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German philosopher and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1767.In 1810, Humboldt founded the University of Berlin. He made significant contributions to the field of linguistics and he is considered one of the early proponents of the idea of a universal grammar, suggesting that underlying structures are common to all languages. His philosophical work often intersected with his ideas on language and education.Wilhelm von Humboldt at PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1995" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1995">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1995</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a>

Wilhelm von Humboldt, German government functionary, diplomat, philosopher, 1767–1835.

A monochrome sketch of a well-dressed gentleman in a suit, exuding elegance and sophistication.

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Title page of Cosmos: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt.

Humboldt aimed to create a comprehensive synthesis of contemporary scientific knowledge, illustrating the interconnectedness of the natural world. "Cosmos" was intended to convey the complexity and beauty of the universe, drawing connections between various disciplines to show how they contribute to our understanding of nature.

"Cosmos" was highly influential in its time, inspiring scientists and naturalists to adopt a more holistic and integrated approach to studying the natural world. Humboldt's work laid the foundation for fields such as ecology and biogeography.

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The Enduring Legacy of Suetonius, Rome’s Most Controversial Biographer"The imperial biographer Suetonius is an important source for the lives of the Caesars, but how reliable are his accounts based on gossip and sensationalism?"<a href="https://www.thecollector.com/suetonius-roman-imperial-biographer/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/suetonius-roman-imperial-biographer/">https://www.thecollector.com/suetonius-roman-imperial-biographer/</a>Suetonius at PG<a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2024" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2024">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2024</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/romanhistory/" rel="tag">#romanhistory</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a>

Portrait of Caius Suetonius Tranquillus.

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English poet & novelist Walter de la Mare died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1956.He is best remembered for his works for children, for his poem The Listeners, & for his psychological horror short fiction, including Seaton's Aunt & All Hallows. In 1921, his novel Memoirs of a Midget won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, & his post-war Collected Stories for Children won the 1947 Carnegie Medal for British children's books.Books by Walter de la Mare at PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1108" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1108">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1108</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a>

Portrait of Walter de la Mare by Sir William Rothenstein, from a collection of twelve portraits.

Drawing of a man in a suit and tie, portraying a sense of professionalism.

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Title page of Memoirs of a Midget by Walter De la Mare.

"Memoirs of a Midget" is a novel by Walter de la Mare, first published in 1921. The book is a fictional autobiography of Miss M., a diminutive woman, who recounts her life and experiences in a world that views her as an oddity. The novel is a profound exploration of identity, isolation, and the human condition, written with de la Mare's characteristic lyrical prose and attention to psychological depth.

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Hermann Minkowski was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1864.He created & developed the geometry of numbers & elements of convex geometry, & used geometrical methods to solve problems in number theory, mathematical physics, & the theory of relativity. He is best known for his foundational work describing space & time as a four-dimensional space - "Minkowski spacetime", which facilitated geometric interpretations of Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity (1905).<a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Hermann+Minkowski&submit_search=Go%21" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Hermann+Minkowski&submit_search=Go%21">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Hermann+Minkowski&submit_search=Go%21</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a>

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Hand-tinted transparency presented by Hermann Minkowski in his famous Raum und Zeit talk to the German Society of Scientists and Physicians in 1908.

Hermann Minkowski, died 1909 - Space and Time: Minkowski's Papers on Relativity, published by the Minkowski Institute. The image had appeared on the cover of The Mathematical Intelligencer, Volume 31, Number 2 (2009).

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Swedish poet and writer Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1763.Nordenflycht's literary debut came with the publication of "Den sörgande turturduvan" (The Mourning Turtle-Dove) in 1743, a collection of elegies mourning her husband's death. Nordenflycht's contributions to Swedish literature and her pioneering role in advocating for women's intellectual rights have been recognized posthumously. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedvig_Charlotta_Nordenflycht" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedvig_Charlotta_Nordenflycht">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedvig_Charlotta_Nordenflycht</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a>

Hedvig Nordenflycht, copperplate engraving by Johan Fredrik Martin.

A lady elegantly playing a harp, illustrating her musical abilities and dedication to the instrument.

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Title page of Våra försök 1753.

"Våra försök" (translated as "Our Attempts" or "Our Experiments") is a significant work published in 1753 by Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, often in collaboration with other members of the literary circle known as the "Tankebyggarorden" (Order of the Thought Builders). This work exemplifies the intellectual and literary pursuits of the Enlightenment period in Sweden.

