Civil War 150 – A Readers’ Guide (Part 3)
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Oh, Those Crazy Modern Victorians: Or What the Heck Is Steampunk?
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Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2 by Annie Proulx
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Book Review: HHhH by Laurent Binet
November 22, 2025What results, however, is an awkward success story. Unseasonably dedicated to fact and accuracy, positively frightened...
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I Say! Hammer Plans A Woman In Black Sequel?
November 14, 2025The Hammer Studio has announced a sequel, but what are we to expect in revisiting the...
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Blu-Ray Review – Battle Royale: The Complete Collection
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Book Review: Pure by Julianna Baggott
November 10, 2025Sketching the parameters of Baggott’s palimpsestic narrative is tricky. Briefly put, the backstory of the novel...
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Book Review: May the Road Rise Up to Meet You by Peter Troy
November 6, 2025Troy's novel has much to recommend it, including sensitive character delineation and powerful narrative set pieces....
Book Review: Good in a Crisis by Margaret Overton
November 5, 2025By withholding nearly all the details of her marriage, upbringing, and formative relationships with men (and...
Book Review: The Last Pre-Raphaelite: Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination
November 3, 2025It was at Oxford University that Burne-Jones found divine beauty and William Morris. They shared a...
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