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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>“Knowledge leaves no room for chances.”</p><p>American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, politician, diplomat, & author Lew Wallace was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1827.</p><p>He is best known for his historical novel "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" (1880), which became one of the best-selling novels of the 19th century. He wrote several other novels, essays, and biographies, though none achieved the same level of success as Ben-Hur.</p><p>Books by Lew Wallace at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/836" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/836"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/836</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Lew Wallace in 1903
published by L C Page and company Boston 1903; https://archive.org/details/storyofamericanh00unse/page/523 - little pilgrimages

Cover of Ben-Hur: A tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace

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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>"According to two district sources, AI was used to measure instructional texts against a rubric that took into account “DEI content.” The books must be removed from all classrooms, and cannot be used as instructional resources—either as texts read in class or as choice books in classroom libraries. Though the books have received no formal challenge, they are currently awaiting further review."</p><p>"Book banners have told us over and over again that they’re just trying to take books with extreme sexual content out of public schools. Classics are safe, they’ve said. We’re not removing books based on the ideas they contain, they’ve said. We knew none of that was true; Senate Bill 12 proves it."</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#writersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</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><a href="https://franklinstrong.substack.com/p/to-kill-a-mockingbird-pulled-from" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="franklinstrong.substack.com/p/to-kill-a-mockingbird-pulled-from"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">franklinstrong.substack.com/p/</span><span class="invisible">to-kill-a-mockingbird-pulled-from</span></a></p>

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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>Foliage and Flower Crowns on Book Covers: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-foliage-and-flower-crowns-on-book-covers/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-foliage-and-flower-crowns-on-book-covers/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesda</span><span class="invisible">y-foliage-and-flower-crowns-on-book-covers/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/toptentuesday/" rel="tag">#TopTenTuesday</a> <a href="/tags/flowers/" rel="tag">#Flowers</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</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>

Book cover for Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez. Image on cover shows a young black kid closing his or her eyes and wearing a crowns of colourful flowers, including a daisy and a sunflower.

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<p>Children of famous writers. I wonder what influence they have on their careers.</p><p>Mary Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft & William Godwin)</p><p>Ada Lovelace (Lord Byron & Lady Byron)</p><p>Alexandre Dumas fils (Alexandre Dumas père & Marie-Laure-Catherine Labay)</p><p>Christina Rossetti & Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Gabriele Rossetti & Frances Polidori)</p><p>Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Hartley Coleridge & Sara Fricker)</p><p>Anthony West (H. G. Wells & Rebecca West)</p><p>Evelyn Waugh (Arthur Waugh & Catherine Raban)</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

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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 1889, writer Walter Lippmann was born.</p><p>He "was an American writer, reporter, and political commentator. With a career spanning 60 years, he is famous for being among the first to introduce the concept of the Cold War, coining the term "stereotype" in the modern psychological meaning, as well as critiquing media and<br>democracy...."</p><p> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Lippmann" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Lippmann"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_L</span><span class="invisible">ippmann</span></a></p><p>Books by Lippmann at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Walter+Lippmann" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Walter+Lippmann"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Walter+Lippmann</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

photograph of Walter Lippmann.

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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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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1888, writer T.S. Eliot is born in St. Louis, Missouri, US.</p><p>"He was a leading figure in English-language Modernist poetry where he reinvigorated the art through his use of language, writing style, and verse structure. He is also noted for his critical essays, which often re-evaluated long-held cultural beliefs."</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._S._Eliot" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._S._Eliot"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._S._El</span><span class="invisible">iot</span></a></p><p>Eliot's books at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/599" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/599"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/599</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

T. S. Eliot is shown seated outside and smoking a cigarette.

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<p>📚 Clown Town by: Mick Herron</p><p>Jackson Lamb and the bad spies of Slough House are caught in a deadly battle between MI5's secret past and its murky future in this gripping, hilarious, and heartbreaking thriller by Mick Herron, “the le Carré of the future” (BBC).</p><p>“Old spies grow ridiculous, River. Old spies aren’t...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/clown-town" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/clown-town</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/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/espionagefiction/" rel="tag">#espionagefiction</a> <a href="/tags/mysterydetective/" rel="tag">#mysterydetective</a> <a href="/tags/traditional/" rel="tag">#traditional</a></p>

Jackson Lamb and the bad spies of Slough House are caught in a deadly battle between MI5's secret past and its murky future in this gripping, hilarious, and heartbreaking thriller by Mick Herron, “the le Carré of the future” (BBC).

“Old spies grow ridiculous, River. Old spies aren’t much better than clowns.” Or so David Cartwright, the late retired head of MI5, used to tell his grandson. He forgot to add that old spies can be dangerous, too, especially if they’ve fallen on hard times—as River Cartwright is about to learn the hard way.

David Cartwright, long buried, has left his library to the Spooks’ College in Oxford, and now one of the books is missing. Or perhaps it never existed. River, once a “slow horse” of Slough House, MI5’s outpost for demoted and disgraced spies, has some time to kill while awaiting medical clearance to return to work, and starts investigating the secrets of his grandfather’s library.

Over at the Park, MI5 First Desk Diana Taverner is in a pickle. An operation carried out during the height of the Troubles laid bare the ugly side of state security, and those involved are threatening to expose details. But every threat hides an opportunity, and Taverner has come up with a scheme. All she needs is the right dupe to get caught holding the bag.

Jackson Lamb, the enigmatic and odiferous head of Slough House, has no plans to send in the clowns. On the other hand, if the clowns ignore his instructions, any harm that befa

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<p>Wit, unker, git: The lost medieval pronouns of English intimacy</p><p>Tales of love and adventure from 1,000 years ago reveal a dazzling range of now-extinct English pronouns. They capture something unique about how people once thought about "two-ness". But why did they die out in the first place?</p><p>By Sophie Hardach</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20260408-the-extinct-english-words-for-just-the-two-of-us" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20260408-the-extinct-english-words-for-just-the-two-of-us"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/2</span><span class="invisible">0260408-the-extinct-english-words-for-just-the-two-of-us</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/language/" rel="tag">#language</a></p>

“The demon of evil, with his fierce ravening, greedily grasped them”.

