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<p>Our latest newsletter listed a selection of March’s notable and interesting titles. Among them, we can highlight "1066 and All That" by Walter Carruthers Sellar and Robert Julian Yeatman.</p><p>It's a comic parody of English history, mocking how schoolchildren misremember facts. It reduces centuries of events to "Good Things," "Bad Things," and memorably mangled kings, battles, and causes — hilariously unreliable by design.</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78124/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78124/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78124</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

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Title: 1066 and all that

A memorable history of England, comprising all the parts you can remember, including 103 good things, 5 bad kings and 2 genuine dates

Author: Walter Carruthers Sellar

Robert Julian Yeatman

Illustrator: John Reynolds

Original publication: London: Methuen & Co. LTD, 1930

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<p>I do like both, and I've never understood why this is an issue, is it not the content of the book that matters? Not how that content is delivered? 🤔😁 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@reading" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reading</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor</span></a></span> @humor@lemmy.world @aiop <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@joinin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>joinin</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/readingmemes/" rel="tag">#ReadingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/readallthebooks/" rel="tag">#ReadAllTheBooks</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a><br><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#ReadersOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a><br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</a> <br><a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a></p>

Tom and Jerry meme, Tom is having a sword fight with the dog, and Jerry is watching.
Captions:
Dog: ebook readers
Tom: Physical readers
Jerry: Me liking both

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<p>The Elusive Poet of Desire</p><p>Why biographers can’t pin Cavafy down</p><p>by Langdon Hammer</p><p><a href="https://yalereview.org/article/langdon-hammer-the-elusive-poet-of-desire" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="yalereview.org/article/langdon-hammer-the-elusive-poet-of-desire"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">yalereview.org/article/langdon</span><span class="invisible">-hammer-the-elusive-poet-of-desire</span></a></p><p>Cavafy at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/51261" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/51261"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/51261</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Constantine Cavafy in 1929

Unknown photographer (signed: Pacino) - C.P. Cavafy Archives - Onassis Foundation

A formal black and white studio portrait photograph, signed "Pacino" in the lower left corner. Cavafy looks directly at the camera with a calm, slightly guarded expression. He wears large, round wire-rimmed spectacles, a dark pinstripe suit, a striped tie, and a white pocket square. His dark hair is swept back from a broad forehead. The background appears to be a decorative tapestry or painted backdrop with floral or figural motifs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_P._Cavafy#/media/File:Konstantinos_Kavafis.jpg

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<p>"The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself."</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1847.</p><p>Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre is published (as "an autobiography, edited by Currer Bell") in London by Smith, Elder & Co. in 3 volumes.</p><p>The first American edition was published the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Eyre" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Eyre"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Eyr</span><span class="invisible">e</span></a></p><p>Jane Eyre at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/1260" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/1260</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

The title page to the original publication of Jane Eyre, including Brontë's pseudonym "Currer Bell".

St John Rivers admits Jane to Moor House, illustration by F. H. Townsend

F. H. Townsend, 1868-1920 - http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1260/1260-h/images/

"Hush, Hannah! I have a word to say to the woman.

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<p>New review fresh in for <a href="/tags/fossilfriday/" rel="tag">#FossilFriday</a>: Bringing to life two palaeontological expeditions and excelling at explaining scientific concepts, The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt goes deeper into the tragic history behind Spinosaurus and resurrects the forgotten Ernst Stromer.</p><p><a href="https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/12/19/book-review-the-lost-dinosaurs-of-egypt/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/12/19/book-review-the-lost-dinosaurs-of-egypt/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/</span><span class="invisible">12/19/book-review-the-lost-dinosaurs-of-egypt/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/dinosaurs/" rel="tag">#Dinosaurs</a> <a href="/tags/theropods/" rel="tag">#Theropods</a> <a href="/tags/spinosaurs/" rel="tag">#Spinosaurs</a> <a href="/tags/spinosaurus/" rel="tag">#Spinosaurus</a> <a href="/tags/fossils/" rel="tag">#Fossils</a> <a href="/tags/paleontology/" rel="tag">#Paleontology</a> <a href="/tags/palaeontology/" rel="tag">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1917.</p><p>The 51-year-old poet W. B. Yeats marries 25-year-old Georgie Hyde-Lees at Harrow Road register office in London, with Ezra Pound as best man, a couple of months after Yeats' proposal of marriage to his ex-mistress's daughter, Iseult Gonne, is rejected.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._B._Yeats#Marriage_to_Georgie_Hyde-Lees" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._B._Yeats#Marriage_to_Georgie_Hyde-Lees"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._B._Ye</span><span class="invisible">ats#Marriage_to_Georgie_Hyde-Lees</span></a></p><p>Books by W. B. Yeats at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1719" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1719"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1719</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

Walter de la Mare, Bertha Georgie Yeats (née Hyde-Lees), William Butler Yeats, unknown woman, summer 1930; photo by Lady Ottoline Morrell.

