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This story provides background information about Cyrus, who is mentioned in the Bible. Cyrus is the king who liberated the Jews from Babylonian captivity. Abbott’s talent lies in the fact that, thanks to some of the details of his story, he simply animates the characters. This book has been noted by everyone, even Abraham Lincoln.

Despite the fact that, as the name implies, they are diverse in nature, most of these stories are affectionate satires with the participation of the social strata into which he belonged and who knew best of all – a class of officers from a public school. The „Honor of the War” was a funny story of „hooliganism” in which Kipling seemed to fully endorse this practice; Regulus removes the lid from the...

„Modeste Mignon”, by Honoré de Balzac (1846). The heroine of this romance, a young woman of romantic temperament Modeste Mignon, lives in a small city in northwestern France. She has the religious faith of a child, while her mind is exceptionally well informed in many ways. The young girl, daring in her simplicity, enjoys the writings of the famous Parisian poet Melchior de Canalis and imagines herself...

Tom Phillips (LUDZIE. Krótka historia o tym, jak spiep***liśmy wszystko, PRAWDA. Krótka historia wciskania kitu) i Jonn Elledge (Prawie wszystko dla zabieganych) łączą siły, by zdemaskować największe teorie spiskowe w dziejach ludzkości - i doradzają nam, jak im nie ulec. Od satanistycznej paniki po ruch antyszczepionkowy - wiara w to, że jesteśmy celowo okłamywani (i żeby oddać sprawiedliwość: czasami...