story telling which is a combination of mystery ,emotions and inspiration. The book is a fast paced page turner and is extremely inspiring. Click Here to watch the review Click here to buy the book The Plot: The story begins in a town called Maycomb. A white lawyer who defends an African american man who

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Living Homeschool History(India):Book Review: India after Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha

June 6, 2019 godlyindianmom 0 Comments

Recommended Age:Upper Middle school,High School,Graduates Click Here to watch the Video Click Here to buy the Book Highly recommend this book for anyone interested in Indian politics and Indian democracy.This part of history is relatively less lengthier to read than others as it is less than 80 years.Time period is from 1947 to 2015.It enables us to understand the why’s

LIVING HOMESCHOOL HISTORY:Book Review:Freedom at Midnight – Dominique Lapierre & Larry Collins

May 8, 2019 godlyindianmom 0 Comments

Recommended for: High schoolers This book talks from the view point of Last Viceroy Mountbatten. We get to have a glimpse of how 1946-1948 looked like and to better understand personalities of 3 prominent men – Gandhi ji,Nehru ji and Viceroy Mountbatten. We get a understand: The Circumstances by which the British were ready to let go of their very

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