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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>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>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>This week's <a href="/tags/newbooks/" rel="tag">#NewBooks</a> at the library: Who is excited about the next few books he will be reviewing?</p><p>- After an impressive debut, I am looking forward to reading Cal Flyn's second book, The Savage Landscape: How We Made the Wilderness, published by HarperCollins.</p><p>- Time for another deep dive into the history of my favourite discipline, <a href="/tags/evolutionarybiology/" rel="tag">#EvolutionaryBiology</a>. I really enjoyed Costa's annotated version of Wallace's notebook, and am very excited about delving into this annotated version of <a href="/tags/charlesdarwin/" rel="tag">#CharlesDarwin</a>'s The Descent of Man, beautifully published here by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@princetonupress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>princetonupress</span></a></span>. Expect me to go dark for a while, it's over 760 pages!</p><p>- And for context, I will be adding a review of Jeremy DeSilva's A Most Interesting Problem: What <a href="/tags/darwin/" rel="tag">#Darwin</a>’s Descent of Man Got Right and Wrong about <a href="/tags/humanevolution/" rel="tag">#HumanEvolution</a>, published a few years back, also by Princeton.</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/evolution/" rel="tag">#Evolution</a> <a href="/tags/historyofscience/" rel="tag">#HistoryOfScience</a> <a href="/tags/sciencehistory/" rel="tag">#ScienceHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histsci/" rel="tag">#HistSci</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 upright on a small, brown, wooden table. The out-of-focus background shows black shelves full of books.

On the left, The Savage Landscape, showing a hardback with a top-down aerial colour photo, likely shot with a drone, of a snow-covered landscape. A black tarmac road runs straight up from bottom to top. Halfway up the cover, red-hot glowing lava is covering the landscape.

In the middle, The Descent of Man, showing a landscape-format white hardback. The bottom half is covered by a fan-shaped collection of bird feathers from an argus pheasant. The feathers are brown and tan and show speckles. The left half of the fan shows male feathers, recognisable by eye-like circles running down the length of each feather, right next to the vane. The photo is by Kyle Black and called Argus Volans.

On the right, A Most Interesting Problem, showing a cream-coloured hardback with two drawings placed on either side of the title and subtitle. To the left, a skeleton of a chimpanzee rendered in yellow; to the right, a side-on view of a human skull rendered in green.

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<p>The Guardian's 2026 list of the 100 best novels of all time: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/12/the-100-best-novels-of-all-time" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/12/the-100-best-novels-of-all-time"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/books/ng-i</span><span class="invisible">nteractive/2026/may/12/the-100-best-novels-of-all-time</span></a></p><p>"The most striking difference between this list and its predecessors is an increase in female writers: 36 out of 100 compared with 21 in 2015 and a paltry 16 in 2003, with only Jane Austen’s Emma and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in the top 10 of both previous lists. The number of women rises as the decades go by; half of the contemporary writers are female. This might not announce the decline of the great white male, but it does signal a much-needed reset."<br><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><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/16/story-behind-100-best-novels-all-time" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/16/story-behind-100-best-novels-all-time"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/books/ng-i</span><span class="invisible">nteractive/2026/may/16/story-behind-100-best-novels-all-time</span></a></p>

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<p>Solved, Unsolved and Unsolvable: The Status of Hilbert’s 23 Problems in Mathematics</p><p>More than a century after David Hilbert presented a list of 23 mathematical challenges to the 1900 International Congress of Mathematicians, mathematicians have made significant progress, but there’s still much work to do.</p><p>By Evelyn Lamb</p><p><a href="https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2026/06/18/solved-unsolved-and-unsolvable-the-status-of-hilberts-23-problems-in-mathematics/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.simonsfoundation.org/2026/06/18/solved-unsolved-and-unsolvable-the-status-of-hilberts-23-problems-in-mathematics/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.simonsfoundation.org/2026/</span><span class="invisible">06/18/solved-unsolved-and-unsolvable-the-status-of-hilberts-23-problems-in-mathematics/</span></a></p><p>Mathematical problems at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71655" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71655</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a></p>

