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Match the Opening Lines

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Historical Novels with Strong Women

How well do you know your historical fiction? See if you can identify these seven historical novels featuring strong women that BookBrowse has reviewed.
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First Lines of Pulitzer Prize-Winners

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Quiz: Collective Nouns for Birds

Do you know what a flock of starlings is called? How about a group of owls, peacocks or swans? Test your knowledge with our avian-orientated quiz!
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Before They Were Famous Authors

Before they became famous for their writing, what unexpected jobs did Harper Lee, John Grisham, Kurt Vonnegut, Franz Kafka, J.D. Salinger, Vladimir Nabokov and Douglas Adams do?
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Pen Names of Famous Authors

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English Literary Locations

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