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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? October 14

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<p>A Review of The Last of What I Am: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-the-last-of-what-i-am/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-the-last-of-what-i-am/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-th</span><span class="invisible">e-last-of-what-i-am/</span></a></p><p> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/civilwar/" rel="tag">#CivilWar</a> <a href="/tags/paranormal/" rel="tag">#Paranormal</a></p>

Book cover for The Last of What I Am: A Novel by Abigail Cutter. Image on cover shows a figure standing in the second story window of an old wooden farmhouse. There is a light on in that room that is illuminating everything and obscuring the figure’s features. It is dusk outside and you can see the last bit of light fading away as a few birds fly through the sky.

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Ughhhh, et tu calibre?<br><p>New features<br>- Allow asking AI questions about any book in your calibre library. Right click the "View" button and choose "Discuss selected book(s) with AI"<br>- AI: Allow asking AI what book to read next by right clicking on a book and using the "Similar books" menu<br>- AI: Add a new backend for "LM Studio" which allows running various AI models locally<br></p><a href="https://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new" rel="nofollow">Release: 8.16.1 04 Dec, 2025</a>; or <a href="https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/blob/418843e5ca5a91e3023176e4bdc0c3aec9e2eb8c/Changelog.txt#L30" rel="nofollow">here on their GitHub</a><br><br>Calibre is one of those pieces of software that I use from time to time but don't follow closely. I wasn't aware they'd been sipping from the poisoned chalice.<br><br><a href="/tags/calibre/" rel="tag">#calibre</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#FOSS</a> <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#OpenSource</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/ebooks/" rel="tag">#eBooks</a> <a href="/tags/ebookmanager/" rel="tag">#eBookManager</a> <a href="/tags/aipoisoning/" rel="tag">#AIPoisoning</a> <a href="/tags/informationoilspill/" rel="tag">#InformationOilSpill</a><br>

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<p>Books I Read on Someone’s Recommendation: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/wednesday-weekly-blogging-challenge-books-i-read-on-someones-recommendation-2/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/wednesday-weekly-blogging-challenge-books-i-read-on-someones-recommendation-2/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/wednesday-week</span><span class="invisible">ly-blogging-challenge-books-i-read-on-someones-recommendation-2/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/wednesdayweeklybloggingchallenge/" rel="tag">#WednesdayWeeklyBloggingChallenge</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>

Closeup photo of someone’s hands as they hold open a book with two hands and read it.

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Prescient speculative fiction

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<p>The Importance of Being Idle</p><p>What Paul Lafargue taught us about work</p><p>By Robert Zaretsky </p><p><a href="https://theamericanscholar.org/the-importance-of-being-idle/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theamericanscholar.org/the-importance-of-being-idle/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theamericanscholar.org/the-imp</span><span class="invisible">ortance-of-being-idle/</span></a></p><p>Lafarque at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/47147" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/47147"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/47147</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a></p>

Photograph of Paul Lafargue. He is seated in a chair with his body facing the camera, and his head turned to his right. His right arm is resting on a table, and his left hand is at his chin.

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<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/4GWlGIkQuWE35qljwi7tCf" rel="nofollow">The Sound of the Mountain</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑 <br>by Yasunari Kawabata.</p><p>In post-war Japan, an aging man grapples ineffectually with the autumn of his life, the failure of his children's marriages, and his slightly inappropriate relationship with his daughter-in-law. Calmly mellow & unfocussed, much like old age might be.</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/japaneseliterature/" rel="tag">#JapaneseLiterature</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> @wildwoila@wyrms.de<br></p>

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<p>📚 Betting on You by: Lynn Painter</p><p>When seventeen-year-old Bailey starts a new job at a hotel waterpark, she is less than thrilled to see an old acquaintance is one of her coworkers. Bailey met Charlie a year ago on the long flight to Omaha, where she moved after her parents’ divorce. Charlie’s cynicism didn’t mix well with Bailey’s carefully ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/betting-on-you" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/betting-on-you"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/betting-on</span><span class="invisible">-you</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/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/socialthemes/" rel="tag">#socialthemes</a> <a href="/tags/friendship/" rel="tag">#friendship</a></p>

