<p>"At times it has been doubtful to me if Emerson really knows or feels what Poetry is at its highest, as in the Bible, for instance, or Homer or Shakspeare. I see he covertly or plainly likes best superb verbal polish, or something old or odd."</p><p>Democratic Vistas: And Other Papers (ed. 1888)</p><p>~Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) </p><p>Books by Walt Whitman at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/600" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/600"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/600</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>
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<p>I am re-reading one of my favorite <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a>: "The Snow Leopard" by Peter Matthiessen. It is a <a href="/tags/travel/" rel="tag">#travel</a> book set in 1973 in <a href="/tags/nepal/" rel="tag">#Nepal</a> as the author accompanies a <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> expedition into the <a href="/tags/himalayas/" rel="tag">#Himalayas</a>. It is a book about <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> and a <a href="/tags/buddhist/" rel="tag">#Buddhist</a> introspection on grief and change.</p><p>The cool thing is that I am <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> the chapters on the day they were set. A really nice experience if you have never read such a book like that before.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/buddhism/" rel="tag">#buddhism</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>German poet Georg Herwegh was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1817.</p><p>Herwegh's poetry is characterized by its passionate advocacy for freedom and democracy. He became famous with his collection "Gedichte eines Lebendigen", published in 1841. This work was widely acclaimed for its revolutionary zeal and critique of the existing social and political order.</p><p>Books by Georg Herwegh at Projekt Gutenberg-DE:<br><a href="https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/autoren/namen/herwegh.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.projekt-gutenberg.org/autoren/namen/herwegh.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.projekt-gutenberg.org/auto</span><span class="invisible">ren/namen/herwegh.html</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>
<p>📚 A Sudden Light by: Garth Stein</p><p>Twenty-three years after the fateful summer of 1990, Trevor Riddell recalls the events surrounding his fourteenth birthday, when he gets his first glimpse of the infamous Riddell House. Built from the spoils of a massive timber fortune, the legendary family mansion is constructed of gi...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/a-sudden-light" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/a-sudden-light"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/a-sudden-l</span><span class="invisible">ight</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/ghostfiction/" rel="tag">#ghostfiction</a> <a href="/tags/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/familylife/" rel="tag">#familylife</a></p>
<p>Medieval chess was more inclusive than the world around it</p><p>Black, white, Muslim, or Christian: Players found common ground across the board.</p><p>by Andrew Paul</p><p><a href="https://www.popsci.com/science/chess-medieval-race/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.popsci.com/science/chess-medieval-race/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.popsci.com/science/chess-m</span><span class="invisible">edieval-race/</span></a></p><p>Chess at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/1677" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/1677"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/1677</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/chess/" rel="tag">#chess</a></p>
<p>Jane Austen and theory of mind: how literary fiction sharpens your ‘mindreading’ skills</p><p>by Carmen Barajas and Noelia López-Montilla</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/jane-austen-and-theory-of-mind-how-literary-fiction-sharpens-your-mindreading-skills-266920?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Europe%20Newsletter%20-%203542436115&utm_content=Europe%20Newsletter%20-%203542436115+CID_490379ce8ca78e5d84d84d9e08fb5b81&utm_source=campaign_monitor_europe&utm_term=Jane%20Austen%20and%20theory%20of%20mind%20how%20literary%20fiction%20sharpens%20your%20mindreading%20skills" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/jane-austen-and-theory-of-mind-how-literary-fiction-sharpens-your-mindreading-skills-266920?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Europe%20Newsletter%20-%203542436115&utm_content=Europe%20Newsletter%20-%203542436115+CID_490379ce8ca78e5d84d84d9e08fb5b81&utm_source=campaign_monitor_europe&utm_term=Jane%20Austen%20and%20theory%20of%20mind%20how%20literary%20fiction%20sharpens%20your%20mindreading%20skills"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/jane-auste</span><span class="invisible">n-and-theory-of-mind-how-literary-fiction-sharpens-your-mindreading-skills-266920?