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<p>Rediscovered photograph sheds light on Jeanne Duval – Manet’s Lady with a Fan</p><p>by Maria C. Scott</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/rediscovered-photograph-sheds-light-on-jeanne-duval-manets-lady-with-a-fan-275051" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/rediscovered-photograph-sheds-light-on-jeanne-duval-manets-lady-with-a-fan-275051"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/rediscover</span><span class="invisible">ed-photograph-sheds-light-on-jeanne-duval-manets-lady-with-a-fan-275051</span></a></p><p>Manet (as illustrator) at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6624" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6624"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/6624</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a></p>

<p>A White Historian Claimed That Black People ‘Had No History.’ This Trailblazing Scholar Dedicated His Life to Proving Otherwise</p><p>Carter G. Woodson, the “father of Black history,” founded the celebration now known as Black History Month in 1926. A prolific writer and activist, he viewed his efforts to educate the public as a “life-and-death struggle”</p><p>by Meilan Solly</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/a-white-historian-claimed-that-black-people-had-no-history-this-trailblazing-scholar-dedicated-his-life-to-proving-otherwise-180988144/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;lctg=93133550" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/a-white-historian-claimed-that-black-people-had-no-history-this-trailblazing-scholar-dedicated-his-life-to-proving-otherwise-180988144/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;lctg=93133550"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/smithso</span><span class="invisible">nian-institution/a-white-historian-claimed-that-black-people-had-no-history-this-trailblazing-scholar-dedicated-his-life-to-proving-otherwise-180988144/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;lctg=93133550</span></a></p><p>Carter G. Woodson at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3835" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3835"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/3835</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/blackhistorymonth/" rel="tag">#blackhistorymonth</a></p>

<p>Forget flowers: lovers in 18th- and 19th-century Ireland exchanged hair</p><p>by Leanne Calvert</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/forget-flowers-lovers-in-18th-and-19th-century-ireland-exchanged-hair-275356" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/forget-flowers-lovers-in-18th-and-19th-century-ireland-exchanged-hair-275356"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/forget-flo</span><span class="invisible">wers-lovers-in-18th-and-19th-century-ireland-exchanged-hair-275356</span></a></p><p>Saint Valentine at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=saint+valentine" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=saint+valentine"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=saint+valentine</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/ireland/" rel="tag">#ireland</a></p>

<p>Today is Charlotte Brontë’s birthday.</p><p>Do you love her poetry, or know her only through Jane Eyre?</p><p>Her first novel was rejected, but the next changed <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a>. She had to publish under a man’s name, Currer Bell, because in the 1840s a woman writer could be dismissed before anyone had even read the first page.</p><p>One of the most famous authentic portraits of Charlotte was drawn by George Richmond in 1850 👇</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#writers</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/janeeyre/" rel="tag">#janeeyre</a> <a href="/tags/bronte/" rel="tag">#bronte</a> <a href="/tags/charlottebronte/" rel="tag">#charlottebronte</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/WrathOfTheSky" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/WrathOfTheSky</a></p><p>Zechariah Jacobs has angered a vast empire that spans a third of the galaxy, which is far too much for his planet to stand against, but in a clash of wizards and magic versus technology, it’s hard to say which will win.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>Ello sweet and lovely (reading) Friendos <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/beige.party/blobcatbook.png" class="emoji" alt=":blobcatbook:" title=":blobcatbook:"></p><p>The last two months, I&#x27;ve been caught up reading again! At times where my body needed to relax, recharge, but my brain was still looking to be entertained... I got back to reading more again. 😊</p><p>Halfway through November, I learned about the new Dan Brown book in his Robert Langdon series. It had been a while since I read his books, so I set off, starting with Angels &amp; Demons.<br>At the end of December, I finished the 6th book, the Secret of Secrets. I read another Dan Brown book after that, Deception Point.</p><p>I finished it yesterday. But now... As I started it at the end of December, is this my last finished book of 2025? Or is it the first one of 2026?</p><p>I&#x27;ve never really tracked my reading, but I thought it may be nice to make a thread this year, pinning 📌 it to my profile, and adding the books that I&#x27;ve managed to finish in 2026.</p><p>Maybe Deception Point was the last of 2025, maybe it&#x27;s the first of 2026... But this is the first post of my <a href="/tags/booksin2026/" rel="tag">#BooksIn2026</a>. <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/beige.party/blobcatbook.png" class="emoji" alt=":blobcatbook:" title=":blobcatbook:"></p><p>I&#x27;ve now started a re-read of the Hunger Game series, which I&#x27;ll read in the order of their release.</p><p>Books 📚 of 2026:<br>*January*<br>1. Deception Point - Dan Brown<br>2. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins<br>3. Catching Fire (the Hunger Games series, book 2) - Suzanne Collins <br>4. Mockingjay (the Hunger Games series, book 3) - Suzanne Collins <br>5. Storm Front (the Dresden Files, book 1) - Jim Butcher <br>6. Fool Moon (the Dresden Files, book 2) - Jim Butcher <br>*February*<br>7. Grave Peril (the Dresden Files, book 3) - Jim Butcher <br>8. The Ritual Bath (Decker/Lazarus series, book 1) - Faye Kellerman<br>9. Sacred and Profane (Decker/Lazarus series, book 2) - Faye Kellerman<br>10. Milk and Honey (Decker/Lazarus series, book 3) - Faye Kellerman<br>11. Day of Atonement (Decker/Lazarus series, book 4) - Faye Kellerman<br>12. False Prophet (Decker/Lazarus series, book 5) - Faye Kellerman<br>13. Grievous Sin (Decker/Lazarus series, book 6) - Faye Kellerman<br>14. Sanctuary (Decker/Lazarus series, book 7) - Faye Kellerman <br>*March*<br>15. Justice (Decker/Lazarus series, book 8) - Faye Kellerman<br>16. Prayers for the Dead (Decker/Lazarus series, book 9) - Faye Kellerman<br>17. Serpent&#x27;s Tooth (Decker/Lazarus series, book 10) - Faye Kellerman <br>18. Jupiter&#x27;s Bones (Decker/Lazarus series, book 11) - Faye Kellerman <br>*April*<br>19. Stalker (Decker/Lazarus series, book 12) - Faye Kellerman <br>*May*<br>20. The Testament - John Grisham<br>21. The Street Lawyer - John Grisham<br>22. The Widow - John Grisham<br>23. The Innocent Man - John Grisham</p><p><img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/beige.party/playstation.png" class="emoji" alt=":playstation:" title=":playstation:"> <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/beige.party/pixy_party.gif" class="emoji" alt=":pixy_party:" title=":pixy_party:"></p><p><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

