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  • The Sandalbar Experiment by farooqakram
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    "History says nations are built on speeches and slogans. History is wrong." "Nations are built on plumbing, supply chains, and systems." Bilal, a cynical game developer from 2024, knows exactly how the "game" of British India ends-with the fire and blood of 1947. When he wakes up inside the mind of Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Father of The Nation) in 1930, he realizes that following the historical script is a death sentence for millions. The Quaid-e-Azam (Father of The Nation) of the textbooks-the distant, immaculate lawyer-needs a patch. Forming an unlikely partnership, the modern systems thinker and the Edwardian barrister abandon the politics of London and Delhi. Instead, they retreat to the forgotten backwaters of Montgomery to attempt something dangerous: Project Sandalbar. Their goal is not rebellion-but construction. To build a functioning prototype state inside the belly of the British Empire. Armed with modern knowledge of logistics, communication networks, and resource management-wielded through Jinnah's razor-sharp legal mind-they begin engineering a sanctuary against the coming storm. The Mission: Turn a dust-bowl estate into a self-sustaining fortress. The Tools: Sanitation protocols, radio networks, cooperative economics, and a militia disguised as farm guards. The Obstacles: Feudal lords, imperial suspicion, religious extremism, and the ticking clock of history. They are not fighting for independence. They are building a lifeboat. Can a game developer and a lawyer "mod" the operating system of the Raj before the server crashes?
  • World of Iron and Blood by Songanta
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    1054. Yaroslav is dead. Kyiv is left without the hand that held its order. Boyars wait, cities watch one another, and merchants keep their caravans outside the gates. No one knows whose name will be spoken in the oath tomorrow. A prince takes the Kyivan throne who was never meant for power. He has no strong friends, no old alliances and almost no time. In Rus', power rests on the druzhina, on oaths, and on alliances. Let one of these knots loosen, and the balance begins to shift. This is a story about power, about taking it before someone else does, and about what happens when holding it proves harder than winning it.
  • Humana Invicta "Humanity Unconquered" by TheFoolishKnight
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    In the crumbling Kingdom of Hyfelt, on the edge of total collapse, nobles sharpen their knives for a bloody succession war while monsters tear through the land and other races await to enslave and cleanse what's left. Then came "Vincent" a history-obsessed tabletop wargamer who somehow woke up as Baron "Victor", lord of a northern backwater town of Vindia. With nothing but his brain full of mankind's past and wargaming tactics, can this random modern guy pull a dying kingdom back from the brink and stop whatever races from turning humans into footnote in history book, or does he just become another idiot who thought he was special, only to get erased from history like everyone else?
  • Empty Trains by MaximilianEhinger
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    A poem
  • Surviving as a Writer in the British Empire by reconovels
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    Web novel writer Jin Han-sol, who had an unfortunate accident on a trip to England to clear his head, said, "This is... Big Ben?" When I opened my eyes, I found myself in the middle of the British Empire of the 19th century, where romance, literature, and racism breathed! You have to survive somehow, from the dockworker to the rich maid to the babysitter! The opportunity that came to him who had worked so hard that his feet were sweating, "Teacher! No, author! I'm glad to see you now!!" "...... You're a writer?" "He's the best writer of novels in London right now." That chance, a fiction writer? At this time, the writing of the Great Moon, which will change the world with a single pen, begins to give cider to the bastards of the British Empire!
  • The Flower by WALCONCAI
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    16 year old Averil Elrod and her grandmother, Odine, have lived separated from the rest of the world for as long as she can remember, but when Odine falls mysteriously and devastatingly ill, they must call for the help of wizard Cain Pannone and his son, Stellan.
  • HIS 105 Assignment 1.1 - Impact of Industrialization  by PatriciaEvans2
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    HIS 105 Assignment 1.1 - Impact of Industrialization After the Civil War on American Society (Thesis & Outline) Purchase this tutorial here: http://xondow.com/HIS-105-Assignment-11-Impact-of-Industrialization-After-the-C-HIS1051.htm
  • As Darkness Falls by gpray525
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    ~~Fog may deceive the physical eye sight but there is something about the third eye that can surpass any obstacle. Those with a keen sense can even see when the obstacle will hit them. Those people are truly gifted.~~ Power. Mystery. Change. During this mysterious time period, the Catholic Church is taking over the world and people start to lose faith in the old legends and myths held by generations of people. Is this affecting the way people perceive the world? Or is it blocking them from seeing another world coexisting in their own? Did I mention...well I guess you will have to read about it.
  • Mary's Diary by GeneticallyUnpure
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    Okay, I've published this before, but I lost the paper and I just recently found it again and I just #cri Anyways, this is a project I had to do on child labor and what it was like, and I got 100 on it and yeah. Stuff. Enough with my chatter, just read the entries already. Ps. If you're still reading this, many words are misspelled on purpose; Mary never had a proper education, and was taught to read and write, customarily, by her brother or father, as mostly men went to school in those day. Now seriously. Enough talk. Read.
  • Tale of Shoes by Utsuro_b
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    Shoes, we can't really imagine life without them anymore, but how come we are so dependant on them? What makes shoes so special? Are shoes really *just* shoes? As you can most likely tell from the tags this story is less focused on actual shoe history and rather the unknown truth, hope you enjoy the read and learn how to clear your mind from the brainwashing.
  • Almost like Vampires(on Hold) by IkojaFaith
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    Jane and her daughter, Klara start to see the signs which meant one thing, that the worst of the history that was never written about was about to repeat itself.
  • The Lost Meadows by aayushwrites
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    This poem is basically a criticism on the human attitude towards nature.We do not think about the animals & trees whom we trouble all the time.We take there help when we need them but in return we give nothing.
  • Poems by Xombify
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    Random poems. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or in any means - by electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise - without prior written permission.
  • Airship Luxury Express by TalesFromOrb
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    In the fantastic world of Orb, Alchemist City is a rising metropolitan power and the epicentre of a dramatic industrial revolution. Ruled by the Technomages, a guild of wizards committed to the exploitation of magic and technology for their own hegemonic ambitions, the sprawling city is an urban arena of political intrigues and ruthless predation. And still culture and society thrive. Humans, dwarves, orcs, elves, gnomes, vampires, ogres, giants, trolls, mushroom men, magically sentient objects, and various forms of machine people, all dwell here together. It is a place of fierce competition but also wonder, adventure, and romance. This story, Airship Luxury Express, follows the arrival of two affluent guests from the nearby land of Mundany who have journeyed there via a newly built steam powered zeppelin. Eager to disembark and see the famous city for themselves, they have little idea what's in store for them.
  • The Federation's Last Heir by BeyondShady
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    Armin awakens in a fragile, childlike body that repels the very mana that fuels this foreign world. Thrust into a realm of forest-grown cities and the politics of competing tribes, he'll try his utmost to inherit his rightful place on the throne and vows to bring the Federation into a new era of technology. On a continent where every faction believes their cause is just, Armin's path to regency demands cunning, resolve, and sacrifice.