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In The Witness, it is spring in London, but Jenny can’t see or experience it. The survivor of a brutal assault, she has been confined
When George Bernard Shaw called the Americans and the English “two peoples separated by a common language,” he was intending to be
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When we think of milestones, we are usually referring to the developmental milestones which parents are so happy to see their children reach. These may involve
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December: a season when many holiday traditions are celebrated. We plan and prepare food for family gatherings, we purchase and wrap gifts, we communicate
As Winston Churchill said, “Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy, an amusement; then it becomes a mistress, and then a master and then a tyrant. And just before you are reconciled to your fate
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