The Tankebyggarorden was a Swedish literary society founded in the mid-18th century. It included prominent writers and intellectuals who aimed to promote enlightenment ideas through literature and philosophy.

The group was inspired by the Enlightenment ideals of reason, science, and the improvement of society through knowledge and education.
Collaborative Effort:

"Våra försök" was a collective endeavor, reflecting the collaborative spirit of the Tankebyggarorden. Members of the society contributed essays, poems, and other literary pieces to the volume.

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📚 Elsewhere by: Gabrielle ZevinIs it possible to grow up while getting younger?Welcome to Elsewhere. The beaches are marvelous. It’s quiet and peaceful. You can’t get sick, and you’ll never turn even a day older...This is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has died. It is a place so like Earth yet completely different. Here, Liz will ...<a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/elsewhere" rel="nofollow">https://bookblabla.com/book/elsewhere</a><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a><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/socialthemes/" rel="tag">#socialthemes</a> <a href="/tags/newexperience/" rel="tag">#newexperience</a>

Is it possible to grow up while getting younger?

Welcome to Elsewhere. The beaches are marvelous. It’s quiet and peaceful. You can’t get sick, and you’ll never turn even a day older...

This is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has died. It is a place so like Earth yet completely different. Here, Liz will age backward from the day of her death until she becomes a baby and returns to Earth.

But Liz wants to turn sixteen, not fourteen again. She wants to get her driver’s license. She wants to graduate from high school and go to college. Now that she’s dead, though, Liz is forced to live a life she doesn’t want with a grandmother she has never met before. And it isn’t going well. How can Liz let go of the only life she has ever known and embrace a new one? Is it possible that a life lived in reverse is no different from a life lived forward?

A book that transcends genre and category, Elsewhere is a modern YA classic.

A TIME MAGAZINE BEST YA BOOK OF ALL TIME

Beloved by generations of readers, Elsewhere is an original, moving novel about love, loss, and the meaning of it all from the New York Times–bestselling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry.

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Portuguese writer & journalist José Maria Ferreira de Castro died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1974.He began his literary career while still in Brazil. In 1919, he returned to Portugal, where he pursued a career in journalism while continuing to write fiction. His journalistic work often highlighted social injustices & the struggles of the working class. His literary legacy is characterized by his commitment to social realism & his deep empathy for the marginalized and oppressed. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferreira_de_Castro" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferreira_de_Castro">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferreira_de_Castro</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a>

José Maria Ferreira de Castro (1898-1974), autor português.

Timeless elegance portrayed in a black and white photograph of a man wearing a coat.

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"In his latest book, <a href="/tags/thesecondemancipation/" rel="tag">#TheSecondEmancipation</a>: <a href="/tags/nkrumah/" rel="tag">#Nkrumah</a>, <a href="/tags/panafricanism/" rel="tag">#PanAfricanism</a>, and Global Blackness at High Tide, the veteran New York Times correspondent, Columbia journalism professor, and author <a href="/tags/howardfrench/" rel="tag">#HowardFrench</a> deftly navigates the global amnesia and national memory wars that surround Nkrumah’s legacy, while also offering a dazzling portrait of the man himself."<a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/world/kwame-nkrumah-howard-french-second-emancipation/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thenation.com/article/world/kwame-nkrumah-howard-french-second-emancipation/">https://www.thenation.com/article/world/kwame-nkrumah-howard-french-second-emancipation/</a><a href="/tags/africanindependencemovements/" rel="tag">#AfricanIndependenceMovements</a> <a href="/tags/decolonialstruggles/" rel="tag">#decolonialStruggles</a> <a href="/tags/kwamenkrumah/" rel="tag">#KwameNkrumah</a> <a href="/tags/blackhistory/" rel="tag">#BlackHistory</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

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"The most violent element in society is ignorance..." Anarchism and Other EssaysLithuanian-born anarchist revolutionary, political activist, and writer Emma Goldman was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1869.In 1906, she founded the anarchist journal "Mother Earth," which became a key platform for anarchist ideas and social critique. In 1919, due to her anti-war stance and anarchist activities, Goldman was deported to Russia during the Red Scare.Emma Goldman at PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/840" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/840">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/840</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a>

Photographic portrait of Emma Goldman, facing left. Cropped and restored from original Library of Congress version.

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Goldman's Mother Earth magazine became a home to radical activists and literary free thinkers around the US.

