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105d

I'm going to Vietnam and would like to read up on it.

I'm looking for a non-fiction book that will tell me about Vietnam, not about the americans or the french.

About Vietnamese history and culture, preferably going beyond the wars.

A book about who they are not about what was done to them.

@bookstodon #vietnam #BookRec #history #books

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English novelist and playwright Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born #OTD in 1797.

She wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also contributed five volumes of Lives of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and French authors to Dionysius Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia.

Books by Mary Shelley at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/61

#books #literature #literarycriticism

Richard Rothwell's portrait of Shelley was shown at the Royal Academy in 1840, accompanied by lines from Percy Shelley's poem The Revolt of Islam calling her a "child of love and light".

In the portrait, Mary Shelley is depicted as a youthful and ethereal figure, embodying the Romantic ideals of beauty and intellect. Her face is delicately rendered, with soft, refined features that convey a sense of calm and introspection. Her skin is pale, almost luminescent, contributing to the portrayal of her as a "child of love and light," echoing the lines from Percy Shelley's poem The Revolt of Islam that accompanied the painting's exhibition.

Her dark hair is styled in loose waves, framing her face and adding to the gentle, almost melancholic mood of the image. She is dressed in period-appropriate clothing, often imagined as a simple yet elegant dress that reflects her status as a literary figure. The color palette of the portrait is subdued, with soft tones that enhance the delicate and introspective atmosphere.

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103d

finished reading Bookshops & Bonedust 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
by Travis Baldree.

A worthy prequel to Legends & Lattes. New friends come together to reinvigorate a bookshop, with a couple of baddies dealt with along the way. Loved Satchel the animated skeleton. Moist!

#BookReview #Books #Bookstodon #SFF #Fantasy #CosyFantasy

@WildWoila @wildwoila@wyrms.de

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105d

Ebook and paperback: https://books2read.com/SheGoesToWar

With the return of her arch-nemesis to the world, in 1972, the Hunter literally goes to war, finding herself drawn to Vietnam, once more backed up by her demon hunting allies, but as all that faced the horrors of the Vietnam War, she finds her time there trying and emotionally difficult.

@bookstodon
#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #actionadventure #fiction #books

(Left) The cover of She Goes to War, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson.

Three people dressed in tiger-stripe camouflage crouch near the edge of a jungle, in Veitnam. The jungle is a mixture of bamboo and ferns.

The first is a girl with brown hair and blue eyes. She wears a dress, top hat and elbow-length fingerless gloves. She points out of the jungle.

The second is a hispanic man and his skin is covered in greasepaint, to make him blend in even better. He wears a military uniform, including a hat with a round brim and leans on an AK-47 for support. His vest has pouches large enough for spare magazines for his weapon. He looks through a pair of binoculars at what the girl is pointing at.

The third is huge and has the head of a cat, with black fur and green eyes. He wears a military uniform.

(Right) The view from the back of a military cargo plane, with the rear hatch open, in flight, while cargo is dropped for descent via parachute, with the following quote over the top:

“Did you see that?”

“No! I officially *never* saw that crate! I *did not* see the flash of a sword cut the crate apart and *very specifically* didn’t see it explode into a shower of thousands of dinner rolls, with a teenage girl in the middle!”

“Good! I was afraid I was the only one that hadn’t seen that!”

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

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📚 Kafka on the Shore by: Haruki Murakami

Here we meet fifteen-year-old runaway Kafka Tamura and the elderly Nakata, who is drawn to Kafka for reasons that he cannot fathom. As their paths converge, acclaimed author Haruki Murakami enfolds readers in a world where cats talk, fish fall from the sky, and spirits slip out of their bodie...

https://bookblabla.com/book/kafka-on-the-shore

#books #reading #libraries #fiction #literaryfiction #fantasy #contemporary

Here we meet fifteen-year-old runaway Kafka Tamura and the elderly Nakata, who is drawn to Kafka for reasons that he cannot fathom. As their paths converge, acclaimed author Haruki Murakami enfolds readers in a world where cats talk, fish fall from the sky, and spirits slip out of their bodies to make love or commit murder, in what is a truly remarkable journey.

As powerful as The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle... Reading Murakami... is a striking experience in consciousness expansion. Chicago Tribune

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the acclaimed author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and one of the world’s greatest storytellers comes “an insistently metaphysical mind-bender” (The New Yorker) about a teenager on the run and a deceptively simple old man.

Now with a new introduction by the author.