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Europe%20Newsletter%20-%203542436115&utm_content=Europe%20Newsletter%20-%203542436115+CID_490379ce8ca78e5d84d84d9e08fb5b81&utm_source=campaign_monitor_europe&utm_term=Jane%20Austen%20and%20theory%20of%20mind%20how%20literary%20fiction%20sharpens%20your%20mindreading%20skills</span></a></p><p>Austen at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/68</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>"Taking the Civil War as his starting point for this trenchant survey of the <a href="/tags/americanleft/" rel="tag">#AmericanLeft</a>, Hartman offers us dozens of portraits of <a href="/tags/marxism/" rel="tag">#Marxism</a>’s main protagonists [...] and charts their triumphs and travails all the way up to the present." </p><p>Robin Blackburn reviews <a href="/tags/andrewhartman/" rel="tag">#AndrewHartman</a>'s <a href="/tags/karlmarxinamerica/" rel="tag">#KarlMarxInAmerica</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/karl-marx-in-america-marxism-in-us/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thenation.com/article/society/karl-marx-in-america-marxism-in-us/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thenation.com/article/soci</span><span class="invisible">ety/karl-marx-in-america-marxism-in-us/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/marx/" rel="tag">#Marx</a> <a href="/tags/americanmarxism/" rel="tag">#AmericanMarxism</a> <a href="/tags/usleft/" rel="tag">#USleft</a> <a href="/tags/ushistory/" rel="tag">#UShistory</a> <a href="/tags/americanhistory/" rel="tag">#AmericanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</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>Alphabets From The Zanerian School of Penmanship, c.1910</p><p>These satisfying handwritten alphabets are from the 1900 and 1910 editions of penmanship guides, The New Zanerian Alphabets.</p><p>by Sheldon D.</p><p><a href="https://flashbak.com/alphabets-by-the-zanerian-school-of-penmanship-478686/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alphabets-by-the-zanerian-school-of-penmanship" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="flashbak.com/alphabets-by-the-zanerian-school-of-penmanship-478686/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alphabets-by-the-zanerian-school-of-penmanship"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flashbak.com/alphabets-by-the-</span><span class="invisible">zanerian-school-of-penmanship-478686/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alphabets-by-the-zanerian-school-of-penmanship</span></a></p><p>Alphabets at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=alphabets" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=alphabets"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">cts/search/?query=alphabets</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/alphabet/" rel="tag">#alphabet</a> <a href="/tags/calligraphy/" rel="tag">#calligraphy</a></p>
<p>Spanish dramatis, writer and poet Pedro Calderón de la Barca died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1681.</p><p>His plays have been divided thematically: religious comedies (La devoción de la cruz), historical-legendary (El sitio de Breda), comedies of intrigue (Casa con dos puertas, mala es de guardar), comedies of honor (El médico de su honra), philosophical (El gran teatro del mundo), mythological (Eco y Narciso) and sacramental acts (A Dios por razón de estado).</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/970" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/970"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/970</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
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<p>📚 Mr. Wrong Number by: Lynn Painter</p><p>Things get textual when a steamy message from a random wrong number turns into an anonymous relationship in this hilarious rom-com by Lynn Painter.</p><p>Bad luck has always followed Olivia Marshall...or maybe she's just the screw-up her family thinks she is. But when a "What are you wearing?" text from a ra...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/mr-wrong-number" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/mr-wrong-number"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/mr-wrong-n</span><span class="invisible">umber</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/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/contemporaryfiction/" rel="tag">#contemporaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#women</a></p>
<p>📚 Fahrenheit 451 by: Ray Bradbury</p><p>Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. </p><p>Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/fahrenheit-451" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/fahrenheit-451"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/fahrenheit</span><span class="invisible">-451</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/classicsfiction/" rel="tag">#classicsfiction</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/politicalfiction/" rel="tag">#politicalfiction</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1140. The French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy at the Council of Soissons. </p><p>This council was convened by the Church to examine his book "Theologia Summi Boni", which was seen as challenging orthodox Christian doctrine. Abelard's rational approach to theology and his emphasis on applying logic to faith led to suspicions among church authorities. </p><p>Books by Peter Abelard at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/5441" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/5441"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/5441</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
A short story of every length from 1 to 20 minutes