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<p>Who’s in, who’s out, and how many have you read? The story behind our 100 best novels list</p><p>Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights; Ulysses or Catch-22 … Find out which title came top, as chosen by authors, critics and academics worldwide</p><p>by Lisa Allardice</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/16/story-behind-100-best-novels-all-time" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/16/story-behind-100-best-novels-all-time"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/books/ng-i</span><span class="invisible">nteractive/2026/may/16/story-behind-100-best-novels-all-time</span></a></p><p>Full list ( some titles are available at PG!)<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/12/the-100-best-novels-of-all-time" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/12/the-100-best-novels-of-all-time"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/books/ng-i</span><span class="invisible">nteractive/2026/may/12/the-100-best-novels-of-all-time</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>

Cover image of Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë.

09:04Claude responded: **Victorian edition cover of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë.Victorian edition cover of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. Deep crimson cloth binding with gold lettering and decorative border .

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1260

Cover image of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë.

Modern Project Gutenberg edition cover of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, edited by Charlotte Brontë. Clean blue-grey design with an inset image of the original 1847 title page.

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/768

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<p>I have been hinting that the anthology will come out soon - and it indeed will, after a brief preorder period which starts TODAY! :D</p><p>You can buy your copy for 99c AND make a bunch real human indie authors (including me) VERY happy! :D</p><p>Contains ORIGINAL Dark Fantasy Fairytales, NO AI in ANY part of the production, and all stories have trigger warnings - so you can enjoy without guilt.</p><p><a href="https://books2read.com/u/bw6WJ9" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/u/bw6WJ9</a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/preorder/" rel="tag">#Preorder</a> <a href="/tags/indiebook/" rel="tag">#IndieBook</a> <a href="/tags/darkfantasy/" rel="tag">#DarkFantasy</a> <a href="/tags/ebook/" rel="tag">#eBook</a> <a href="/tags/anthology/" rel="tag">#Anthology</a> <a href="/tags/fairytale/" rel="tag">#Fairytale</a></p>

An adverticement picture made by me (hiisikoloart/Mara Reboi) for book named: Once Upon a Fairytale: A collection of original fairytales. Background is well lit bed of moss (a hint which will be clear if you read my story in the book), and topped with flecks of gold. The texts around the eBook cover shown in a phone says, "A Collection of Original Fairytales - PREORDER NOW! Dark Fantasy Stories from Human Authors, NO AI, Only 99 cents."

The cover is photoedited (NO AI) and shows a dark forest, thorns around the edges of the cover, and a thorny, red rose at the middle. Golden filigrees framge the cover among smaller roses, and magic particles. The subtitle "a collection of original fairytales" reads at the top" while the main title reads at the bottom on bold, golden font "Once Upon a Fairytale".

Note: By buying this book you support human work - each story was written by a human author, edited by human(s), formatted by human(s), and the cover was also made by a human. All authors and the cover artist (who is not me) are against use of AI in any part of the creative work.

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<p>Skies of blue</p><p>In the early 1800s, in the city of Suzhou in eastern China, two striking large-format maps were printed in vivid Prussian blue. One map depicted the terrestrial world of the Qing empire, the other, shown below, depicted the heavens. Look closely and you can see the curve of the Milky Way.</p><p>via @knowablemag.bsky.social</p><p><a href="https://www.leventhalmap.org/digital-exhibitions/heaven-and-earth/catalogue/4/?utm_source=Knowable+Magazine&utm_campaign=d8f9d358c7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_05_20_07_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_150f6a5cbe-6b2b776029-546465172" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.leventhalmap.org/digital-exhibitions/heaven-and-earth/catalogue/4/?utm_source=Knowable+Magazine&utm_campaign=d8f9d358c7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_05_20_07_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_150f6a5cbe-6b2b776029-546465172"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.leventhalmap.org/digital-e</span><span class="invisible">xhibitions/heaven-and-earth/catalogue/4/?utm_source=Knowable+Magazine&utm_campaign=d8f9d358c7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_05_20_07_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_150f6a5cbe-6b2b776029-546465172</span></a></p><p>Books about Ancient Astronomy at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/15624" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/15624"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/15624</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#Astronomy</a></p>

Complete Map of Unified Star Configurations in the Heavens.

