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Was William Shakespeare illiterate? |
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Written by Isadora Sartosa
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Wednesday, 31 March 2010 14:40 |
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We know very little about the greatest writer of England. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 and died in 1616 after writing 37 plays and 154 sonnets and being the most successful player in London. His father was a glove-merchant, unable to read or write, and his mother a religious woman but uneducated.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 31 March 2010 14:59 )
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El Caleuche- Leyenda Chilena |
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Written by Ana María Chiuminatto
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 17:50 |
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Cuenta la leyenda que el Caleuche es un buque fantasma que navega por los mares de Chiloé y los múltiples canales del sur de Chile. Poderosos brujos conforman su tripulación, la que sólo navega por las noches, jamás con luz de día. Según la creencia popular las personas que han muerto ahogadas son
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 17 February 2010 18:04 )
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Ulysses and Circe, the Sorceress |
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Written by Isabel del Río
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Thursday, 11 February 2010 19:05 |
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Circe, the daughter of Helius (Sun god) and Perse, was beautiful and immortal. She lived on the island of Aeaea, guarded by men who she had turned into wild animals (Circe’s personality was not exactly nice) and served by nymphs (she seemed to be a little more patient with women).
When Ulysses was returning to Ithaca, his home, from the Trojan War, he arrived at her island and was her lover for 3 years despite their bad beginning. Ulysses’ men were turned into pigs and she tried to poison him. But, well…, |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 11 February 2010 19:19 )
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Thomas Alva Edison, a life of invention |
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Written by Nieves Fernández
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Thursday, 11 February 2010 18:50 |
| | Thomas Alva Edison | Edison saved a boy called Jimmie Mackenzi from being run over by a runway train. Jimmie’s father was so grateful that he took Edison under his wing and trained him as a telegraph operator.Edison's Childhood Thomas Alva Edison (Tom) was born in Milan, Ohio (USA), on the 11th of February in 1847. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 11 February 2010 18:59 )
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