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📚 Awake by: Jen HatmakerAt 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...<a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/awake" rel="nofollow">https://bookblabla.com/book/awake</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/divorceseparation/" rel="tag">#divorceseparation</a>

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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<a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1835.The first Great Moon Hoax article is published in The New York Sun, announcing the discovery of life and civilization on the Moon.The discoveries were falsely attributed to Sir John Herschel and his fictitious companion Andrew Grant. In September 16, The Sun admitted the articles were in fact fabricated.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Moon_Hoax" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Moon_Hoax">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Moon_Hoax</a>The Moon Hoax by Richard Adams Locke (Dubious author: J. N. Nicollet) at PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62779" rel="nofollow">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62779</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/extraterrestrial/" rel="tag">#extraterrestrial</a>

Lunar animals and other objects Discovered by Sir John Herschel in his observatory at the Cape of Good Hope and copied from sketches in the Edinburgh Journal of Science.

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"To Sarraguce I go, and know full well Who thither goes, may ne'er return." Chanson de RolandFrench literary historian Léon Gautier died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> 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.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Gautier_(historian)" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Gautier_(historian)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Gautier_(historian)</a>La Chanson de Roland at PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23819" rel="nofollow">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23819</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a>

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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📚 The Widow by: John GrishamSimon 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...<a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-widow" rel="nofollow">https://bookblabla.com/book/the-widow</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/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/suspensefiction/" rel="tag">#suspensefiction</a> <a href="/tags/legalfiction/" rel="tag">#legalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/general/" rel="tag">#general</a>

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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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. <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3XK8g5U3DnM" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="m.youtube.com/watch?v=3XK8g5U3DnM">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3XK8g5U3DnM</a>@palestine@lemmy.ml <a href="https://fedibird.com/@palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@palestine</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a><a href="/tags/anticolonialism/" rel="tag">#AntiColonialism</a> <a href="/tags/counterinsurgency/" rel="tag">#Counterinsurgency</a> <a href="/tags/racialcapitalism/" rel="tag">#RacialCapitalism</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/thenewracialregime/" rel="tag">#TheNewRacialRegime</a> <a href="/tags/zionism/" rel="tag">#zionism</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a>

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Irish novelist, journalist, and literary hostess Marguerite Blessington was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1789.Her most famous work, Conversations with Lord Byron, published posthumously in 1834, documented her interactions with the famous poet during her time in Italy. She was renowned for hosting one of the most famous literary salons in London, attracting leading figures such as Lord Byron, Charles Dickens, and Benjamin Disraeli. Marguerite Blessington at PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4797" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4797">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4797</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a>

Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
In: Journal of conversation with Lord Byron, Cottrell, 1859

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A peace prize winner worth rememberingIn 1930, Addams published her memoir of the next 20 years, describing her further involvement in Hull-House, her social and political reform work, and her activism for world peace, which won her a share of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize. The public domain wins The Second Twenty Years at Hull-House in 20 days. By John Mark Ockerbloom<a href="https://everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/12/a-peace-prize-winner-worth-remembering/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/12/a-peace-prize-winner-worth-remembering/">https://everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/12/a-peace-prize-winner-worth-remembering/</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomaindaycountdown/" rel="tag">#publicDomainDayCountdown</a>

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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<a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/literature/authors/edgar-wallace-four-just-men-contest-financial-ruin" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.mentalfloss.com/literature/authors/edgar-wallace-four-just-men-contest-financial-ruin">https://www.mentalfloss.com/literature/authors/edgar-wallace-four-just-men-contest-financial-ruin</a>Edgar Wallace at PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/999" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/999">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/999</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a>

