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How French day-trippers fell in love with Guernsey
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 hours ago“Victor Hugo planted this oak tree 150 years ago, and named it ‘the Oak of the United States of Europe’’”. Our Anglo-French tour guide pointed at a grand...
How Victor Hugo’s daughter stalked an unlucky British soldier across the Atlantic
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIn writing biographies of Florence Nightingale and the campaigning pacifist Vera Brittain, Mark...
Some Parisians save 'le pipi' to help the Seine
BBC News· 8 hours agoThe plan for a swimmable Seine casts a spotlight on the state of sewage in our rivers – and on the people doing better things with Paris' waste,...
The 20 Most Famous Historical Fiction Books Worth Reading — Best Life
Best Life· 4 hours agoIf you can't decide whether to crack open the spine of a fiction or nonfiction book, boy have we got...
Biblioracle: Remembering Alice Munro, a giant of contemporary literature
Chicago Tribune· 1 day agoCanadian short story writer, and 2013 Nobel laureate in fiction Alice Munro died on May 13 at the...
East Texas man accused of 2022 murder with claw hammer sentenced to 30 years in prison
KETK Tyler via Yahoo News· 5 days agoLONGVIEW, Texas (KETK) — A Gladewater man pleaded guilty to murder on Monday after being accused of...
60 romantic love quotes will make the man in your life swoon
TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThese romantic and meaningful love quotes for him draw from books, movies, and songs to show just...
LES MISERABLES To Return To Philadelphia Starting in August
Broadway World· 2 days agoTickets are on sale for Cameron Mackintosh's production of LES MISÉRABLES at Philadelphia's Academy of Music. Learn how to purchase tickets.
Inside San Pedro, Bolivia’s Notorious Prison Run by Inmates
Vice· 2 days agoNestled among the Andes in La Paz, Bolivia’s capital city, San Pedro is a self-governing prison...
Rev. Dan Safarik: The battle for control
Grand Island Independent· 2 days agoA little boy scraped a chair across the kitchen floor and climbed on it to reach the cookie jar on the top shelf. This meant Hugo could not go outside,...
