The territories that were at one time or another part of the British Empire. The British Overseas Territories are underlined in red. Русский: Территории, когда-либо бывшие частью Британской империи. Названия Британских заморских территорий подчеркнуты красным. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Unfinished Empire, The Global Expansion of Britain by John Darwin is 478 pages long. I’m only on page 100; and I’m really looking forward to finishing this book.
Hello hello hello, my brother and sister readers and writers from all over the world! And here’s a special shut-out to my fans in the UK.
The Old Soldier was at the Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh (the public library) a couple of days ago and he picked up this book by John Darwin.
All I can tell you is that if you enjoy well researched history written in tight prose that is easy for the general public to enjoy, this is the book for you.
Of course, when I read anything, I read to see what I can learn and use as a blogger, an editor, a publisher and as a writer.
The Old Soldier can tell you he is going to learn a great many useful things from this book.
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Celebrating The Public Library
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I wrote this post in my notebook in the main branch of the Carnegie Library which is in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh. I sit at a long wooden table in the Browsing Journals Room on the second floor. It’s around 1:00 in the afternoon on a cloudy day of rain drizzle in Pittsburgh and the high will be only around 40 degrees.
I just got finished reading several articles in a Newsweek Magazine.
It’s nice and quiet here. The lighting is good for reading. The people in the library, the public and staff, speak in low voices when they do speak.
The Old Soldier has just reintroduced himself to the public library. It’s a great place to hangout.
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