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Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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September 15, 2026
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The book remains one of the most influential works in modern philosophy. It challenges readers to step away from mindless conformity, take responsibility for their own lives and constantly strive towards personal transformation and creative self-expression…
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The Cigar That Fell in Love With a Pipe

What happens when two different objects fall in love? The Cigar That Fell in Love With a Pipe answers this unlikely question with wit, tenderness and a touch of the absurd. Beneath its whimsical Hollywood’s golden age premise lies a story about attraction, difference and the strange ways in which…

The Comfort Trap

Ray Bradbury’s 1953 masterpiece is often reduced to a simple warning against…

𝐓𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖐 𝐓𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝕹𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗 𝑾𝖆𝖘

August 16, 2026
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To review a book that contains not a single word feels initially like a nonsensical exercise in literary absurdity. Yet 𝐓𝖍𝖊 𝕽𝖊𝖘𝖙 𝙄𝖘 𝑺𝖎𝖑𝖊𝖓𝖈𝖊, printed in London in the late spring of 1598, is perhaps the most radical artifact in the history of the bound volume. Published exactly one year…
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The Old Man and the Seasickness

August 14, 2026
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He had tried every remedy in Pilar’s extensive travel first-aid kit. First came the motion sickness pills, which promised zero drowsiness but immediately left Braulio feeling like a tranquillised sloth. Then came the wristbands, which pressed small plastic beads into his pressure points so hard his hands turned an alarming…
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The Release D-day

July 18, 2026
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If you enjoy Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Scandinavian crime fiction, and intelligent procedural thrillers, Frozen Truths delivers nine unforgettable journeys into few of the coldest crime scenes on Earth, where the smallest detail can melt the strongest lie…
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The Lizard of Oz

July 11, 2026
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Within minutes, a small crowd had gathered, cheering and throwing confetti made of rose petals. Lizzie tried to explain that her greatest achievement to date was catching a particularly fat bluebottle fly, but her protests were drowned out by the applause…
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Former diplomat and globetrotter, Dan Costinas is a versatile contemporary writer, translator, and editor. A true polyglot, he has authored and contributed to several dozen books spanning mainly fiction, essays, aphorisms, reviews and criticism, journalism, and poetry.

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From the quiet shelves of forty-four national archives and ancient university libraries to the cosy corners of independent bookstores and modest home…

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