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One expects home-schooled kids to be a little odd, and Paolini is--just a little. He's handsome and slight of build, with messy dark hair and glasses; people say he looks like Harry Potter. His voice is on the high side, and he tends to overarticulate. It would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Christopher Paolini: The Real-Life Boy Wizard | 8/21/2005 | See Source »

Being a prodigy isn't always easy. When Paolini's parents realized they had a teen Tolkien on their hands, they quit their jobs, published Eragon themselves and put Paolini on a grueling tour schedule, from junior high to junior high, library to library. He became the family breadwinner. "As...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Christopher Paolini: The Real-Life Boy Wizard | 8/21/2005 | See Source »

Owain, who is the host of a daily Welsh radio show, attributes his language’s success to the fierce nationalism and pride of his people. He and his friends could spout the names of medieval Welsh princes like they were modern football stars, and their passion for Welsh...

Author: By Aria S.K. Laskin, | Title: A Tongue Of Their Own | 7/15/2005 | See Source »

Not long ago, the medieval village of Saint-Arcons-d'Allier was on its deathbed-it was partly abandoned, mostly overgrown with blackberry bushes, and as dormant as the volcanoes found in this Auvergne region of central France. Today, it's a different story. The village has come back to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: "Ou Est l'Hotel?" | 6/24/2005 | See Source »

If the Covenham townspeople approve the sale, as expected, architectural students will be recruited for the painstaking dismantling procedure. When reassembled in California, the structure will nonetheless fall short of rivaling Puerto Rico's San José Church, built in 1523, which is claimed to be the oldest Christian church in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Mission: Resettling an English church | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

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