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Nice Tries - A Encyclopedia of Brave Attempts at Building a Utopian State Many have written about what the ideal state should like. Some brave and often crazy people have actually attempted to build their own utopias. Read More





Micronations Tiny nations such as the Vatican or Monaco may be small, but they are gigantic in comparison to micronations, some of which literally fit inside a single room. Read More





Encyclopedia of English Literature - An overview of the main periods and movements in English literature prior to 1900, together with links to short biographical sketches of the principal authors. This section is the first section of a planned encyclopedia.





Gluttony: The incredible appetites of Roman Emperors and other despots in the ancient world. No animal or bird was safe from the enormous appetite of Roman Emperors. Thousands could be slaughtered for a single meal. Read More





Raised by Wolves: Stories of Children Raised by Wild Animals From Romulus and Remus to more modern times, history is full of accounts of children being raised by wolves or other wild animals. Could these stories be true?





Ancient Antigravity - an amazing account of an antigravity device from Ancient India





Medieval Bestiaries - meet the weird and grotesque creatures that inhabited the fringes of the known world, and the Medieval mind.