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The Best New Books on Project Gutenberg
The Best New Books on Project Gutenberg
By Arvind Dilawar
October 08, 2014

Classic, fascinating and downright strange titles recently added to the free digital library.

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Behind the Lit: Baudelaire the Conservative
Behind the Lit: Baudelaire the Conservative
By Benjamin Welton
August 21, 2014

Considering his revelry in poetry, sex and rebellion, you might assume that Charles Baudelaire was a man of the political left … but you’d be wrong.

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Book Sword: Michael Ondaatje, Charles Baudelaire, and Cheryl Strayed
Book Sword: Michael Ondaatje, Charles Baudelaire, and Cheryl Strayed
By Kate Gavino
May 15, 2013

Everyone from Galileo to Jim Morrison to countless Scrabble wordsmiths have played around with letters to form their perfect anagrams. We take literary-minded words and anagram them to find ... well, that's up to you. A deeper meaning? A hidden truth? Or just a happy coincidence?

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