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"On November 22, 1963, three great men died within a few hours of each other: C.S. Lewis, John F. Kennedy and Aldous Huxley. All three believed, in different ways, that death was not the end of human life. Suppose they were right and suppose...
"I wanted a biography of Caroline Bonaparte after reading a history of Sicily. This was literally the only thing the library so I read it not expecting much, based on the title and the date it was written. I was quite wrong. This is a well-written ..."
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With Jordan Peele's Twilight Zone reboot arriving, read the stories that inspired some of the show's greatest episodes, including "The Howling Man"! The profoundly original and wildly entertaining short stories of a legendary Twilight Zone...
John Julius Norwich is renowned for his magisterial histories, the two-volumeVeniceand three-volumeByzantium. THE MIDDLE SEA showcases the qualities that have made him one of the most respected and popular historians of our day: witty prose,...