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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Stoking creative fires: Counting down to Public Domain Day 2026Until I saw it performed earlier this month, I had doubts that one could successfully adapt an unthemed magazine issue into a stage play. But that’s what the New Classics Collective did with the first and only issue of <a href="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=fire1926" rel="nofollow">Fire!!</a>, a literary magazine “devoted to younger Negro artists” published in Harlem in 1926. The <a href="https://www.quintessencetheatre.org/fire" rel="nofollow">play, which premiered at the Quintessence Theatre</a> in my Philadelphia neighborhood, laid a light dramatic frame over a set of performances of plays, poems, stories, drawings and essays from the magazine’s sole issue, including early work by authors like <a href="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/who/Hughes%2c%20Langston%2c%201902%2d1967" rel="nofollow">Langston Hughes</a> and <a href="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/who/Hurston%2c%20Zora%20Neale" rel="nofollow">Zora Neale Hurston</a> who are still known to many readers today.As a <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/arts/theater/review-fire-quintessence-theatre-20251023.html" rel="nofollow">review in fhe Philadelphia Inquirer notes</a>, the play, like the magazine issue that inspired it, is a bit of a hot mess as a whole, but has a lot of talent going into its various parts, and it impressed a sold-out multiracial audience the night I went. The magazine itself perished after its first issue, after a fire destroyed the publication’s office. But both the then-new magazine and the new play that’s just been created from it are bold creative experiments, and I’m confident that the people who produced and experienced the play will go on to create more and better work, whether it’s new versions of what I saw in the play’s premiere, or other work inspired by it, just as the authors and artists in the magazine did.Along with the people who produced it, we have the public domain to thank for the experience. All 1926 publications <a href="https://everybodyslibraries.com/2021/12/01/coming-soon-to-the-public-domain-in-2022/" rel="nofollow">joined the public domain in the United States</a> just a few years ago. That makes it possible for anyone who’s found an unburnt copy of Fire!! to digitize it and put it online without needing permission from anyone, as <a href="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=fire1926" rel="nofollow">several online book collections now have done</a>. And it means that the New Classics Collective, or anyone else intrigued by the magazine’s content, can freely adapt and repurpose it as they like, without needing to work out deals with all of the creators whose works were adapted for the play. These new versions will have their own copyrights for a time, just as the original 1926 pieces did. But eventually, when they too join join the public domain, they will be free for all of us to remember, share, preserve, and renew as part of our common cultural heritage.Fifty days from today, the public domain will grow further for many people around the world. In the United States, <a href="https://everybodyslibraries.com/2024/11/01/the-remainder-of-the-roaring-20s-about-to-join-the-public-domain/" rel="nofollow">the last copyrights for 1920s publications</a> (except for sound recordings) joined the public domain here last year. This coming January 1, a new wave of copyright expiration will reach the start of the 1930s, with all remaining publication copyrights from 1930 expiring (as well as 1925 sound recording copyrights). And starting tomorrow, I’ll be featuring selected works that will be joining the public domain here, in short daily posts that will appear on this blog, and also on some social media networks. On <a href="https://joinmastodon.org/" rel="nofollow">Mastodon</a> and other services on the “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse" rel="nofollow">fediverse</a>“, you can follow this blog by following the user <a href="https://everybodyslibraries.com" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@everybodyslibraries.com</a>, or the hashtag <a href="/tags/publicdomaindaycountdown/" rel="tag">#PublicDomainDayCountdown</a>. I’ll also boost the posts from my own personal Mastodon account (<a href="https://mastodon.social/@JMarkOckerbloom" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@JMarkOckerbloom">https://mastodon.social/@JMarkOckerbloom</a>). That account uses the Bridgy Fed service to connect to Blue Sky, where I believe you should be able to follow the user @JMarkOckerbloom.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy. I’m not aware of any way to automatically get my posts on other large commercial social media, but folks relying on sites dependent on the likes of Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg may want to diversify their information sources in any case.If you follow my posts, I hope you’ll hear about a number of works and creators you know and love, as well as ones you might not be familiar with. You can get an even more diverse and inclusive set of works and perspectives if you also check out other sources that will be promoting the public domain (which I expect to include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_public_domain" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>, the <a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/" rel="nofollow">Public Domain Review</a>, the <a href="https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/" rel="nofollow">Center for the Study of the Public Domain</a>, and the <a href="https://archive.org/" rel="nofollow">Internet Archive</a> as we get closer to the new year). Enjoy the countdown!<a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#copyright</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#publicDomain</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomaindaycountdown/" rel="tag">#PublicDomainDayCountdown</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a>

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"Sunlight is the life-blood of Nature." Ch. 19.<a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1889.Jerome K. Jerome's comic fictional English travelogue set on the River Thames, Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), is published in Bristol. Its sequel is Three Men on the Bummel (also known as Three Men on Wheels, 1900).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Men_in_a_Boat" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Men_in_a_Boat">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Men_in_a_Boat</a>Three Men in a Boat at PG: <a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/308" rel="nofollow">https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/308</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a>

Frontpage Jerome Three Men in a Boat 1889

Titlepage of the first edition of Jerome K. Jerome (1889) Three Men in a Boat: (To Say Nothing of the Dog), Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith OCLC: 213830865.

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50% off @ <a href="/tags/smashwords/" rel="tag">#Smashwords</a>: <a href="https://books2read.com/WrathOfTheSky" rel="nofollow">https://books2read.com/WrathOfTheSky</a>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.<a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/eoysale25/" rel="tag">#EOYSale25</a> <a href="/tags/ebook/" rel="tag">#ebook</a> <a href="/tags/sale/" rel="tag">#sale</a> <a href="/tags/books2read/" rel="tag">#books2read</a> <a href="/tags/indiebooks/" rel="tag">#indiebooks</a>

(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!”