<p>1 minute: <a href="https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/onlinereader/the-lion-and-the-mouse" rel="nofollow">The Lion and the Mouse by Aesop</a>,2 minutes: <a href="https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/onlinereader/an-imperial-message" rel="nofollow">An Imperial Message by Franz Kafka</a>,3 minutes: <a href="https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/onlinereader/what-the-moon-brings" rel="nofollow">What the Moon Brings by H. P. Lovecraft</a>,4 minutes: <a href="https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/onlinereader/how-the-camel-got-his-hump" rel="nofollow">How The Camel Got His Hump by Rudyard Kipling</a>,5 minutes: <a href="https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/onlinereader/the-eyes-have-it" rel="nofollow">The Eyes Have It by Phillip K. Dick</a>,6 minutes: <a href="https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/onlinereader/the-pedestrian" rel="nofollow">The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury</a>,7 minutes: <a href="https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/onlinereader/three-questions" rel="nofollow">Three Questions by Leo Tolstoy</a>,8 minutes: <a href="https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/onlinereader/the-toys-of-peace" rel="nofollow">The Toys of Peace by Saki</a>,9 minutes: <a href="https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/onlinereader/the-widower-turmore" rel="nofollow">The Widower Turmore by Ambrose Bierce</a>,10 minutes: <a href="https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/onlinereader/if-i-were-a-man" rel="nofollow">If I Were a Man by Charlotte Perkins Gilman</a>,11 minutes: <a href="https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/onlinereader/my-uncle-jules" rel="nofollow">My Uncle Jules by Guy de Maupassant</a>,12 minutes: <a href="https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/onlinereader/the-girls-in-their-summer-dresses" rel="nofollow">The Girls in Their Summer Dresses by Irwin Shaw</a>,13 minutes: <a href="https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/onlinereader/the-wedding-knell" rel="nofollow">The Wedding Knell by Nathaniel Hawthorne</a>,14 minutes: <a href="https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/onlinereader/lamb-to-the-slaughter" rel="nofollow">Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl</a>,15 minutes: <a href="https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/onlinereader/the-nightingale" rel="nofollow">The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen</a>,16 minutes: <a href="https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/onlinereader/the-long-voyage" rel="nofollow">The Long Voyage by Charles Dickens</a>,17 minutes: <a href="https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/onlinereader/the-ransom-of-red-chief" rel="nofollow">The Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry</a>,18 minutes: <a href="https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/onlinereader/the-tragedy-at-marsdon-manor" rel="nofollow">The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor by Agatha Christie</a>,19 minutes: <a href="https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/onlinereader/to-kill-a-man" rel="nofollow">To Kill a Man by Jack London</a>,20 minutes: <a href="https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/onlinereader/aepyornis-island" rel="nofollow">Aepyornis Island by H. G. Wells</a></p>
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<p>It's here!! THE SECRET OF THE SAPPHIRE SENTINEL is now available! Written by me as J. Dianne Dotson, this is the sequel to my Nebula & BSFA finalist novel, THE INN AT THE AMETHYST LANTERN. Order from your favorite bookseller! <br><a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/newbooks/" rel="tag">#newbooks</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <br><a href="https://jendiagammon.com/the-secret-of-the-sapphire-sentinel/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="jendiagammon.com/the-secret-of-the-sapphire-sentinel/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jendiagammon.com/the-secret-of</span><span class="invisible">-the-sapphire-sentinel/</span></a></p>
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<p>"It's much more entertaining to live books than to write them."<br>Daddy-Long-Legs</p><p>American writer Jean Webster (pen name of Alice Jane Chandler Webster) died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1916.</p><p>Webster's first novel, "When Patty Went to College" (1903), was based on her experiences at Vassar and reflected her humor and insight into college life. Her most known novels are "Daddy-Long-Legs" (1912) and its sequel "Dear Enemy" (1915).</p><p>Books by Jean Webster at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/99" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/99"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/99</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>I’m currently reading “Born: A History of Childbirth ” by Lucy Inglis and thought you all might find this amusing. </p><p>There is a section in the book that talks about how some ancient Egyptian physicans believed that migraines were caused by wandering wombs. </p><p>The treatment: rub oil on the patient and blow incense smoke at her to encourage her womb to move back into proper position. 😂</p><p><a href="/tags/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#NonFiction</a> <a href="/tags/migraine/" rel="tag">#Migraine</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</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>
<p>📚 Roadkill by: Dennis E. Taylor</p><p>Jack Kernigan is having a bad day…a bad year…a bad life. After being booted out of MIT, he’s back in his Ohio hometown, working for the family business, facing a life of mediocrity. Then one day, out on a delivery, his truck hits…something. Something big…furry…invisible. And, it turns out, something not of this Earth.</p><p>Fate can play funny tricks. ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/roadkill" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/roadkill</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></p>
