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The history of lost libraries inevitably mentions the disappearance of the Great Library of Alexandria, which also remains one of the most frequently debated due to the mystery surrounding its downfall. Multiple conflicting accounts of how the library was destroyed have circulated over the years,…
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10 Lifelong Criminals Who Became Successful Authors
“Many fine books have been written in prison,” said Raoul Duke, in Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las…
10 Creepy Reads For Halloween Based On ‘True Stories’
It’s Halloween. You might be a bit old to don a mask and bum candy off your neighbors, but that’s no reason not to…
Books are one of humanity’s greatest inventions. A few scribbles on a page and your thoughts, knowledge, and emotions can transcend space and time, allowing anyone who reads them to know exactly what you were thinking and feeling at that moment.
Provided they survive. Unfortunately, books are…
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Top 10 Shocking Facts About Famous Writers
Famous authors are a constant source of fascination and intrigue. They open their minds to the public by creating…
10 Perplexing Doodles Drawn By Famous Authors
Before being reprinted endlessly and dispensed to all of us by our teachers, each classic piece of literature was a…
All too often, life can feel like a dystopian novel. Endless wars engulfing the Middle East, a semi-zombified population glued to their Twitter feeds, a creeping state surveillance . . . you know the drill.
But it’s one thing to say that life feels like a generic dystopia, and another entirely to…
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10 Mysterious Books You Will Want To Own
Most books are either written to convey information and evoke understanding or to entertain while inspiring…
10 Ancient Lost Books We Would Love To Read
History, astronomy, philosophy, mathematics, geography, languages . . . ancient writers touched most fields of…
Throughout history, the written word has been preserved on walls, scrolls, tablets, and anything else that might be etched or painted. While many great works have survived, far more have been lost throughout history. As historians piece together what we have, what we have lost becomes clearer.…
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