A black-and-white illustration depicting a giant monstrous figure clutching several smaller human figures in its massive clawed hands. The creature has a grotesque, snarling face and looming presence against a dark, rocky landscape.

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/25502/25502-h/25502-h.htm

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Reading "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Le Guin, did she forget about the singular "they" while writing this?

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<p>"In what intellectual freedom advocates have seen coming for months, a Texas school district has just shut down access to all secondary school libraries for students due to the regulations of the state’s Senate Bill 13... The district also offers no timeline for when students will have access to their own school libraries–facilities that their family tax dollars go to operate. NBISD’s decision to shut down the libraries in order to complete a review of materials based on vague language showcases how quickly and easily public schools are and will continue to cower to far right politics infiltrating communities throughout Texas."</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#writersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</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><a href="https://bookriot.com/new-braunfels-isd-library-closures-sb-13/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookriot.com/new-braunfels-isd-library-closures-sb-13/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookriot.com/new-braunfels-isd</span><span class="invisible">-library-closures-sb-13/</span></a></p>

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1755. Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.</p><p>Johnson's dictionary was not just a list of words with their meanings; it also included extensive quotations from various literary works to illustrate the usage of each word. It played a significant role in standardizing English spelling and usage, helping to establish a common linguistic framework for communication.</p><p>Books by Samuel Johnson at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/297" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/297"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/297</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/dictionary/" rel="tag">#dictionary</a></p>

Title page from the second edition of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

Samuel Johnson - Eighteenth Century Collections Online

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<p>Spanish poet and man of letters Manuel José Quintana was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1772.</p><p>Quintana was known for his eloquent poetry and his active involvement in the political and cultural affairs of his time. One of Quintana's most famous works is his poem "La Pelayo," which celebrates the victory of the Spanish forces led by Pelayo over the Moors in the Battle of Covadonga in 722 AD.</p><p>Books by Manuel José Quintana at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Manuel+Jos%C3%A9+Quintana&submit_search=Go%21" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Manuel+Jos%C3%A9+Quintana&submit_search=Go%21"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Manuel+Jos%C3%A9+Quintana&submit_search=Go%21</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

Portrait of the Spanish romantic poet Manuel José Quintana (1772-1857). This work was donated in 1880 by Manuel José Quintana and Teresa Gómez y Rivas, who were nephews of the poet, to the Iconographic Museum, to later become part of the Gallery of Illustrious Spaniards.

Title page of Modern Poets and Poetry of Spain by Juan Bautista Arriaza et al.

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<p>American journalist & writer of fiction & drama Richard Harding Davis died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1916.</p><p>In addition to his work as a journalist, Davis was also a prolific author of fiction. He wrote numerous novels and short stories, many of which drew on his experiences as a war correspondent and adventurer. Some of his best-known works include "Soldiers of Fortune" (1897), "The Bar Sinister" (1903), and "The Lost Road" (1913).</p><p>Books by Richard Harding Davis at PG<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/181" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/181"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/181</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

American writer Richard Harding Davis in 1890.

Published by Charles Scribner, NY,1917 - Adventures and letters of Richard Harding Davis

Cover of "Three gringos in Central America and Venezuela" by American journalist and novelist Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916). Published by Harper & Brothers, New York. Color lithograph poster by Edward Penfield (1866-1925).

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<p>📚 The Shattering Peace by: John Scalzi</p><p>For a decade, peace has reigned in interstellar space. A tripartite agreement between the Colonial Union, the Earth, and the alien Conclave has kept the forces of war at bay, even when some would have preferred to return to the fighting and struggle of former times. For now, more sensible ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-shattering-peace" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-shattering-peace"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-shatte</span><span class="invisible">ring-peace</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/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/militaryfiction/" rel="tag">#militaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/humorous/" rel="tag">#humorous</a></p>

For a decade, peace has reigned in interstellar space. A tripartite agreement between the Colonial Union, the Earth, and the alien Conclave has kept the forces of war at bay, even when some would have preferred to return to the fighting and struggle of former times. For now, more sensible heads have prevailed – and have even championed unity.

But now, there is a new force that threatens the hard-maintained peace: The Consu, the most advanced intelligent species humans have ever met, are on the cusp of a species-defining civil war. This war is between Consu factions... but nothing the Consu ever do is just about them. The Colonial Union, the Earth and the Conclave have been unwillingly dragged into the conflict, in the most surprising of ways.

Gretchen Trujillo is a mid-level diplomat, working in an unimportant part of the Colonial Union bureaucracy. But when she is called to take part in a secret mission involving representatives from every powerful faction in space, what she finds there has the chance to redefine the destinies of humans and aliens alike... or destroy them forever.

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

After a decade, acclaimed science fiction master John Scalzi returns to the galaxy of the Old Man's War series with the long awaited seventh book, The Shattering Peace

THE PEACE IS SHATTERING

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<p>At any rate, let us love for a while, for a year or so, you and me. That’s a form of divine drunkenness that we can all try. There are only diamonds in the whole world, diamonds and perhaps the shabby gift of disillusion. </p><p>F. Scott Fitzgerald, from “A Diamond as Big as the Ritz”. </p><p>Pictured here with Zelda and their daughter, Frances.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#writers</a> <a href="/tags/fitzgerald/" rel="tag">#fitzgerald</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>

F. Scott Fitzgerald with Zelda and their daughter, Frances.

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