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In "The Right Way to Do Wrong: An Exposé of Successful Criminals," the legendary magician and escape artist Harry Houdini offers a fascinating and eye-opening exploration into the world of crime. With his unparalleled expertise in deception and trickery, Houdini provides readers with an insider's view of the methods and mindsets of some of the most notorious criminals of his time.

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"London's Underworld" by Thomas Holmes delves into the hidden and often grim realities of life beneath the bustling streets of London. The book explores the intricate network of tunnels, sewers, and forgotten spaces that have shaped the city’s history. Holmes paints a vivid picture of the lives of those who inhabit these shadowy realms, from the outcasts and criminals to the laborers who maintain the infrastructure. Through rich descriptions and compelling narratives, readers are invited to uncover the secrets that lie beneath the surface of one of the world's most iconic cities.

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"All wonder," said Samuel Johnson, "is the effect of novelty on ignorance." Yet we are so created that without something to wonder at we should find life scarcely worth living. That fact does not make ignorance bliss, or make it "folly to be wise." For the wisest man never gets beyond the reach of novelty, nor can ever make it his boast that there is nothing he is ignorant of; on the contrary, the wiser he becomes the more clearly he sees how much there is of which he remains in ignorance.

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The landmark book about being black in America, now in an expanded edition commemorating the 150th anniversary of W. E. B. Du Bois’s birth and featuring a new introduction by Ibram X. Kendi, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist, and cover art by Kadir Nelson.

“The problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line.”

When The Souls of Black Folk was first published in 1903, it had a galvanizing effect on the conversation about race in America—and it remains both a touchstone in the literature of African America and a beacon in the fight for civil rights.

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Set against the backdrop of the Great Plague of London in the seventeenth century, Daniel Defoe’s classic novel, A Journal of the Plague Year, continues to be distinguished for its intense, honest, and realistic portrayal of the times. Over the course of a single year, the novel’s narrator examines events both political and personal, and comments on the social, political, economic, and human impact of the epidemic.

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Aside from the Bible, "The Imitation of Christ" is among the most famous religious works of the Christian world, translated into more than fifty languages and printed in more than six thousand editions. Widely known in manuscript, it was being circulated as early as 1420. Its first publication in English was in 1696. The original language of "The Imitation of Christ" is Latin, not the classical Latin of Rome but medieval Latin.

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The Book of WERE-WOLVES S. Baring-Gould One of the best known studies of lycanthropy, written by the author of the hymn 'Onward Christian Soldiers.' The first ten chapters are a pretty good review of the shape-shifting literature, and then it takes a strange left turn into the topic of psychopathy

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Born Erich Weisz on March 24, 1874, in Budapest, Hungary, young Harry Houdini moved with his family to Appleton, Wisconsin, where he later claimed he was born. Fascinated with magic, he began performing and drew attention for his daring feats of escape. In 1893, he married Wilhelmina Rahner, who became his onstage partner as well. Houdini continued performing escape acts until his death, on October 31, 1926, in Detroit, Michigan.