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Terribly sad story of the depths of depravity people experienced during WW2. Rightfully points out that Leningrad (Petersburg/Petrograd) had been under siege from the whites, to the reds, to the Stalinist regime, to the Nazis, and then once again Stalin.

A terrifying tail of a terrific composer.

Just watch the movie TBH

sometimes feels like the authors fanfiction of Dimitri's life. lots of, "we assume"s and "must have been"s... not a lot of direct quotes.

strong intro, but now we are spending an oversized amount of time settling this author's beef with the common theory of human evolution. Which generally informative, but has yet to tie into the theme of the book... namely disease.

A great examination of the french revolution from a unique perspective.

Mad man’s musings on human made folly.