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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 PoirotIn 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. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mysterious_Affair_at_Styles" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mysterious_Affair_at_Styles">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mysterious_Affair_at_Styles</a>The Mysterious Affair at Styles at PG: <a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/863" rel="nofollow">https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/863</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a>

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

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Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/SheSeeksPeace" rel="nofollow">https://books2read.com/SheSeeksPeace</a>The Hunter seeks peace and quiet to mourn the loss of her best friend in a world that seems bound and determined to make that task impossible. Enemies attack when she'd rather be alone, allies can't take a hint and the arch-demon Wrath seeks the Hunter's hand in marriage, even though she'd sooner kill him.<a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a>

(Left) The cover of She Seeks Peace, by Owen Tyme.

The background is a snow-capped, craggy mountain with green, grassy hills at its base, which feature yellow and blue flowers.

The foreground is dominated by the round symbol for peace, in gold. Along the bottom of it are two olive branches. At the top is a dove in flight. Arranged on the lower three spokes of it are three figures based on the AIGA symbol for a woman. The figure on the right is blue. The one in the middle is a very dark gray, bordering on black, which includes a top hat. The figure on the left is red and has horns, like a demon.

(Right) The background is a view from the interior of a gun's barrel, with the rifling very apparent and the following quote over the top:

Reggie looked down the barrel of one of his own pistols, which the girl held in both hands, because the M1911 was a little large for someone so small.

There was a long, silent moment as the girl giggled and met his gaze. The murderous look was gone, replaced by something more playful, like a cat toying with a mouse.

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Keep watching the skiesBaker, longtime observatory director, educated generations with his astronomy texts. His debut, Astronomy: An Introduction, appeared in 1930 and even included Pluto’s discovery, then called the “Trans-Neptunian Planet.” By John Mark Ockerbloom <a href="https://everybodyslibraries.com/2025/11/17/keep-watching-the-skies/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="everybodyslibraries.com/2025/11/17/keep-watching-the-skies/">https://everybodyslibraries.com/2025/11/17/keep-watching-the-skies/</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomaindaycountdown/" rel="tag">#PublicDomainDayCountdown</a>

Main Author: Baker, Robert Horace, 1883-

Published: New York, D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1933.

Edition: 2d ed.
Subjects: Astronomy.
Physical Description:
xix, 522 p. front., illus., diagrs. 24 cm.

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Medieval Friendships: No Girls AllowedMedieval 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 <a href="https://daily.jstor.org/medieval-friendships-no-girls-allowed/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KE7BZ1KVYKEHGWMWN8H4X650&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/medieval-friendships-no-girls-allowed/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KE7BZ1KVYKEHGWMWN8H4X650&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER">https://daily.jstor.org/medieval-friendships-no-girls-allowed/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KE7BZ1KVYKEHGWMWN8H4X650&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</a>Christine de Pizan & Margery Kempe <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4613" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4613">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4613</a> <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Margery+Kempe" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Margery+Kempe">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Margery+Kempe</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/womenhistory/" rel="tag">#womenhistory</a>

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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The Zinn Ed Project welcomes historian <a href="/tags/nedblackhawk/" rel="tag">#NedBlackhawk</a> to discuss his book <a href="/tags/therediscoveryofamerica/" rel="tag">#TheRediscoveryOfAmerica</a>: <a href="/tags/nativepeoples/" rel="tag">#NativePeoples</a> and the Unmaking of <a href="/tags/ushistory/" rel="tag">#USHistory</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdWVO4vwDjM" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdWVO4vwDjM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdWVO4vwDjM</a><a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/nativeamericans/" rel="tag">#NativeAmericans</a> <a href="/tags/nativeamericanhistory/" rel="tag">#NativeAmericanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/americanhistory/" rel="tag">#AmericanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/americanrevolution/" rel="tag">#AmericanRevolution</a> <a href="/tags/sevenyearswar/" rel="tag">#SevenYearsWar</a> <a href="/tags/colonialism/" rel="tag">#colonialism</a> <a href="/tags/colonialviolence/" rel="tag">#colonialViolence</a> <a href="/tags/decolonialstudies/" rel="tag">#decolonialStudies</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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Ebook omnibus: <a href="https://books2read.com/AshenBladesOpenWounds" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books2read.com/AshenBladesOpenWounds">https://books2read.com/AshenBladesOpenWounds</a>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.<a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a>

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

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Ancient Math Is Hidden in 8,000-Year-Old Floral Pottery PatternsLong 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 <a href="https://mymodernmet.com/geometric-floral-pottery/?utm_campaign=daily-digest&utm_content=link&utm_source=convertkit&utm_term=01032026&utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mymodernmet.com/geometric-floral-pottery/?utm_campaign=daily-digest&utm_content=link&utm_source=convertkit&utm_term=01032026&utm_medium=email">https://mymodernmet.com/geometric-floral-pottery/?utm_campaign=daily-digest&utm_content=link&utm_source=convertkit&utm_term=01032026&utm_medium=email</a>Original article: <a href="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" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="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">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</a>At PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/27943" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/27943">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/27943</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a> <a href="/tags/antropology/" rel="tag">#antropology</a> <a href="/tags/archeology/" rel="tag">#archeology</a>