When seventeen-year-old Bailey starts a new job at a hotel waterpark, she is less than thrilled to see an old acquaintance is one of her coworkers. Bailey met Charlie a year ago on the long flight to Omaha, where she moved after her parents’ divorce. Charlie’s cynicism didn’t mix well with Bailey’s carefully well-behaved temperament, and his endless commentary was the irritating cherry on top of an already emotionally fraught trip.

Now, Bailey and Charlie are still polar opposites, but instead of everything about him rubbing Bailey the wrong way, she starts to look forward to hanging out and gossiping about the waterpark guests and their coworkers—particularly two who keep flirting with each other. Bailey and Charlie make a bet on whether or not the cozy pair will actually get together. Charlie insists that members of the opposite sex can’t just be friends, and Bailey is determined to prove him wrong.

Bailey and Charlie keep close track of the romantic progress of others while Charlie works to deflect the growing feelings he’s developed for Bailey. Terrified to lose her if his crush becomes known, what doesn’t help his agenda is Bailey and Charlie “fake dating” in order to disrupt the annoying pleasantries between Bailey’s mom and her mom’s new boyfriend. Soon, what Charlie was hoping to avoid becomes a reality as Bailey starts to see him as not only a friend she can rely on in the midst of family drama—but someone who makes her hands shake and

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<p>📚 Beartown by: Fredrik Backman</p><p>By the lake in Beartown is an old ice rink, and in that ice rink Kevin, Amat, Benji, and the rest of the town’s junior ice hockey team are about to compete in the national semi-finals—and they actually have a shot at winning. All the hopes and dreams of this place now rest on the shoulders of a handful of teenage bo...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/beartown" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/beartown</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/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/sportsfiction/" rel="tag">#sportsfiction</a></p>

By the lake in Beartown is an old ice rink, and in that ice rink Kevin, Amat, Benji, and the rest of the town’s junior ice hockey team are about to compete in the national semi-finals—and they actually have a shot at winning. All the hopes and dreams of this place now rest on the shoulders of a handful of teenage boys.

Under that heavy burden, the match becomes the catalyst for a violent act that will leave a young girl traumatized and a town in turmoil. Accusations are made and, like ripples on a pond, they travel through all of Beartown.

This is a story about a town and a game, but even more about loyalty, commitment, and the responsibilities of friendship; the people we disappoint even though we love them; and the decisions we make every day that come to define us. In this story of a small forest town, Fredrik Backman has found the entire world.

Now an HBO Original Series

“You’ll love this engrossing novel.” —People

Named a Best Book of the Year by LibraryReads, BookBrowse, and Goodreads

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anxious People, a dazzling and profound novel about a small town with a big dream—and the price required to make it come true.

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Scifi that starts normal then goes cosmic

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New Books Network

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<p>From the Miller’s Tale to King Lear’s roaring sea, a history of flooding in literature</p><p>by Stewart Mottram</p><p>Chaucer and Shakespeare lived through periods of weird weather not unlike what we are seeing today. So what can we learn from their writing?</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/from-the-millers-tale-to-king-lears-roaring-sea-a-history-of-flooding-in-literature-270947?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20December%204%202025%20-%203604936800&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20December%204%202025%20-%203604936800+CID_9dfc34c270e32b22d602076f3a77bd64&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=From%20the%20Millers%20Tale%20to%20King%20Lears%20roaring%20sea%20a%20history%20of%20flooding%20in%20literature" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/from-the-millers-tale-to-king-lears-roaring-sea-a-history-of-flooding-in-literature-270947?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20December%204%202025%20-%203604936800&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20December%204%202025%20-%203604936800+CID_9dfc34c270e32b22d602076f3a77bd64&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=From%20the%20Millers%20Tale%20to%20King%20Lears%20roaring%20sea%20a%20history%20of%20flooding%20in%20literature"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/from-the-m</span><span class="invisible">illers-tale-to-king-lears-roaring-sea-a-history-of-flooding-in-literature-270947?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20December%204%202025%20-%203604936800&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20December%204%202025%20-%203604936800+CID_9dfc34c270e32b22d602076f3a77bd64&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=From%20the%20Millers%20Tale%20to%20King%20Lears%20roaring%20sea%20a%20history%20of%20flooding%20in%20literature</span></a></p><p>Chaucer & Shakespeare at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/144" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/144"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/144</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/65</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/meteorological/" rel="tag">#Meteorological</a> _history</p>

