The Life and Death of the Suburban Novel
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Jane Austen’s real and literary worlds weren’t exclusively white – just read her last book, Sanditon
by Olivia Carpenter
Sanditon at PG:
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/74233
Fascinating article that gets at how translation can be a tricky business. The whole meaning can change - and often to the opposite meaning the author intended!
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From: @publicdomainrev
https://mastodon.social/@publicdomainrev/115264769615001777
Translation and Taste
Learning how to have good taste means learning to translate.
By Blake Smith
https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/lessons-of-babel/articles/translation-and-taste
📚 Leviathan Wakes by: James S. A. Corey
Jim Holden is an officer on an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. When he and his crew discover a derelict ship called the Scopuli, they suddenly find themselves in possession of a deadly secret. A secret that someone is willing to kill for, and...
https://bookblabla.com/book/leviathan-wakes
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Irish author Bram Stoker died #OTD in 1912.
In his early years, Stoker worked as a theatre critic for an Irish newspaper, and wrote stories as well as commentaries. He also enjoyed travelling, particularly to Cruden Bay in Scotland where he set two of his novels. During another visit to the English coastal town of Whitby, Stoker drew inspiration for writing Dracula.
Books by Bram Stoker at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/190
My all-time best selling romance audiobook is...
Taken by the Mountain Man, by Kelsie Calloway, which I narrated as Eden Cavell.
A divorced single mom starting over in a small mountain town takes a shot at a second chance at love with her brother's hot best friend.
It's a big-hearted romance that is also super hot, with a female lead who's not afraid to go after what she wants, and the kind of hunky mountain man she absolutely deserves.
Translation: I get to play Yet Another Mountain Man in this audiobook! (There are a few in my catalogue.)
If you like second chance romance, sizzling sex scenes or happily ever afters, this is the audiobook for you.
It's available as an audiobook and also as an ebook.
Portuguese poet, philosopher, and writer Antero de Quental was born #OTD in 1842.
Some of Quental's notable works include "Sonetos Completos" (Complete Sonnets), "Prosas Dispersas" (Scattered Prose), and "Odes Modernas" (Modern Odes). His poetry is characterized by its introspective and philosophical nature, often delving into the complexities of the human psyche and society.
Books by Antero de Quental at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/34296
Spanish realist author, diplomat, and politician Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano died #OTD in 1905.
Valera was a prolific author who wrote novels, essays, plays, & criticism. He was deeply influenced by Spanish Golden Age literature and European Romanticism. His writing style is characterized by its elegance, psychological insight, and attention to detail. One of his most famous novels is "Pepita Jiménez," published in 1874.
Books by Juan Valera at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4923
I can't say I've done this personally, but I understand the sentiment 😁
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Whet Your Appetite With Nearly 13,000 Historical Cookbooks in This Sprawling Online Archive
By Eva Baron
https://mymodernmet.com/internet-archive-cookbook-and-home-economics-collection/
Cookbooks and Home Economics at @internetarchive
https://archive.org/details/cbk?tab=collection
"The Gift & The Legacy: African American Philanthropy as Power, Purpose and Promise, Taroue W. Brooks reframes the conversation, reminding us that philanthropy is not confined to financial contributions but encompasses time, talent, ties, testimony, treasure, and trust." By Staff Heart &Soul Magazine 9.16.25
https://www.heartandsoul.com/culture/the-heart-of-philanthropy/
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What Is Aristotle’s Divine Blueprint for the Cosmos?
The divine is at the heart of Aristotle’s model of the cosmos, responsible for the intricate motions of the heavens and the Earth.
by Maysara Kamal
https://www.thecollector.com/aristotle-cosmos-blueprint/
Aristotle at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2747
#OTD in 1910.
Halley's comet reappears after 76 years, and Mark Twain dies at his home, Stormfield, the day after the comet's perihelion. In his autobiography, Twain wrote, "I came in with Halley's comet in 1835. It's coming again next year (1910), and I expect to go out with it. The Almighty has said no doubt, 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together.'"
6 Badass Librarians Who Changed History
They will not be shushed.
BY APRIL WHITE
APRIL 5, 2024 via @atlasobscura
LIBRARIANS HAVE NEVER BEEN A quiet bunch: Information, after all, is power. To mark National Library Week—typically celebrated the second full week of April, fittingly, went into the archives to find our favorite stories of librarians who have fostered cultural movements, protected national secrets, and fought criminals.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/famous-librarians-who-changed-history
Wanderer (2025) – Adedapo Adeniyi
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American novelist, humorist, and critic Mark Twain died #OTD in 1910.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, often called "the Great American Novel," is particularly noted for its vivid depiction of people and places along the Mississippi River. Twain's other notable works include The Prince and the Pauper, Life on the Mississippi, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, & his autobiography, which was published posthumously.
Books by Mark Twain at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/53
📚 First-Time Caller by: B.K. Borison
Aiden Valentine has a secret: he’s fallen out of love with love. And as the host of Baltimore’s romance hotline, that’s a bit of a problem. But when a young girl calls in to the station asking for dating advice for her mom, the interview goes viral, thrusting Aiden and Heartstrings into the...
https://bookblabla.com/book/first-time-caller
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I picked up these 4 Pratchett books! Haven't read him before; recommendations for them?
Wrapping up 2025 with gratitude to the many people who supported me this year while I was launching The Expert of Subtle Revisions. Thank you for reading the book, for buying the book, for checking it out from the library (I just learned it was a top check out from the Mechanics' Institute Library this year!) for sharing it with friends and online, for showing up at events, for your kind notes, your kind reviews, your attention. My year-in-review features moments I photographed--the book launch at Bookshop West Portal with Lilian Van Cleve, Book Passage with Allison Bainbridge, Symposium Books with Tanya Young, That was Then at Page Street, a New York City book store tour with Meredith Davis, a Boston book store tour with Daphne Kalotay, Sebastopol LitCrawl, and Kepler's Story is the Thing--but many important moments have no image to accompany them. They will always remain with me as well. Thank you!
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B-Sides: Stendhal’s “Love”
Are you a banker or a manufacturer or an industrialist? If so, Stendhal doesn’t want you to read “Love” («De L’amour,» 1822); you wouldn’t understand. But if you are a dreamer, if you are tender, if Mozart moves you, if you nod solemnly when asked, “Have six months of your life ever been made miserable by love?,” this book is for you.
By Naomi Levine
At PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60882
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53720
📚 The Nightingale: A Novel by: Kristin Hannah
With courage, grace, and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of World War II and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the women's war. The Nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking o...
An Ancient Greek Philosopher Was Exiled for Claiming the Moon Was a Rock, Not a God
2,500 years ago, Anaxagoras correctly determined that the rocky moon reflects light from the sun, allowing him to explain lunar phases and eclipses
By David Warmflash via @SmithsonianMag
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