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Shakespeare, Bacon, and the Great Unknown
Similar to "Anonymous," a Major Motion Picture to be released September 2011. Who actually wrote the plays of William Shakespeare?
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The Blue Lagoon
Adapted into a film starring Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins, this is a romance novel by Henry De Vere Stacpoole, first published in 1908. In the Victorian period, two young cousins, Richard and Emmeline Lestrange, and a galley cook, Paddy Button survive a shipwreck in the South Pacific and reach a lush tropica...
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The Borgias Celebrated Crimes
This incredible story describes the ascent to power of the Borgias family in the 1400s and 1500s. The quest for power created many enemies and is a riveting piece of history. The Borgias is now a popular TV show.
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The Call of the Wild (Completed)
This novel was removed from dictatorships in Europe during the the 1920s and 1930s. From Wikipedia: "The Call of the Wild is a novel by American writer Jack London. The plot concerns a previously domesticated dog named Buck, whose primordial instincts return after a series of events leads to his serving as a sled dog...
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Confessions of J.J. Rousseau (Completed)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau's works have been banned for being contrary to public morality. Confessions of J.J. Rousseau is an autobiography covering the first fifty-three years of Rousseau's life, up to 1765.
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Paradise Lost (Completed)
This title was at one time listed on the Indx Librorum Prohibitorum (List of Prohibited Books) in Rome. "Paradise Lost is an epic poem by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. The poem concerns the Christian story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion fr...
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