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📚 Awake by: Jen Hatmaker

At 2:30 a.m. on July 11, 2020, Jen Hatmaker woke up to her husband of twenty-six years whispering in his phone to another woman from their bed. It was the end of life as she knew it. In the months that followed, she went from being a shiny, funny, popular leader to a divorced wreck on antidepressants and antianxiety meds, pare...

https://bookblabla.com/book/awake

#books #reading #libraries #biographyautobiography #divorceseparation

At 2:30 a.m. on July 11, 2020, Jen Hatmaker woke up to her husband of twenty-six years whispering in his phone to another woman from their bed. It was the end of life as she knew it. In the months that followed, she went from being a shiny, funny, popular leader to a divorced wreck on antidepressants and antianxiety meds, parenting five kids alone with no clue about the functioning of her own bank accounts. Having led millions of women for over a decade—urging them to embrace authenticity, find radical agency, and create healthy relationship—she felt like a catastrophic failure.

In Awake, Jen shares for the first time what happened when she found herself completely lost at sea—and how she made it to shore. In candid, surprisingly funny vignettes spanning forty years of girlhood, marriage, and parenting, Jen lays bare the disorienting upheaval of midlife—the implosion of a marriage, the unraveling of religious and cultural systems, and the grief that accompanies change you didn’t ask for. And, drawing on all resources—from without and within—Jen dares to question the systems beneath the whole house of cards, and to reckon with the myths, half-truths, and lies that brought her to this point.

More than one woman’s story, Awake is a critical analysis of the story given to all of us: the story of gender limitations, religious subservience, body shame, self-erasure. With refreshing candor, Jen explores a midlife renaissance—grieving what’s lost, cherishi

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#OTD in 1609.

Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope, with a magnification of about 8 or 9, to Venetian lawmakers.

Based only on uncertain descriptions of the first practical telescope which Hans Lippershey tried to patent in the Netherlands in 1608, Galileo made a telescope with about 3x magnification. He published his initial telescopic astronomical observations in March 1610 in a brief treatise entitled Sidereus Nuncius.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidereus_Nuncius

#books #astronomy

In Starry Messenger, Galileo shared detailed drawings of different phases of the Moon. The significant magnification provided evidence of the rocky nature of the Moon. Sidereus Nuncius, Image 23 (1610) Rare Book & Special Collections"

via Library of Congress

Galileo's sketches of the moon from en:Sidereus Nuncius, published in March 1610.

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"To Sarraguce I go, and know full well
Who thither goes, may ne'er return."
Chanson de Roland

French literary historian Léon Gautier died #OTD in 1897.

Gautier rendered great services to the study of early French literature, the most important of his numerous works on medieval subjects being a critical text with translation and introduction of the Chanson de Roland, and Les Épopées françaises.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Gautier_(historian)

La Chanson de Roland at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23819

#books #literature

Émile Théodore Léon Gautier (8 August 1832-25 August 1897) was a French literary historian.

Émile Gautier is depicted seated or standing in a formal pose, possibly with a slight forward lean, indicative of his engaged and active intellect. His expression is serious and contemplative, with a slight furrow in his brow, suggesting deep thought or focus on a scholarly subject.

He is dressed in formal 19th-century attire, typical of a man of his standing and profession. This includes a dark, tailored suit with a high-collared shirt, possibly accompanied by a vest. He might also be wearing a bow tie or cravat, which was fashionable during this period.

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104d

📚 The Widow by: John Grisham

Simon Latch is a lawyer in rural Virginia, making just enough to pay his bills while his marriage slowly falls apart. Then into his office walks Eleanor Barnett, an elderly widow in need of a new will. Apparently, her husband left her a small fortune, and no one knows about it.

Once he hooks the riche...

https://bookblabla.com/book/the-widow

#books #reading #libraries #fiction #thrillers #suspensefiction #legalfiction #general

Simon Latch is a lawyer in rural Virginia, making just enough to pay his bills while his marriage slowly falls apart. Then into his office walks Eleanor Barnett, an elderly widow in need of a new will. Apparently, her husband left her a small fortune, and no one knows about it.

Once he hooks the richest client of his career, Simon works quietly to keep her wealth under the radar. But soon her story begins to crack. When she is hospitalized after a car accident, Simon realizes that nothing is as it seems, and he finds himself on trial for a crime he swears he didn’t commit: murder.

