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Ukraine under the Soviets
Clarence Augustus Manning
The collapse of the tsarist empire unleashed a fierce struggle for Ukrainian autonomy, caught between shifting Bolshevik strategies and devastating central control.
Undream'd of shores
Frank Harris
These sketches explore the precarious intersection of talent, desire, and moral compromise in the lives of artists and dreamers. They examine the high cost of seeking beauty in a world indifferent to its worth.
Valiant dust
Katharine Fullerton Gerould
HOOK These stories navigate the fragile border between the rational world and the encroaching supernatural, where the most terrifying ghosts are often the ones we carry within ourselves.
Variations
James Huneker
The critic as artist navigates a world of shifting melodies and literary ghosts, finding that the most profound truths often emerge from the collision of disparate, passionate ideas.
Woman in music
George P. (George Putnam) Upton
This historical survey examines the complex, often fraught relationship between women and the world of classical music. It explores whether the domestic sphere and the realm of creative genius can ever truly coexist for the feminine spirit.
Work, wait, win
Ruth Lamb
The boy who loses his inheritance through his father’s folly finds his true fortune in the steady discipline of the railway booking-office, proving that integrity can reshape even the most ruined life.