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Uncle Peter Sked is a novel written by John Beatty and published in 1907. The story revolves around the titular character, Uncle Peter Sked, who is a wealthy and eccentric old man living in a small Scottish village. He is known for his unpredictable behavior and strange habits,... Read Full Overview

Uncle Peter Sked is a novel written by John Beatty and published in 1907. The story revolves around the life of a man named Peter Sked, who is the uncle of the protagonist, a young boy named Davie. Uncle Peter is an eccentric character who lives alone in a small cottage in the... Read Full Overview

As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good... Read Full Overview