In the image, the group is outdoors, likely in a garden or rural setting, characteristic of Lady Ottoline's gatherings at her homes. The lighting is soft, typical of an English summer, lending a relaxed and somewhat nostalgic quality to the photograph.

Walter de la Mare, the English poet and author, stands or sits calmly, perhaps slightly to one side.

Bertha Georgie Yeats (née Hyde-Lees), the wife of William Butler Yeats, appears in the photograph with a sense of quiet elegance.

William Butler Yeats, the famed Irish poet, stands or sits prominently in the image, his distinctive features easily recognizable.

The unknown woman is present alongside the others, her identity and role a mystery, adding an air of intrigue to the photograph.

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<p>"Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own."</p><p>Irish writer Jonathan Swift died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1745.</p><p>Swift is remembered for works such as A Tale of a Tub, An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity, Gulliver's Travels, & A Modest Proposal. He originally published all of his works under pseudonyms—including Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, M. B. Drapier—or anonymously. </p><p>Books by Jonathan Swift at PG<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/326" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/326"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/326</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Charles Jervas portrait of Jonathan Swift.

In the portrait, Swift is shown as a middle-aged man, with his characteristic rounded face and full, expressive features. His hair, worn in long, flowing curls, is typical of the wigs of the early 18th century, a fashion among men of high status. His gaze is direct, with piercing, intelligent eyes that convey both a sharp wit and deep contemplation, traits often associated with his satirical writing.

Swift is dressed in clerical attire, signifying his role as a clergyman within the Church of Ireland. He wears a dark robe with a white clerical collar, which contrasts against the rich, dark tones of his clothing.

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<p>Book Review <a href="/tags/1/" rel="tag">#1</a> for 2016 is Edmund Morris' Colonel Roosevelt. This is the third volume in a 3 volume set on President Theodore Roosevelt. I read the first two several years ago and listened to this volume. It covers his life after his Presidency. I think Morris provides an honest look at what TR accomplished in the final 6 years of his life. ☕☕☕☕☕ review. <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/potus/" rel="tag">#POTUS</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#biography</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>

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<p>In November 1873.</p><p>The children's periodical St. Nicholas Magazine begins publication by Scribner and Company in New York under the editorship of Mary Mapes Dodge. </p><p>Books by Mary Mapes Dodge at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/402" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/402"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/402</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

St Nicholas-cover

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<p>Available from 1 November: another thriller I translated, by the same author as the last one, Catherine Cooper.</p><p>This time we're going skiing in the French Alps, but there's another storm, which means nobody can leave the chalet... 🏠 🇫🇷 🏔️ ⛷️ 🍷 🍄 🌨️ 😱</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/thriller/" rel="tag">#thriller</a> <a href="/tags/hetchalet/" rel="tag">#hetchalet</a> <a href="/tags/booktranslation/" rel="tag">#BookTranslation</a> <a href="/tags/translation/" rel="tag">#translation</a> <a href="/tags/xl8/" rel="tag">#xl8</a> <a href="/tags/boeken/" rel="tag">#boeken</a> <a href="/tags/boekvertaling/" rel="tag">#BoekVertaling</a> <a href="/tags/vertaalddooreenmens/" rel="tag">#VertaaldDoorEenMens</a> <a href="/tags/translatedbyahuman/" rel="tag">#TranslatedByAHuman</a></p>

Book cover: four glasses of champagne on a table outside against a snowy landscape, one glas has blood spatters on it and there are shards of glass on the table.

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<p>5 Dazzling Medieval Manuscripts That Have Outlasted Empires</p><p>These manuscripts stand out for their artistry, craftsmanship, and historical significance.</p><p>by Tim Brinkhof</p><p><a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/illuminated-medieval-manuscripts-to-know-2710634" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="news.artnet.com/art-world/illuminated-medieval-manuscripts-to-know-2710634"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.artnet.com/art-world/illu</span><span class="invisible">minated-medieval-manuscripts-to-know-2710634</span></a></p><p>Old manuscripts at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=old+manuscripts" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=old+manuscripts"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=old+manuscripts</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/archeology/" rel="tag">#archeology</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/old_manuscripts/" rel="tag">#old_manuscripts</a></p>

Book of Kells (an illuminated manuscript), Folio 32v, Christ Enthroned.

