rorybooks
First poem written for Mother’s Day
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Post by rorybooks on Jun 22, 2008 20:39:21 GMT -5
okay so i really want to be prepared for my ap...ero class next year...
so any books that are non fiction that depicted the way life was back in the middle ages...Or around that time frame...that are about or concern europe or europeans....
any recommendations OR suggestions are really appreciated...
Thank You for your time...
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Post by Dominique on Jun 23, 2008 1:45:50 GMT -5
The only ones I can think of are historical fiction ones, do you want those or just non-fiction?
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rorybooks
First poem written for Mother’s Day
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Post by rorybooks on Jun 23, 2008 13:57:27 GMT -5
yeah those will work too....
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zeldafitzgerald
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Post by zeldafitzgerald on Jun 23, 2008 18:49:37 GMT -5
I highly recommend this year's Newbery winner - Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! It's a kid's book, but it's actually got a lot of information about what life was like back then for children of all social classes. Plus it's very fun to read and extremely quick. Obviously not in the same ballpark as an AP class, but I think it could be fun and beneficial nonetheless.  |
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rorybooks
First poem written for Mother’s Day
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Post by rorybooks on Jun 26, 2008 14:59:49 GMT -5
thank you
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Katelyn
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Post by Katelyn on Jun 28, 2008 0:17:22 GMT -5
Here's my recommendation - The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett; he also wrote a sequel, which I haven't read yet, and which is titled World Without End. The setting for the first novel is England in the 12th century. The novel falls into the genre of historical fiction. The novel concerns the building of a cathedral, and in it, the author examines the lives of those who are involved in the building of this cathedral. I warn you, it is quite a long book to read, but it is still a thoroughly enjoyable book to read. I don't know if you're interested to know this, but the book itself has garnered quite a lot of reputation; the BBC, for example, listed it as #33 on their Big Read, and Oprah named it as a member of her book club. I'd eventually like to read the sequel to it. But I haven't as of yet.
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Post by Hanna on Jul 1, 2008 12:14:20 GMT -5
How about Snorre Sturlason? Icelandic writer from the 1300 or around there...he wrote about kings and people and stuff...maybe it's too early?
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