“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” – Lucille Ball “To see what is right and…
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There are stories that look forward, and there are stories that look backward. The older I get, the more often the latter type seems to find me. Last year I…
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The publishers of the first complete works of Shakespeare claimed that theirs was the definite and final edition, absolutely true to the original, in contrast to the previous books that…
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A glass-walled room is on the stage, with a small desk and some cardboard boxes around it. The background is a huge screen showing a harbour and the Statue of…
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Can you imagine Hamlet being a woman? Or a female James Bond for that matter? It may not come to that, but the current trend of swapping originally male characters…
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For the past couple of months, my daughters and I have been living in the fantasy world created by Philip Pullman. Every evening we make ourselves comfortable on our cosy…
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The choice of book was pure chance. I’ve never read any novels by Stephen King and I’ve never taken any interest in the horror genre. What I was looking for,…
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There’s nothing like diving into a novel and finding yourself in a new world where you’re free to choose your part. You may wander through the events as an observer…
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Довольно часто мне приходят вопросы о том, как же развить разговорный навык, умение формулировать свои мысли, не задумываясь над каждым словом. Дорогие, вас не удивит мой ответ. Нужно много и…
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Есть три самых важных принципа, на которых строится успешное запоминание новой информации. Новое должно быть связано с тем, что мы уже знаем. Оно должно быть значимо для нас. Если эти…
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