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The World Crisis, Volume 1, by Winston S. Churchill. Part II. Apr 14, 2025

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An inside view of the critical years leading up to World War I, as well as the first few key months. Told by (at the time) Britain's First Lord of the Admiralty, and one of the main players.

Churchill is a master of words, and this is an eloquent presentation of a key period of history, a behind the scenes look at preparing for and executing battles and war, and a cautionary tale. It's also a direct view into the mind of one of the twentieth century's greatest statesmen.

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The World Crisis, Volume 1, by Winston S. Churchill. Part I. Apr 14, 2025

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An inside view of the critical years leading up to World War I, as well as the first few key months. Told by (at the time) Britain's First Lord of the Admiralty, and one of the main players.

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The Children of Odin, by Pádraic Colum. Part III. Apr 10, 2025

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Master storyteller Padraic Colum's rich, musical voice captures all the magic and majesty of the Norse sagas in his retellings of the adventures of the gods and goddesses who lived in the Northern paradise of Asgard before the dawn of history.

Here are the matchless tales of All-Father Odin, who crosses the Rainbow Bridge to walk among men in Midgard and sacrifices his right eye to drink from the Well of Wisdom; of Thor, whose mighty hammer defends Asgard; of Loki, whose mischievous cunning leads him to treachery against the gods; of giants, dragons, dwarfs and Valkyries; and of the terrible last battle that destroyed their world.

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The Children of Odin, by Pádraic Colum. Part II. Apr 10, 2025

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The Children of Odin, by Pádraic Colum. Part I. Apr 10, 2025

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The Scarlet Plague, by Jack London. Part II. Apr 10, 2025

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It’s 2072, sixty years after the scarlet plague has depopulated the planet. James Howard Smith is one of the few survivors of the pre-plague era left alive in the San Francisco area, and as he realizes his time grows short, he tries to impart the value of knowledge and wisdom to his grandsons.

Through his narrative, we learn how the plague spread throughout the world and of the struggles of the handful of survivors it left in its wake.

The Scarlet Plague was originally published in London Magazine in 1912. (Adapted from Wikipedia.)

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The Scarlet Plague, by Jack London. Part I. Apr 10, 2025

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Through his narrative, we learn how the plague spread throughout the world and of the struggles of the handful of survivors it left in its wake.

The Scarlet Plague was originally published in London Magazine in 1912. (Adapted from Wikipedia.)

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The Book of Hallowe'en, by Ruth Edna Kelley. Part II. Apr 10, 2025

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This book is intended to give the reader an account of the origin and history of Hallowe'en, how it absorbed some customs belonging to other days in the year,—such as May Day, Midsummer, and Christmas.

The context is illustrated by selections from ancient and modern poetry and prose, related to Hallowe'en ideas.

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The Book of Hallowe'en, by Ruth Edna Kelley. Part I. Apr 10, 2025

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The context is illustrated by selections from ancient and modern poetry and prose, related to Hallowe'en ideas.

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Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions, by Frank Harris. Part VIII. Apr 07, 2025

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Consumers of biography are familiar with the division between memoirs of the living or recently dead written by those who "knew" the subject more or less intimately, and the more objective or scholarly accounts produced by later generations.

In the case of Wilde, as presented to us by Frank Harris, we are in a way doubly estranged from the subject.

We meet with Oscar the charismatic talker, whose tone of voice can never be reproduced – even if a more scrupulous biographer had set down his words accurately.

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