<p>📚 I Who Have Never Known Men (B&amp;N Exclusive Edition) by: Jacqueline Harpman</p><p>As the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl--the fortieth prisoner--sits alone and outcast in the corner. Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/i-who-have-never-known-men-bn-exclusive-edition" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/i-who-have-never-known-men-bn-exclusive-edition"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/i-who-have</span><span class="invisible">-never-known-men-bn-exclusive-edition</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/dystopianfiction/" rel="tag">#dystopianfiction</a> <a href="/tags/feminist/" rel="tag">#feminist</a></p>

<p>Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is a dark parable about coercive control</p><p>By Katy Mullin and Hannah Roche</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/emily-brontes-wuthering-heights-is-a-dark-parable-about-coercive-control-253866?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%201%202025%20-%203359834264&amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%201%202025%20-%203359834264+CID_13448bac8f25132d36fbf0c25b322159&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&amp;utm_term=Emily%20Bronts%20Wuthering%20Heights%20is%20a%20dark%20parable%20about%20coercive%20control" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/emily-brontes-wuthering-heights-is-a-dark-parable-about-coercive-control-253866?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%201%202025%20-%203359834264&amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%201%202025%20-%203359834264+CID_13448bac8f25132d36fbf0c25b322159&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&amp;utm_term=Emily%20Bronts%20Wuthering%20Heights%20is%20a%20dark%20parable%20about%20coercive%20control"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/emily-bron</span><span class="invisible">tes-wuthering-heights-is-a-dark-parable-about-coercive-control-253866?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%201%202025%20-%203359834264&amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%201%202025%20-%203359834264+CID_13448bac8f25132d36fbf0c25b322159&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&amp;utm_term=Emily%20Bronts%20Wuthering%20Heights%20is%20a%20dark%20parable%20about%20coercive%20control</span></a></p><p>Wuthering Heights at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/768" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/768</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/movie/" rel="tag">#movie</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Today&#x27;s DP Blog shines a spotlight on the Noël Coward play, &quot;Hay Fever&quot;</p><p><a href="https://blog.pgdp.net/2025/05/01/hay-fever/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.pgdp.net/2025/05/01/hay-fever/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.pgdp.net/2025/05/01/hay-f</span><span class="invisible">ever/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/dp/" rel="tag">#dp</a> <a href="/tags/dpblog/" rel="tag">#dpblog</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/plays/" rel="tag">#plays</a></p>

