Loki
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[2016]
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English
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A biography of Joan Trumpauer Mulholland follows her from her childhood in 1950s Virginia through her high school and college years, when she joined the civil rights movement, attending demonstrations and sit-ins. She also participated in the Freedom Rides of 1961 and was arrested and imprisoned.
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For over a century, the identity of Jack the Ripper has remained one of historys most chilling mysteries. In the shadowy streets of Victorian London, a string of gruesome murders terrorized the city, leaving behind fear, speculation, and unanswered questions. Who was the man behind the legend? How did he evade capture despite the intense investigation?
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Ambrose Bierce was a man of sharp wit and even sharper words. A celebrated journalist, satirist, and author of eerie, thought-provoking stories, he left an undeniable mark on American literature. But in 1913, he did something that would cement his name in history for a different reason.
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Born in 1587 on Roanoke Island, Virginia Dare was the first English child born in the New World. She should have been the symbol of a bright future, a new generation in a land full of promise. But just three years later, she and the entire Roanoke colony had vanished without a single clue left behind.
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In a quiet medieval village in England, two mysterious children appeared as if from nowhere. Their skin was an eerie shade of green, their language was unlike anything ever heard, and they seemed utterly lost in a world that was not their own. No one knew where they had come from or how they had arrived in Woolpit.
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Edgar Allan Poe was a master of the macabre, a literary genius whose chilling tales of mystery and horror captivated readers for generations. But beyond his haunting stories lay an even darker realityhis own life. From his struggles with poverty and addiction to the tragic losses that shaped his writing, Poe lived on the edge of despair. Then, in a bizarre twist worthy of his own fiction, he seemed to predict the strange and unsettling circumstances...
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In 1828, a teenage boy appeared in the streets of Nuremberg, barely able to walk or speak. He carried a mysterious letter but had no memory of his past, no knowledge of the world, and no understanding of where he had come from. His name was Kaspar Hauser, and his sudden arrival became one of the most baffling mysteries in European history.
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