*N.B.: Gustave Doré (c. 1868) – Dante Alighieri – Inferno – Plate 14 (Canto V – The hurricane of souls). “The infernal hurricane that never rests / Hurtles the spirits onwards in its rapine.” ~ Dante “Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord has gone forth in fury—violent whirlwind! It will fall violently on the head […]
I can clearly remember that fateful day filled with lachrymose as if it were yesterday: a transcendent day inside the reading room of Ms. Mirandi’s fifth-grade at Lillibridge Elementary, Detroit, Mich. I was 10 years old. By “reading room” I mean a corner of the classroom decorated like a library. There were three or four nice decorative chairs, a small sofa, a Persian rug, a coffee table, a lamp and, of course, the epitome of that wonderful space … a bookshelf filled with classical books.
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2026 Summer Reading List—10 Books that Secretly Built History’s Greatest Minds (and Can Build Yours)
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