Simon knows he’s innocent. But he also knows the circumstantial evidence is against him, and he could spend the rest of his life behind bars. To save himself, he must find the real killer...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • John Grisham is the acclaimed master of the legal thriller. Now, he’s back with his first-ever whodunit, even more suspenseful than his courtroom dramas, as a small-time lawyer accused of murder races to find the real killer to clear his name.

A classic, compulsive, taut and thrilling novel from one of the great storytellers of our time. The Widow is John Grisham at his irresistible, unforgettable best. Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colors of the Dark

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74d

Very much enjoyed this talk of Adnan Husein with Alana Lentin.

Lentin makes a good case that Zionism is where Western racial fascism and colonialism have always been headed. Clarified a lot to me about the hasbara "the West is next" and the unconditional support of Western governments and the support of fascists for Zionism.

They talk about many things, like CRT, the antisemitism of anti-antisemitism, and how anti-colonial and anti-racism concepts/terminology are used in service of the colonialism and racism of the status quo. Sounds like a very interesting book, good analysis.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3XK8g5U3DnM

@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine @bookstodon

#AntiColonialism #Counterinsurgency #RacialCapitalism #books #TheNewRacialRegime #zionism #fascism #democracy

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103d

‘A girl of genius’: archives unsealed of Amy Levy, queer Jewish writer admired by Oscar Wilde

Levy’s work was ‘ahead of her time’ and speaks to current debate around feminism, LGBTQ+ literature and Jewish identity, say researchers

By Nadia Khomami

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/13/archives-amy-levy-queer-jewish-writer-admired-by-oscar-wilde-unsealed

Amy Levy at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/49112

#books #literature #lgbtq

Amy Levy (1861-1889): english poetess and feminist who committed suicide when becoming deaf.

This is a black-and-white portrait of Amy Levy with a calm, serious expression. She has dark, wavy hair pulled back and wears a dress with an ornate, lace-like collar.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Levy#/media/File:Amy_Levy_1.jpg

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How a Book Marketing Ploy Almost Ruined Edgar Wallace, Literature’s “King of Thrillers”

Edgar Wallace wanted to promote his first novel with more than just traditional ads—but his brilliant idea almost became his downfall.

By Jane Alexander

https://www.mentalfloss.com/literature/authors/edgar-wallace-four-just-men-contest-financial-ruin

Edgar Wallace at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/999

#books #literature

Cover page of Room 13

Author: Edgar Wallace

Original publication: London: John Long, Limited, 1924

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/76168/pg76168-images.html

The cover features a dramatic, illustrated scene in a vintage 1920s art style.

In the foreground, a woman dressed in a tailored mauve suit and white blouse is shown in motion, pushing a door closed with a determined expression. Her short, wavy hairstyle and fashion reflect the modern 1920s “flapper” style. Her body language suggests urgency or fear, as if she is trying to keep someone out.

Behind the door, a man in a dark suit is partly visible, leaning through the opening, his expression alert and intent.

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8 Times Scientists and Inventors Tragically Died for Their Experiments

Innovation can be deadly.

By Gayoung Lee

https://gizmodo.com/8-times-scientists-and-inventors-tragically-died-for-their-experiments-2000684271

Science at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/51

#books #literature

Death of the German physicist Georg Wilhelm Richmann (1711–1753), who was shocked by lightning during one of their electrical thunderstorm experiments in Saint Petersburg.

In the center of the scene, Richmann is shown collapsing backward as a sudden bolt of lightning or electric discharge strikes the metal rod of his experimental apparatus. His face is contorted in shock, and his body is thrown off balance.

To one side, a laboratory assistant or observer recoils in terror, his arms raised and face turned away from the flash. Objects in the laboratory—papers, instruments, and tools—are scattered or thrown into the air by the blast.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Wilhelm_Richmann#/media/File:Richmanns_Tod_1753.jpg

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The Case for Child Liberation Through Children‘s Books - Lit Hub Takahe has limited support for this type: See Original Page

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50% off @ #Smashwords: https://books2read.com/WrathOfTheSky

Zechariah Jacobs has angered a vast empire that spans a third of the galaxy, which is far too much for his planet to stand against, but in a clash of wizards and magic versus technology, it’s hard to say which will win.

@bookstodon
#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #sff #sciencefantasy #scifi #actionadventure #fiction #books #EOYSale25 #ebook #sale #books2read #indiebooks

(Left) The cover of Wrath of the Sky, by Owen Tyme.

On a black background, a planet much like earth burns, set aflame. The flames are on the top and sides, but haven't yet reached the bottom.

