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Thoughts on: War & Peace: Epilogues

War and Peace by Leo Tol­stoy is a fic­tional book first pub­lished in 1869. The work is regarded as one…

11 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Jean-Jaques Rousseau

On this day in 1712 Genevan philosopher, composer and writer Jean-Jaques Rousseau (28 June, 1712 – 2 July, 1778) was…

11 years ago

Book Review: Three Lives of Tomomi Ishikawa by Benjamin Constable

Tomomi “But­ter­fly” Ishikawa com­mit­ted sui­cide but left her best friend, Ben­jamin Con­sta­ble, a trail of clues which lead him from…

11 years ago

Book Review: Seduction by M.J. Rose

About: Seduction by M.J. Rose is another novel in the Reincarnationist series. This is the fifth book in the series…

11 years ago

Book Review: And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

About: And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini is the long awaited novel by this bestselling author. Mr. Hoseini’s previous…

11 years ago

Thoughts on: War & Peace: Book 4 Part 4

Natasha is mourning Andrei, yet she is unaware that Petya has died as well. Natasha replays in her mind her…

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Thoughts on: War & Peace: Book 4 Part 3

Tolstoy lays off the aristocracy in this part and concentrates more on the “war” part of the novel. In the…

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Thoughts on: War & Peace: Book 4 Part 2

Tolstoy does not understand how historians refer to Napoleon as “great” as he does not live up to the standards…

11 years ago

Book Review: Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas is the second book in what is now knows as the d’Artagnan Romances (the…

11 years ago

Book Review: Benjamin Franklin by Walter Isaacson

We all know Benjamin Franklin from history classes and the teacher might have mentioned his other notable achievements, however Mr.…

11 years ago

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