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This book was weird. It calls itself “dark,” but it’s not, really, it’s more just an angsty New Adult book that has an unusually obsessive / possessive hero. The plot: Lachlan and Lyla (both ...
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In just over a decade, cryptocurrencies have grown from digital novelties to trillion-dollar technologies with the potential to disrupt the global financial system. An increasing number of investors now hold bitcoin and hundreds of ...
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Prior to 1971, the US dollar was backed by gold, silver or a combination of both. In 1971, President Nixon officially ended the gold standard and made the United States dollar a fiat currency. ...
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Seneca the Younger was a controversial figure in his own day. As Nero's counselor, at least in his early years, he was not exactly in the best company, and he was often criticized as ...
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger, l. 4 BCE - 65 CE) was a Roman author, playwright, orator, and most importantly a tutor and advisor to the Roman emperor Nero (r. 54-68 CE). Influenced ...
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In Countee Cullen's poem "Heritage," the author reflects on his identity and heritage as an African American. He begins by asking, "What is Africa to me?" He lists images of Africa—like the "Copper sun," ...
April 22, 2024
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Once upon a time, amidst the harsh realities of American slavery, a profound journey of faith and struggle began among Black communities. Initially, slave masters hesitated to share the Bible, fearing that knowledge might ...
April 22, 2024
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The Last Night of the World’ is a short story by the American writer Ray Bradbury (1920-2012), published in Esquire magazine in February 1951 before being reprinted in his 1952 collection The Illustrated Man. ...
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After arriving on Wudan mountain, Priest Master Shi Yan Hui instructed me to practice Ki-zami-zuki for 100 years. Upon completion, I was ordered down the mountain and to stand in front of a large ...
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