A large Chinese celestial map printed in white on deep indigo blue. A circular star chart dominates the centre, showing constellations as dot clusters with connecting lines, surrounded by concentric rings marking celestial divisions and the 28 lunar mansions. Dense columns of classical Chinese text fill all four borders, providing astronomical annotations. Large seal-script characters down the right edge read 渾天壹統星象全圖 — roughly "Complete Map of Star Patterns Unified with the Celestial Sphere."

https://www.leventhalmap.org/digital-exhibitions/heaven-and-earth/catalogue/4/?utm_source=Knowable+Magazine&utm_campaign=d8f9d358c7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_05_20_07_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_150f6a5cbe-6b2b776029-546465172

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<p>Book Promotion: Sci-Fi & Fantasy books on Kindle Unlimited</p><p>A collection of 44 <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> for you to read free on KU. My book is DRM-free.</p><p><a href="/tags/spaceship/" rel="tag">#spaceship</a> <a href="/tags/magic/" rel="tag">#magic</a> <a href="/tags/aliens/" rel="tag">#aliens</a> <a href="/tags/legendary/" rel="tag">#legendary</a> <a href="/tags/fedibookfair/" rel="tag">#fedibookfair</a> <a href="/tags/boost/" rel="tag">#boost</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#amreading</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/dwarfs/" rel="tag">#dwarfs</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a> <a href="/tags/rogue/" rel="tag">#rogue</a> <a href="/tags/heroes/" rel="tag">#heroes</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/goodbooks/" rel="tag">#goodbooks</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/time/" rel="tag">#time</a> <a href="/tags/dwarves/" rel="tag">#dwarves</a> <a href="/tags/dystopia/" rel="tag">#dystopia</a> <a href="/tags/sorcery/" rel="tag">#sorcery</a> <a href="/tags/monsters/" rel="tag">#monsters</a> <a href="/tags/futurism/" rel="tag">#futurism</a> <a href="/tags/planets/" rel="tag">#planets</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/young/" rel="tag">#young</a> <a href="/tags/newadults/" rel="tag">#newadults</a> <a href="/tags/teen/" rel="tag">#teen</a> <a href="/tags/teens/" rel="tag">#teens</a> <a href="/tags/ya/" rel="tag">#ya</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/booktoot/" rel="tag">#booktoot</a> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/bookfunnel/" rel="tag">#bookfunnel</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://books.bookfunnel.com/may-sci-fi-fantasy-kindle-unlimited-may/edp52xojci" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books.bookfunnel.com/may-sci-fi-fantasy-kindle-unlimited-may/edp52xojci"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books.bookfunnel.com/may-sci-f</span><span class="invisible">i-fantasy-kindle-unlimited-may/edp52xojci</span></a></p>

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<p>Just finished reading BRAWLER, by Lauren Groff. These stories pack a punch, tell us a lot about ourselves, and make us so involved that we start telling the characters what to do and what not to. The author who impressed you with the story collection of FLORIDA, is back, and more skilled than ever before. <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> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p>

Cover depicts a fiercely focused swimmer on the dive team. She is mirrored in the water by her own reflection, but her gaze is, perhaps unsettlingly, directed at you, like she has something to tell you that you aren't prepared to hear. That level of trepidation informs the entire collection.

