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The KGB did not approve of the work, and it was noted that the book had actually been finished in 1975. Dombrovsky received numerous threats over the phone and through the post; his arm was shattered by a steel pipe in the course of an assault on a bus, and he was finally brutally beaten by a group of unknown persons in the lobby of the ...
Barry Edward Dempster (born 17 January 1952) is a Canadian poet, novelist, and editor.. Barry Dempster was born in Toronto, Ontario, and educated in child psychology. He is the author of two novels, a children's book, three volumes of short stories, and sixteen collections of poetry.
The Faculty of Useless Knowledge (Russian: Факультет ненужных вещей, romanized: Fakultet nenuzhnykh veshchey) is a novel by Yury Dombrovsky about the fate of Russian intelligentsia in the era of the Great Purge, written in 1964–1975.
Just Say No. Useless purchases come in many forms. There's stuff that's used only a few times before being consigned to the basement or attic; stuff that's pricey to buy but could be rented ...
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders is a collection of short stories and poetry by English author Neil Gaiman. It was published in the US and UK in 2006 by HarperCollins and Headline Review. Most of the stories in this book are reprints from other sources: magazines, anthologies, and even CD sleeves.
A delivery went awry at U.K.-based parcel firm DPD. Then a frustrated classical musician asked the bot some questions, with surprising results.
Many scholars consider a Zhuangzi composed of 52 chapters, as attested by the Book of Han in 111 AD, to have been the original form of the text. [16] During the late 1st century BC, the entire Han imperial library—including its edition of the Zhuangzi —was subject to considerable redaction and standardization by the polymath Liu Xiang (77 ...
8. Useless Things. The ultra rich are also known to spend tons of money on things that are completely useless. Case in point: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos spent a whopping $42 million to build a ...