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Why didn't the other Central Powers have to pay reparations too? (Short Animated Documentary)
After World War One was over and the losing nations had seen their territory divided amongst the winners, there was still the matter of them having to pay reparations. As you'll know Germany was ordered to pay a lot of money to the Entente whereas the rest of the defeated Central Powers were ordered to pay either minuscule sums or even nothing at all.
Inside Yale University’s Fascinating Collection of “Magic Books” Making Sense of the Medieval World
By Sage Helene
https://mymodernmet.com/yale-hidden-magic-manuscripts/
1742 Library of Yale at the Beinecke Library
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzR1hWIXtNk&t=19s
Library of Yale at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Library+of+Yale+
Printmaking skills of Manet, Van Gogh and more celebrated in Bath show
Exhibition explores how artists mainly known for their paintings helped revive a skill that had fallen out of fashion
By Steven Morris
Books about Impressionism at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/3050
The Rise and Fall of Victoria Woodhull, the First Woman to Run for President
Victoria Woodhull rose to prominence during the Gilded Age as a colorful and controversial advocate for women’s rights—including the right to run for President.
https://www.thecollector.com/victoria-woodhull-first-woman-run-president/
Gen Z but two centuries ago
A generation of young people with ‘full hearts in an empty world’ sought hope in the face of insurmountable malaise
by Emily Herring
Some authors from Gen Z at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1341
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7255
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/5450
What should be on a list of almost Great Books?
by Henry Oliver
https://www.commonreader.co.uk/p/what-should-be-on-a-list-of-almost
A selection of this month’s notable and interesting titles posted in our May newsletter:
https://www.gutenberg.org/newsletter/
The great sea-serpent - A. C. Oudemans
The limerick up to date book - Ethel Watts Mumford Grant
Partners in crime - Agatha Christie
Essay on comets - David Milne-Home
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6 Discontinued '90s Gadgets People Still Miss
From the Walkman to the Talkboy, these were '90s classics.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/6-discontinued-90s-gadgets-people-still-miss-01kqfmc6zb9f?utm_source=RSS
Who’s in, who’s out, and how many have you read? The story behind our 100 best novels list
Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights; Ulysses or Catch-22 … Find out which title came top, as chosen by authors, critics and academics worldwide
by Lisa Allardice
https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/16/story-behind-100-best-novels-all-time
Full list ( some titles are available at PG!)
https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/12/the-100-best-novels-of-all-time
Music speaks louder than words through what it leaves unsaid
The ineffable in music resides in the gap between saying and not saying. Music neither states nor conceals. It hints
by Elena Gigante
Music at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/50
How Virginia Woolf broke the rules of storytelling | David Epstein
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fv6bTqIIHPA
Woolf at PG:
