An ambitious and far reaching allegorical voyage which, though not exactly a success, was Melville's first attempt at a book on the scale of Moby-Dick. Here is a passage which is reflective of the style, and outlook, of Mardi:
So, if after...
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Margaret of...
Margaret the First dramatizes the life of Margaret Cavendish, the shy, gifted, and wildly unconventional 17th-century Duchess. The eccentric Margaret wrote and published volumes of poems, philosophy, feminist plays, and utopian science fiction at a...
Marie...
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It is the end of the First century A.D. and the Roman Empire is expanding outwards. The military commander Marcus Ulpius Traianus was adopted by the unpopular Emperor Nerva in a political bid to prevent a revolt by the Praetorian Guard.On...
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This, the third in the series, introduces us to more characters, one of whom we will see a lot more of in future books. However, just in case you haven’t read the previous two books, this one takes place upon Ed’s return from his second...
In the chaos of the combat zone, there are the living, the dead, and the Ghost.
In the ongoing Iraq conflict, there are no battle lines, no direct offensives, no ground won or lost—just the daily fight against an enemy who hits and runs,...
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First Sergeant Ed Ryan, an experienced and combat hardened US Marine is nearing the end of his career. Although physically very fit, he has been injured and wounded once too often, leaving him with a knee that is so weak that it makes him a...
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Marrow slowly unfolds as a tale of grotesque cannibalism in a small village in the Balou Mountains of China’s Henan Province. In the story, a mother takes extreme measures to provide her four mentally disabled children with a normal life. She...