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"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others."

Francis Bacon (1st Baron Verulam and Viscount St Albans) 1561-1626, Essays (1625) 'Of Studies',
Gap-filling (Cloze Test) exercises
  1. "Possessing Genius: The Bizarre Odyssey of Einstein's Brain" by Carol Abraham
  2. "The Stranger from Paradise: A Biography of William Blake" by GE Bentley  Jr 
  3. "Scotland's Buildings: Scottish Life and Society" Edited by Geoffrey Stell ; John Shaw;  Susan Storrier   
  4. "Walking London: Thirty Original Walks In and Around London" by Andrew Duncan
  5. "Maria Callas: A Musical Biography" by Robert Levine
  6. "Richard Strauss: An Intimate Portrait" by Kurt Wilhelm
  7. "Captain Scott" by Ranulph Fiennes
  8. "James I: The Stewart Dynasty in Scotland" by Michael Brown
  9. "Letters of the Wright Brothers" Edited by Brian Riddle ; Colin Sinnott
  10. "Elizabeth I" by Richard Rex
  11. "Copernicus" by Ivan Crowe
  12. "Cleopatra" by Pat Southern
  13. "The Life of Walter de la Mare: Imagination of the Heart" by Theresa Whistler
  14. "Marcel Proust" by Mary Ann Caws
  15. "Lord Acton" by Roland Hill
  16. "The Last Diary of Tsaritsa Alexandra" Edited by Vladimir A Kozlov ; Vladimir M Khrustalev
  17. "Gerald Durrell: The Authorized Biography" by Douglas Botting
  18. "When the Sun Never Set: A Family's Life in the British Empire" by Alice Boase
  19. "Widower's House" by John Bayley
  20. "Napoleon Bonaparte: England's Prisoner" by Frank Giles
  21. "Charles Darwin" by Cyril Aydon
  22. "Marie Antoinette: The Journey" by Antonia Fraser
  23. "Lord Palmerston" by Murie E. Chamberlain
  24. "The Oxford Guide to Family History" by David Hey