<p>Rereading the classics: Why John Steinbeck’s ‘East of Eden’ has always been controversial</p><p>The author openly advocates a need to ‘fight against any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual’.</p><p>by Paul Giles</p><p><a href="https://scroll.in/article/1093975/rereading-the-classics-why-john-steinbecks-east-of-eden-has-always-been-controversial" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="scroll.in/article/1093975/rereading-the-classics-why-john-steinbecks-east-of-eden-has-always-been-controversial"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scroll.in/article/1093975/rere</span><span class="invisible">ading-the-classics-why-john-steinbecks-east-of-eden-has-always-been-controversial</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/literarycriticism/" rel="tag">#literaryCriticism</a></p>

<p>Thought of the day by Robert Frost (misattributed to): &#x27;The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.&#x27;</p><p>By Gandharv Walia</p><p><a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/thought-of-the-day-february-21-thought-of-the-day-by-robert-frost-the-brain-is-a-wonderful-organ-it-starts-working-the-moment-you-get-up-in-the-morning-and-does-not-stop-until-you-get-into-the-office-/articleshow/128651821.cms?from=mdr" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/thought-of-the-day-february-21-thought-of-the-day-by-robert-frost-the-brain-is-a-wonderful-organ-it-starts-working-the-moment-you-get-up-in-the-morning-and-does-not-stop-until-you-get-into-the-office-/articleshow/128651821.cms?from=mdr"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">economictimes.indiatimes.com/n</span><span class="invisible">ews/international/us/thought-of-the-day-february-21-thought-of-the-day-by-robert-frost-the-brain-is-a-wonderful-organ-it-starts-working-the-moment-you-get-up-in-the-morning-and-does-not-stop-until-you-get-into-the-office-/articleshow/128651821.cms?from=mdr</span></a></p><p>Frost at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1091" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1091"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1091</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&amp;q=https://reviewdb.app/book/3DNylg82ng5pe2W5O65tmU" rel="nofollow">Mind of My Mind</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑 <br>by Octavia Butler.</p><p>The god-like mutant Doro finally breeds his race of super-powered telepaths. Can they hold it together, and can he tolerate them? Not much narrative tension or interesting characters, and not a lot happens.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#SFF</a> <a href="/tags/octaviabutler/" rel="tag">#OctaviaButler</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wyrms.de/user/wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wildwoila@wyrms.de</span></a></span><br></p>

<p>&quot;Several recent <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> paint a stark portrait of the uniquely expansive regime of <a href="/tags/uspolicing/" rel="tag">#USpolicing</a> and punishment, revealing what conventional wisdom gets wrong about its origins and scale and clarifying the obstacles to changing it.&quot; </p><p>Marie Gottschalk reviews <a href="/tags/themigrantsjail/" rel="tag">#TheMigrantsJail</a>, <a href="/tags/thehighestlawintheland/" rel="tag">#TheHighestLawInTheLand</a>, <a href="/tags/theminneapolisreckoning/" rel="tag">#TheMinneapolisReckoning</a>, &amp; <a href="/tags/copaganda/" rel="tag">#Copaganda</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-making-of-the-deportation-machine/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-making-of-the-deportation-machine/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bostonreview.net/articles/</span><span class="invisible">the-making-of-the-deportation-machine/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/staterepression/" rel="tag">#stateRepression</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#police</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/migrants/" rel="tag">#migrants</a> <a href="/tags/deportations/" rel="tag">#deportations</a> <a href="/tags/massdeportations/" rel="tag">#massDeportations</a> <a href="/tags/carceralindustry/" rel="tag">#carceralIndustry</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

<p>In Defense of Difficult Reading</p><p>The tomes of the past cultivate the lost art of sustained attention</p><p><a href="https://theamericanscholar.org/in-defense-of-difficult-reading/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theamericanscholar.org/in-defense-of-difficult-reading/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theamericanscholar.org/in-defe</span><span class="invisible">nse-of-difficult-reading/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>One great short story to read today: Franz Kafka’s “In the Penal Colony”</p><p>By Emily Temple</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/one-great-short-story-to-read-today-franz-kafkas-in-the-penal-colony/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/one-great-short-story-to-read-today-franz-kafkas-in-the-penal-colony/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/one-great-short-sto</span><span class="invisible">ry-to-read-today-franz-kafkas-in-the-penal-colony/</span></a></p><p>In der Strafkolonie at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25791" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25791</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/translation/" rel="tag">#translation</a></p>

<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&amp;q=https://reviewdb.app/book/2UYemQHbkm5z7dvJVk934c" rel="nofollow">Anxious People</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 <br>by Fredrik Backman.</p><p>A bunch of charming idiots (i.e. everyday people) get thrown together and muddle their way through a crisis in the only way humans can: messily, and hilariously. Occasionally heavy-handed but the portrayal of people and their idiosyncrasies is a joy.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wyrms.de/user/wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wildwoila@wyrms.de</span></a></span><br></p>