Folio 32v from the Book of Kells, an illuminated manuscript created circa 800 CE, depicting Christ Enthroned. This masterpiece of Insular art showcases the elaborate Celtic ornamentation, vibrant colors, and intricate geometric patterns characteristic of medieval Irish monastic manuscripts. The page exemplifies the extraordinary artistic achievement of early medieval Ireland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Kells#/media/File:KellsFol032vChristEnthroned.jpg

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<p>Math Is Still Catching Up to the Mysterious Genius of Srinivasa Ramanujan</p><p>Born poor in colonial India and dead at 32, Ramanujan had fantastical, out-of-nowhere visions that continue to shape the field today.</p><p>By Jordana Cepelewicz via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@QuantaMagazine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>QuantaMagazine</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/srinivasa-ramanujan-was-a-genius-math-is-still-catching-up-20241021/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.quantamagazine.org/srinivasa-ramanujan-was-a-genius-math-is-still-catching-up-20241021/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.quantamagazine.org/sriniva</span><span class="invisible">sa-ramanujan-was-a-genius-math-is-still-catching-up-20241021/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a></p>

Kristina Armitage/Quanta Magazine

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 360.</p><p>Pappus of Alexandria, Greek philosopher, observes an eclipse of the Sun and writes a commentary on The Great Astronomer (Almagest).</p><p>In his commentary on the Almagest he calculates "the place and time of conjunction which gave rise to the eclipse in Tybi in 1068 after Nabonassar". This works out as 18 October 320, and so Pappus must have been active around 320.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappus_of_Alexandria" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappus_of_Alexandria"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappus_o</span><span class="invisible">f_Alexandria</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a></p>

Title page of Pappus's Mathematicae Collectiones, translated into Latin by Federico Commandino (1588).

Pappus Alexandrinus - https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6069499

Pappi Alexandrini. Mathematicae collectiones. A Federico Commandino Vrbinatae in latinum conuersae, & commentarijs illustratae. Pesaro: Girolamo Concordia, 1588

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<p>New on my <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a>: "Holiday Post 2025: Books and reading." <a href="https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/12/holiday-post-2025-books-and-reading.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/12/holiday-post-2025-books-and-reading.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.co</span><span class="invisible">m/2025/12/holiday-post-2025-books-and-reading.html</span></a></p><p>Third post in my holiday series, and today we at some of those book lists out this time of year. </p><p><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/christmas/" rel="tag">#Christmas</a> <a href="/tags/holidays/" rel="tag">#holidays</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> 💙📚</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

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<p>American archaeologist and anthropologist Zelia Maria Magdalena Nuttall was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1857.</p><p>She discovered two forgotten manuscripts of pre-Columbian manuscripts in private collections, one of them being the Codex Zouche-Nuttall. She decoded the Aztec calendar stone and was one of the first to identify and recognise artefacts dating back to the pre-Aztec period.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelia_Nuttall" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelia_Nuttall"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelia_Nu</span><span class="invisible">ttall</span></a></p><p>Books by Zelia Nuttal at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/35649" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/35649"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/35649</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/archeology/" rel="tag">#archeology</a> <a href="/tags/anthropology/" rel="tag">#anthropology</a> <a href="/tags/womeninstem/" rel="tag">#womeninSTEM</a></p>

Zelia Nuttall (1857-1933), American archaeologist and anthropologist.

Zelia Nuttall is likely shown as a middle-aged or older woman in the photograph, depending on when it was taken. Her hair is likely styled in a simple, practical manner, possibly pulled back into a bun or pinned up, in keeping with the fashion of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She may have some graying hair, reflecting her experience and wisdom in her field. Her face is composed, with an expression that conveys intelligence and determination.

She might be wearing a long dress or blouse with a high collar, made of dark or neutral-colored fabric. Her clothing would reflect both her professionalism and the norms of the period, with an understated elegance rather than showiness. She may also be wearing a brooch or another accessory, adding a subtle touch of personal style to her appearance.

