Crazy-Quilt Reading

Being a writer sure generates some odd reading lists. My current stack of "research":

The Curse of Macbeth and Other Theatrical Superstitions: An Investigation, by Richard Huggett

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Napoleon Bonaparte, by J.M. Thompson

Seaweed: Nature's Secret to Balancing Your Metabolism, by Valerie Cooksley

I Will be Cleopatra: An Actress's Journey, by Zoe Caldwell

A Treasury of Irish Folklore, by Padraic Colum