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<p>Book Review: Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade<br>Come for the lightsabers, stay for the intense analysis of alienation<br>Alex Wallace has our review at the Blog<br><a href="http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/05/book-review-inquisitor-rise-of-red-blade.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nerds-feather.com/2026/05/book-review-inquisitor-rise-of-red-blade.html"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nerds-feather.com/2026/05/</span><span class="invisible">book-review-inquisitor-rise-of-red-blade.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> @bookstodon</p>

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<p>Looking for your next book on Project Gutenberg? Benjamin Laird has some suggestions.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjVnReMlGHo&list=WL&index=8&t=41s" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjVnReMlGHo&list=WL&index=8&t=41s"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjVnRe</span><span class="invisible">MlGHo&list=WL&index=8&t=41s</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

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<p>📚 Impossible Creatures by: Katherine Rundell</p><p>The day that Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.</p><p>It’s the day he learned about the Archipelago—a cluster of unmapped islands where magical creatures of every kind have thrived for thousands of years, until now. And ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/impossible-creatures" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/impossible-creatures"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/impossible</span><span class="invisible">-creatures</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/juvenilefiction/" rel="tag">#juvenilefiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/survivalstories/" rel="tag">#survivalstories</a></p>

The day that Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.

It’s the day he learned about the Archipelago—a cluster of unmapped islands where magical creatures of every kind have thrived for thousands of years, until now. And it’s the day he met Mal—a girl on the run, in desperate need of his help.

Mal and Christopher embark on a wild adventure, racing from island to island, searching for someone who can explain why the magic is fading and why magical creatures are suddenly dying. They consult sphinxes, battle kraken, and negotiate with dragons. But the closer they get to the dark truth of what’s happening, the clearer it becomes: no one else can fix this. If the Archipelago is to be saved, Mal and Christopher will have to do it themselves.

Katherine Rundell’s story crackles and roars with energy and delight. It is brought vividly to life with more than 60 illustrations, including a map and a bestiary of magical creatures.

Two kids race to save the world’s last magical place in the first book of a landmark new fantasy series, from “a writer with an utterly distinctive voice and a wild imagination.” (Philip Pullman, author of The Golden Compass)

"An instant classic from one of the most gifted storytellers of our time, Impossible Creatures is an astonishing miracle of a book." —Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medal Winner for The One and Only Ivan

This paperback edition features beautifully designed

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<p>A New Language: On Primo Levi’s Translation of Kafka</p><p>Maïa Hruska Considers the Act of Writing and Translating After Auschwitz</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/a-new-language-on-primo-levis-translation-of-kafka/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KRGGX5W67XTHNK7WVA4T596X&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/a-new-language-on-primo-levis-translation-of-kafka/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KRGGX5W67XTHNK7WVA4T596X&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/a-new-language-on-p</span><span class="invisible">rimo-levis-translation-of-kafka/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KRGGX5W67XTHNK7WVA4T596X&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Books by Kafka (including Metamorphosis) at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1735" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1735"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1735</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>

The first page of Kafka’s unsent handwritten letter to his father from 1919.

Opening "Lieber Vater" — Kafka explains his lifelong fear of his father, too complex to express in speech, barely manageable in writing.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka#/media/Datei:De_Kafka_Brief_an_den_Vater_001.jpg

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<p>A little patch of land.<br>Bread on the table.<br>A dear friend you can talk to.<br>A small house you can call Home.<br>Rabbits…</p><p>Such a modest dream. And yet so impossibly out of reach.</p><p>Which character from this story stayed with you the most?</p><p><a href="/tags/steinbeck/" rel="tag">#Steinbeck</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/shortstory/" rel="tag">#shortstory</a> <a href="/tags/ofmiceandmen/" rel="tag">#OfMiceandMen</a> <a href="/tags/story/" rel="tag">#story</a> <a href="/tags/johnsteinbeck/" rel="tag">#JohnSteinbeck</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</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> <a href="/tags/tragedy/" rel="tag">#tragedy</a> <a href="/tags/loneliness/" rel="tag">#loneliness</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/discussion/" rel="tag">#discussion</a> <a href="/tags/classic/" rel="tag">#classic</a> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/bookdiscussion/" rel="tag">#BookDiscussion</a> <a href="/tags/booktok/" rel="tag">#BookTok</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</a> <a href="/tags/bookstadon/" rel="tag">#bookstadon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstack/" rel="tag">#bookstack</a> <a href="/tags/friends/" rel="tag">#friends</a></p>

Of Mice and Men

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/StoneProphet" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/StoneProphet</a></p><p>Nicole seeks to collect the missing fragments of the magical city of Kurg from her home world, but the remaining pieces were deactivated and are hard to find. Luckily, she just found the first piece of the Seventh Sage, an ancient stone man that knows the future, which she hopes knows where to find them.</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>

(Left) The cover of Stone Prophet, by Owen Tyme.