Cropped image from the title Page of an 1884 reprint of A true report of certaine wonderfull ouerflowings of Waters, now lately in Summerset-shire, Norfolke and other places of England..., originally printed in London 1607.

A 17th-century woodcut illustration from a 1607 flood pamphlet (reprinted 1884) depicting catastrophic flooding in England. The scene shows people clinging to trees, a partially submerged church steeple, drowning livestock, and desperate survivors in boats.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1607_Bristol_Channel_floods#/media/File:Somerset.gif

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<p>Hey Leanpub authors! There's still time to enter our 💸 GlobalAuthor Max Grand Prize Giveaway! </p><p>Enter Before September 17, 2025 For Your Chance To Win (A $4,999 Value) </p><p>Learn more here: <a href="https://leanpub.com/blog/globalauthor-max-grand-prize-giveaway-september-17-2025-2" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="leanpub.com/blog/globalauthor-max-grand-prize-giveaway-september-17-2025-2"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">leanpub.com/blog/globalauthor-</span><span class="invisible">max-grand-prize-giveaway-september-17-2025-2</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/selfpublishing/" rel="tag">#selfpublishing</a></p>

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<p>Mary Wollstonecraft, The Woman Who Laid the Foundation for Feminism</p><p>Think 18th-century feminism must be outdated? Think again—there is still so much to learn from the life and writing of Mary Wollstonecraft.</p><p>by Dr. Victoria C. Roskams</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/mary-wollstonecraft-woman-laid-foundation-feminism/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/mary-wollstonecraft-woman-laid-foundation-feminism/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/mary-woll</span><span class="invisible">stonecraft-woman-laid-foundation-feminism/</span></a></p><p>Wollstonecraft at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/61" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/61"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/61</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Mary Wollstonecraft by John Opie .

The painting depicts Wollstonecraft, a pioneering writer and advocate for women’s rights, in a calm and thoughtful pose. She is shown in a white dress with soft lighting that highlights her face.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Wollstonecraft#/media/File:Mary_Wollstonecraft_by_John_Opie_(c._1797).jpg

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<p>📚 Lights Out by: Navessa Allen</p><p>I want someone with a soul as black as night. Someone who would burn the world down for me and not lose a single minute of sleep over it.</p><p>Trauma nurse Aly Cappellucci doesn't need any more kinks. She likes the one she's landed on just fine. To her, nothing could top the masked men she follows online. ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/lights-out" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/lights-out</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/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/suspensefiction/" rel="tag">#suspensefiction</a> <a href="/tags/humorous/" rel="tag">#humorous</a> <a href="/tags/blackhumor/" rel="tag">#blackhumor</a></p>

I want someone with a soul as black as night. Someone who would burn the world down for me and not lose a single minute of sleep over it.

Trauma nurse Aly Cappellucci doesn't need any more kinks. She likes the one she's landed on just fine. To her, nothing could top the masked men she follows online. Unless one of those men was shirtless, heavily tattooed, and waiting for her in her bedroom. She dreams about being hunted by one in particular, of him chasing her down and doing deliciously dark things to her willing body. She never could have guessed that by sending one drunken text, those dreams would become her new reality.

