Iran

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Ashanti to Zulu

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Learn Persian - Level 5: Advanced Persian, Volume 1: Lessons 1-50

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India - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

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Shining: The Story of a Lucky Man

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The Leopard Behind the Moon

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Learn Persian: Discover Iranian Culture & Traditions

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Onigamiising: Seasons of an Ojibwe Year

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Dragons Race in the Water and Other Real Chinese Stories

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African Mythology: A Concise Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Sagas, Rituals and Beliefs of African Myths

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Amazing Animals: For ages 7–11

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Secrets of the Sky Caves: Danger and Discovery on Nepal's Mustang Cliffs

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India - Culture Smart!

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High in the Mountains of Ecuador and Other Travel Stories

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We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga

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The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World

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Lost Islamic History: Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past

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Highlights Listen & Learn!: A Year on the Savannah: An Immersive Audio Study for Grade 3

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The Turtle of Oman

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The Global Forest: Forty Ways Trees Can Save Us

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Once Upon an Eid: Stories of Hope and Joy by 15 Muslim Voices

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Death Valley in 1849

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Island Treasures: Growing Up in Cuba

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Northern Light: Power, Land, and the Memory of Water

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Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior

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Stories for 4 to 5 year olds: Collection 2

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Eden, Ohio

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Ethiopia - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

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Horses (A Day in the Life): What Do Wild Horses like Mustangs and Ponies Get Up To All Day?

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The Marvellous Equations of the Dread: A Novel In Bass Riddim

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These Happy Golden Years

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Little House on the Prairie

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Anne of Green Gables

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On the Banks of Plum Creek

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Little House in the Big Woods

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By the Shores of Silver Lake

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Making Bombs for Hitler: A Novel

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Resist: A Story of D-Day

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Farmer Boy

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Little Town on the Prairie

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I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (I Survived #1)

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The Lost Heir (The Gryphon Chronicles, Book 1)

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Iceberg

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The First Four Years

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The Long Winter

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Ground Zero

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Allies

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Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

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Refugee

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Hitler's Last Days: The Death of the Nazi Regime and the World's Most Notorious Dictator

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A Night Divided

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The Devil's Arithmetic

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The Wednesday Wars

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How Do You Live?

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By the Great Horn Spoon!

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Edge of Anarchy: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller

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The Day the World Went Nuclear: Dropping the Atom Bomb and the End of World War II in the Pacific

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Resistance

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Inside Out & Back Again

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A Place to Hang the Moon

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October 1, 2019 International Coffee Day, Jens Jensen, LeRoy Abrams, John and Harvey Ruth, Cyrus Tracy, Daniel Boorstin, Eudora Welty, The Naturalist by Thom Conroy, Dark Times for Poinsettia, and the Restoration of the WIlliam Hallicy Nursery: Today is International Coffee Day. There is a legend that tells of coffee's discovery: In Ethiopia, there was a goatherder who observed his goats didn't want to go to sleep at night after eating berries from a certain tree. After he reported this to...

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September 3, 2019 Spring Bulbs for Pollinators, George Thorndike, Sara Allen Plummer Lemmon, George Vanderbilt, Biltmore, John Updike, September, Gardening with Conifers by Adrian Bloom, a Space to Cure Garlic, and Ringo Starr: Have you ordered your spring bulbs yet? Here's a new perspective on planting spring bulbs - they're important resources for pollinators. Most gardeners think about spring flowering bulbs in terms of color - which is something we desperately need...

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Wild Open Swim, with Kath Fotheringham, Fiona Undrill and Darrin Roles

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Ep. 110: Headhunters of Nagaland with Ila Reddy: This week, The Musafir Stories speaks to Ila Reddy, as she takes us on a trip to the land of the Headhunters, Nagaland

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Episode 169 Part 2: How Four Winds Gallery Brought Native American Jewelry to Australia: What you’ll learn in this episode: Why Native American jewelry has struck a chord with Australian shoppers Why jewelry is so important to Native American cultures, and the history of jewelry making in the Southwest Which characteristics to look for...

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Ep 18 — Iran: Revolution, Poetry, Storytelling, and Spices: Iran (formerly known as Persia) is the second-largest country in the Middle East, and its culture reaches back through the millennia. About 2500 years ago, the Persian Empire stretched from Greece to India, and its impact is still felt in the world today...

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Ep 29 — Afghanistan: Poppies, Tribalism, and the Taliban: Located in Central Asia with Iran to the west and Pakistan to the east, Afghanistan sits at the crossroads of Asia and the Middle East. That's made it a hot spot for invaders from all directions for millennia.  Afghanistan's terrain is rugged — and in so...

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Reflections on Current Events - Protests in Iran (October 2022)

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Level 4-Day 1 Come to The Fair

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Lesson 20 - Russian Cursive (Letters "О,П,Р,С,Т"): 8th of March - Women's Day . It's Women's Day in Russia today, a holiday of spring and attention to women. It's one of most important holidays in Russia. The celebration is similar to a combination of Valentine's Day and Mother's Day in the West, but bet

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January 22, 2020 The Wardian Case, Winter Garden Design Tips, Francis Bacon, Heinrich Muhlenberg, Caspar Wistar, The 1985 Cold Snap, Lessons From Winter In Poetry And Prose, By Pen & By Spade By David Wheeler, Esschert Garden Tool Belt, and Ellsworth Jero: Today we celebrate the birthday of the English Statesman who created “Garden walks” and the birthday of a man who is remembered by Muhly grass. We'll learn about the man memorialized by a plant name that misspells his last name, and we'll also...

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Episode 098: River Dolphins: This week let’s learn about some unusual cetaceans, river dolphins! An Amazon river dolphin and the nose of another Amazon river dolphin: Another Amazon river dolphin. Note the teeny eye and disk-like teeth: A South Asian river dolphin.

