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In May 1791, the Caracas Council (Cabildo) gave him a position as teacher in the "Reading and Writing School for Children". In 1794, he presented his critical writing Reflection on the flaws vitiating the Reading and Writing School for Children in Caracas and Means of Achieving its Reform and a New Establishment to the council, which represented an original approach to a modern school system.
Simon Jonathan Sebag Montefiore (/ ˈ s iː b æ ɡ ˌ m ɒ n t ɪ f i ˈ ɔː r i / SEE-bag MON-tif-ee-OR-ee; born 27 June 1965) [1] is a British historian, television presenter and author of history books and novels, [2] [3] including Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar (2003), Jerusalem: The Biography (2011), The Romanovs 1613–1918 (2016), and The World: A Family History of Humanity (2022).
His books are frequent selections in the National Science Teachers Association's Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students. [ 3 ] Simon visits schools and talks to students and teachers, because it is contact with children, teachers, and librarians that has made him one of their favorite writers.
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda is a 2015 young adult novel [1] and the debut book by American author Becky Albertalli. [2] The coming-of-age story focuses on its titular protagonist Simon Spier, a closeted, gay, high school-aged boy who is forced to come out after a blackmailer discovers Simon's emails written to another closeted classmate with whom he has fallen in love.
The General in His Labyrinth (original Spanish title: El general en su laberinto) is a 1989 dictator novel by Colombian writer and Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez.It is a fictionalized account of the last seven months of Simón Bolívar, liberator and leader of Gran Colombia.
Simon is a children's historical novel written by Rosemary Sutcliff, first published in 1953. It is set during the First English Civil War , primarily focusing on the final campaign of 1645-1646 in the West Country and shows the effect of the conflict on two friends, who find themselves on opposite sides.
Blue Moon Rising is a fantasy novel by British author, Simon R. Green. The first in a series of four books in the Forest Kingdom series with the main protagonists appearing in six books in the Hawk & Fisher series by Green. The book had a troubled launch with many publishers rejecting Green before being published by Roc. The book became Green's ...
Si Siman (born Ely E. Siman Jr.; January 17, 1921 – December 16, 1994) was an American country music executive as a radio producer, talent agent, songwriter, record producer, television producer and music publisher who helped transform the sound of music in the Ozarks after World War II and into the 1980s.