<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>
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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>
<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>
<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>
<p>At Marcel Proust's table</p><p>To immerse oneself in In Search of Lost Time is a bit like becoming a guest of the narrator. The table plays a significant role in the novel, perpetuating a distinctly French literary tradition, evident at least since Rabelais.</p><p>By Junko Meguro</p><p><a href="https://essentiels.bnf.fr/fr/article/bf46724d-829b-4391-85e1-2efbce656fd6-table-marcel-proust?fbclid=IwVERFWAO0ipZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeuo9WZsk_SJ-_hI_7LiBjP3WDozkF_DuWHzmybBHIoHBBGBObdz9YFDA0FKM_aem_-N3e4IEhNZb99CCDERQs_g" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="essentiels.bnf.fr/fr/article/bf46724d-829b-4391-85e1-2efbce656fd6-table-marcel-proust?fbclid=IwVERFWAO0ipZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeuo9WZsk_SJ-_hI_7LiBjP3WDozkF_DuWHzmybBHIoHBBGBObdz9YFDA0FKM_aem_-N3e4IEhNZb99CCDERQs_g"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">essentiels.bnf.fr/fr/article/b</span><span class="invisible">f46724d-829b-4391-85e1-2efbce656fd6-table-marcel-proust?fbclid=IwVERFWAO0ipZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeuo9WZsk_SJ-_hI_7LiBjP3WDozkF_DuWHzmybBHIoHBBGBObdz9YFDA0FKM_aem_-N3e4IEhNZb99CCDERQs_g</span></a></p><p>In Search of Lost Time at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=+In+Search+of+Lost+Time" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=+In+Search+of+Lost+Time"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=+In+Search+of+Lost+Time</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=a+la+recherche+du+temps+perdu" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=a+la+recherche+du+temps+perdu"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=a+la+recherche+du+temps+perdu</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/cooking/" rel="tag">#cooking</a></p>
<p>Philosopher of pride</p><p>For Mandeville, humankind has a bottomless need to be liked: it is this perennial craving that forms the foundation of society</p><p>By Andrea Branchi</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/the-hidden-role-of-pride-and-shame-in-the-human-hive?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=de76c78df1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_12_20&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/the-hidden-role-of-pride-and-shame-in-the-human-hive?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=de76c78df1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_12_20&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/the-hidden-role</span><span class="invisible">-of-pride-and-shame-in-the-human-hive?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=de76c78df1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_12_20&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p>Mandeville at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2543" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2543"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/2543</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>
<p>Dracula author's lost story unearthed after 134 years.</p><p>An amateur historian has discovered a long-lost short story by Bram Stoker, published just seven years before his legendary gothic novel Dracula.</p><p>By Maia Davies <span class="h-card"><a href="https://press.coop/@BBCNews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BBCNews</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g9119l64qo" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g9119l64qo"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4</span><span class="invisible">g9119l64qo</span></a></p><p>"Gibbet Hill" published in Supplement to the Daily Express in 17th December 1890 is available here:<br><a href="https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000924296" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000924296"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls00</span><span class="invisible">0924296</span></a></p><p>Books by Bram Stoker at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/190" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/190"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/19</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Too many novels is definitely how I want to go, but I'm probably more likely to suffer from a stong bout of drawing-room anguish 😜😂 </p><p><a href="/tags/notallbooksarecreatedequal/" rel="tag">#NotAllBooksAreCreatedEqual</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> <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> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor@lemmy.world</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/aiop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aiop</span></a></span> <br> <br><a href="/tags/litterature/" rel="tag">#Litterature</a><br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookmemes/" rel="tag">#BookMemes</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a><br><a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/bookshelf/" rel="tag">#Bookshelf</a> <a href="/tags/mastobooks/" rel="tag">#Mastobooks</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#BooksofMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</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>
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<p>📚 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by: Philip K. Dick</p><p>By 2021, the World War has killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remain covet any living creature, and for people who can't afford one, companies built incredibly realistic simulacra: horses, bir...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/do-androids-dream-of-electric-sheep" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/do-androids-dream-of-electric-sheep"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/do-android</span><span class="invisible">s-dream-of-electric-sheep</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/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/apocalypticpostapocalyptic/" rel="tag">#apocalypticpostapocalyptic</a></p>
Spotify and Labels Seek $322 Million Default Judgment Against Anna’s Archive
<p>Someone needs to let the team know copyright is a serious big deal. You’ve read headlines like it before, no? ;)</p>
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<p>📚 Sunset at Zero Point by: Simon Stålenhag</p><p>Beginning in 2024, yet set largely during the early 2000s, Sunset at Zero Point unfolds on a secluded Swedish island, home to a secret weapon lab that has been off-limits for years, evoking the bestselling works of Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation and Emily St. John Ma...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/sunset-at-zero-point" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/sunset-at-zero-point"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/sunset-at-</span><span class="invisible">zero-point</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/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/cyberpunkfiction/" rel="tag">#cyberpunkfiction</a> <a href="/tags/worldliterature/" rel="tag">#worldliterature</a> <a href="/tags/sweden/" rel="tag">#sweden</a></p>
