![]() ![]() I, Nennius, pupil of the holy Elvodug, have undertaken to write down some extracts that the stupidity of the British cast out for the scholars of the island of Britain had no skill, and set down no record in books.Ego autem coacervavi omne quod inveni tam de annalibus Romanorum quam de cronicis sanctorum patrum, et de scriptis Scottorum Saxonumque et ex traditione veterum nostrorum. Ego Nennius Sancti Elbodugi discipulus aliquis excerpta scribere curavi, quae hebitudo gentis Britanniae deiecerat, quia nullam peritiam habuerunt neque ullam commemorationem in libris posuerunt doctores illius insulae Britanniae.This literature-related article is a stub. Translations are from Nennius British History and the Welsh Annals, edited and translated by John Morris (Chichester: Phillimore, 1980). ![]() It is the earliest source for some of the best-known Welsh legends. ![]() The Historia Brittonum or History of the Britons is an early 9th century collection of historical materials, ascribed in one recension to Nennius, though this claim is now largely discredited. ![]()
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Urn:lcp:sweetnessatbotto0000brad_u9k4:lcpdf:d7e50f4a-af8e-44cb-a70e-ddad3a58822c Foldoutcount 0 Identifier sweetnessatbotto0000brad_u9k4 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t84k0n95d Invoice 1652 Isbn 9780385665834Ġ385665830 Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9954 Ocr_module_version 0.0.11 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-0000491 Openlibrary_edition An enthralling mystery, a piercing depiction of class and society, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pieis a masterfully told tale of deceptionsand a rich literary delight. Alan Bradley is the New York Times bestselling author of many short stories, children’s stories, newspaper columns, and the memoir The Shoebox Bible.His first Flavia de Luce novel, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, received the Crime Writers’ Association Debut Dagger Award, the Dilys Award, the Arthur Ellis Award, the Agatha Award, the Macavity Award, and the Barry Award, and was. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 19:01:35 Boxid IA40058818 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier ![]() ![]() ![]() She moved to California to attend the University of California, Berkeley, and after graduation with a B.A in English in 1938, studied at the School of Librarianship at the University of Washington in Seattle, where she earned a degree in librarianship in 1939. Thereafter, she was a frequent visitor to the library, though she rarely found the books she most wanted to read - those about children like herself. It wasn't until she was in third grade that she found enjoyment from books, when she started reading The Dutch Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins. She was slow in learning to read, due partly to her dissatisfaction with the books she was required to read and partly to an unpleasant first grade teacher. When she was 6, her family moved to Portland, Oregon, where she went to grammar and high school. Mouse.īeverly Cleary was born Beverly Atlee Bunn in McMinnville, Oregon. ![]() ![]() Some of her best known and loved characters are Ramona Quimby and her sister Beatrice ("Beezus"), Henry Huggins, and Ralph S. Her characters are normal children facing challenges that many of us face growing up, and her stories are liberally laced with humour. Beverly Cleary (ApMarch 25, 2021) was the author of over 30 books for young adults and children. ![]() ![]() Wells created a mild scandal when he divorced his cousin to marry one of his best students, Amy Catherine Robbins. Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898). After marrying his cousin, Isabel, Wells began to supplement his teaching salary with short stories and freelance articles, then books, including The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Dr. Wells earned his bachelor of science and doctor of science degrees at the University of London. Wells earned a government scholarship in 1884, to study biology under Thomas Henry Huxley at the Normal School of Science. The headmaster of Midhurst Grammar School, where he had spent a year, arranged for him to return as an "usher," or student teacher. Young Wells received a spotty education, interrupted by several illnesses and family difficulties, and became a draper's apprentice as a teenager. Herbert George Wells was born to a working class family in Kent, England. ![]() |