culture. education. literary studies.
Arin Murphy-Hiscock is a Canadian author who has written a number of books on contemporary witchcraft. What initially drew me to this title in particular, I am not ashamed to admit, was its beautiful cover โ I am a sucker for nice book designs, and this one immediately got my attention. But, of course, there …
Manโs belief in survival of life after death is one of the oldest expressions of religiosity, firmly embedded in the very foundations of organised religion. Right from the prehistoric times humans have been keenly interested in what happens to the soul after the demise of the physical body, as evidenced by the earliest funerary rites. …
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As the summer slowly draws to a close, I return to the book I love to re-read this time of year. Sarah Orne Jewettโs 1896 novella The Country of the Pointed Firs is a gentle and relaxing, almost meditative account of an idyllic summer spent in a small fishing village on the coast of Maine. …
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Donna Tarttโs debut novel โThe Secret Historyโ was first published thirty years ago, but itโs one of those books that age really well. In terms of genre, it's been described as a campus novel, but don't mistake it for a piece of YA fiction set in a college; nor is it, in spite of the …
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