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<p>Beyond Disney: A 1616 portrait of Pocahontas shows how English colonizers saw Indigenous Americans</p><p>by Peter C. Mancall</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/beyond-disney-a-1616-portrait-of-pocahontas-shows-how-english-colonizers-saw-indigenous-americans-282221" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/beyond-disney-a-1616-portrait-of-pocahontas-shows-how-english-colonizers-saw-indigenous-americans-282221"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/beyond-dis</span><span class="invisible">ney-a-1616-portrait-of-pocahontas-shows-how-english-colonizers-saw-indigenous-americans-282221</span></a></p><p>Pocahontas at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/1236" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/1236"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/1236</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/colonialism/" rel="tag">#Colonialism</a> <a href="/tags/nativeamericanhistory/" rel="tag">#NativeAmericanHistory</a></p>

Engraved portrait of Matoaks or Rebecka, the Native American woman better known as Pocahontas, made in 1616 during her trip in England, where she died shortly after. It is the only known representation of her made during her lifetime. By Simon van de Passe (1595–1647)

A formal engraved oval portrait of a young woman aged 21 (noted Aetatis suae 21, 1616) dressed in English Jacobean style — a tall hat with feather, elaborate lace ruff collar, and richly embroidered coat. She holds a feathered fan. The Latin inscription around the oval reads "Matoaka als Rebecca Filia Potentiss. Princ. Powhatani Imp. Virginiae" — identifying her as daughter of the powerful Prince Powhatan of Virginia. Below, English text describes her as converted to Christianity, baptised as Rebecca, and wife to "Mr. Joh. Rolff."

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pocahontas_by_Simon_van_de_Passe_(1616).png

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<p>Step into 19th-century Ireland!</p><p>Forbidden love, family secrets, and a sweeping saga await in A Scarlet Woman. </p><p>Start reading The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series today in Kindle Unlimited. </p><p>Amazon - <a href="https://mybook.to/ascarletwoman" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>mybook.to/ascarletwoman</a><br>Other Retailers - <a href="https://lornapeel.com/fitzgeralds/a-scarlet-woman" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lornapeel.com/fitzgeralds/a-scarlet-woman"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lornapeel.com/fitzgeralds/a-sc</span><span class="invisible">arlet-woman</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/thefitzgeraldsofdublinseries/" rel="tag">#TheFitzgeraldsOfDublinSeries</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/booksbylornapeel/" rel="tag">#BooksByLornaPeel</a> <a href="/tags/ireland/" rel="tag">#Ireland</a> <a href="/tags/bookseries/" rel="tag">#BookSeries</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#HistoricalFiction</a> <a href="/tags/kindleunlimited/" rel="tag">#KindleUnlimited</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#Romance</a> <a href="/tags/historicalromance/" rel="tag">#HistoricalRomance</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 Irish historical fiction novel A Scarlet Woman by Lorna Peel, book one in The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series, a 19th-century Irish family saga. The image shows a Kindle device displaying the book cover, which shows a late 19th-century woman with dark hair and a pink flower on her white dress, looking down pensively. Text on the ad reads: “Love that defies society. Secrets that shape a family.” and “Step into 19th-century Ireland and meet the Fitzgeralds of Dublin. Start the series today! Free to read with Kindle Unlimited.” The background is a faded image of Georgian townhouses on Merrion Square in Dublin, Ireland.

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<p>How Henry James Became the American Giant of English Literature</p><p>The life of Henry James, who left America for a cosmopolitan life in Europe before settling in England and contributing multiple masterpieces to its literature.</p><p>by Dr. Victoria C. Roskams</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/henry-james-english-literature/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/henry-james-english-literature/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/henry-jam</span><span class="invisible">es-english-literature/</span></a></p><p>Books by Henry James at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/113" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/113"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/113</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>

Portrait of Henry James, charcoal drawing by John Singer Sargent (1912).