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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The Far Side of Disaster: On Virginia Woolf’s Unacknowledged Plague Novel To the LighthouseColin Dickey: “It reminds me that others have struggled with how to write through the end of the world.”<a href="https://lithub.com/the-far-side-of-disaster-on-virginia-woolfs-unacknowledged-plague-novel-to-the-lighthouse/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/the-far-side-of-disaster-on-virginia-woolfs-unacknowledged-plague-novel-to-the-lighthouse/">https://lithub.com/the-far-side-of-disaster-on-virginia-woolfs-unacknowledged-plague-novel-to-the-lighthouse/</a>Woolf at PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a>

Photograph of Virginia Woolf with hand on face wearing a fur stole (10 x 15 centimeters).

This is a picture from one of Virginia Woolf's own photo albums at Monk's House which were acquired at an auction at Sotheby's in 1982 (cf. Maggie Humm, Snapshots of Bloomsbury: The Private Lives of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell, p. 187), gifted in 1983 by Frederick R. Koch to the Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Libray, Harvard University, and afterwards scanned and uploaded by the library.

A 1927 sepia-toned photograph of Virginia Woolf from her personal album at Monk's House, now in Harvard's Theater Collection. The elegant portrait shows Woolf with her hand pensively resting against her face, wearing a luxurious fur stole, her expressive eyes gazing directly at the camera.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Woolf#/media/File:Virginia_Woolf_1927.jpg

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Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/WrathOfTheSky" rel="nofollow">https://books2read.com/WrathOfTheSky</a>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.<a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a>

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German entomologist, naturalist and scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1647.She was among the first naturalists to observe and document the metamorphosis of insects, particularly butterflies and moths. Merian's most famous works include "Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium" (Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname) and "The Caterpillars' Marvelous Transformation and Strange Floral Food." <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/entomology/" rel="tag">#entomology</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a>

Portrait of Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717)

Jacob Marrel - http://sammlungonline.kunstmuseumbasel.ch/eMuseumPlus?

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Plate 1 of Metamorphosis, showing a pineapple and cockroaches

Maria Sibylla Merian - from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Plate I.

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Many thanks to Walter Cummins and The California Review of Books for reviewing THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS"When Hase and her dad were active together, one of their major amusements was creating fictitious identities that enable them to contribute entries to Wikipedia, delete others, and revise the information in still others. This creation and manipulation of supposed reality, while a seeming hobby, is symptomatic of what is happening to the people of the novel, emulating the power of the music box.Menger-Anderson’s success for readers, beyond her strengths in creating people and realities, depends on winning over their credulity to accept varying identities, the musical essence of human lives, and the doubling patterns of human existence. The richness of her imagination contributes to our acceptance her sometimes wild premises."<a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#writersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://calirb.com/the-expert-of-subtle-revisions-by-kristen-menger-anderson/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="calirb.com/the-expert-of-subtle-revisions-by-kristen-menger-anderson/">https://calirb.com/the-expert-of-subtle-revisions-by-kristen-menger-anderson/</a>

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In September 1922.Marcel Proust's sequence À la Recherche du temps perdu begins to appear in English in a translation by C. K. Scott Moncrieff of Swann's Way, as the first volume of Remembrance of Things Past. This occurs two months before the author's death. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Search_of_Lost_Time" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Search_of_Lost_Time">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Search_of_Lost_Time</a>Books by Marcel Proust at PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/987" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/987">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/987</a>Books by Scott-Moncrieff at PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/217" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/217">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/217</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a>

Title page of À la Recherche du temps perdu in a translation by C. K. Scott Moncrieff of Swann's Way, as the first volume of Remembrance of Things Past

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<a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1914.Charles Masterman invites 25 "eminent literary men" to Wellington House in London to form a secret British War Propaganda Bureau. Those who attend include William Archer, Arnold Bennett, Hall Caine, G. K. Chesterton, Arthur Conan Doyle, Ford Madox Hueffer, John Galsworthy, Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling, John Masefield, Henry Newbolt, Gilbert Parker, G. M. Trevelyan and H. G. Wells. 1/2<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_House" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_House">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_House</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a>

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Connecting the DotsSome linguistics scholars theorize that those born before the advent of texting utilize ellipsis as a space-saving method for informality or shifting sentiment. by Madeline Cash<a href="https://granta.com/connecting-the-dots/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="granta.com/connecting-the-dots/">https://granta.com/connecting-the-dots/</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/punctuation/" rel="tag">#punctuation</a> <a href="/tags/grammar/" rel="tag">#grammar</a>

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