Tag: novel
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Book Review: The Assyrian (Guild, 1987)
The Assyrian follows two real-life half-brothers from different mothers, Tiglath and Esarhaddon, both sons of the infamous King Sennacherib, one of the mightiest rulers of the Neo-Assy
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The English Teacher: Strawberry Cockroach
Excerpt from Book 1, Japan; Part 1, Hajimeru (Beginning) As any learner of a foreign language knows, it is sometimes challenging to remember the meanings of words, not to mention the pronunciation. As a child I studied an array of languages, from the exotic sounds of Sunday school Yiddish, to the ever-practical ancient Hebrew for…