At the center is a hexagonal coin with a golden appearance,. That bears a watercolor painting of a woman's face, which drips paint as if it were fresh.

Following the edges of the coin, the background is divided by a spiral of black lines into six images representing vital pieces of the titular stone prophet.

Upper right is an attractive woman with blue eyes and blond hair that's almost white. She stands in place of Memory.

Right is an eye with a blue iris surrounded by blue skin and golden decorations, representing Vision.

Lower right is a hooded woman in darkness, partially illuminated by a purple triangle that magically restrains her. She is Skill.

Lower left is a heart made of and resting in blue sand, with yellow light inside. That shines through cracks, hinting at fragility. This is Emotion.

Left is a gray sphere covered in black zeros and ones. More zeros and ones lay over the top, in blurred white. This is Reason.

Upper Left is a brass statue of justice, wearing a robe and blindfold. She holds a sword and scales. Behind her are the stars of space. This is Heart.

(Right) The same attractive woman from the upper right section of the cover, looking right at the viewer. The following quote frames her face, above and below:

“Does the Leader make the hard choices, or do the hard choices make the Leader?”

“Will she do what must be done, for the good of all?”

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/StoneProphet

Sample page from Stone Prophet.

Sample page from Stone Prophet.

Sample page from Stone Prophet.

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<p>Fresh in for <a href="/tags/fossilfriday/" rel="tag">#FossilFriday</a>, a new review! In Search of Sea Dragons is an engrossing tale of fossils and obsession.</p><p><a href="https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2026/05/15/book-review-in-search-of-sea-dragons-a-fossil-hunters-odyssey/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="inquisitivebiologist.com/2026/05/15/book-review-in-search-of-sea-dragons-a-fossil-hunters-odyssey/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquisitivebiologist.com/2026/</span><span class="invisible">05/15/book-review-in-search-of-sea-dragons-a-fossil-hunters-odyssey/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/fossils/" rel="tag">#Fossils</a> <a href="/tags/paleontology/" rel="tag">#Paleontology</a> <a href="/tags/palaeontology/" rel="tag">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</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>The Free Palestine Reading List of Pluto Press:</p><p>"As the genocide continues, we continue to publish books exposing Israel for what it is, a state built on extreme settler colonialism. Here is a list of our books published both before and after October 7th. Free Palestine!"</p><p><a href="https://www.plutobooks.com/free-palestine-reading-list/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.plutobooks.com/free-palestine-reading-list/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.plutobooks.com/free-palest</span><span class="invisible">ine-reading-list/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.ml/c/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedibird.com/@palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine@fedibird.com</span></a></span> <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/nakba/" rel="tag">#Nakba</a> <a href="/tags/freepalestine/" rel="tag">#FreePalestine</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/discount/" rel="tag">#discount</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

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<p>9 Supernatural Creatures in the Works of Oscar Wilde</p><p>Mermaids, giants, and witches are some of the supernatural characters readers encounter in the words of the brilliant writer Oscar Wilde.</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/supernatural-creatures-oscar-wilde/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/supernatural-creatures-oscar-wilde/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/supernatu</span><span class="invisible">ral-creatures-oscar-wilde/</span></a></p><p>Wilde at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/111" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/111"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/111</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

This photograph of Oscar Wilde in a dramatic pose, taken by Napoleon Sarony around 1882, shows him standing and facing slightly to the left. Wilde has medium-length wavy hair and wears a wide-brimmed fedora-style hat. He has a large dark cape over his shoulders and a light-colored cravat or neck scarf tied in a big bow. His right hand is lifted near his chest, holding the cape in place.

