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  • The Brothers Grimm - The Seven Ravens

    The Brothers Grimm - The Seven Ravens
    Feb 10 2025
    "The Seven Ravens" (German: Die sieben Raben) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm (KHM 25). It is of Aarne–Thompson type 451 ("The Maiden Who Seeks Her Brothers"), commonly found throughout Europe. Other variants of the Aarne–Thompson type include The Six Swans, The Twelve Wild Ducks, Udea and her Seven Brothers, The Wild Swans, and The Twelve Brothers. The 1937 animated feature film The Seven Ravens adapts the fairy tale.

    The tale was published by the Brothers Grimm in the first edition of the Kinder- und Hausmärchen in 1812, under the name "Die drei Raben" (The Three Ravens). In the second edition, in 1819, the name was retitled Die sieben Raben and substantially rewritten. Their source was the Hassenpflug family, and others.

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    5 min
  • Brothers Grimm - Hansel and Gretel

    Brothers Grimm - Hansel and Gretel
    Jan 28 2025
    Once again I have not had the time to go through and find a decent book to recommend, so here is a reading of the Grimm Brothers classic tale, Hansel and Gretel.

    Enjoy.

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    15 min
  • Garry Shandling - Larry Sanders - The Autobiography of Larry Sanders

    Garry Shandling - Larry Sanders - The Autobiography of Larry Sanders
    Jan 21 2025
    Told in Garry Shandling's inimitable style which weaves together fact and fiction so that it makes it impossible to determine the difference between Sanders and Shandling. This is a close-up inspection of what makes Larry Sanders tick: his loves, his addictions, his friends and his enemies.

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    6 min
  • H.G. Wells - The Truth about Pyecraft

    H.G. Wells - The Truth about Pyecraft
    Jan 14 2025
    as I haven't read anything this week, and therefore would have to resort to providing a review of my bank statement, a pizza flyer or a note telling me there's a parcel left for me while I had the timerity to be out, or read something quite good instead, I thought I would give you this

    It's H.G. Wells 'The Truth About Pyecraft'.

    Enjoy.


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    20 min
  • Stephen Hodge - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Essential Guide to Their Origin, Meaning and Significance

    Stephen Hodge - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Essential Guide to Their Origin, Meaning and Significance
    Jan 9 2025
    The Dead Sea Scrolls is a comprehensive guide to the meaning and significance of one of the most fascinating and controversial archaeological discoveries of the last century. - Provides an overview of the contents of the scrolls - Explores why the scrolls were written and when: are they from the time of Christ or are they copies of much older texts? - Explores the links between the ideas contained in the scrolls, orthodox Judaism and the origins of Christianity - Describes the excavations of the scrolls and what has been learnt about the religious community based at the site - Analyses the controversy surrounding access to, and publication of, the scrolls in their entirety - Features interviews with the major Dead Sea Scroll scholars and explains the key interpretations - Explores in detail the two most extraordinary documents in the collection: the War Scroll and the Temple Scroll, and analyses their descriptions of apocalypse and disaster - Reproduces key selected passages from the scrolls together with the different interpretations of them by scholars - Provides maps, diagrams and plates of the excavations and the scrolls themselves

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    6 min
  • Catherine Curzon - The Scandal of George III's Court

    Catherine Curzon - The Scandal of George III's Court
    Jan 7 2025
    From Windsor to Weymouth, the shadow of scandal was never too far from the walls of the House of Hanover. Did a fearsome duke really commit murder or a royal mistress sell commissions to the highest bidders, and what was the truth behind George III's supposed secret marriage to a pretty Quaker? With everything from illegitimate children to illegal marriages, dead valets and equerries sneaking about the palace by candlelight, these eyebrow-raising tales from the reign of George III prove that the highest of births is no guarantee of good behaviour. Prepare to meet some shocking ladies, some shameless gentlemen and some politicians who really should know better. So tighten your stays, hoist up your breeches and prepare for a gallop through some of the most shocking royal scandals from the court of George III's court. You'll never look at a king in the same way again...

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    NOTE: There are a couple of gaffes in here I didn't edit out. I listened back and they kind of added more amusement. And at the end of the day, that's what this is about. Entertaining people.

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    5 min
  • Bob Monkhouse - Book of Days

    Bob Monkhouse - Book of Days
    Jan 2 2025
    An aged compendium of events in history published in 1981 with even older jokes.

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    4 min
  • Dan Snow - On This Day In History

    Dan Snow - On This Day In History
    Dec 31 2024
    On which day was history's shortest war waged and won (in roughly 40 minutes)? How was Napoleon bested by a group of rabbits in 1807? Why did a dispute about beer in an Oxford pub lead to over 100 deaths and 470 years of penance? Why in 1752 did Britain go to bed on 2nd September and wake up on the 14th? How did a women's march in 1917 set off the Russian Revolution?On This Day in History brings to life a key event that happened on each day of the year.From the most important British battle that you've never heard of (20 May 685) to the first meeting of Lennon and McCartney (6 July 1957), and from why Julius Caesar should have been wary of the Ides of March (15 March 44BC) to the day Jeanne de Clisson became a pirate and single-handedly declared war on the King of France (2 August 1343), history is full of unlikely heroes and fascinating turning points.In this book Dan Snow shows us how each day offers a different and unexpected insight into our past. And story by gripping story, this year grows into a vivid, very human history of the world.

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    4 min