The Doll-House, Cross (1967)

Posted on Feb 22, 2026 in blog • Tagged with book, review

From his wife's patrician uncle, a strugging banker receives ancient Hellenic magic …


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Jacksonville, The Consolidation Story, Crooks (2004)

Posted on Jan 26, 2026 in blog • Tagged with book, review

A monograph on the city’s history …


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The Hellbound Heart, Barker (1986)

Posted on Jan 23, 2026 in blog • Tagged with book, review

In general, a movie is but a diminished reflection of the book …


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Pattern Design, Day (1903)

Posted on Jan 21, 2026 in blog • Tagged with book, review, quote

A book written to instruct in the creation of decoration …


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Jimbo, Blackwood (1909)

Posted on Dec 10, 2025 in ebooks • Tagged with book, fiction, transcription, review, blackwood

In this novel, the author recounts a story in the life of the young boy Jimbo.


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Dudley and Gilderoy, Blackwood (1929)

Posted on Nov 21, 2025 in blog • Tagged with book, review, transcription, blackwood


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Crossroads of Ravens, Sapkowski (2025)

Posted on Nov 11, 2025 in blog • Tagged with book, review

Should you read this? Well …


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At A Mayfair Luncheon, Blackwood (1936)

Posted on Oct 17, 2025 in blog • Tagged with book, fiction, transcription, blackwood

A religious story.


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Roman Remains, Blackwood (1948)

Posted on Oct 17, 2025 in blog • Tagged with book, fiction, transcription, blackwood

A pagan story.


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The Magic Mirror, Blackwood (1938)

Posted on Oct 17, 2025 in blog • Tagged with book, fiction, transcription, blackwood

A supernatural story.


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The Blackmailers, Blackwood (1934)

Posted on Oct 10, 2025 in blog • Tagged with book, fiction, transcription, blackwood

A supernatural crime story.


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By Proxy, Blackwood (1937)

Posted on Oct 07, 2025 in blog • Tagged with book, fiction, transcription, blackwood

A crime story.


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The Reformation of St. Jules, Blackwood (1937)

Posted on Oct 06, 2025 in blog • Tagged with book, fiction, transcription, blackwood

A travel story.


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Chemical, Blackwood (1926)

Posted on Oct 03, 2025 in blog • Tagged with book, fiction, transcription, blackwood

A ghost story.


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The Adventure Of Tornado Smith, Blackwood (1929)

Posted on Sep 27, 2025 in blog • Tagged with book, fiction, transcription, blackwood

A fantasy story.


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When Nick Dressed Up, Blackwood (1928)

Posted on Sep 27, 2025 in blog • Tagged with book, fiction, transcription, blackwood

A children's story.


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The Lock of Grey Hair, Blackwood (1909)

Posted on Sep 23, 2025 in blog • Tagged with book, fiction, transcription, blackwood

A supernatural story.


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By Underground, Blackwood (1928)

Posted on Sep 21, 2025 in blog • Tagged with book, fiction, transcription, blackwood

A children's story.


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La Mauvaise Riche, Blackwood (1912)

Posted on Sep 19, 2025 in blog • Tagged with book, fiction, transcription, blackwood

A supernatural story.


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Dr. Feldman, Blackwood (1928)

Posted on Sep 17, 2025 in blog • Tagged with book, fiction, transcription, blackwood

A ghost story.


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The Paper Man, Blackwood (1915)

Posted on Sep 13, 2025 in blog • Tagged with book, fiction, transcription, blackwood

A supernatural story of doomscrolling during the First World War.


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El Pretere, Lovecraft (1921)

Posted on Sep 03, 2025 in ebooks • Tagged with book, esperanto-lingva, fiction

Kio fariĝis de la korpoj?


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The Cats of Ulthar, Lovecraft (1920)

Posted on Aug 27, 2025 in blog • Tagged with book, review

This parable on the nature of Law would make a fine preface to any text on the subject.


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The Terrible Old Man, Lovecraft (1926)

Posted on Aug 27, 2025 in blog • Tagged with book, review

Dangerous characters dwell in the penumbra, around the edge of civilized society's illumination—and so do some, who merely believe themselves to be.


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A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson, Lovecraft (1917)

Posted on Aug 15, 2025 in blog • Tagged with book, review

Among the aspects of this author’s singular style of writing is that it sounds as if it is the product of a prior age. …


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He, Lovecraft (1926)

Posted on Aug 13, 2025 in blog • Tagged with book, review

Having come to the metropolis to find inspiration, the narrator instead finds disappointment and declares the city dead. …


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The Book, Lovecraft (1938)

Posted on Aug 13, 2025 in blog • Tagged with book, review

An eldritch book precipitates the narrator’s unmooring from the usual …


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Montetoj Kiel Blankaj Elefantoj (1927)

Posted on Jul 22, 2025 in ebooks • Tagged with book, du-lingva, fiction

Rakonto pri la Perdita Generacio de Usono, en Eŭropo kiu, kiel tiom da bonaj rakontoj, okazas ĉe vojkruciĝo.


