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In its quiet past, literature was rare, heavy with gravity, and treated not as a fleeting commodity, but as a hard-won monument against time, a vital bridge built to carry the myths, laws, and deepest truths of ancient civilizations across the centuries to us.

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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Two Rococo Couplets

Queen Marie Antoinette, who regularly sat for Vigée Le Brun, popularised the kind of simple, white muslin dress so beautifully painted in this portrait of the Comtesse de la Châtre, daughter of a high-ranking member of Louis XV’s immediate court.…

The Ghosts-upon-Avon (Part 1)

July 21, 2026
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‘We shall never know whether Sir Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlowe, Edward de Vere, Sir Walter Raleigh, John Donne, Sir William Stanley, Anne Hathaway, even Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen herself, or anyone else wrote Shakespeare’s plays and poems. Still, if they did not, they missed a great, unique opportunity to…
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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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Will AI Ever Replace Diplomats?

June 23, 2026
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From medicine to law, the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence has sparked widespread speculation about the future of automation. Yet international relations, a field heavily reliant on nuanced human communication, remains a unique battleground for this technological shift…
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Together But Alone

June 18, 2026
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Usually, Friday nights followed a strict, comforting protocol. The humans would sit perfectly still on the furniture, their faces illuminated by small glowing rectangles, effectively rendering them inanimate objects that occasionally dropped popcorn…
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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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Books of Our Continent

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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