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Bi-centenial of the birth of Queen Victoria.

Gary Marsh @garymarsh6 (24028) • United Kingdom 14 May 19

This month on May 24th will mark 200 years anniversary of the bith of Queen Victoria. She was until recently the United Kingdoms longest reigning monarch which was quite a feat for someone to live to in the 18'00's. This has now...

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The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig

SomeCowgirl @SomeCowgirl (32189) • United States 18 Aug 10

I am just about to finish this book. I really enjoyed reading it though at sometimes it was hard to follow. I found quite a few times I'd be reading about the present of the narrator Paul, and it would slip back into the past, or...

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the whistling season by ivan doig

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Biography of Shimon Peres (Early life)

ketapang @ketapang (94) • Indonesia 20 Jun 07

Shimon Peres was born in Wisniewo, Poland (now Vishniova, Belarus), to Yitzchak (1896-1962) and Sarah (b. 1905 nee Meltzer) Perski.[citation needed] Peres was raised speaking Hebrew, Yiddish and Russian.[2] His father was a lumber...

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