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The Anchoress (published in 2015) is set in 13th century England and tells the story of a young girl called Sarah. One day, Sarah decides to become what's called an anchoress, or a person that completely and totally withdraws from society for...

Limitless is both a thriller and a sci-fi movie, directed by Neil Berger, and released on March 8, 2011. The movie is based on the novel, The Dark Fields, by Alan Glynn, and was adapted for screenplay by Leslie Dixon.The movie revolves around the...

Directed by Sarah Polley, The Stories We Tell (2012) is a documentary which covers the story - and secrets - of her family. Particularly, the film examines the oftentimes strange and strained relationship between Polley's parents, a relationship...

Iphigenia at Aulis is widely regarded as the acclaimed last play of Euripides. It tells the story of a man called Agamemnon, who was the king in charge of the "Greek coalition [of armies] before and during the Trojan War." To that end, Agamemnon...

The Voyage of Mael Duin's Curragh is a novel by American author Patricia Aakhus. It was published in 1989 by Story Line Press. In his debut novel, Aakhus re-examines the life of Irish legend Mael Duin. He grew up as an orphan who was adopted by a...

Robin Davis Gibran Kelley wrote much of "Freedom Dreams" in 2000 when he taught at Dartmouth College. He is a history professor who focuses largely on African American history and popular culture, and has also taught at places like Emory...

The release of John Bolton's The Room Where it Happened (2020) - the former National Security Advisor to President Trump for the better part of a year - was marred by legal threats and media attention. Not only did the Trump administration sue to...

Ralph Ellison is best-known for his first novel called Invisible Man, while his second novel entitled Juneteenth could definitely be considered a classic novel in its own right. Published right after Ellison's death in 1999, Juneteenth (an...

Decline and Fall was first published in 1928 and is Evelyn Waugh's first published book. It follows a young, former college student called Paul Pennyfeather, who was expelled from Oxford for obscene behavior. After this, Pennyfeather is offered...

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) was supposed to be the final film in the Indiana Jones series. Series creator George Lucas and director Steven Spielberg had always intended to make a trilogy if - and only if - the first two films were...

Outside of academic circles, The Harley 2253 Manuscript (also called the "Harley Lyrics"), is not widely known. However, it is one of the most important collections of works to have ever been written because of, mainly, its utilization of...

It is exceedingly rare that a sequel outpaces the original film. In the eyes of many, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom does just that. Temple of Doom once again follows Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones, who goes to India with Short Round and a...

Kathryn Bigelow's Detroit (released in 2017) nominally tells the story of the 1967 Detroit Race Riots and the horrible Algiers Motel incident in which police officers murdered several unarmed people - both white and black. More broadly, though, ...

"Quality" is a story written by John Galsworthy and was first published in “The Inn of Tranquillity: Studies and Essays” in 1912.The story revolves around the tale of the Gessler brothers, renowned shoemakers in Germany. The book takes the format...

Published in 1998, nearly fifteen years after the author's death, The Wanton Troopers tells the story of a boy. He lives in a small town called Nova Scotia. He is abandoned by his mother when he was a child, though he thought that she loved him....

"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...." as The Empire Strikes Back's opening crawl reads, Luke Skywalker and the rest of the Rebellion are once again on the run, driven by the Empire "from their hidden base and pursued them across the...

My Year is both a review of a life and a countdown to death; during the final year of his life, Roald Dahl kept a detailed journal, and month by month looked back on his journey, his experiences and the decisions that he made that led him to be...

It is safe to say that Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety (originally published in 1991) is one of Roald Dahl's most unique and interesting books in his extensive bibliography. Nominally, it is a book which was written to assist younger children...

The Minpins is a story written by notable children’s author, Roald Dahl. The book was published posthumously in 1991, by publishing house, Jonathan Cape. Quentin Blake, frequent collaborator of Dahl’s, did the illustrations for the book, as well...

The Vicar of Nibbleswicke is a children’s story written by notable children’s author, Roald Dahl. The book was published posthumously in 1991, by publishing house, Century. Quentin Blake, frequent collaborator of Dahl’s, did the illustrations for...

Esio Trot (originally published in 1990) is one of Roald Dahl's last books, but also one of his best. It tells the story of an old and lonely man called Mr. Hoppy who desperately tries to connect with a person whom he has admired for quite a long...

Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life: The Country Stories of Roald Dahl is a collection of stories written by notable children’s author, Roald Dahl. The book was published in 1989, by publishing house, Jonathan Cape. Quentin Blake, frequent collaborator of...

Rhyme Stew is a story written by notable children’s author Roald Dahl. The book was published in 1989, by publishing house, Jonathan Cape in the UK, and Viking, in the US. Quentin Blake, frequent collaborator of Dahl’s, did the illustrations for...

Going Solo is a story written by notable children’s author, Roald Dahl. The book was published in 1986, by publishing house, Jonathan Cape.The book is an autobiography of Dahl’s own life and adventures, and is a continuation of his previous books,...