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Pirato Ĵenifro, Brecht (1928)

Posted on Jul 13, 2025 in ebooks • Tagged with book, esperanto-lingva, fiction

From The Threepenny Opera.


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En la Pinarbaro

Posted on Apr 01, 2025 in ebooks • Tagged with book, du-lingva, esperanto-lingva, angla-lingva

Usona popolkanto, kantita de Leadbelly (Plumboventro) kaj Kurt Cobain.


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La Sennoma Urbo, Lovecraft (1921)

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It lay silent and dead under the cold desert moonlight.


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Transiro, Blackwood (1913)

Posted on Jan 21, 2025 in ebooks • Tagged with book, du-lingva, esperanto-lingva, angla-lingva, blackwood

Kristnaska fantomrakonto.


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La Atesto de Randolfo Kartero, Lovecraft (1925)

Posted on Jan 03, 2025 in ebooks, du-lingva • Tagged with book, du-lingva, esperanto-lingva, angla-lingva, fiction, blackwood

Preternatura teruraĵo en suda Florido.


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Lecionoj por Infanoj, en Simplaj Vortoj (1838)

Posted on Oct 26, 2024 in ebooks • Tagged with book, esperanto-lingva

Facila legilo por komencanoj.


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La Mortodanco, Blackwood (1907)

Posted on Sep 01, 2024 in ebooks • Tagged with book, du-lingva, esperanto-lingva, angla-lingva, fiction, blackwood

Meeting an anthropomorphic personification.


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Njarlatotepo, Lovecraft (1920)

Posted on Aug 27, 2024 in ebooks • Tagged with book, du-lingva, esperanto-lingva, angla-lingva, fiction

A showman and the madness of crowds.


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Memoro, Lovecraft (1923)

Posted on Aug 21, 2024 in ebooks • Tagged with book, du-lingva, esperanto-lingva, angla-lingva, fiction, blackwood

The genie does not remember.


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La Pendanta Fremdulo, PK Dick (1953)

Posted on Apr 17, 2024 in ebooks • Tagged with book, du-lingva, esperanto-lingva, angla-lingva, fiction

Why does no one see him?


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La Wiĉer, Sapkowski (1990-2018)

Posted on Feb 23, 2024 in blog • Tagged with book, quote, esperanto-lingva


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The Great God Pan, Machen (1894)

Posted on Feb 11, 2024 in blog • Tagged with book, review, du-lingva, angla-lingva

Never look through the veil that divides our reality from the unseen real reality.


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On Usury, Belloc (1931)

Posted on Jan 21, 2024 in blog • Tagged with book, quote

The principle that money of its nature breeds money …


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The Cynic's Breviary, Chamfort (1902)

Posted on Jan 02, 2024 in blog • Tagged with book, quote

Quote on custom.


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The Elements of Style, Strunk (1920)

Posted on Dec 31, 2023 in blog • Tagged with book, quote


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Quantum Mechanics and Experience, Albert (1992)

Posted on Dec 26, 2023 in blog • Tagged with book, quote


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The Witcher, Sapkowski (1990-2018)

Posted on Dec 23, 2023 in blog • Tagged with book, quote


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Kristnakso en Anglio, Blackwood (1890)

Posted on Dec 21, 2023 in ebooks • Tagged with book, du-lingva, esperanto-lingva, angla-lingva, nonfiction, blackwood

Describes old-fashioned English Christmas customs.


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The Dark Tower, S King (1982-2012)

Posted on Dec 15, 2023 in blog • Tagged with book, review, quote


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Eto el Ligno, Blackwood (1914)

Posted on Dec 07, 2023 in ebooks • Tagged with book, du-lingva, esperanto-lingva, angla-lingva, fiction, blackwood

Trivial things may be important.


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Notes from the Institution, Riehm (1987)

Posted on Nov 30, 2023 in blog • Tagged with book, scan, review, comic, internet-archive

Comic strip from The Independent Florida Alligator.


