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Dive into the whimsical world of Flatland, a satirical novel by Edwin A. Abbott, first published in 1884. Join A Square, our protagonist, as he navigates a two-dimensional universe that cleverly critiques the rigid hierarchies of Victorian society. When a mysterious Sphere introduces him to the mind-bending concept of a third dimension, A Squares perspective shifts dramatically. He boldly speculates about even more dimensions beyond his own, only to find himself back in Flatland, unable to convince its inhabitants of the truths he has discovered. This enduring classic, narrated by Linda Olsen ...

Math. Geometry. Physics. Violence? Is this the same book I read in school? Yep. One of the joys of rediscovering old books is that they still have the ability to surprise, even shock. "If my poor Flatland friend retained the vigour of mind which he enjoyed when he began to compose these Memoirs, I should not now need to represent him in this preface, in which he desires, fully, to return his thanks to his readers and critics in Spaceland ... But he is not the Square he once was. Years of imprisonment, and the still heavier burden of general incredulity and mockery, have combined with the ...

When award-winning journalist Nick Davies decided to break Fleet Street's unwritten rule by investigating his own colleagues, he found that the business of reporting the truth had been slowly subverted by the mass production of ignorance.