Codex Nuttall; facsimile of an ancient Mexican codex belonging to Lord Zouche of Harynworth, England
by Nuttall, Zelia, 1858-1933; Zouche, Robert Nathaniel Cecil George Curzon, baron, 1851-; Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

Publication date 1902

https://archive.org/details/gri_33125011146541

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<p>German novelist and translator Dorothea von Schlegel was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1764.</p><p>She met the poet & critic Friedrich von Schlegel in the salon of her friend Henriette Herz in 1797, after which Dorothea divorced Simon Veit in 1799.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_von_Schlegel" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_von_Schlegel"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea</span><span class="invisible">_von_Schlegel</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Dorothea von Schlegel; portrait by Anton Graff (c.1790) Anton Graff - Own work, anagoria

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<p>This week's <a href="/tags/newbooks/" rel="tag">#NewBooks</a> at the library: I bought used copies at very sharp prices of Biology and <a href="/tags/evolution/" rel="tag">#Evolution</a> of <a href="/tags/crocodylians/" rel="tag">#Crocodylians</a> from Comstock Publishing Associates, and Imperial Nature: <a href="/tags/josephhooker/" rel="tag">#JosephHooker</a> and the Practices of Victorian Science from the University of Chicago Press, and adopted a damaged copy of <span class="h-card"><a href="https://techhub.social/@bugmanjones" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bugmanjones</span></a></span>'s Shieldbugs from HarperCollins.<br> <br><a href="/tags/reptiles/" rel="tag">#Reptiles</a> <a href="/tags/herpetology/" rel="tag">#Herpetology</a> <a href="/tags/crocodiles/" rel="tag">#Crocodiles</a> <a href="/tags/historyofscience/" rel="tag">#HistoryOfScience</a> <a href="/tags/sciencehistory/" rel="tag">#ScienceHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histsci/" rel="tag">#HistSci</a> <a href="/tags/entomology/" rel="tag">#Entomology</a> <a href="/tags/insects/" rel="tag">#Insects</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

A photo of three hardback books standing on a small, brown, wooden table. The out-of-focus background shows black shelves full of books and part of the beech-coloured laminate floor.

On the left, Biology and Evolution of Crocodylians, showing a photo of a crocodile in water, with only its head visible.

In the middle, Imperial Nature: Joseph Hooker and the Practices of Victorian Science, showing dark red wooden shelves densely packed with folders containing dried plants. In the foreground are two herbarium sheets with dried plants

On the right, Shieldbugs, showing a colour drawing of a red-and-black shieldbug.

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<p>📚 Upgrade by: Blake Crouch</p><p>At first, Logan Ramsay isn’t sure if anything’s different. He just feels a little... sharper. Better able to concentrate. Better at multitasking. Reading a bit faster, memorizing better, needing less sleep.</p><p>But before long, he can’t deny it: Something’s happening to his brain. To hi...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/upgrade" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/upgrade</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/technologicalfiction/" rel="tag">#technologicalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/suspensefiction/" rel="tag">#suspensefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a></p>

At first, Logan Ramsay isn’t sure if anything’s different. He just feels a little... sharper. Better able to concentrate. Better at multitasking. Reading a bit faster, memorizing better, needing less sleep.

But before long, he can’t deny it: Something’s happening to his brain. To his body. He’s starting to see the world, and those around him even those he loves most in whole new ways.

The truth is, Logan’s genome has been hacked. And there’s a reason he’s been targeted for this upgrade. A reason that goes back decades to the darkest part of his past, and a horrific family legacy.

Worse still, what’s happening to him is just the first step in a much larger plan, one that will inflict the same changes on humanity at large at a terrifying cost.

Because of his new abilities, Logan’s the one person in the world capable of stopping what’s been set in motion. But to have a chance at winning this war, he’ll have to become something other than himself. Maybe even something other than human.

And even as he’s fighting, he can’t help wondering: what if humanity’s only hope for a future really does lie in engineering our own evolution?

