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Cover of McGuffey's First Reader. The Eclectic Readers (commonly, but informally known as the McGuffey Readers) were a series of graded primers for grade levels 1–6. They were widely used as textbooks in American schools from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century, and are still used today in some private schools and homeschooling.
William Holmes McGuffey (September 23, 1800 – May 4, 1873) was an American college professor and president who is best known for writing the McGuffey Readers, the first widely used series of elementary school-level textbooks.
A Stanislaw Lem Reader [1] is a collection of writings by and about Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem, one of the world's most widely read science-fiction writers. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The book comprises an introduction by Canadian literary scholar Peter Swirski , two interviews by Swirski with Lem, and Swirski's translation of Lem's essay ...
Pages in category "Defunct literary magazines published in the United Kingdom" The following 168 pages are in this category, out of 168 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Potamo (or Potamon) of Alexandria (Greek: Ποτάμων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς) was an eclectic philosopher who lived in the Roman era.According to Diogenes Laërtius, [1] Potamo had "not long ago" created an eclectic sect of philosophy, which would mean that he lived sometime around the 2nd century CE.
Works that are "Joycean" may also be technically eclectic, employing multiple technical shifts as a form of thematic or subject development. In this latter respect, it is not merely an opaque or evident technique, such as is characteristic of avant garde prose, but technical shifts that are meant to be recognized by the reader and considered as ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... which allowed Guevara to be an enthusiastic and eclectic reader, ... His second expedition, in 1951, was a nine-month, 8,000 ...
A Robert Heinlein Omnibus was a second collection of Robert A Heinlein's stories to use the term "omnibus" the first being The Robert Heinlein Omnibus (1958), published in 1966. [1] Containing fifteen of Heinlein's short stories and novellas, this second "Omnibus" represents a short chronological period, 1940 to 1950, of Heinlein's writings.