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		<title>Maori and the Settler by G. A. Henty</title>
		<link>http://conservativebooktalk.com/2009/11/16/maori-and-the-settler-by-g-a-henty/</link>
		<comments>http://conservativebooktalk.com/2009/11/16/maori-and-the-settler-by-g-a-henty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hannasus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Another G.A. Henty I know, but I like his books, what can I say.) Unlike most other Henty books, Maori and the Settler does not contain lots of battles and hardships for our hero to go through. Instead, Wilfred’s story, our hero, begins at his home in England. Wilfred’s father is not an ambitious man, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>101 Years’ Entertainment, Edited by Ellery Queen (Part 6 of 6)</title>
		<link>http://conservativebooktalk.com/2009/08/03/101-years%e2%80%99-entertainment-edited-by-ellery-queen-part-6-of-6/</link>
		<comments>http://conservativebooktalk.com/2009/08/03/101-years%e2%80%99-entertainment-edited-by-ellery-queen-part-6-of-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sincerelyornot</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://conservativebooktalk.com/?p=434</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Part 6 of 6 I’m not big on short stories, mysteries excepted. After reading this book, my horizons have been broadened, and I’m going to go find some more fun short stories to check out. Unfortunately, this anthology includes a selection of “mystery” stories that are more like horror, or fairy-tales gone amok; so I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle</title>
		<link>http://conservativebooktalk.com/2009/06/15/the-original-illustrated-sherlock-holmes-by-arthur-conan-doyle/</link>
		<comments>http://conservativebooktalk.com/2009/06/15/the-original-illustrated-sherlock-holmes-by-arthur-conan-doyle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johann Van De Leeuw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classic Literature and Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arthur Conan Doyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johann Van De Leeuw]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://conservativebooktalk.com/?p=413</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This book is about 630 pages, and includes 37 short stories and “The Hound of the Baskervilles”. It has 350+ original illustrations by Sidney Paget, and is quite an engrossing read. The Hound of the Baskervilles is about an old curse on the Baskerville family that dates back to the 16th century. It involves a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Won By the Sword by G. A. Henty</title>
		<link>http://conservativebooktalk.com/2009/04/27/won-by-the-sword-by-g-a-henty/</link>
		<comments>http://conservativebooktalk.com/2009/04/27/won-by-the-sword-by-g-a-henty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hannasus</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://conservativebooktalk.com/?p=405</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Plot: Won by the Sword is set in the 17th century. The French at that time were in the midst of what would turn out to be a thirty years war. We meet our hero, Hector Campbell, in 1639, the war has already been raging for twenty-some-odd years by that time. Found by General Turrene [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dialogue of Chivalry of Duke Finnvarr de Taahe, by Etienne de l&#8217;Isle</title>
		<link>http://conservativebooktalk.com/2008/11/20/dialogue-of-chivalry-of-duke-finnvarr-de-taahe-by-etienne-de-lisle/</link>
		<comments>http://conservativebooktalk.com/2008/11/20/dialogue-of-chivalry-of-duke-finnvarr-de-taahe-by-etienne-de-lisle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sincerelyornot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Full Text This is one of those times when I fall in love with the internet all over again. I wandered onto this great website, and found a typed version of this 12th century “dialogue.” It should be a must-read for all history majors at college. I learned a lot about chivalry and the 12th [...]]]></description>
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		<title>101 Years’ EntertainmentEdited by Ellery Queen (Part 2 of 6: Most Poorly Executed)</title>
		<link>http://conservativebooktalk.com/2008/10/06/101-years%e2%80%99-entertainmentedited-by-ellery-queen-part-2-of-6-most-poorly-executed/</link>
		<comments>http://conservativebooktalk.com/2008/10/06/101-years%e2%80%99-entertainmentedited-by-ellery-queen-part-2-of-6-most-poorly-executed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sincerelyornot</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://conservativebooktalk.com/?p=305</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Part 2 of 6: Most Poorly Executed I’m not big on short stories, mysteries excepted. Unfortunately, this anthology includes a selection of “mystery” stories that are more like horror, or fairy-tales gone amok; so I can’t recommend the whole batch of 50. That said, there are too many stories for one review: this is review [...]]]></description>
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		<title>101 Years&#8217; Entertainment: The Great Detective Stories of Over A Century Edited by Ellery Queen (Post 1 of 6)</title>
		<link>http://conservativebooktalk.com/2008/09/30/101-years-entertainment-the-great-detective-stories-of-over-a-century-edited-by-ellery-queen-post-1-of-6/</link>
		<comments>http://conservativebooktalk.com/2008/09/30/101-years-entertainment-the-great-detective-stories-of-over-a-century-edited-by-ellery-queen-post-1-of-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sincerelyornot</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://conservativebooktalk.com/?p=298</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not big on short stories, mysteries excepted since about ten years ago when I met one Sherlock Holmes. Unfortunately, this anthology includes a selection of &#8220;mystery&#8221; stories that are more like horror, or fairy-tales gone amok; so I can&#8217;t recommend the whole batch of 50. That said, I did find this very interesting from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Roving Commission by G. A. Henty</title>
		<link>http://conservativebooktalk.com/2008/09/08/a-roving-commission-by-g-a-henty/</link>
		<comments>http://conservativebooktalk.com/2008/09/08/a-roving-commission-by-g-a-henty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hannasus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Youth Fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G. A. Henty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hannassus]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://conservativebooktalk.com/?p=272</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Plot: Our hero&#8217;s story begins several months before the insurrection on the island of Hayti, on a ship anchored in Hayti. Nathaniel, known to all as Nat, because he dislikes his full name, goes ashore to see the town. In the course of the visiting the town, he rides out into the countryside. Several miles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utopia, by Thomas More</title>
		<link>http://conservativebooktalk.com/2008/08/19/utopia-by-thomas-more/</link>
		<comments>http://conservativebooktalk.com/2008/08/19/utopia-by-thomas-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sincerelyornot</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://conservativebooktalk.com/?p=254</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is probably the most widely read piece of philosophy to come out of England, and understandably so, because its also a very interesting novel. In the story, More meets a man who just got back from the perfect country (Utopia), and the bulk of the novel revolves around the people and customs of this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Both Sides of The Border by G. A. Henty</title>
		<link>http://conservativebooktalk.com/2008/06/23/both-sides-of-the-border-by-g-a-henty/</link>
		<comments>http://conservativebooktalk.com/2008/06/23/both-sides-of-the-border-by-g-a-henty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hannasus</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://conservativebooktalk.com/?p=231</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Plot: Our hero is an ever-good lad, trying to reach knighthood, and his constant companion is a monk who cannot abide his chosen style of life. Together they live in the fifteenth century, during a war between Wales, Scotland and England. The two do not meet until Oswald, our hero, is accepted in the service [...]]]></description>
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