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Discourse on Colonialism is an essay by Aime Césaire, originally published in the French language in the year 1950. The essay presents its readers with the question, "What, fundamentally, is...

The Lost Boy is the second in a trilogy of books that tell the story of author Dave Pelzer's childhood. In this book, with the help of his teachers, young David is finally able to escape the...

"The Lottery Ticket" is a short story by Anton Chekhov, first published in Russia in the year 1887. Within the story, a man named Ivan Dmitritch, who has always been "very well satisfied with his...

In Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote, first published in the early 17th century, we follow the story of a man named Alonso Quixano (the narrator does not actually know the correct spelling of this...

We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy is a collection of essays written by the contemporary African American author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates. The title refers to the eight years...