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Odessa by Charles King and The Philosophy Breakfast Club by Laura Snyder: Review

Two great journeys this weekend: first to the haunted city of Odessa filled with scoundrels and adventurers; then a trip back to Victorian England where four scientists changed the modern world—over breakfast.

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A Town Crowded With Ghosts

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It is said that the best way to approach Odessa for the first time is from the sea. But I took the overnight train from Kiev and stumbled down Pushkin Street toward the city center.

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