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Excerpt from The Glowing FireThe shady avenue known as the Schauerstrasse, and situated in one of the quiet suburbs of the German port of Konigsberg, looked invitingly cool on this hot August afternoon, and an elderly gentleman heaved a sigh of relief as he passed beneath the overhanging trees and left the glare and noise of the town behind him. The day had been exceptionally sultry, and the atmosphere of the office, in which he carried on the...

Excerpt from Nervous Breakdowns and How to Avoid ThemSuddenly they felt a jar, followed by a jerk, the train slowed down, and within ten seconds had come to a standstill. Then there was general commotion, and heads appeared at every window, to see or inquire what was the matter. There was no station in sight, and no signal against them. Yet that train, which a few moments earlier had been speeding along in all its power and pride, had come to ...

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Charles Musgrove brings the city of Nanjing back into the discussion of China's modern development, focusing on how it was transformed from a factional capital with only regional influence into a symbol of nationhood - a city where newly forming ideals of citizenship were celebrated and contested on its streets and at its monuments.

Excerpt from Nervous Breakdowns and How to Avoid Them An express train was on its way from London to Edinburgh. It was running at sixty miles an hour, and the passengers, as comfortable as if they had been sitting in easy chairs by their own firesides, were engaged in reading, sleeping, talking or looking out of the windows. Not a thought of any impending trouble crossed their minds. Suddenly they felt a jar, followed by a jerk, the train sl...

Excerpt from The Glowing Fire The shady avenue known as the Schauerstrasse, and situated in one of the quiet suburbs of the German port of Konigsberg, looked invitingly cool on this hot August afternoon, and an elderly gentleman heaved a sigh of relief as he passed beneath the overhanging trees and left the glare and noise of the town behind him. The day had been exceptionally sultry, and the atmosphere of the office, in which he carried on t...