<p>Fires in Berlin Destroyed Hundreds of Paintings During World War II. Now, a Museum Will Publish Photo Archives of the Lost Artworks Online</p><p>by Christian Thorsberg</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fires-in-berlin-destroyed-hundreds-of-paintings-during-world-war-ii-now-a-museum-will-publish-photo-archives-of-the-lost-artworks-online-180988621/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fires-in-berlin-destroyed-hundreds-of-paintings-during-world-war-ii-now-a-museum-will-publish-photo-archives-of-the-lost-artworks-online-180988621/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-n</span><span class="invisible">ews/fires-in-berlin-destroyed-hundreds-of-paintings-during-world-war-ii-now-a-museum-will-publish-photo-archives-of-the-lost-artworks-online-180988621/</span></a></p><p>About Gemäldegalerie at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59097" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59097</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60502" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60502</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55740" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55740</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59275" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59275</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#Art</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#Culture</a> <a href="/tags/digitalart/" rel="tag">#DigitalArt</a></p>

<p>Blood On the Page: On Jane Austen’s Period Drama</p><p>Devoney Looser Explores 19th-Century Attitudes About Menstruation and Women’s Health</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/blood-on-the-page-on-jane-austens-period-drama/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/blood-on-the-page-on-jane-austens-period-drama/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/blood-on-the-page-o</span><span class="invisible">n-jane-austens-period-drama/</span></a></p><p>&quot;The Letters of Jane Austen&quot; at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42078" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42078</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a></p>

<p>Ebook omnibus: <a href="https://books2read.com/AshenBladesOpenWounds" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books2read.com/AshenBladesOpenWounds"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books2read.com/AshenBladesOpen</span><span class="invisible">Wounds</span></a></p><p>The arch-demon, Pride, leads demon-kind in an ancient plan to open a gate between worlds, so vast demon armies might march forth and conquer, but opening a portal requires both energy equivalent to a nuclear explosion and the cooperation of a half-demon, to stabilize it. However, the only half-demon available has made it her life mission to kill all demons.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>My <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> is brief/won&#x27;t spoil, to spread good, great, and spectacular <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> far and wide.</p><p>Folk-horror tinged, strange stories of compulsions, sacrifices, and the uncanny, COME SING FOR THE HARROWING is filled with uniquely sinister, striking, &amp; spooky tales. Dan Coxon masterfully weaves stories wrought with atmosphere and ambiguity that leave you pondering and unsettled. (Clash Books)</p><p><a href="/tags/folkhorror/" rel="tag">#FolkHorror</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/mothersuspiriareview/" rel="tag">#mothersuspiriareview</a> <a href="/tags/msreview/" rel="tag">#MSReview</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://toot.community/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon@toot.community</span></a></span></p>

<p>Lost for 400 Years: Researcher Discover Hidden Copy of Shakespeare Sonnet</p><p>By University of Oxford</p><p><a href="https://scitechdaily.com/lost-for-400-years-researcher-discover-hidden-copy-of-shakespeare-sonnet/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="scitechdaily.com/lost-for-400-years-researcher-discover-hidden-copy-of-shakespeare-sonnet/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scitechdaily.com/lost-for-400-</span><span class="invisible">years-researcher-discover-hidden-copy-of-shakespeare-sonnet/</span></a></p><p>Full article by Leah S Veronese is available here:<br><a href="https://academic.oup.com/res/advance-article/doi/10.1093/res/hgaf002/7997398?login=false" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="academic.oup.com/res/advance-article/doi/10.1093/res/hgaf002/7997398?login=false"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">academic.oup.com/res/advance-a</span><span class="invisible">rticle/doi/10.1093/res/hgaf002/7997398?login=false</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/oldmanuscript/" rel="tag">#oldmanuscript</a></p>

<p>U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs: The Arguments That Shaped America, Now Freely Available</p><p>Thanks to a generous gift of materials from the Wolf Law Library at the William &amp; Mary Law School, and the Internet Archive’s mission to digitize and provide universal access to knowledge, we are pleased to share more than 125,000 U.S. Supreme Court records and briefs.</p><p>by Merrilee Proffitt via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>internetarchive</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u-s-supreme-court-records-and-briefs-the-arguments-that-shaped-america-now-freely-available/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u-s-supreme-court-records-and-briefs-the-arguments-that-shaped-america-now-freely-available/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u-</span><span class="invisible">s-supreme-court-records-and-briefs-the-arguments-that-shaped-america-now-freely-available/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#publicdomain</a></p>