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Prowess 2000, 3000, & FS2

Posted on Nov 10, 2023 in blog • Tagged with book, scan, medical-physics, internet-archive

🐱 Prowess 2000 was a radiation therapy treatmnent planning system sold by Small Systems Group, Inc. of Chico, CA. The company name was later shortented to SSGI to remove the word "Small" from company literature. With the release of Version 3, the product was rebranded as Prowess 3000 to empasize its …


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Sentima Ridado, Blackwood (1924)

Posted on Oct 24, 2023 in ebooks • Tagged with book, du-lingva, esperanto-lingva, angla-lingva, fiction, blackwood

An unexpected inspiration at the cinema.


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La Firmao de la Kato Kiu Pilkludas, Balzac (1830)

Posted on Oct 10, 2023 in ebooks • Tagged with book, esperanto-lingva, fiction, blackwood

La kato ludas, la geedzoj suferas en la 19-a-jarcenta Parizo.


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Radiation Transport Basics and Applications, Jacobs (1989)

Posted on Jul 08, 2023 in blog • Tagged with book, scan, medical-physics, internet-archive


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Maximar 100 X-Ray Unit, GE (1953)

Posted on Jul 03, 2023 in blog • Tagged with book, scan, medical-physics, internet-archive

Superficial Therapy, Operation, Maintenance, by General Electric


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Sails of Gold, Asquith et al (1927)

Posted on Apr 26, 2023 in blog • Tagged with book, scan, internet-archive, blackwood

Children's anthology of fiction, verse, and art.


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The Treasure Ship, Asquith et al (1926)

Posted on Apr 03, 2023 in blog • Tagged with book, scan, internet-archive, blackwood

Children's anthology of fiction, verse, and art.


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A General History of the Pirates, Johnson (1724)

Posted on Mar 27, 2023 in blog • Tagged with book, quote, standard-ebook, du-lingva, angla-lingva

In the 18th century, daring outlaws terrorized the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea.


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Tongues of Fire, Blackwood (1924)

Posted on Mar 17, 2023 in blog • Tagged with book, scan, internet-archive, blackwood

Short fiction collection by Algernon Blackwood.


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Collected Works of Algernon Blackwood

Posted on Sep 24, 2022 in ebooks • Tagged with book, fiction, nonfiction, blackwood

Algernon Blackwood was a prolific, popular, and influential writer, often associated with “weird fiction” …


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The Golden Ass, Apuleius (2ndC)

Posted on Aug 14, 2022 in EBooks • Tagged with book, standard-ebook

Curious Lucius turns himself into a donkey while learning magic and turns his Greek business trip into an odyssey of tribulation and spiritual growth.


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The Mark of Zorro, McCulley (1924)

Posted on Jun 12, 2022 in EBooks • Tagged with book, standard-ebook

While mild mannered Don Diego Vega seeks a bride, cloaked crusader Señor Zorro (Mr. Fox) rides the dangerous highway of Mexican California, armed with a sword, whip, and pistol—righting wrongs, defending the weak, and punishing injustice.


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Maria Chapdelaine, Hémon (1913)

Posted on Jun 08, 2022 in EBooks • Tagged with book, standard-ebook

It takes a hardy people to survive farming the harsh lands of the French Canadian wilderness and Maria Chapdelaine must choose either to remain Québécois in this unforgiving land that has broken her heart or to pursue a softer urban life in foreign New England.


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Darby O'Gill and the Good People, Kavanagh (1903)

Posted on Apr 23, 2022 in EBooks • Tagged with book, standard-ebook

When Tipperary man Darby O’Gill is imprisoned by the fairies of Sleive-na-mon in their home under the hollow mountain, it is the start of a lasting friendship with their King Brian Connors.


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The Humbugs of the World, Barnum (1866)

Posted on May 31, 2021 in EBooks • Tagged with book, standard-ebook

American archetype and cultural founding father, Phineas Taylor Barnum shares a varied collection of anecdotes that he deems “humbugs”—fodder for the gullible, deserving of skepticism—with the stated goal of making his fellow citizens a little wiser and more skeptical.


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The Plastic Age, Marks (1924)

Posted on Mar 16, 2021 in EBooks • Tagged with book, standard-ebook

This novel tells the story of Hugh Carver’s experience as an undergraduate student at Sanford College, a fictional, upscale, liberal arts school in Jazz Age New England.


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Pollyanna Grows Up, Porter (1915)

Posted on Feb 11, 2021 in EBooks • Tagged with book, standard-ebook

The second book about Pollyanna Whittier follows the events of her life in Boston at age 13 and then in rural Vermont at the age of 20.


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Pollyanna, Porter (1913)

Posted on Sep 06, 2020 in EBooks • Tagged with book, standard-ebook

An orphan’s unrelenting optimism sees her through adversity and lifts up her new community.


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