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Another book Of Jurgen T's I have come across is
"PROOF OF POISON".
Poison was the perfect way of committing murder
until science had made advances in
the study of anatomy,
for so long an outlawed area of investigation and study,
and the effects on the bo ...more "
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Wayne said:
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This is such an interesting title,so you only get as far as the cover and ALREADY
you have been seized by the ...throat !!?
What lies behind this choice?
Well, getting even darker, or just 'curioser and curioser',
it is the Husband, Thomas Carlyle HIMSEL ...more "
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""It was very good of God to let Carlyle and Mrs.Carlyle marry one
another,and so make only two people miserable and not four." -Samuel Butler" — Apr 22, 2017 08:11PM
""It was very good of God to let Carlyle and Mrs.Carlyle marry one
another,and so make only two people miserable and not four." -Samuel Butler" — Apr 22, 2017 08:11PM
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(page 130 of 256)
"I already have !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" — Sep 13, 2019 02:30PM
"I already have !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" — Sep 13, 2019 02:30PM
“To seek enlightenment, intellectual or spiritual; to do good; to love and be loved; to create and to teach: these are the highest purposes of humankind. If there is meaning in life, it lies here.”
― How Did We Get into This Mess?: Politics, Equality, Nature
― How Did We Get into This Mess?: Politics, Equality, Nature
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― Adolf Hitler: Die Jahre des Aufstiegs 1889 - 1939 Biographie
― Adolf Hitler: Die Jahre des Aufstiegs 1889 - 1939 Biographie
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“Count Harry Kessler noted laconically: “It’s a sad New Year, the end of a catastrophic year and the beginning of what looks to be an even more catastrophic one.”
― Hitler: Ascent: 1889-1939
― Hitler: Ascent: 1889-1939
The Year of Reading Proust
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2013 was the year for reading—or re-reading—Marcel Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu or In Search of Lost Time for many of us. However, these th ...more
Bleak House
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Members of Kindred Spirits and other interested GR members read Charles Dickens' Bleak House. The read will take place February 2013-April 2013, but t ...more
The Thomas Mann Group
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— last activity Jan 17, 2026 05:34AM
Members of Kindred Spirits and other interested GR members read the works of Thomas Mann. Our next scheduled read is The Magic Mountain, taking plac ...more
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