<p>"All invitations must proceed from heaven perhaps; perhaps it is futile for men to initiate their own unity, they do but widen the gulfs between them by the attempt."</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1924.</p><p>E. M. Forster's novel A Passage to India is published in the U.K. He will write no further fiction in the remaining 46 years of his life. </p><p>A Passage To India at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/61221" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/61221</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1917.</p><p>The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first for biography (for Julia Ward Howe), Jean Jules Jusserand the first for history with With Americans of Past and Present Days, and Herbert B. Swope the first for journalism for his work for the New York World.</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38648" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38648</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39954" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39954</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/2ewVge8BQU6X82TcfJkLIF" rel="nofollow">Enemy of God</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 <br>by Bernard Cornwell.</p><p>The Saxons threaten to overrun Briton; a search for a legendary artifact to bring back the Old Gods; a little blissful romance; Lancelot is a backstabbing, cowardly bastard; oaths, what are they good for? A touch more magic than in the first book, but just as hard, dirty & cynical.</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/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#HistoricalFiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> @wildwoila@wyrms.de<br></p>
<p>It is that time of year, so I thought I’d mention that my book YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION is very much a thing you can buy for any tech workers in your life. Or yourself!</p><p>You can buy it just about anywhere books are sold, or ask your library to grab a copy! <a href="https://ethanmarcotte.com/books/you-deserve-a-tech-union/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ethanmarcotte.com/books/you-deserve-a-tech-union/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ethanmarcotte.com/books/you-de</span><span class="invisible">serve-a-tech-union/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/1u/" rel="tag">#1u</a> <a href="/tags/ydatubook/" rel="tag">#YDATUbook</a></p>
<p>📚 In Her Boots by: KJ Dell'Antonia</p><p>Sometimes you have to go big to go home.</p><p>Rhett Gallagher’s adventurous life is imploding. Just as she turns the big 4-0, her long-term relationship collapses and her gran’s death draws her back to the family farm. The only silver lining is that Rhett’s inspirational book, The Modern Pioneer Girl’s Guide to Life—written under a pseudonym—ha...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/in-her-boots" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/in-her-boots"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/in-her-boo</span><span class="invisible">ts</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></p>
<p>When Alice Gooblar-Perovic, Aahana Gupta, and Lydia Cruce were freshmen at Iowa City West High School, they learned that thousands of books, including "The Handmaid's Tale" and "Nineteen Minutes," were going to be pulled from classrooms across their state. This was in order to comply with Senate File 496, which said books and school materials must be "age appropriate." So they started a Banned Book Club. Two years later, the club is still going and growing, and the law is in trouble — the part of it that affected school libraries was temporarily blocked by a federal judge, while enforcement of book restrictions remains frozen under a second temporary injunction. <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@npr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>npr</span></a></span>'s Iowa Public Radio spoke with the three girls, who are now juniors, about how their goals have changed, and the community they've built.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/1vgO9k" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>flip.it/1vgO9k</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/bookbans/" rel="tag">#BookBans</a> <a href="/tags/iowa/" rel="tag">#Iowa</a> <a href="/tags/thekidsarealright/" rel="tag">#TheKidsAreAlright</a> <a href="/tags/highschool/" rel="tag">#HighSchool</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a></p>
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A Tiny Typo May Explain a Centuries-Old Mystery About Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' and 'Troilus and Criseyde'
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Do well written books just not get published these days?
<p>I haven’t read much read stuff that has been published after 2000s and have barely liked what I have.</p><p>I ask this bcz most of the time I look up ‘Best new books’ or ‘popular books’, the recommendations are mostly smut, fantasy smut or cheap romance.</p><p>Idk if I just keep getting the wrong books recommended or that’s how today’s books are.</p><p>Also, recommend me some more recent books with good prose, well written characters, medium/slow paced.</p>
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