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June 6, 2019 Annuals Budget, National Gardening Exercise Day, Andrea Cesalpino, VC Andrews, Gordon Hayward, Hannah Rebecca Hudson, We Made a Garden, Marjorie Fish, Asparagus, the Hawaii State Flower, Hibiscus, and the Hawaiian Airlines image:   I made another trip to the garden center today; that's my fourth of this week.   The reason I keep going back, is they're clearancing out the annuals already.   When it comes to my garden budget, I try to be as frugal as possible with...

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Episode 234: Sun Bears, Water Bears: Sign up for our mailing list! We also have t-shirts and mugs with our logo! - Thanks to Enzo and Lux for their suggestions! Let's learn about the sun bear and the water bear this week! - Sun bear just chillin: - Sun bears got long tongues: -

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January 21, 2020 The Winter Greenhouse, Ten Unusual Veggies to Grow, John Frémont, Robert Thornton, Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, National Squirrel Appreciation Day, Snow Riddle, The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Plastic Saucers, and Erwin Fri: Today we celebrate a man known as “The Pathfinder” and the birthday of a man who impoverished himself writing a book in tribute to Carl Linnaeus. We'll learn about the woman who was as passionate about botany as she was assisting with the war...

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Nagaland on foot with Prasenjit Sharma

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If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir by Ilana Kurshan: This week’s podcast features Ilana Kurshan’s memoir If All the Seas Were Ink. Originally written in English, the text translates the study of the Daf Yomi, or “Daily Page,” of the Talmud, into a life story. The Talmud is the main book of...

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Fred Jenning Rogers, Author and Owner of Aquarius books and gifts. www.aquariusbooksandgifts.com Fred will talk about the books he has authored and his bookstore.: Fred, a gardener in the field, has written Petals on the Path, Third Millennium World Teachings, World Peace Seeds, Planting and Growing Personal Destiny and Journey of the White Robes.

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June 26, 2019 Moving a Bumblebee Nest, Charles Newbold, Charles Christopher Perry, The Rolling Stones, Margaret Morse Nice, Annette Wynne, Diana Wells, Planting Sunflower Seeds, and San Francisco Gardener John McLaren: Have you ever needed to move a bumblebee nest?   We discovered a nest under the basketball hoop on the driveway when the guys came to sealcoat.   To move it, I waited until dusk. Then I grabbed a terra cotta pot that was a little bigger than...

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Tamil Elam Tamil In Iran Elamites

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June 28, 2019 Giant Flowers for Paul Bunyan Day, Harry V. Harlan, Importing Seeds, Henry Nehrling, Cicely Mary Barker, Plant Families by Ross Bayton, Pruning Spring-Flowering Shrubs, and the Effects of Culture: Today is National Paul Bunyan Day. In Minnesota, most folks fondly remember the tales of Paul and Babe - his big blue ox. Speaking of big, Many gardeners have a fondness for giant plants. They are perfect if you have lots of space, or if you just...

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Ep. 05: The Shadow of Andhra's Stupas: This is the story of how South India's grandest Buddhist monument was built: the story of a time when Buddhism dominated the Indian subcontinent, and South Indian Buddhism reached out to shape the art and religion of millions. Episode 5 of Echoes of...

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July 1, 2020 Dwight Brown’s Urban Oasis, July in the Garden, Vale of York Naturalists Club, Illinois State Flower, July Poetry, The Earth Knows My Name by Patricia Klindienst, and Plant Explorer Finds Adventure in 1932: Today we welcome the new month - July - and we remember the first meeting of the Vale of York Field Naturalists Club. We'll also learn about the Illinois State Flower, which was adopted on this day. We'll usher in the new month with some July poetry....

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ELI & ADAM hunt for food during the pandemic: 13-year old Eli and 11-year-old Adam are sheltering from the pandemic on the reservation with their grandparents, where they have fun learning about their ancestral traditions in the Pacific Northwest. The boys are proud members of the Umatilla, Cayuse, Nez Perce and Walla Walla Nations. While learning how to dance, sing, drum, they also try to avoid going to grocery stores. Hunting for their own food is not just about putting dinner on the table, it’s about growing up and becoming men. You can read more about the tribes and hear some of traditional songs and stories here: http://www.native-languages.org/cayuse.htm

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Olbrich Botanical Gardens centering plants & people of Madison, Wisconsin, w/Erin Presley: Erin Presley is the herb, woodland, and pond gard…

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April 19, 2019 Signature Plant, National Garlic Day, Gilroy Garlic Festival, E. Lucy Braun, Gilbert White, Primrose Day, Nancy Cardozo, Fiona Davison, Photo Friday, and Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli: Does your garden have a signature plant?   If you can't decide, maybe it's time to let your garden do the talking.    Complete the following sentence: My garden has the perfect spot to grow....(fill in the blank).    For...

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Harmony Week in the Classroom

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Princes of Persia: Iranian Jewry Part I: The ancient Jewish community of Persia/Iran is one of the oldest Jewish communities in the world. The site of the Purim story and many Biblical and Talmudic era luminaries, it continued to flourish through times of stability and persecution.  One of the ...

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MDT Ep. 83: Concerning Island Kingdoms, Bloodsuckers, and Flesh-Eaters

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September 13, 2019 The secret to beautiful begonias, Caspar Wistar, Roald Dahl, Beverley Nichols, English Cottage Gardening by Margaret Hensel, Dividing Bearded Irises, and for the Love of Toads: What's the secret to beautiful begonias? I asked this to a friend recently who has the most gorgeous begonias every single year. Her answer: fish emulsion. This means you should feed your begonias with fertilizer. Since we love that begonias flower...