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Do we cheat if we listen to a book?

Posted on January 20, 2022 by jfkaufmann

My first successful attempt to substitute written books with their voice-recorded editions happened three years ago after my cornea transplant surgery. In preparation for three long weeks without reading, I downloaded about twenty audiobooks from the library, including The Vampire Chronicles by … Continue reading →

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The Vampire I Loved

Posted on December 13, 2018 by jfkaufmann

Vampire proper, the Slavic vampire from my previous post, seems to be the progenitor of the entire fictional vampiric race. A piece of documented  history: The first recorded mention of the word “vampire” dates from 1672. In a small village on … Continue reading →

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Vampire — the origin of a myth

Posted on December 9, 2018 by jfkaufmann

Photo by Matt Artz on Unsplash Myths and legends about blood suckers are known in many ancient civilizations such as Egyptian, Mesopotamian and South American, but one of the most famous such creatures – a vampire – originated in Slavic … Continue reading →

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