A charcoal portrait drawing of Henry James, a heavyset bald man with deep-set eyes and a serious, introspective expression. He wears a dark jacket and bow tie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James#/media/File:Portrait_of_Henry_James_1913.jpg

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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>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>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>Etaski writes Sister Seekers: <a href="/tags/mature/" rel="tag">#Mature</a> <a href="/tags/epicfantasy/" rel="tag">#EpicFantasy</a> with an ever broadening scope</p><p><a href="/tags/foundfamily/" rel="tag">#FoundFamily</a> is a core theme with <a href="/tags/d/" rel="tag">#D</a>&D <a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#TTRPG</a> <a href="/tags/worldbuilding/" rel="tag">#Worldbuilding</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/darkfantasyseries/" rel="tag">#DarkFantasySeries</a> begins underground with an isolated race of <a href="/tags/darkelves/" rel="tag">#DarkElves</a>. <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#Horror</a> to <a href="/tags/hope/" rel="tag">#Hope</a> <a href="/tags/grittogladness/" rel="tag">#GritToGladness</a> - NOT for the faint of heart <a href="/tags/erotichorror/" rel="tag">#EroticHorror</a></p><p><a href="https://etaski.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>etaski.com</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/darkelf/" rel="tag">#DarkElf</a> <a href="/tags/drow/" rel="tag">#Drow</a> <a href="/tags/dnd/" rel="tag">#dnd</a> <a href="/tags/demon/" rel="tag">#Demon</a> <a href="/tags/dragon/" rel="tag">#Dragon</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="/tags/sapphic/" rel="tag">#Sapphic</a> <a href="/tags/bisexual/" rel="tag">#Bisexual</a> <a href="/tags/lesbian/" rel="tag">#Lesbian</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtqia/" rel="tag">#lgbtqia</a> <a href="/tags/polycule/" rel="tag">#polycule</a> <a href="/tags/polyamorous/" rel="tag">#polyamorous</a></p><p>@bookstodon @ttrpg @fantasy @lgbtqbookstodon <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@readit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>readit</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Literbook" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Literbook</span></a></span></p>

12 book covers for Sister Seekers: Sons to Keep, No Demons But Us, Treasure Revealed, The Daedal Pit, Surfacing, Black Witch Death Mage, The Mark of Gold, The Guild's Design, Battle for Manalar, Awake in the Dark, Shadows & Hounds, Rising Guardians.

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<p>Why Beatrix Potter’s Stories Still Delight Generations</p><p>Defined by their colorful cast of characters and breathtaking illustrations, the storybooks of Beatrix Potter have brought joy to children around the world.</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/beatrix-potter-stories/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/beatrix-potter-stories/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/beatrix-p</span><span class="invisible">otter-stories/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Illustration from "The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher" by Beatrix Potter. Jeremy the frog is on the right wearing a bright reddish-pink coat over a pale patterned waistcoat and light-colored breeches. He is standing on two legs talking to Sir Isaac Newton (a newt) who is wearing a black and gold waistcoat frockcoat, and dark pants. He is standing with his hands behind his back.

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<p>"Everything you see in me is not mine, it's yours. Mine is what I see in you."</p><p>Erich Maria Remarque (June 22, 1898 - September 25, 1970)</p><p><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/quotes/" rel="tag">#quotes</a> <br><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/today/" rel="tag">#today</a> <a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#onthisday</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/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</a> <a href="/tags/booktok/" rel="tag">#BookTok</a> <a href="/tags/bookish/" rel="tag">#bookish</a></p>

Erich Maria Remarque

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<p>22-year-old Mozart’s handwritten notebook unearthed in ‘major discovery’</p><p>The notebook was confiscated during the French Revolution, and has now been found in Paris.</p><p><a href="https://www.classicfm.com/composers/mozart/handwritten-notebook-discovered-major-paris/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.classicfm.com/composers/mozart/handwritten-notebook-discovered-major-paris/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.classicfm.com/composers/mo</span><span class="invisible">zart/handwritten-notebook-discovered-major-paris/</span></a></p><p>Books by Mozart at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1368" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1368"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1368</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#Music</a></p>

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<p>What would happen if the borg tried to assimilate the Discworld?</p><p>Who would win in a fight between a hundred borg and the luggage?</p><p><a href="/tags/discworld/" rel="tag">#Discworld</a> <a href="/tags/pratchett/" rel="tag">#Pratchett</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a></p>