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<p>What am I reading and do you care?</p><p>- Not finished the Heythwaite series by Annie Rogers yet... the antics of a Yorkshire town. </p><p>- All at Sea by Johnathan Whitelaw, cosy crime, quite light as I wanted some easy reading to counter the heavy topics of late. </p><p>- Time for Ursula by Lorna Foyle, paranormal about Mother Shipton of Knaresborough in North Yorkshire. </p><p><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#AmReading</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/yorkshire/" rel="tag">#Yorkshire</a></p>

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<p>Escape to 19th-century Ireland with The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series, a sweeping family saga of forbidden love, betrayal, and secrets that shape generations.</p><p>Read FREE with Kindle Unlimited - <a href="https://mybook.to/FitzgeraldsBoxSets" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>mybook.to/FitzgeraldsBoxSets</a></p><p><a href="/tags/booksbylornapeel/" rel="tag">#BooksByLornaPeel</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/familysaga/" rel="tag">#FamilySaga</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#HistoricalFiction</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/ireland/" rel="tag">#Ireland</a> <a href="/tags/bingeread/" rel="tag">#BingeRead</a> <a href="/tags/kindleunlimited/" rel="tag">#KindleUnlimited</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>

Promotional image for "The Fitzgeralds of Dublin Series" - an Irish historical fiction series by Lorna Peel, featuring three box sets: Books 1–3, Books 4–6, and Books 7–9. The text reads: "Love, trust, family ties and secrets... The Fitzgeralds of Dublin Series. Books 1–3 Box Set, Books 4–6 Box Set, Books 7–9 Box Set. Out now on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited." Each box set is shown with individual book covers showing characters from the series and photographs of 19th-century Dublin, Ireland.

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<p>This week's <a href="/tags/newbooks/" rel="tag">#NewBooks</a> at the library: Three more books from our January clearance sale<br>- Jellyfish Age Backwards: Nature's Secrets to Longevity by Nicklas Brendborg, published by Hodder & Stoughton.<br>- Ancestors in Evolutionary Biology: Linear Thinking about Branching Trees, a more technical volume by Ronald A Jenner, published by Cambridge University Press as part of their series of Systematics Association Special Volumes (<span class="h-card"><a href="https://ecoevo.social/@SystAssn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SystAssn</span></a></span>).<br>- <a href="/tags/acrocanthosaurus/" rel="tag">#Acrocanthosaurus</a> Inside and Out by Kenneth Carpenter, published by the University of Oklahoma Press.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</a> <a href="/tags/molecularbiology/" rel="tag">#MolecularBiology</a> <a href="/tags/evolutionarybiology/" rel="tag">#EvolutionaryBiology</a> <a href="/tags/evolution/" rel="tag">#Evolution</a> <a href="/tags/paleontology/" rel="tag">#Paleontology</a> <a href="/tags/palaeontology/" rel="tag">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="/tags/fossils/" rel="tag">#Fossils</a> <a href="/tags/dinosaurs/" rel="tag">#Dinosaurs</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>

A photo of three books standing on a small, brown, wooden table. The out-of-focus background shows black shelves full of books.

On the left, Jellyfish Age Backwards, showing a black hardback with a rainbow-coloured drawing of the outline of a jellyfish.

In the middle, Ancestors in Evolutionary Biology, showing a hardback with a colour photo of the moss-draped gnarly oak trees of Wistman's Wood in Dartmoor National Park, South West England, on a foggy day.

On the right, Acrocanthosaurus Inside and Out, showing a black hardback with a colour photo of the prepared fossil skull of a carnivorous dinosaur.

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<p>To say I’m excited about the impending publication of the new novel, The End of Everything, by M. John Harrison would be something of an understatement. </p><p>“Phillip Tennent makes his living at the tideline, collecting artefacts that wash up from the Channel. It's been years since the crisis changed everything, but its exact nature remains obscure. Government barely functions, the seas are full of new creatures, Europe has been mislaid. It feels like the end. </p><p>Now Phillip has fished out of the water an object he can't keep. A creature that keeps changing. An artefact he must take inland, before it destroys everything he thinks he knows.”</p><p>I love that cover design, the sickly way the “Everything” in the title collapses towards the bottom of the page, a metaphor for decay, runoff, entropy or perhaps something much worse. </p><p>As another (connected) Mike once asked “What is the exact nature of the catastrophe?”</p><p><a href="/tags/mjohnharrison/" rel="tag">#MJohnHarrison</a> <a href="/tags/theendofeverything/" rel="tag">#TheEndOfEverything</a> <a href="/tags/speculativefiction/" rel="tag">#SpeculativeFiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</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>

The front cover of the forthcoming novel by M. John Harrison, The End of Everything, published by Serpent’s Tail in June 2026.