Multiple-Choice Questions
  1. Book Titles 1
  2. Book Titles 2
  Text Recreation (WebSequitur)
  1. Best Pub Walks
  2. "Best Pub Walks Around Edinburgh" by David Hunter
  3. "Best Pub Walks Around Glasgow" by David Hunter
  4. "Best Pub Walks in Essex" by Derek Keeble 
  5. "Rugs and Carpets" by Andrew Middletown
  6. "Roman London" by D. Perring
  7. "Cyborgs@Cyberspace" by David Hakken
  8. "Sushi" by K. Yamamoto & Roger W. Hicks
  9. "Experience" by Martin Amis
  10. "The First Freedom" by Robert Hargreaves
  11. "Madame Tussaud" by Teresa Ransom
  12. "A Thing of the Past? Child Labour in Britain in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries" Edited by Michael Lavelette
  13. "Paris 1918: The War Diary of the British Ambassador, the 17th Earl of Derby" Edited by David Dutton
  14. "The Mediterranean Passage: Migration and New Cultural Encounters in Southern Europe" Edited by Russell King
  15. "Demography, State and Society: Irish Migration to Britain, 1921-1971" by Enda Delany
  16. "George IV" by E.A. Smith
  17. "Henry VIII" by J. J. Scarisbrick
  18. "Europe in the Eighteenth Century: Aristocracy and the bourgeois Challenge" by George Rude
  19. "House and Senate" by Ross Baker
  20. "When we Liked Ike: Looking for Postwar America" by Barbara Norfleet
  21. "Media, Monarchy and Power" by Neil Blai & Hugh O'Donnell
  22. "Understanding Digital Economy: Data, Tools and Research" Edited by Erik Brynjolfsson & Brian Kahin
  23. "Women in Ancient Greece" by Sue Blundell
  24. "Index to the Works of Adam Smith" Edited by K. Haakonssen & A.S. Skinner
  25. "Winchester: the Post-War Years" by Bob Harvey
  26. "Folkestone: Past and Present" by Alan F. Taylor
  27. "British Politics Since the War" by Bill Coxall & Lynton Robins
  28. "A Dictionary of Contemporary History: 1945 to the Present" by Duncan Townson
  29. "The British State since 1945: An Introduction" by Tom Ling
  30. "Write with Confidence: Solutions and Examples for Everyday Writing Needs" by Angela Burt
  31. "Improve Your Written English" by Marion Field
  32. "Debrett's Correct Form: Standard Styles of Address for Everyone from Peers to Presidents" Introduced by C. Noel
  33. "A History of Reading" by Steven Roger Fischer
  34. "Jules Verne: Narratives of Modernity" Edited by Edmund J. Smyth
Text Reconstruction (WebRhubarb)
  1. Best Pub Walks
  2. "Best Pub Walks Around Edinburgh" by David Hunter
  3. "Best Pub Walks Around Glasgow" by David Hunter
  4. "Best Pub Walks in Essex" by Derek Keeble
  5. "Rugs and Carpets" by Andrew Middletown
  6. "Roman London" by D. Perring
  7. "Cyborgs@Cyberspace" by David Hakken
  8. "Sushi" by K. Yamamoto & Roger W. Hicks
  9. "Experience" by Martin Amis
  10. "The First Freedom" by Robert Hargreaves
  11. "Madame Tussaud" by Teresa Ransom
  12. "A Thing of the Past: Child Labour in Britain in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries" Edited by Michael Lavelette
  13. "Paris 1918: The War Diary of the British Ambassador, the 17th Earl of Derby" Edited by David Dutton
  14. "The Mediterranean Passage: Migration and New Cultural Encounters in Southern Europe" Edited by Russell King
  15. "Demography, State and Society: Irish Migration to Britain, 1921-1971" by Enda Delany
  16. "George IV" by E.A. Smith
  17. "Henry VIII" by J. J. Scarisbrick
  18. "Europe in the Eighteenth Century: Aristocracy and the bourgeois Challenge" by George Rude
  19. "House and Senate" by Ross Baker
  20. "When we Liked Ike: Looking for Postwar America" by Barbara Norfleet
  21. "Media, Monarchy and Power" by Neil Blai & Hugh O'Donnell
  22. "Understanding Digital Economy: Data, Tools and Research" Edited by Erik Brynjolfsson & Brian Kahin
  23. "Women in Ancient Greece" by Sue Blundell
  24. "Index to the Works of Adam Smith" Edited by K. Haakonssen & A.S. Skinner
  25. "Winchester: the Post-War Years" by Bob Harvey
  26. "Folkestone: Past and Present" by Alan F. Taylor
  27. "British Politics Since the War" by Bill Coxall & Lynton Robins
  28. "A Dictionary of Contemporary History: 1945 to the Present" by Duncan Townson
  29. "The British State since 1945: An Introduction" by Tom Ling
  30. "Write with Confidence: Solutions and Examples for Everyday Writing Needs" by Angela Burt
  31. "Improve Your Written English" by Marion Field
  32. "Debrett's Correct Form: Standard Styles of Address for Everyone from Peers to Presidents" Introduced by C. Noel
  33. "A History of Reading" by Steven Roger Fischer
  34. "Jules Verne: Narratives of Modernity" Edited by Edmund J. Smyth
     Step 1: Collocations (Pull Down)
    [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

    Step 2: Collocations (Drag 'n Drop)
     [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

     Word Order
     [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

     Crosswords
     [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

  35. Word Order (Jumbled Sentences)


  36. Word Order (Jumbled Book Titles) Pre-Intermediate+
    [1] [2] [3] [4]

  37. Match the Collocations - Soft Chalk
    [1 (4 exercises)]
     
     
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    Exercises by Michael A. Riccioli - 2007
    Date Last Modified: March 1st, 2007.
     
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