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Dive into the fascinating world of ancient Greek thought in Diogenes Laertius Lives of Eminent Philosophers. Even though some of Laertius accounts may not always be completely reliable, his work remains a crucial source for understanding the history...
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Jean de La Bruyère famously characterized Versailles as "that region where joys were visible but false, and vexations hidden but real." In this witty and scholarly book, Baron Arthur-Léon Imbert de Saint-Amand explores the solar system of the Sun King with its planets, the women of the court, now orbiting in warm proximity to the monarch, now hurtling away un…
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Tarzan of the Apes is Burroughs’ exciting, if improbable, story of an English lord, left by the death of his stranded parents in the hands of a motherly African ape who raises him as her own. Although he is aware that he is different from the apes of his tribe, who are neither white nor hairless, he nevertheless regards them as his “people.” When older, large…
Dive into the riveting tale of Corporal Edwards from the Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry, as he narrates his capture, fifteen months incarceration in Germany, and an ultimate daring escape into Holland. This podcast celebrates Remembrance...
Delve into the fascinating stories of eleven pioneering women, who broke convention to serve beyond domestic roles in the transformative era of the nineteenth century. This volume showcases a diverse range of heroines from Clara Barton, the resilient...
Common Sense, Paine's pro-independence work published anonymously on 10 January 1776, spread quickly among the colonists. Within 3 months, 120,000 copies are distributed throughout the colonies making Common Sense the best-selling work of that time.
