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39 Experiments. 100 Million Dead. You and Your Children Could Be Next. They promised equality. Free healthcare. Free education. A better world for everyone. They always do. Then the shelves go empty. The lines grow long. The walls go up. And the one man who always eats well tightens his grip on power. Venezuela had more oil than Saudi Arabia. Today its people are…- 1.8 K • Apr 15, '26
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Mirgorod. This 1835 collection of short stories was originally intended to be a sequel to Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka. The four tales are similarly based on Ukrainian folklore and feature characters generally believed to be portrayals of people Gogol knew while living in Ukraine, including his grandparents. Though grouped together, the stories are entirely separate from each other in terms of narrative.…- 8.6 K • May 30, '26
“The Literary Discipline” by John Erskine is a series of essays on literary criticism written in the early 20th century. This work explores the principles and responsibilities of literature as an art form, discussing themes such as decency, originality, and the interpretation of human experience through written expression. The author draws on both classical and contemporary literary figures and philosophies to articulate his views,…- 1.2 K • Mar 19, '26
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When Sir Charles Baskerville is found suspiciously dead, his friend, Dr. James Mortimer asks Sherlock Holmes to look into the death. While the cause of death is determined to be a heart attack, Mortimer suspects foul play and fears that Sir Charles’s nephew and sole heir, Sir Henry Baskerville, may be in danger next. At the center of the investigation is the curse of…- 2.3 K • Mar 22, '26
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- Written at the height of Stalin’s first “five-year plan” for the industrialization of Soviet Russia and the parallel campaign to collectivize Soviet agriculture, Andrei Platonov’s The Foundation Pit registers a dissonant mixture of utopian longings and despair. Furthermore, it provides essential background to Platonov’s parody of the mainstream Soviet “production” novel, which is widely recognized as one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century Russian prose. In addition…
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Anakin is a cleric for the Draconic gods Bahamut and Tiamat who works Department of Adventuring. The DOA handles magical crimes and threats to the United States of America. It seems an ancient evil, one that hasn’t been seen nor heard from in over a century, has returned. Moloch, the Queen of the Undead, has returned to plague the world. Can Anakin and a…- 2.7 K • Mar 23, '26
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The Curse of the Catafalques (1882) by F. Anstey is a humorous Victorian novelette about a fortune-hunting bachelor who must face a Christmas Eve, supernatural “haunted” curse to marry an heiress, Chlorine. It is a satirical, lighthearted horror story where the protagonist, after being pledged to the family, tries to avoid the terrifying consequences of the curse. A blending of supernatural horror and comedy,…- 2.7 K • Feb 28, '26
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This historical novella was first published in 1836 in the fourth issue of the literary journal Sovremennik. It is a romanticised account of Pugachev’s Rebellion in 1773-1774, which was the principal revolt in a series of popular rebellions that took place in Russia after Catherine II seized power in 1762. It began as an organised insurrection of Yaik Cossacks headed by Yemelyan Pugachev, a…- 3.0 K • New
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- A perennial favourite with wide appeal from Lloyd C. Douglas. The basis for a movie of the same title directed by Frank Borzage. His own unhappy experience of filming The Robe prompted Douglas, when he produced The Big Fisherman as the sequel to The Robe, to stipulate that The Big Fisherman would be his last novel and that he would not permit it to…
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Humorous confessions of an army chaplain. “Tell it to the Chaplain!” That was the chant of the G.I. with a gripe. And now, in this delightfully amusing volume, the Chaplain tells it to you. Young Reverend Chapman laughs with us through the mud, noise, and confusion of Camp Pinedale; sweats out a humorous guardhouse riot caused by homemade brew; holds a straight face in…- 3.3 K • Mar 9, '26
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