Averroes: An Author Profile
AverroesAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Though little studied today, Averroes was one of the chief architects of Medieval thought. ❧ Full name and titles: أبو الوليد محمد […]
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Wollstonecraft: An Author Profile
WollstonecraftAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown Wollstonecraft represented the first glimmer of female equality before the law. ❧ Full name and titles: Mary Wollstonecraft [mê-rē wõł-støn-krăft; see our pronunciation
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Student Essay: Humility in “Pride and Prejudice”
Student Essay: Humility in Pride and Prejudice By Ana Schau The moral development of the principal characters is not only the theme of Pride and Prejudice, but the
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Darwin: An Author Profile
DarwinAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Charles Darwin permanently altered the basic assumptions of modern science. ❧ Full name and titles: Charles Robert Darwin [chäŕłz rŏb-ŕt däŕ-wĭn; see
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Student Essay: Myth and Fairy-Story
Student Essay:Myth and Fairy-Story J. R. R. Tolkien, the father of modern fantasy, once said, “The original Hobbit was never intended to have a sequel—Bilbo ‘remained very happy
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Thucydides: An Author Profile
ThucydidesAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard In classical Greece, even the strictest historian was obliged to be at the same time a tragedian. ❧ Full name and titles:
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Disruption, or Development?
Disruption, or Development? By Gabriel Blanchard What exactly is #DisruptTexts trying to do? And is its strategy really the best? There are few questions as contentious in education
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Bethune: An Author Profile
BethuneAn Author Profile By Joyce Burges Bethune’s relentless hope for Black students in America changed thousands of lives. ❧ Full name and titles: Mary McLeod Bethune [mêŕ-ē mà-klo͡wd
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Top Ten With West
Top Ten With West We recently had the pleasure of hosting Ivy League scholar Dr. Cornel West on our weekly podcast, Anchored. An immensely literate man, it was hard
Stowe: An Author Profile
StoweAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown Few authors have done more to rouse the conscience of a nation. ❧ Full name and titles: Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe [hêŕ-ē-ĕt
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