Intimate in scale yet epic in scope, Upgrade is an intricately plotted, lightning-fast tale that charts one man’s thrilling transformation, even as it asks us to ponder the limits of our humanity and our boundless potential.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. If Michael Crichton had written a superhero novel, it

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<p>📚 The Book of Luke by: Lovell Holder</p><p>Following the car accident that ended his football career and left his body scarred, twenty-two-year-old Luke Griffin joins the cast of Endeavor, a new competition-based reality show that pits the tabloids’ darlings against one another in tasks of endurance and problem solving. At first...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-book-of-luke" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-book-of-luke"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-book-o</span><span class="invisible">f-luke</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a> <a href="/tags/gayfiction/" rel="tag">#gayfiction</a> <a href="/tags/friendshipfiction/" rel="tag">#friendshipfiction</a> <a href="/tags/familylife/" rel="tag">#familylife</a></p>

Following the car accident that ended his football career and left his body scarred, twenty-two-year-old Luke Griffin joins the cast of Endeavor, a new competition-based reality show that pits the tabloids’ darlings against one another in tasks of endurance and problem solving. At first, he thrives, effortlessly forming friendships and even a romantic relationship that he thinks will last a lifetime. But Luke has aspirations far bigger than the show's million-dollar prize, and soon a series of betrayals leads to irreversible tragedy, changing the course of his and his fellow contestants' lives forever.

Ten years later, Luke’s world looks very different: He is now a father of two and the stay-at-home husband to America’s only openly gay senator. When his husband's serial cheating is exposed, Luke impulsively joins the cast of Endeavor's latest season in a desperate bid to earn some fast cash. Back on set, he is confronted with everything he tried to leave in the past: bitter rivalries, shattered friendships, and crushing guilt, all of which threaten to tear down the walls he’s spent a decade building. As Season 20 of Endeavor kicks off, Luke must give everything to the game, even as he finally learns what it means––and what it costs––to face the truth.

Combining the fabulous rivalries of The Traitors with the epic physical stunts of The Challenge, THE BOOK OF LUKE offers a grounded portrait of what it means to reinvent yourself when no one will let you

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<p>📚 Hansel and Gretel by: Stephen King</p><p>The haunting tale of two brave children lost in a dark and dangerous forest is reimagined by literary legends Stephen King and Maurice Sendak in an all-new picture book.</p><p>Let Stephen King, global bestselling and award-winning author of The Long Walk, and Maurice Sendak...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/hansel-and-gretel" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/hansel-and-gretel"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/hansel-and</span><span class="invisible">-gretel</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/juvenilefiction/" rel="tag">#juvenilefiction</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#family</a> <a href="/tags/holidayscelebrations/" rel="tag">#holidayscelebrations</a> <a href="/tags/socialthemes/" rel="tag">#socialthemes</a></p>

The haunting tale of two brave children lost in a dark and dangerous forest is reimagined by literary legends Stephen King and Maurice Sendak in an all-new picture book.

Let Stephen King, global bestselling and award-winning author of The Long Walk, and Maurice Sendak, beloved creator of the Caldecott Medal-winning Where the Wild Things Are," guide you into the most deliciously daring rendition of the classic Grimm fairy tale yet. But will you find your way back out?
With a personal introduction from Stephen King, the beautiful book has been created in close collaboration with The Maurice Sendak Foundation. This stunning storybook makes the perfect gift for fans of King, Sendak, and the Brothers Grimm.

An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!
An Instant #1 Indie Bestseller!

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<p>A controversial bestseller</p><p>Michael Gold's bestselling novel Jews Without Money depicts the plight of poor East European immigrants in New York. It resonated with readers in 1930 facing not-yet-fully-acknowledged impacts of the Depression.<br> <br>By John Mark Ockerbloom</p><p><a href="https://everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/21/a-controversial-bestseller/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/21/a-controversial-bestseller/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">everybodyslibraries.com/2025/1</span><span class="invisible">2/21/a-controversial-bestseller/</span></a></p><p>More information:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews_without_Money" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews_without_Money"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews_wit</span><span class="invisible">hout_Money</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomaindaycountdown/" rel="tag">#publicDomainDayCountdown</a></p>

Cover of the 1930 novel Jews without Money by Michael Gold

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews_without_Money#/media/File:Cover_of_the_1930_novel_Jews_without_Money_by_Michael_Gold.jpg

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<p>I been re-watching ‘Stranger Things’, to prepare to for the show shutting down. Like the show, but it seems almost like a ‘Steven King’ knock off, more so with every sense begun. I also love the original ‘Twilight Zone’ best SciFi stories ever made, better than any TV & Movies ever made. I cannot tell you how many timesI have watched them, but give me $100 each episode I have watched & I would become the richest person in the world. I really liked the original ‘Amazing Stories’ as well. I liked all the remakes of both series that followed. </p> <p>So, here is my idea- </p> <p>Create a TV series that takes ‘Steven King’s stories, mostly the books, & makes at least one-entire season out of each of his stories. Maybe, need to increase seasons’ at least 1+-Hr. episodes to at least 20. Maybe, even do more than 1-‘Steven King’ stories at a time, already doing that for other famous authors.</p>

