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| | "After World War I, German commanders and military jurists drew the conclusion that the Imperial German Army had been too lenient in the crisis year of 1918. They vowed that if Germany ever went...
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| | In May 1845, after a storied career of exploration, Sir John Franklin determined to undertake one final expedition: a search for the legendary Northwest Passage. At 59 years old, Franklin was no stranger to risk. He had once fought off a polar bear using only his ceremonial sword, survived a particularly harsh Arctic winter by resorting to a diet of lichen, animal hides, and human remains, and endured multiple violent encounters with local Inuit tribesmen. Absconding from a quiet retirement with his beloved wife Jane, Sir John set off with a crew of 129 men for the Arctic. None of them would return.
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| | Paul McAuley's Australis a gorgeous, haunting novel-brimming with fractal stories-within-stories-about a fugitive on the run through the backcountry of the new nation established on a greening Antarctica. McAuley's unskimmably precise prose conjure the bleak beauty of the internal and external landscapes the protagonist navigates as she tries to find her way in a world where [...]
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