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Just One Catch: The life of Joseph Heller by Tracy Daugherty, review
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[Telegraph.co.uk] - Heller survived the carnage of the Second World War, storing away the craziness and transforming his memories into one of the greatest books of the 20th century - "a gargantuan masterpiece" in the words of John Steinbeck. Heller, who had worked as an
History 'forgotten' in parts of country
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[Telegraph.co.uk] - This could include children being required to learn their times tables by the age of nine rather than 11, and study the work of Homer, Sophocles and Shakespeare alongside staples like John Steinbeck. The final conclusions of the review had been
Guardian: US immigration laws bow to the bigots and the opportunists
[The Guardian] - "Just as the Carthaginians hired mercenaries to do their fighting for them, we Americans bring in mercenaries to do our hard and humble work," wrote John Steinbeck in Travels With Charley in "I hope we may not be overwhelmed one day by peoples
Children must learn their times tables by age of nine
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[Telegraph.co.uk] - A new-style English curriculum may also lead to the introduction of distinct lessons in grammar and more rigorous reading lists covering Homer, Sophocles and Shakespeare amid fears too many pupils are “limited to a diet of John Steinbeck”.
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