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Books Set in Snowy Places: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-set-in-snowy-places/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-set-in-snowy-places/">https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-set-in-snowy-places/</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/snow/" rel="tag">#Snow</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

Five deciduous trees that have lost all of their autumn leaves and now have every single one of their branches coated in snow. They look like someone sprinkled powdered sugar on them. The sky behind them is light blue, there are fir trees in the distance, and the ground is blanketed in fresh, white snow.

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How anatomical names can carry hidden histories of power and exclusionWhy is your ankle named after a Greek hero and your uterus after a Renaissance anatomist? The answer says as much about power and memory as it does about medicine.By Lucy E. Hyde<a href="https://theconversation.com/how-anatomical-names-can-carry-hidden-histories-of-power-and-exclusion-267880?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20October%2027%202025%20-%203562936329&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20October%2027%202025%20-%203562936329+CID_410cb313a7d030a22b48dcc5fdca47a7&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=How%20anatomical%20names%20can%20carry%20hidden%20histories%20of%20power%20and%20exclusion" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/how-anatomical-names-can-carry-hidden-histories-of-power-and-exclusion-267880?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20October%2027%202025%20-%203562936329&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20October%2027%202025%20-%203562936329+CID_410cb313a7d030a22b48dcc5fdca47a7&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=How%20anatomical%20names%20can%20carry%20hidden%20histories%20of%20power%20and%20exclusion">https://theconversation.com/how-anatomical-names-can-carry-hidden-histories-of-power-and-exclusion-267880?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20October%2027%202025%20-%203562936329&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20October%2027%202025%20-%203562936329+CID_410cb313a7d030a22b48dcc5fdca47a7&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=How%20anatomical%20names%20can%20carry%20hidden%20histories%20of%20power%20and%20exclusion</a>Human anatonomy at PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/28166" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/28166">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/28166</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/language/" rel="tag">#language</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> <a href="/tags/anatomy/" rel="tag">#anatomy</a>

(Fallopian, Gabriello) (ок. 1523-1562), in a 16th century portrait by unknown artist.

Falloppio is portrayed from the chest up, wearing a black cap and a dark robe, with a neatly trimmed beard and intense gaze that suggests his scholarly gravitas.

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

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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? October 28

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American author, humorist, editor & columnist Irvin S. Cobb was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1876.At the age of 17, Cobb began working for the Paducah Daily News, where he quickly made a name for himself with his keen observations & humorous writing style. In 1904, he moved to New York City and joined the staff of the New York Evening Sun. His work as a journalist & columnist gained him national recognition. He was one of the most widely read humorists of his time.<a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/559" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/559">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/559</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a>

Irvin S. Cobb.

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Cover of Cobb's Bill-of-Fare by Irvin S. Cobb.

"Cobb's Bill-of-Fare" is a collection of essays and short stories by Irvin S. Cobb, showcasing his signature humor and storytelling style. Published in 1913, this book is a delightful exploration of Cobb's thoughts on various topics, often centered around food and dining, but also touching on other aspects of everyday life.

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📚 Something Wicked This Way Comes by: Ray BradburyFor those who still dream and remember, for those yet to experience the hypnotic power of its dark poetry, step inside. The show is about to begin. Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois, to destroy every life touched...<a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/something-wicked-this-way-comes" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/something-wicked-this-way-comes">https://bookblabla.com/book/something-wicked-this-way-comes</a><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a><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/classicsfiction/" rel="tag">#classicsfiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/horrorfiction/" rel="tag">#horrorfiction</a>

For those who still dream and remember, for those yet to experience the hypnotic power of its dark poetry, step inside. The show is about to begin. Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois, to destroy every life touched by its strange and sinister mystery. The carnival rolls in sometime after midnight, ushering in Halloween a week early. A calliope’s shrill siren song beckons to all with a seductive promise of dreams and youth regained. Two boys will discover the secret of its smoke, mazes, and mirrors; two friends who will soon know all too well the heavy cost of wishes…and the stuff of nightmares.

Few novels have endured in the heart and memory as has Ray Bradbury’s unparalleled literary masterpiece Something Wicked This Way Comes. Scary and suspenseful, it is a timeless classic in the American canon.

One of Ray Bradbury’s best-known and most popular novels, Something Wicked This Way Comes, now featuring a new introduction and material about its longstanding influence on culture and genre.

