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When The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was first published in 1884, it was declared an instant literary classic by respected critics such as Edmund Clarence Stedman and Brander Matthews. However, Mark Twain's greatest book was not without its detractors....

If there is one thing everyone wants above all else--it's love. When you've got it, anything is bearable--sickness, poverty, failure. But when you don't have it, even money and power seem empty and unimportant. See, as human beings, we need love. We need ...

Okay, you want to know the scariest movie of all time? No problem. Just give me a minute to think ... When I was about six years old, I watched this movie called Frogs. Scared the crap out of me. Seriously. Scariest movie of all time. Except ... I just...

Tarot cards have been around for hundreds of years. According to most experts, Tarot decks first appeared between 1410 and 1430 somewhere in northern Italy, and probably originated as elaborations of pre-existing four-suit playing card decks. The resultin...

Since the first man breathed his first breath, men have been obsessed with the concept of death--the permanent end of the life of a biological organism. "As soon as one is born," Luigi Pirandello once lamented, "one starts dying." Man's musings on d...