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Damocles was an obsequious courtier in the court of dionysius ii of syracuse, a 4thcentury bc ruler of syracuse, sicily the anecdote apparently figured in the lost history of sicily by. In a dark, dark room and other scary stories is a collection of horror stories, poems and urban legends retold for children by alvin schwartz and illustrator dirk zimmer. That changes when parachutist dorbeck lands in his backyard. It starts out as a pretty generic second world war story in the netherlands, and i absolutely do not care for these fictional stories yes, being a history teacher i realise i might be committing herecy here. Hed arrived slightly later than expected and with a brief check at the time on his watch. It is the impossibility of ascertaining whether osewoudt was on the right side or the wrong side the moral issue of the second world war in a nutshell that makes hermans novel as. Azure orbs glided vigilantly over the crowd, adjusting to the dark room full of partygoers.
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