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<p>Well, my book on TDDA has become slightly more real:</p><p>It’s not expected to be available until April, but you can see it on the publisher’s website at</p><p><a href="https://www.routledge.com/Test-Driven-Data-Analysis/Radcliffe/p/book/9781032897158" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.routledge.com/Test-Driven-Data-Analysis/Radcliffe/p/book/9781032897158"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.routledge.com/Test-Driven-</span><span class="invisible">Data-Analysis/Radcliffe/p/book/9781032897158</span></a></p><p>Although the publisher won’t let you pre-order till the end of March, the paper copy is listed on Blackwells and Waterstones:</p><p><a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Test-Driven-Data-Analysis-by-Nicholas-J-Radcliffe/9781032897158" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Test-Driven-Data-Analysis-by-Nicholas-J-Radcliffe/9781032897158"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/prod</span><span class="invisible">uct/Test-Driven-Data-Analysis-by-Nicholas-J-Radcliffe/9781032897158</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/test-driven-data-analysis/nicholas-j-radcliffe/9781032897158" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.waterstones.com/book/test-driven-data-analysis/nicholas-j-radcliffe/9781032897158"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.waterstones.com/book/test-</span><span class="invisible">driven-data-analysis/nicholas-j-radcliffe/9781032897158</span></a></p><p>and Amazon will let you pre-order paper or Kindle copies.</p><p><a href="/tags/tdda/" rel="tag">#TDDA</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#data</a> <a href="/tags/analysis/" rel="tag">#analysis</a> <a href="/tags/testing/" rel="tag">#testing</a> <a href="/tags/datascience/" rel="tag">#datascience</a> <a href="/tags/quality/" rel="tag">#quality</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/ml/" rel="tag">#ML</a></p>

The cover of the book Test-Driven Data Analysis by Nicholas J. Radcliffe.
It is published by Chapman and Hall, part of CRC Press, from Taylor & Francis Group, and is part of the DATA SCIENCE SERIES.

The cover is black with mostly white text and a white graphic.

The graphic is a 3-row by 4-column grid of squares.
Each sqwuare contains a number of dots laid out on a regular 32x32 grid.

The top-left square has 1024 dots ("full") and working along each row
in turn, the number of dots roughly halves each time, apparently at
random (and, actually, pseudo-randomly).

The last rows boxes have six, two, two, and one dot.

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<p>Did Charles Dickens see A Christmas Carol as an anti-slavery story?</p><p>A Christmas Carol is usually read as a Victorian morality tale about capitalism and compassion. Yet an autographed script written by Charles Dickens during the American Civil War raises the possibility he may also have understood the story as speaking to the cause of ending slavery in the US.</p><p>By Lucy Whitehead</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/did-charles-dickens-see-a-christmas-carol-as-an-anti-slavery-story-272292" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/did-charles-dickens-see-a-christmas-carol-as-an-anti-slavery-story-272292"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/did-charle</span><span class="invisible">s-dickens-see-a-christmas-carol-as-an-anti-slavery-story-272292</span></a></p><p>Christmas Carol at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

"The Ghost of Christmas Present" from the original edition, 1843

Scrooge's third visitor, from Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. With Illustrations by John Leech. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. First edition. This image is one of four hand-coloured etchings included in the first edition.

The illustration depicts the Ghost of Christmas Present as a jolly giant robed in green, surrounded by festive abundance including food and drink.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol#/media/File:Scrooges_third_visitor-John_Leech,1843.jpg

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<p>"Art is at least in part a way of collecting information about the universe. "<br>The Strange Necessity: Essays and Reviews (1928)</p><p>~Rebecca West, born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1892.</p><p>About Rebecca West:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_West" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_West"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_</span><span class="invisible">West</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Rebecca West papers.

The image is a black-and-white, grainy portrait photograph, likely from the early 20th century. It shows a young woman in close-up, facing slightly to the viewer’s left, with a calm, serious, and introspective expression. Her gaze is steady and directed just past the camera.

She wears an ornate, beaded headpiece that fits closely around her head and extends down the sides, with strands of beads hanging near her ears. Her hair is mostly concealed beneath it. She is dressed in a dark garment with a simple neckline, which contrasts with her pale complexion and draws attention to her face.

https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/collections/highlights/rebecca-west-papers

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