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<p>How Did Geographical Discoveries Shape Johannes Vermeer’s Artworks?</p><p>Johannes Vermeer was a renowned Dutch artist during the Dutch Golden Age, a period marked by increased geographical knowledge, trade, and prosperity.</p><p>by Liana Khapava</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/geographical-discoveries-johannes-vermeer-artworks/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/geographical-discoveries-johannes-vermeer-artworks/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/geographi</span><span class="invisible">cal-discoveries-johannes-vermeer-artworks/</span></a></p><p>Books about Vermeer at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/56970" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/56970"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/56970</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#Art</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#Culture</a></p>

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<p>📚 Rabbit Cake by: Annie Hartnett</p><p>Elvis Babbitt has a head for the facts: she knows science proves yellow is the happiest color, she knows a healthy male giraffe weighs about 3,000 pounds, and she knows that the naked mole rat is the longest living rodent. She knows she should plan to grieve her mother, who has recently drown...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/rabbit-cake" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/rabbit-cake"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/rabbit-cak</span><span class="invisible">e</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/historical/" rel="tag">#historical</a> <a href="/tags/humorous/" rel="tag">#humorous</a> <a href="/tags/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a></p>

Elvis Babbitt has a head for the facts: she knows science proves yellow is the happiest color, she knows a healthy male giraffe weighs about 3,000 pounds, and she knows that the naked mole rat is the longest living rodent. She knows she should plan to grieve her mother, who has recently drowned while sleepwalking, for exactly eighteen months. But there are things Elvis doesn’t yet know—like how to keep her sister Lizzie from poisoning herself while sleep-eating or why her father has started wearing her mother's silk bathrobe around the house.

Elvis investigates the strange circumstances of her mother's death and finds comfort, if not answers, in the people (and animals) of Freedom, Alabama. As hilarious a storyteller as she is heartbreakingly honest, Elvis is a truly original voice in this exploration of grief, family, and the endurance of humor after loss.

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<p><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a><br>I write complex <a href="/tags/darkelf/" rel="tag">#DarkElf</a> <a href="/tags/poly/" rel="tag">#Poly</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a>. My tone & tropes weave a broad tapestry with huge <a href="/tags/lore/" rel="tag">#Lore</a> & <a href="/tags/worldbuilding/" rel="tag">#Worldbuilding</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/afeaturenotabug/" rel="tag">#AFeatureNotABug</a>. 😂 </p><p>Sensual <a href="/tags/darkelves/" rel="tag">#DarkElves</a> face-off 👊 <a href="/tags/politicalintrigue/" rel="tag">#Politicalintrigue</a> <a href="/tags/demons/" rel="tag">#Demons</a> & <a href="/tags/dragons/" rel="tag">#Dragons</a> <a href="/tags/necromancer/" rel="tag">#Necromancer</a> <a href="/tags/foundfamily/" rel="tag">#FoundFamily</a> <a href="/tags/dwarves/" rel="tag">#Dwarves</a> <a href="/tags/epicbattle/" rel="tag">#EpicBattle</a>. ⚔️ </p><p>Try my <a href="/tags/prequel/" rel="tag">#Prequel</a> !<br><a href="/tags/free/" rel="tag">#Free</a> w/ newsletter: <a href="https://etaski.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>etaski.com</a></p><p><a href="/tags/buy/" rel="tag">#Buy</a> <a href="https://etaski.com/books/sons-to-keep-sister-seekers" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="etaski.com/books/sons-to-keep-sister-seekers"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">etaski.com/books/sons-to-keep-</span><span class="invisible">sister-seekers</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="/tags/erotic/" rel="tag">#Erotic</a> <a href="/tags/darkfantasy/" rel="tag">#DarkFantasy</a> <a href="/tags/epicfantasy/" rel="tag">#EpicFantasy</a> <a href="/tags/dnd/" rel="tag">#DnD</a> @bookstodon <br>@ttrpg @fantasy @horror @lgbtqbookstodon</p>

"Sons to Keep: A Sister Seekers Prequel" by A.S. Etaski. A female dark elf walks down a hallway with purple light, looking over her shoulder. Behind her, sinister yellow eyes watch in the dark.

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