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"But in general, take my advice, when you meet anything that's going to be human and isn't yet, or used to be human once and i...

Excerpts from the London Review of Books : Almost no politician​ writes his own books, and few people actually read them. J.D. Vance is diff...

“It’s a troublesome world.  All the people who are in it Are troubled with troubles almost every minute. You ought to be thankful, a whole h...

Beatrix Potter, despite the efforts of Graham Greene and many others, is still tarred with a certain National Trust tweeness, even thou...

When I read books I use white paper bookmarks so that I can jot down new words to look up. or pithy statements or clever insights worth quot...

See also A Cartoon for English Majors .

Researchers discovered the mummy at a funerary complex located south of Cairo, in Al Bahnasa, the modern-day location of the ancient Greco-R...

New York: Ballantine Books, 1953. First edition, #106 of 200 copies with limited issue asbestos binding , hand-numbered and signed by author...

"If you are enchanted by forbidden love of a woman, you must put on a pair of shoes and walk about until the feet sweat. But walk quick...

Here is the New York Times review of the book back in 2023.   The movie is on Netflix and is thoroughly enjoyable.

The depiction of the tornado in the 1939 film was intense and remarkably well-executed, even by modern standards.  I found a relevant Instag...

As reported by The New York Times  - It turns out that the accent does not belong on the second syllable, as in “merlot” or “Poirot.” It res...

"Today I looked at a handwritten account book from 1717 . It listed a series of expenses paid by the city of Leiden (the Dutch city...

" The war is not meant to be won.  It is meant to be continuous .  The essential act of modern warfare is the destruction of the produc...

Last night I finished the 8-part series available on the PBS app, and I'm happy to recommend it with some minor reservations.  The story...

Interesting how often that theme has arisen in world folklore.  Text excerpted from The Overstory .

It's very seldom that I give up on a book after I've read a couple hundred pages.  I used to be a "completionist" slogging...

The conventional definition involves sentimental love, but the photo source also offers this comment: The word also had homosexual conn...

Found on Facebook and fact-checked as best I can.  Apparently this is true.  Interesting (not that I'll ever read the book, but interest...