(Right) An ogre stands on a rocky cliffside path, clearly quite upset, with both his head and arms raised as he cries out! The background is blue sky with white clouds. The following quote is laid over the top of the scene:

Winzon grinned evilly. With great slowness and ceremony, he undid the draw-string of his sack and up-ended it, dropping an ogre skull at the brute’s feet!

The massive ogre’s entire demeanor changed in an instant! He backed away, carefully stepping out of reach of Winzon’s ax, even though it was still strapped to his back!

The brute whispered, “Ogre-slayer!”

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

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"I am not keeping back facts. Every fact that I know is in your possession. You can draw your own deductions from them."
Hercule Poirot

In October 1920.

Agatha Christie's first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, appears in the U.S., introducing her long-running Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in the setting of an English country house.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mysterious_Affair_at_Styles

The Mysterious Affair at Styles at PG:
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/863

#books #literature

Dustjacket illustration of the first edition in both the UK and the US

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New Review - I highly recommend this anthology exploring the many talents of the Indian SFF scene Between Worlds - The IF Anthology of New Indian SFF Vol 1 edited by Gautam Bhatia out now https://www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/1/6/between-worlds-the-if-anthology-of-new-indian-sff-vol-1-edited-by-gautam-bhatia #Books

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102d

Exploring the World of Japanese Literature in 8 Must-Reads

"Japanese literature is rich and complex, with a unique style that endears it to many literary enthusiasts."

https://www.thecollector.com/exploring-japanese-literature-must-reads/

"The Tale of Genji" at PG:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66057

"The Pillow Book" at PG:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76016

#books #literature

The Chureito Pagoda and Mount Fuji.

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Medieval Friendships: No Girls Allowed

Medieval European elites inherited the classical concept of friendship as something possible only for men. Christine de Pizan and Margery Kempe beg to differ.

By: Livia Gershon

https://daily.jstor.org/medieval-friendships-no-girls-allowed/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KE7BZ1KVYKEHGWMWN8H4X650&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER

Christine de Pizan & Margery Kempe
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4613
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Margery+Kempe

#books #literature #womenhistory

Master of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pisan.

The illumination is divided into two main sections showing women engaged in the symbolic construction of the "City of Ladies." The scene depicts Christine de Pizan's allegorical vision of building an ideal city for virtuous women.

Inside an architectural space with elegant white arches and a tiled vaulted ceiling in warm orange/gold tones, a group of noble women are gathered.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meister_der_%27Cit%C3%A9_des_Dames%27_002.jpg

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Blowfish's Oceanopaedia by Tom 'The Blowfish' Hird, 2017

291 Extraordinary Things You Didn't Know About the Sea

From luminous squid to invisible plankton, from sandy shorelines to the bone-crushing pressure of the deep, marine conservationist Tom "The Blowfish" Hird takes us on an incredible journey revealing what lurks beneath the waves. A treasure chest of fascinating facts, full-colour photos and vintage line drawings.

#books
#nonfiction
#oceans
#MarineLife

Blowfish's Oceanopedia is a stunningly beautiful guide to all we know about our oceans and the weird and wonderful creatures that inhabit them.

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The Zinn Ed Project welcomes historian #NedBlackhawk to discuss his book #TheRediscoveryOfAmerica: #NativePeoples and the Unmaking of #USHistory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdWVO4vwDjM

#Indigenous #NativeAmericans #NativeAmericanHistory #AmericanHistory #AmericanRevolution #SevenYearsWar #colonialism #colonialViolence #decolonialStudies #books @bookstodon

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102d

Ebook omnibus: https://books2read.com/AshenBladesOpenWounds

The arch-demon, Pride, leads demon-kind in an ancient plan to open a gate between worlds, so vast demon armies might march forth and conquer, but opening a portal requires both energy equivalent to a nuclear explosion and the cooperation of a half-demon, to stabilize it. However, the only half-demon available has made it her life mission to kill all demons.