I want things most people don't, craving darkness and depravity instead of light and love.

Josh Hammond has spent his life avoiding the limelight, but his online persona is another story. At night, he posts masked thirst traps for his millions of fans to drool over, but one follower has caught his eye: Aly. After reading a comment begging him to break into her house wearing a mask, he decides to take her up on her offer.

Together, Aly and Josh live out their darkest fantasies, unaware that Aly has captured the attention of someone else. Someone with far more sinister intentions than a little light stalking. As Josh turns from predator to protector and the stakes heighten, he must ask himself how far he's willing to go for the woman he's obsessed with.

Lights Out is a fast-paced dark romance with a morally gray male lead. Some themes and scen

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The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

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<p>Irish writer and poet who wrote under the pseudonym "Æ" George William Russell was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1867.</p><p>As a poet, Russell's work often explored themes of spirituality, mysticism, nature, and the Irish landscape. One of Russell's most famous works is "The Candle of Vision" (1918), a mystical autobiography in which he describes his spiritual experiences and encounters with the divine.</p><p>Books by George William Russell at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1869" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1869"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1869</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

George William Russell - Project Gutenberg eText 19028

Cover of Imaginations and Reveries by George William Russell

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<p>What Pride and Prejudice Tells Us About British History, Class, and Women’s Leisure Time</p><p>Patricia A. Matthew Explores the Historical Context of Jane Austen’s Most Famous Novel</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/what-pride-and-prejudice-tells-us-about-british-history-class-and-womens-leisure-time/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/what-pride-and-prejudice-tells-us-about-british-history-class-and-womens-leisure-time/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/what-pride-and-prej</span><span class="invisible">udice-tells-us-about-british-history-class-and-womens-leisure-time/</span></a></p><p>Pride and Prejudice at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=pride+and+prejudice" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=pride+and+prejudice"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=pride+and+prejudice</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

A card of Brock's illustrations of Jane Austen's Novel Pride and Prejudice, (some possibly touched up by his brother).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice#/media/File:Scenes_from_Pride_and_Prejudice.png

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1897</p><p>The Grand Guignol is opened in Paris by Oscar Méténier.</p><p>From its opening in 1897 until its closing in 1962, it specialised in naturalistic horror shows. Its name is often used as a general term for graphic, amoral horror entertainment, a genre popular from Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre (for instance Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, and Webster's The Duchess of Malfi and The White Devil), to today's splatter films.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>

Promotional poster for a Grand Guignol performance.

Théatre du Grand Guignol de Paris. L'homme qui a tué la mort, drame en 2 actes de M René Berton - mise en scène de C. Choisy (affiche)

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<p>Nobody Would Edit Shakespeare, Right? Right?</p><p>by: Neely Tucker via @libraryofcongress</p><p><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/09/nobody-would-edit-shakespeare-right-right/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/09/nobody-would-edit-shakespeare-right-right/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/09/nobo</span><span class="invisible">dy-would-edit-shakespeare-right-right/</span></a></p><p>Shakespeare at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/65</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

SHAKESPEARE sources, or from the familiar stock in English books of the period. The historical materials of his plays are evidently from a very limited number of English authorities, like Holinsheds Chronicles and Norths Plutarch; and in the use of these he often makes mistakes ofwhich an average scholar could never be guilty. It should be understood that the notion that Shakespeare was a learned man is of comparatively modern date. In the references to the dramatist in the literature of his day and for a century after his death (as carefully collected by the New Shakspere Society of London) there is no hint of it, while expressionsof the contrary opinion are frequent.

https://archive.org/details/americanaunivers14newy/americanaunivers14newy?view=theater#page/n264/mode/1up

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1914.</p><p>The first English-language performance of George Bernard Shaw's comedy Pygmalion at His Majesty's Theatre is given in London starring Mrs. Patrick Campbell and Herbert Beerbohm Tree, and famously including the Act III line "Not bloody likely!".</p><p>Shaw's play has been adapted many times, most notably as the 1938 film Pygmalion, the 1956 stage musical My Fair Lady, and its 1964 film version.</p><p>Pygmalion at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/3825" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/3825</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>

Photograph of the Broadway production of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion

Caption reads as follows: The flower girl (Mrs. Patrick Campbell) is introduced to high society under the tutelage of Professor Higgins (Philip Merivale). A scene from Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion Merivale played Col. Pickering in the original London production; when the play was taken to Broadway he played the role of Henry Higgins.