The book’s title is overlaid on a cold scene of a shoreline, with a solitary figure at its edge, looking out towards the water. The word “Everything” in the title collapses towards the bottom of the page, a metaphor for decay, runoff, entropy or perhaps something worse.

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<p>Disappearing Scrapbooks<br>The fate of Willa Cather’s archives, real and fictional.</p><p>By Liz Cettina</p><p><a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/willa-cather-archive-unl-cdrh-scrapbooks-letters-materiality/?utm_source=Los+Angeles+Review+of+Books+Subscribers&utm_campaign=4f2d70cdac-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_06_18_06_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4f2d70cdac-346160725&mc_cid=4f2d70cdac&mc_eid=dcb55ac191" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lareviewofbooks.org/article/willa-cather-archive-unl-cdrh-scrapbooks-letters-materiality/?utm_source=Los+Angeles+Review+of+Books+Subscribers&utm_campaign=4f2d70cdac-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_06_18_06_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4f2d70cdac-346160725&mc_cid=4f2d70cdac&mc_eid=dcb55ac191"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lareviewofbooks.org/article/wi</span><span class="invisible">lla-cather-archive-unl-cdrh-scrapbooks-letters-materiality/?utm_source=Los+Angeles+Review+of+Books+Subscribers&utm_campaign=4f2d70cdac-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_06_18_06_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4f2d70cdac-346160725&mc_cid=4f2d70cdac&mc_eid=dcb55ac191</span></a></p><p>Books by Willa Cather at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/22" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/22"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/22</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Photograph of Willa Cather by Van Vechten; smiling; looking toward the camera. (1936)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willa_Cather#/media/File:Cather_Van_Vechten.jpg

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<p>Avignon as Threat: How a Medieval Myth Became a Modern Weapon</p><p>For centuries, the Avignon Papacy has been portrayed as a period of corruption, weakness, and French domination over the medieval Church. But a modern political controversy involving the Pentagon and the Vatican has revealed how this powerful historical myth still shapes public perceptions today.</p><p>By Joëlle Rollo-Koster</p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2026/05/avignon-papacy/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.medievalists.net/2026/05/avignon-papacy/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.medievalists.net/2026/05/a</span><span class="invisible">vignon-papacy/</span></a></p><p>Avignon at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=avignon" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=avignon"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=avignon</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>

Avignon - THE PONT BÉNÉZET.

A 19th-century photograph of the Pont Saint-Bénézet (the famous "Pont d'Avignon") in Avignon, southern France, spanning the Rhône River. Only four of its original arches survive. Behind it rise the Palais des Papes (Palace of the Popes) and the cathedral.

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/46035/pg46035-images.html#Page_175

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<p>The Bayeux Tapestry tells only the winner’s story – but the other side can be found in old English texts</p><p>The story of the losers is full of meaningful silences and William of Normandy’s terror.</p><p>by Catherine Clarke</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/the-bayeux-tapestry-tells-only-the-winners-story-but-the-other-side-can-be-found-in-old-english-texts-283339?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%2022%202026%20-%203777938688&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%2022%202026%20-%203777938688+CID_92df80263ee542f0b2508c19d4ddc106&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=The%20Bayeux%20Tapestry%20tells%20only%20the%20winners%20story%20%20but%20the%20other%20side%20can%20be%20found%20in%20old%20English%20texts" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/the-bayeux-tapestry-tells-only-the-winners-story-but-the-other-side-can-be-found-in-old-english-texts-283339?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%2022%202026%20-%203777938688&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%2022%202026%20-%203777938688+CID_92df80263ee542f0b2508c19d4ddc106&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=The%20Bayeux%20Tapestry%20tells%20only%20the%20winners%20story%20%20but%20the%20other%20side%20can%20be%20found%20in%20old%20English%20texts"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/the-bayeux</span><span class="invisible">-tapestry-tells-only-the-winners-story-but-the-other-side-can-be-found-in-old-english-texts-283339?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%2022%202026%20-%203777938688&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%2022%202026%20-%203777938688+CID_92df80263ee542f0b2508c19d4ddc106&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=The%20Bayeux%20Tapestry%20tells%20only%20the%20winners%20story%20%20but%20the%20other%20side%20can%20be%20found%20in%20old%20English%20texts</span></a></p><p>Bayeux tapestry at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4445" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4445"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/4445</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/tapestry/" rel="tag">#Tapestry</a> <a href="/tags/old_manuscripts/" rel="tag">#Old_Manuscripts</a></p>

THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY ELUCIDATED.
BY
REV. JOHN COLLINGWOOD BRUCE, LL.D., F.S.A.,

Plate I.