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📚 Anathema (The Eating Woods) by: Keri LakeThere are whispers about what lurks in Witch Knell,the forest where sinners go to die. The villagers call it The Eating Woods because what’s taken is never given back. Only those who’ve lost their senses would dare to go near it. Or the banished. Maevyth Bronwick knows better than to breach the misty labyrinth of trees, but a ...<a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/anathema-the-eating-woods" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/anathema-the-eating-woods">https://bookblabla.com/book/anathema-the-eating-woods</a><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a>

There are whispers about what lurks in Witch Knell,the forest where sinners go to die. The villagers call it The Eating Woods because what’s taken is never given back. Only those who’ve lost their senses would dare to go near it. Or the banished. Maevyth Bronwick knows better than to breach the misty labyrinth of trees, but a tragic turn of events compels her beyond the archway of bones, to a boundary no mortal has crossed before. One that cloaks a dark and fantastical world that’s as dangerous as it is alluring. It’s there that he dwells, the cursed lord of Eidolon. The one tasked to keep her hidden from the magehood that seeks to crucify her in the name of an arcane prophesy. Zevander Rydainn, known to his prey as The Scorpion, is the coldest, most calculated assassin in all of Aethyria and he’d sooner toss his feisty ward to a pack of vicious fyredrakes than keep her safe. If only he could. Maevyth’s blood is the key to breaking his despised curse and vanquishing the slumbering evil in Witch Knell. Unfortunately for Lord Rydainn, fate has other plans for the irresistible little enchantress. And his growing obsession with her threatens to destroy everything. Including himself.

Anathema is a full-length, gothic dark fantasy, the first book in The Eating Woods duology. Perfect for readers who enjoy a plot-heavy and atmospheric story with a unique magic system, a slow-burn romance and a touch of horror.

From the author of Nocticadia comes a spellbinding gothi

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📚 Ghost Eaters by: Clay McLeod ChapmanErin hasn’t been able to set a single boundary with her charismatic but reckless college ex-boyfriend, Silas. When he asks her to bail him out of rehab—again—she knows she needs to cut him off. But days after he gets out, Silas turns up dead of an overdose in their ho...<a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/ghost-eaters" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/ghost-eaters">https://bookblabla.com/book/ghost-eaters</a><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a><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/horrorfiction/" rel="tag">#horrorfiction</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/supernaturalfiction/" rel="tag">#supernaturalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/occultsupernatural/" rel="tag">#occultsupernatural</a>

Erin hasn’t been able to set a single boundary with her charismatic but reckless college ex-boyfriend, Silas. When he asks her to bail him out of rehab—again—she knows she needs to cut him off. But days after he gets out, Silas turns up dead of an overdose in their hometown of Richmond, Virginia, and Erin’s world falls apart.

Then a friend tells her about Ghost, a new drug that allows users to see the dead. Wanna get haunted? he asks. Grieving and desperate for closure with Silas, Erin agrees to a pill-popping “séance.” But the drug has unfathomable side effects—and once you take it, you can never go back.

“A Gothic-punk graveyard tale about what haunts history and what haunts the human soul. An addicting read that draws you into its descent from the first page.”—Chuck Wendig, New York Times best-selling author of The Book of Accidents

One of Vulture's Best Horror Novels of 2022, this terrifying supernatural page-turner will make you think twice about opening doors to the unknown.

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Swedish author and illustrator Elsa Beskow died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1953.Beskow's first book, "Sagan om den lilla, lilla gumman", was published in 1897. It was followed by "Tomtebobarnen" (1910), "Pelles nya kläder" (1912) and "Tant Grön, tant Brun och tant Gredelin" (1918). In her honor, the Elsa Beskow Award was established in 1958 by the Swedish Library Association. This award is given annually to the best Swedish picture book illustrator.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Beskow" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Beskow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Beskow</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a>

Elsa Beskow in 1901

Image scanned from the book "Svenskt Porträttgalleri XX - Arkitekter, Bildhuggare, Målare m.fl. " ("Swedish Portrait Gallery XX - Architects, Sculptors, Painters, ") published 1901.

A vintage photo of a woman with a bun hairstyle, captured in black and white.

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Elsa Beskow - Tomtebobarnen, color poster for the 3rd spread - Google Art Project

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Illustration from Children of the Forest (Tomtebobarnen, 1910) by w:Elsa Beskow (1874 – 1953). ISBN 08-631-5049-7

The accompanying caption in Swedish explains that the elves (älvorna) lives behind a huge mossy boulder and come out at night to dance in the moonlight. The children of the forest (lit. the "w:tomte children") are trying to play w:seesaw with them, but the elves are so light and tender that even though they are eight and the children only two, they don't weight even.

