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Waiting for the Barbarians BY C. P. CAVAFY What are we waiting for, assembled in the forum? The barbarians are due here today. Why isn’t anything going on in the senate? Why are the... ...
Can anyone please tell me where the following lines come from and the meaning? It's writ on the palace where luxury dwells, That fortune on seeming to ive really sells. Thanks for the help.
The windows were located in the attic. Some of these windows were a door to starlight. Secrets were hidden behind iron bars on the floor below. The air that filtered through the iron bars brought... ...
Options are: "Frostbite Fiends: Tales of the Icy Terror" "The Frozen Horde: A Monster's Arctic Adventure" "Chilling Encounters: A Guide to Frostbite Creatures" "Icy Nightmares: Monstrous Tales of... ...
Lots to celebrate today, but I thought I would share one of my favourite poems. Lawrence Ferlinghetti wrote "Pity The Nation" in 2007 at the age of 88. He died in 2021 at the age of 101. “PITY... ...
From the States, the erosion of the standards of facebook and other social media as their owners gradually exploit them and suck them dry of any quality that they had. Any new ones that you have... ...
Is anyone else a fan of the Orphan X series? I found them when the second one was just out, and I have devoured them on issue from then until now. I am part way through re-reading from the first... ...
I've been downloading ebooks from the public libraries for years and when I first started the vast majority of books were available for immediate download. A book that has taken my fancy is out for... ...
Noticed that the results of the Hidden Books Game are in if anyone interested - quite a lot of interest at the time. https://caboodle.nationalbooktokens.com/hidden-books-game-2023-answers ...
Over Xmas I read Dickens Christmas Carol, and wondered if anyone could tell me why the chapters are called staves. I have not come across this in any other literature. Thanks.