so who won that year? Ivo Andrić
a diplomat in the communist gov't of Yugoslavia, so he was PC, even if his ideas helped inspire the genocidal civil war against Bosnia:
--------------------------------------Some claim that the works of Ivo Andrić, particularly his thesis The Development of Spiritual Life in Bosnia under the Influence of Turkish Rule have resurfaced as a source of anti-Muslim prejudice in Serbian cultural discourse.[21]
BBC report on trying to salvage the burned books of Cairo's library.
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this week's books on Librivox include
Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things, The by Hazlitt, William
summary: Boring essays
Black Tulip, The by Dumas, Alexandre
a novel on the tulip craze
another story of a poor orphan goody two shoes who makes good.
Fabiola or The Church of the Catacombs by Wiseman, Cardinal Nicholas Patrick
A G rated story of ancient Rome
Wit and Humor of America, The Vol 10 by Various
Historical Tales, Vol VI: French by Morris, Charlesthe wooing of Clothilde, the Huns, and Joan of Arc.
and the BooksShouldBeFree website has links to audiobooks of classic books for your listening pleasure. many of them are on Librivox, but the webpage lists them by category so are easier to peruse to find what's there.
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