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6 Great Historical Y.A. Novels That Illuminate The Past And The Present

I view history as the ultimate story and the ultimate mystery. It’s the vast accumulation of our shared humanity, and yet, so much of it has died in our memories. Rescuing the

January 24, 2024

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The Two Faces of Suicide

A new book stresses the biological causes of self-destruction. But what about the social ones? n April 14th, 2014, around four o’clock in the morning, Victoria McLeod, a seventeen-year-old from New Zealand,

December 31, 2023

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‘The Council Of Animals’ Holds Humanity’s Fate In Its … Paws

From Animal Farm to Watership Down, a small yet impactful group of novels has explored the ironies and ideals of being human, by filtering those qualities through the unlikely lens of talking animals. These works by

March 20, 2023

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“Farewell: A Condemned Man’s Final Day” By Victor Hugo

In The Last Day of a Condemned Man, Victor Hugo uses the characters to symbolize different classes of society. For example, the protagonist, the Condemned Man, symbolizes the lower class, while the

March 13, 2023

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