Top panel shows:

A enthroned figure on the left (likely King Edward the Confessor) gesturing to figures before him
Latin inscription referencing "Anglorum" (of the English) and "milites" (soldiers/knights)
Mounted knights and hunting dogs racing to the right — possibly Harold's journey to Normandy

Bottom panel shows:

The label "ECCLESIA" on the left, with a church building
The inscription "HIC HAROLD MARE NAVIGAVIT" — "Here Harold sailed the sea"
A longship with oarsmen navigating waves, accompanied by figures on shore
Wind-filled sails and stylized waves typical of the tapestry's distinctive style

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/55614/55614-h/55614-h.htm

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/SheSeeksPeace" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/SheSeeksPeace</a></p><p>The Hunter seeks peace and quiet to mourn the loss of her best friend in a world that seems bound and determined to make that task impossible. Enemies attack when she’d rather be alone, allies can’t take a hint and the arch-demon Wrath seeks the Hunter’s hand in marriage, even though she’d sooner kill him.</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>

(Left) The cover of She Seeks Peace, by Owen Tyme.

The background is a snow-capped, craggy mountain with green, grassy hills at its base, which feature yellow and blue flowers.

The foreground is dominated by the round symbol for peace, in gold. Along the bottom of it are two olive branches. At the top is a dove in flight. Arranged on the lower three spokes of it are three figures based on the AIGA symbol for a woman. The figure on the right is blue. The one in the middle is a very dark gray, bordering on black, which includes a top hat. The figure on the left is red and has horns, like a demon.

(Right) The background is a view from the interior of a gun's barrel, with the rifling very apparent and the following quote over the top:

Reggie looked down the barrel of one of his own pistols, which the girl held in both hands, because the M1911 was a little large for someone so small.

There was a long, silent moment as the girl giggled and met his gaze. The murderous look was gone, replaced by something more playful, like a cat toying with a mouse.

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/SheSeeksPeace

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<p>Today is Daphne du Maurier’s birthday!</p><p>Few <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#writers</a> could create an atmosphere like Daphne du Maurier. Her <a href="/tags/stories/" rel="tag">#stories</a> begin elegantly, then something shifts. A beautiful house can become a prison, love can turn into possession, and silence can be more frightening than a scream. Suddenly you are <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> faster than you planned.</p><p>Have you read any of her <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#novels</a>?</p><p><a href="/tags/today/" rel="tag">#today</a> <a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#onthisday</a> <a href="/tags/birthday/" rel="tag">#birthday</a> <a href="/tags/daphnedumaurier/" rel="tag">#DaphneduMaurier</a> <a href="/tags/maurier/" rel="tag">#Maurier</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</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> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a></p>

Daphne du Maurier

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<p>Ebook omnibus: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheWizardsScion" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TheWizardsScion</a></p><p>Levi Jacobs always dreamed of being like his father, the greatest wizard in the world, but had no understanding what it would be like. Follow Levi’s journey from bumbling teen to a great hero, while the young wizard learns to master magical powers that are initially completely beyond him and barely under control.</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>

The ad flyer for the series The Wizard's Scion.

(Background) View of a planet from space.

(Top Center) A black flying saucer surrounded by this text:
Trolls, boogeymen and witches, oh my!
Just another day for a young wizard.

(Top Left) The cover of Troll Song displays a woman in battered, muddy armor with her two swords crossed against the neck of a dwarf.

(Lower Left) The cover of Forgotten Legends displays a child reading in bed as a black, smoky monster with red eyes peeks out from under the bed.

(Lower Center Left) The cover of The Third Wish displays a wizard on top of a mountain, looking to the sunset, over a city of sky scrapers that have plants growing on them. In his shadow is the red eyed creature from Forgotten Legends.

(Lower Center Right) The cover of Dark Moon displays a witch and wizard fighting back to back, holding pistols, while objects fall around them, with the moon behind their heads.

(Lower Right) The cover of The Inverted Glass displays a line art hourglass with a white figure in black sand at the bottom, with a black figure in white sand upside-down in the top. Balanced on a scale are a heart and a feather.

