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Black Legacies: Race and the European Middle Ages

Lynn T. Ramey

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Bringing far-removed time periods into startling conversation, this book argues that certain...

Selected Poems from Les Fleurs du mal

Charles Baudelaire and Jan Owen

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The poems of The Flowers of Evil were written in Paris at a time of revolution and accelerating...

Stress Less Coloring Around the World: 100+ Coloring Pages for Peace and Relaxation

Adams Media

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Free your mind with these beautiful travel images! Stress Less Coloring Around the World helps you...

A Balkan Summer

George East

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High summer in the Balkans and George East arrives in Bulgaria to investigate an apparently potty...

Jon Dieringer recommended The Night of the Hunter (1955) in Movies (curated)

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

1955 | Drama, Mystery

9.0

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"This is my favorite movie of all time, and the only one that I watch on an annual schedule (Thanksgiving) other than A Muppet Christmas Carol (Christmas). I first saw it on that holiday, and the experience was so meaningful that I suppose I’m always trying to recapture it. Coincidentally, on Thanksgiving my family used to travel to West Virginia, where the novel’s author, Davis Grubb, was from, and where the book is set. Grubb arguably doesn’t get enough credit for the look and feel of the film: I can’t really think of a movie that is more faithful to the tone and even letter of its source, and Grubb also essentially storyboarded the film. It’s such a rich parable of good and evil, and a boundlessly profound exploration of intangibles like innocence, loss, deceit, and the yearning to be loved. Although terror is a central theme, it’s ultimately a very comforting film."

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