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Charlie English provides a fascinating account of how the agency smuggled Camus, Orwell and Vonnegut behind the Iron Curtain ...
Teenagers in English classrooms today in many ways seem a world apart from students decades ago. The books sitting on their ...
Honor our first president—and celebrate Presidents Day—with these famous and inspirational George Washington quotes.
Park County Democrats host a monthly banned book club, and last month we read “Animal Farm” by George Orwell. It is disturbingly relevant to where we are right now. The ...
He wrote about Rita McMahon, the founder of the Wild Bird Fund, who discovered a pigeon with a broken leg on her deck in New York City. A veterinarian amputated the pigeon’s leg and while it recovered ...
Russian lawmakers advanced a bill on Tuesday that would fine internet users who search online for web pages, books, artworks or music albums that authorities have deemed "extremist" -- a ...
Russian lawmakers have approved a bill that punishes online searches for information that is deemed “extremist,” the latest ...
MLB Trade Deadline is fast approaching, and all 30 teams likely know by now whether they will be buyers, sellers, or ...
The 'American Sky' author reflects on getting compared to George Orwell and Bob Dylan, working with Robert Redford and how society has changed over the years.
Orwell wrote: “A Party member is expected to have no private emotions and no respites from enthusiasm. He is supposed to live ...
NEED TO KNOW A new photography book by George Harrison will be published in 2026 The Third Eye features over 250 photographs taken by the late musician, which document his time in the Beatles The ...
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of George Orwell's death, The New Statesman has published two essays by the author of 1984 and Animal Farm. The special opens with "Hop-picking," Orwell's 1931 ...