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(The consortium later enlisted Ernest Hemingway as a foreign correspondent during the Spanish civil war and funded expeditions like Thor Heyerdahl’s 1947 crossing of the Pacific by raft.)
David Grann • The Lost City of Z
One third grade teacher who attended my class said, “This is my last resort. My principal will not allow me to teach intensive phonics in the classroom, but I am paying for my own training and using my own money to buy the kids materials. I plan to close the door and teach the children the logic of English. It makes so much sense. If it works, I wi
... See moreDenise Eide • Uncovering The Logic of English: A Common-Sense Approach to Reading, Spelling, and Literacy
Mrs Keeling smuggled herself aboard the Red Dragon.
John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
a man like Mr. Peggotty was not a bad person to have on board if anything did happen. Nothing happened, however, worse than morning.
Charles Dickens • David Copperfield
would go so far as to erect false lighthouse beacons that were sure to lure unsuspecting vessels onto the rocks. An unfortunate captain might complain, but by the time authorities made it out to check, all traces of any bogus light had vanished.
Les Standiford • Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean
Drake had set off in 1577 on his three-year circumnavigation of the globe in the Golden Hinde. This was only the third time a global voyage had ever been attempted, and it was made possible by developments in compasses and astrolabes – as well as by worsening relations with Spain and Portugal.9 Drake had set sail in ‘great hope of gold [and] silver
... See moreWilliam Dalrymple • The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
foreshadow a future filled with the seductively colonizing commodities of American modernity.