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📚 Political Girl by: Maria AlyokhinaFrom a member of the Pussy Riot collective: An urgent, intimate, firsthand account of grassroots dissent, bravery, art, and spectacle in Putin's RussiaPicking up where Riot Days left off, Maria (Masha) Alyokhina takes us through her activist experiences between 2014 to 2022. In vivid, diary-like v...<a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/political-girl" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/political-girl">https://bookblabla.com/book/political-girl</a><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a><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/biographyautobiography/" rel="tag">#biographyautobiography</a> <a href="/tags/politicalhistory/" rel="tag">#politicalhistory</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a>

From a member of the Pussy Riot collective: An urgent, intimate, firsthand account of grassroots dissent, bravery, art, and spectacle in Putin's Russia

Picking up where Riot Days left off, Maria (Masha) Alyokhina takes us through her activist experiences between 2014 to 2022. In vivid, diary-like vignettes, we follow her as she goes in and out of Russian prisons, continually dodges police violence, protests at the Sochi Olympics, flies to Kyiv to stand in solidarity with Ukraine, defends the high-level dissident Alexi Navalny, drops banners at Trump Tower, and—in 2022—flees from Russia in disguise to escape a new prison sentence.

Spanning settings from Moscow to London to New York to Harvard, Political Girl has an artistic sensibility, a punk ethos, a deep moral clarity, and an inimitably dry Russian wit. It portrays not only Masha’s political activities but also her personal arc: the friends she makes in prison, the woman she falls in love with, her bond with her young son Filip, and her deep passion for art and history. As Trump attempts to bring Putin-style authoritarianism to the U.S., Masha's message to Americans is one of solidarity and hope.

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An Animal's History of Humanity - CHAPTER 1 - (AUDIOBOOK)

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"Science is nothing without generalisations... The suggestion of a new idea, or the detection of a law, supersedes much that had previously been a burden upon the memory, and by introducing order and coherence facilitates the retention of the remainder in an available form."In: William C. McC. Lewis, A System of Physical Chemistry (Volume 1) (p. iv), Longmans, Green and Company. 1918~John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (12 November 1842 – 30 June 1919)<a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a>

John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh

Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive.

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J’ai lu récemment le dernier roman de David Bry, Échos stellaires, publié aux éditions Fleuve. Et pour une première incursion dans le genre de la SF, on peut dire que c’est réussi. Même imparfait, le roman nous embarque dans une aventure trépidante sur plus de 500 pages, où souffle le vent de la révolte. Retrouvez mon avis complet sur le blog: <a href="https://yuyine.be/node/1353" rel="nofollow">https://yuyine.be/node/1353</a> <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/critique/" rel="tag">#critique</a> <a href="/tags/critiquelitteraire/" rel="tag">#critiquelitteraire</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/livre/" rel="tag">#livre</a> <a href="/tags/lecture/" rel="tag">#lecture</a> <a href="/tags/pixelbook/" rel="tag">#pixelbook</a> <a href="/tags/sfff/" rel="tag">#SFFF</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/echosstellaires/" rel="tag">#EchosStellaires</a> <a href="/tags/davidbry/" rel="tag">#DavidBry</a> <a href="/tags/fleuve/" rel="tag">#Fleuve</a> <a href="/tags/spaceopera/" rel="tag">#spaceopera</a> [Livre reçu en service de presse, avis non rémunéré.]

Livre posé avec autour des étoiles et un petit vaisseau spatial. La couverture d’Échos stellaires montre un très grand vaisseau spatial entouré de missiles et filant à vive allure dans un ciel orangé et rose.

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New <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> on my <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a>: "Why I love horror." <a href="https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/10/book-review-why-i-love-horror.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/10/book-review-why-i-love-horror.html">https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/10/book-review-why-i-love-horror.html</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/itinerantlibrarian/" rel="tag">#ItinerantLibrarian</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> 🩸📚 💙📚Book published by <a href="/tags/sagapress/" rel="tag">#SagaPress</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> @bookstodon@a.gup.pe @librarians

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StoryGraph Add-o-Rama

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Are you reading Nobody's Girl by Virginia Guiffre? How are you doing it?

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finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/17yZahP7EddajMFND6xQbU" rel="nofollow">A Court of Thorns and Roses</a> 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑 by Sarah Maas.My first foray into <a href="/tags/romantasy/" rel="tag">#romantasy</a>. The plot is so-so (humans vs faeries, love & intrigue) but finishes strongly. The romance is weak - it's never clear why she loves the faerie lord, except for his sexy man-beastiness. Hopefully this is not the best the genre has to offer.<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/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#Romance</a><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@WildWoila</a> <a href="https://wyrms.de/user/wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@wildwoila@wyrms.de</a>

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