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<p>📚 Artemis by: Andy Weir</p><p>Jasmine Bashara never signed up to be a hero. She just wanted to get rich.</p><p>Not crazy, eccentric-billionaire rich, like many of the visitors to her hometown of Artemis, humanity’s first and only lunar colony. Just rich enough to move out of her coffin-sized apartment and eat something better than flavored algae. Rich eno...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/artemis" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/artemis</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/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/suspense/" rel="tag">#suspense</a></p>

Jasmine Bashara never signed up to be a hero. She just wanted to get rich.

Not crazy, eccentric-billionaire rich, like many of the visitors to her hometown of Artemis, humanity’s first and only lunar colony. Just rich enough to move out of her coffin-sized apartment and eat something better than flavored algae. Rich enough to pay off a debt she’s owed for a long time.

So when a chance at a huge score finally comes her way, Jazz can’t say no. But engineering the perfect crime is just the start of her problems—because her little heist is about to land her in the middle of a conspiracy for control of Artemis herself.

Trapped between competing forces, pursued by a killer and the law alike, she’ll have to hatch a truly spectacular scheme to have a chance at staying alive and saving her city.

Jazz is no hero, but she is a very good criminal.

That’ll have to do.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the renowned author of Project Hail Mary and The Martian comes a “propulsive” (NPR) tale of science, suspense, and humor—a heist story set on the moon.

“An action-packed techno-thriller of the first order.”—USA Today

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<p>French author Georges Duhamel died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1966.</p><p>One of Duhamel's most famous works is the "Chronique des Pasquier" series, which consists of ten novels that follow the lives of the Pasquier family over several generations. Duhamel was also known for his essays and philosophical reflections on literature, art, and the human condition. He was also a committed pacifist and humanist. </p><p>Books by Georges Duhamel at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1445" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1445"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1445</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

A French writer and poet.

Cover of Confession de Minuit: Roman by Georges Duhamel

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<p>"Movement will cease before we are weary of being useful."</p><p>Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1452.</p><p>Leonardo's notebooks are perhaps as famous as his artworks, containing sketches, diagrams, and notes on a wide range of subjects. He made significant contributions to anatomy through his detailed anatomical drawings, which were far ahead of his time. He also conducted experiments in various scientific fields, including optics and aerodynamics.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Autoritratto di Leonardo, ~1510-1515, sanguigna, Torino, Biblioteca Reale, inv. no. 15571

Leonardo da Vinci - www.vivoscuola.it : Home; Picture

Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci.

The Vitruvian Man (c. 1485) Accademia, Venice
Leonardo da Vinci - Leonardo Da Vinci - Photo from www.lucnix.be. 2007-09-08 (photograph). Photograpy: This image is the work of Luc Viatour

Leonardo da vinci, Drawing of a flying machine

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<p>British novelist and dramatist Charles Reade died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1884.</p><p>One of Reade's most famous novels is "The Cloister and the Hearth" (1861). Other notable works by Reade include "It Is Never Too Late to Mend" (1856), "Hard Cash" (1863), and "Put Yourself in His Place" (1870). Reade also published three elaborate studies of character: Griffith Gaunt (1866), A Terrible Temptation (1871), A Simpleton (1873).</p><p>Books by Charles Reade at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/618" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/618"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/618</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Portrait of Charles Reade

Cover of The Cloister and the Hearth: A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade

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