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BEFORE SHERLOCK HOLMES: WHODUNNIT PIONEER ANNA K. GREEN. Anna Katharine Green, pioneer of American detective novels, wrote her whodun...

JOSEPH ROTH:THE  AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN OFFICER ON THE EVE OF WW I.  It never crossed his mind that he could follow any other calling. H...

EAT FIRST, TALK LATER. KAFKA GETS A LESSON IN TABLE MANNERS. As a child Franz Kafka was intimidated by his father, who was a big man. He ...

LOUD, FORCEFUL, AND QUICK TO ANGER: KAFKA ON THE EDUCATIONAL METHODS OF HIS FATHER. This is Part 3 of Kafka’s Letter to his Father. F...

THE BEST QUOTATIONS FROM @HISTORYCRACKS. Lawrence Osborne This is what I have been reading/tweeting lately: Backpacking : just ...