@bookstodon
#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #actionadventure #fiction #books

$(Background) A fractal pattern of red and orange that resembles a demonic portal. (Center) Pride needs a half-demon to stabilize the portal between worlds. There’s just one hitch: she hates him. One stubborn half-demon vs. all of demon-kind? It could go either way... (Top Left) The cover of She Hunts Demons, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson. Sitting on the roof of a building in New York City is a teenage girl with a Japanese short sword. The image is black and white, aside from a few details in blue. (Bottom Left) The cover of She Goes to War, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson. Three people in tiger-stripe camouflage crouch in the jungle, including a teen girl, a soldier and a huge cat-man with black fur. (Bottom Right) The cover of the novel, Demon for President!, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson. Two politicians (Democrat and Republican) shake hands, as if for a photo-op, while a city burns behind them and the flag of the United States waves in the smoke. (Top Right) The cover of the book bundle, Ashen Blades: Open Wounds, by Owen Tyme, which includes a Japanese sword, a pistol and a pineapple grenade on a wooden surface.$

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102d

"The CIA As Organized Crime : How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World" by Douglas Valentine

Mr. Valentine is on Twitter. You can go there and you can see what a huge liberal he is, and how he essentially tripped over these ideas after he wrote The Phoenix Program, and got disgusted with Seymour Hersh’s take on his own ideas. That being said he’s the type of liberal which communists can certainly enjoy reading. (As his own critique of the alt media is easily led to himself and his curious story about being fed papers by a certain CIA officer. I’m not saying that Doug was tasked with distributing a limited hangout but there may have been even more unsavory stuff about the Phoenix program which we never find out from books like his and it would have been wise for a certain career as CIA officer or South Vietnamese policemen to sandbag other members of their organization without revealing too much of the really, really nasty stuff that you don’t want people to ever know that you’ve done like Unit 731 type shit.) When he’s not comparing the United States to the USSR, or complaining about gulags, he’s making very salient points about how the intellectual apparatus manages journalism, and how the CIA uses whistleblowers and other leverage over them to grant access to people like Daniel Ellsberg, Jeremy Skaill, Glenn Greenwald, and other darlings of the alt media, and make money off of them. Apologies for any dictation errors. Also, I am rather sleepy. I just wanted to give you a little bit of background on what the title means and why this book might be worth reading. I think it’s seriously underlooked. Also, I actually enjoy when a writer is a good scholar, but someone who I ideologically disagree with. So, his, little liberal sprinklings in there are fun to pick apart.

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Ancient Math Is Hidden in 8,000-Year-Old Floral Pottery Patterns

Long before numbers were written down or equations were formalized, human beings were already thinking mathematically; not on tablets or scrolls, but in clay.

By Sage Helene

https://mymodernmet.com/geometric-floral-pottery/?utm_campaign=daily-digest&utm_content=link&utm_source=convertkit&utm_term=01032026&utm_medium=email

Original article:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10963-025-09200-9?cjdata=MXxZfDB8WXww&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=commission_junction&utm_campaign=CONR_BOOKS_ECOM_PBOK_ALWYS_DEEPLINK_GL&utm_content=textlink&utm_term=PID100092945&CJEVENT=d282c6e9eae611f0826f00430a18b8fb

At PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/27943

#books #mathematics #antropology #archeology

KYLIX BY DURIS. THE LABOURS OF THESEUS.
(British Museum).

A kylix is a shallow, wide drinking cup with two horizontal handles and a stem with a foot. This photograph shows the vessel photographed from above and displayed in a way that reveals both the central tondo (circular medallion in the interior bottom of the cup) and the exterior decorative bands. The presentation shows the cup as if flattened out, with the circular interior scene in the center and the two curved exterior panels (from opposite sides of the cup) arranged above and below.

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/48154/pg48154-images.html

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📚 Half-Blood Blues by: Esi Edugyan

From the smoky bars of pre-war Berlin to the salons of Paris, the narrator of Half-Blood Blues, musician Sid Griffiths, leads the reader through a fascinating, little-known world and into the heart of his own guilty conscience. The bestselling, award-winning Half-Blood Blues is an entrancing, electric story about jazz, race, love ...

https://bookblabla.com/book/half-blood-blues

#books #reading #libraries #fiction #general

From the smoky bars of pre-war Berlin to the salons of Paris, the narrator of Half-Blood Blues, musician Sid Griffiths, leads the reader through a fascinating, little-known world and into the heart of his own guilty conscience. The bestselling, award-winning Half-Blood Blues is an entrancing, electric story about jazz, race, love and loyalty, and the sacrifices we ask of ourselves—and demand of others—in the name of art.

The brilliant, bestselling, Giller Prize–winning novel
Esi Edugyan’s Half-Blood Blues took the literary world by storm when it was first published, captivating readers and reviewers with its audacity, power, and sheer brilliance. The novel won or was nominated for every literary prize in Canada—and many international ones, too, including the prestigious Man Booker Prize. It was hailed as one of the best books of the year by Oprah, The Globe and Mail, Amazon, The San Francisco Chronicle and The Vancouver Sun, and it was named a New York Times Editor’s Choice.

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