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A pair of new books look back at the fear, anxiety and optimism that shaped the founding of the United States.

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In this first episode we look at her Childhood, Young Womanhood and Motherhood. As a child, Sylvia Plath already knew that poetry was to be her calling. Her happy childhood was shattered by the how ...

Happy 100th birthday, Winnie the Pooh. May your cake be full of honey. For you must be the most famous teddy bear in the ...