(Upper Right) The cover of The Wizard's Scion: The Complete Series displays several figures in silhouette representing the main characters, as they traverse a wormhole. Behind them is a red-eyed octopus.

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<p>"There are records of people being whipped for celebrating and being threatened for celebrating. And even outside the context of celebrations, there was retaliation against the Freedmen [..] There was a lot of hope in the middle of a lot of hostility." </p><p>Historian <a href="/tags/annettegordonreed/" rel="tag">#AnnetteGordonReed</a>, author of <a href="/tags/onjuneteenth/" rel="tag">#OnJuneteenth</a> </p><p><a href="https://kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-politics-june-19-2024/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-politics-june-19-2024/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-p</span><span class="invisible">olitics-june-19-2024/</span></a><br><a href="/tags/juneteenth/" rel="tag">#Juneteenth</a> <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="/tags/emancipationday/" rel="tag">#EmancipationDay</a> <a href="/tags/emancipation/" rel="tag">#Emancipation</a> <a href="/tags/blackhistory/" rel="tag">#BlackHistory</a> <a href="/tags/ushistory/" rel="tag">#UShistory</a> <a href="/tags/americanhistory/" rel="tag">#AmericanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/texashistory/" rel="tag">#TexasHistory</a> <a href="/tags/blacktexas/" rel="tag">#BlackTexas</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</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>If possible, please try and go to this site of mine for ebooks I wrote and tried to self published. </p><p><a href="https://kaizaki-x-aoi.itch.io" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>kaizaki-x-aoi.itch.io</a></p><p><a href="/tags/itch/" rel="tag">#itch</a> <a href="/tags/itchio/" rel="tag">#itchio</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/selfpublished/" rel="tag">#selfpublished</a></p>

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<p>Galileo’s handwritten notes found in ancient astronomy text</p><p>Discovery sheds new light on how famed astronomer came to lead a scientific revolution</p><p>By Joshua Sokol</p><p><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/galileo-s-handwritten-notes-found-ancient-astronomy-text" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.science.org/content/article/galileo-s-handwritten-notes-found-ancient-astronomy-text"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.science.org/content/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/galileo-s-handwritten-notes-found-ancient-astronomy-text</span></a></p><p>Galileo at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1629" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1629"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1629</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/old_manuscripts/" rel="tag">#Old_Manuscripts</a></p>

Title page of *Istoria e dimostrazioni intorno alle macchie solari* (1613)

1613 title page of Galileo's Istoria e Dimostrazioni intorno alle Macchie Solari (History of Sunspots), published in Rome. Galileo's landmark sunspot letters to Marco Welser, featuring the Lincean Academy lynx emblem with crown.

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei#/media/File:Galileo_Macchie_solari.jpg

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<p>Last night, I finished reading the Jeff Flake/Rob Hart collab DETOUR. I did enjoy it, despite its flaws, but I have a few caveats:</p><p>1) It is the first in the series, and apparently they did not promote it as such, so many readers were irritated about the abrupt ending. </p><p>2) The story reads as if it is being optioned as a TV series, and apparently, it was.</p><p>3) The characters are laughably one-note creations. Ex: I am a smart but awkward female scientist who lacks confidence. </p><p>4) The story is not only clichéd and burdened by stereotypes, but also spends a very long time to get to space and then spends almost no time there. </p><p>You may enjoy this, too. It was fun, very light fare, and honestly, sometimes you are in the mood for that. </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> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p>

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<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/2hEykM9Dn9yrM09XIuVe5S" rel="nofollow">Where the Dark Stands Still</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑 <br>by AB Poranek.</p><p>A girl enters a spirit wood to rid herself of her magic, but instead finds power, purpose & love. Based on Polish fairytales, so reminiscent of Katherine Arden's The Bear and the Nightingale. Fairly simple YA story with one plot line and few surprises, but well realised and doesn't take the easy way out.</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/youngadult/" rel="tag">#YoungAdult</a> <a href="/tags/romantasy/" rel="tag">#Romantasy</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>

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<p>How Virginia Woolf broke the rules of storytelling | David Epstein</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fv6bTqIIHPA" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/shorts/fv6bTqIIHPA"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/shorts/fv6bTqI</span><span class="invisible">IHPA</span></a></p><p>Woolf at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/89</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Black and white photo of Virginia Woolf. It is a head and shoulders shot. She is looking towards the camera with her chin in her left hand. She is wearing a fur collar.

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