<p>Do you enjoy reading? Join the DP Smooth-Reading Team & be a part of making free e-books available to everyone. Simply visit our SR Pool, select a book that interests you while making notes of possible errors in the story or its format. When you finish reading the book, just upload your list of potential errors to the project manager. If you start reading a book & find it you don't like it, just choose a new book & start a new one. via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@DProofreaders" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DProofreaders</span></a></span> </p><p>Join us at<br><a href="https://www.pgdp.net/c/tools/post_proofers/smooth_reading.php" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.pgdp.net/c/tools/post_proofers/smooth_reading.php"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.pgdp.net/c/tools/post_proo</span><span class="invisible">fers/smooth_reading.php</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
<p>Yesterday, I teased good news. So today, here it is.</p><p>From now until the end of the year (midnight EST on 12/31), I have <a href="https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/series/the-arcane-revolution-trilogy-1" rel="nofollow">marked down my books by 26% on Rakuten Kobo</a>. Now you too can read the first two books of the Arcane Revolution trilogy, completely free of DRM, on the e-reader of your choosing.</p><p>The books are pulpy thriller-esque urban fantasy adventures pitting a veteran homicide investigator against a shadowy government spook for no lesser stakes than the ongoing freedom of humanity. In a nation still scarred by magical terrorism a decade previous, Agency Division is losing its ability to keep magic secret and controlled.</p><p>This is merely the first component of today's good news. If this sale goes well for me, it will help with the second piece. More to follow later in the day.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/selfpromo/" rel="tag">#selfpromo</a> <a href="/tags/indyauthor/" rel="tag">#indyauthor</a> <a href="/tags/pleaseboost/" rel="tag">#pleaseboost</a></p>
<p>a few years ago i mentioned that i wrote a book about the exciting, awkward and embarrassing experiences of growing up with computers and video games in the 80s and 90s.</p><p>i wanted to remember what it felt like being the only dorky computer kid at school. or what it was like to hear my first modem handshake sound. or starting the first flamewar on the school's national FirstClass BBS in the macintosh lab over the lunch-hour</p><p>it was originally something i wrote only for my family and friends who were there at the time. </p><p>and then i met all of you folks when i started my first masto instance 4 years ago. i had no idea there were so many hardcore retrocomputing and gaming nerds out there; unix and mac and ms-dos folks alike.</p><p>so i mentioned it casually. i was surprised by the interest in the book. </p><p>so i spent the better part of the past 3 years rewriting the book for *you* fellow mastodon dorkus malorkuses. the book is a celebration of all of the best (and worst) parts of a kid growing up in the digital age. </p><p>we're all busy old tired stressed folks now. so every memory and cringetacular story is short enough to read on a 5 minute bus/metro/toilet ride. they're weaved together into an arc that starts at my family's first Tandy TRS-80 and ends at my school's Mac LC II and building my first Pentium 133.</p><p>it's finally published, and i'm super proud of what it became thanks to everyone here nerding out for years.</p><p>enjoy the book. i wrote it just for you. ❤️ </p><p>paperback edition: <a href="https://mybook.to/EDuUf" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>mybook.to/EDuUf</a></p><p>DRM-free ebook (EPUB format) and chapter samples here:<br><a href="https://tomotama.itch.io/mages-modems" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>tomotama.itch.io/mages-modems</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/indiepublisher/" rel="tag">#indiePublisher</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/macintosh/" rel="tag">#macintosh</a> <a href="/tags/vintageapple/" rel="tag">#vintageApple</a> <a href="/tags/vintagecomputing/" rel="tag">#vintageComputing</a> <a href="/tags/msdos/" rel="tag">#msdos</a> <a href="/tags/dosgaming/" rel="tag">#dosGaming</a> <a href="/tags/yeg/" rel="tag">#yeg</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/alberta/" rel="tag">#alberta</a> <a href="/tags/bbs/" rel="tag">#bbs</a> <a href="/tags/smolweb/" rel="tag">#smolWeb</a> <a href="/tags/indieweb/" rel="tag">#indieWeb</a></p>
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<p>Do you all actually follow people on <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#bookwyrm</a> ?<br>Who then? Friends? Critics?<br><br>I read mostly children and teenager <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a>. Who would you advice me to follow?<br><br><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><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/u/book" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>book</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#bookworm</a></p>
<p>A Forgotten Louisa May Alcott Story Showcases the Author’s Twist on Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’</p><p>"Written in 1882, “A Christmas Dream, and How It Came True,” covered many of the same themes as Dickens’ classic, albeit with a different audience in mind"</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-forgotten-louisa-may-alcott-story-showcases-the-authors-twist-on-charles-dickens-a-christmas-carol-180987898/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-forgotten-louisa-may-alcott-story-showcases-the-authors-twist-on-charles-dickens-a-christmas-carol-180987898/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/history</span><span class="invisible">/a-forgotten-louisa-may-alcott-story-showcases-the-authors-twist-on-charles-dickens-a-christmas-carol-180987898/</span></a></p><p>This story is in "Lulu's LIbrary, Volume I" at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40682" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40682</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/holida/" rel="tag">#Holida</a></p>
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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? December 23
<p>Reading <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15782979/" rel="nofollow">The Bands of Mourning</a> by Brandon Sanderson, 3rd book in the 2nd era of Mistborn.</p><p>What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?</p><p>For details on the c/Books bingo challenge that just restarted for the year, you can checkout the initial <a href="https://threadiverse.link/lemmy.world/post/28953205" rel="nofollow">Book Bingo</a>, and its <a href="https://threadiverse.link/lemmy.world/post/28953205" rel="nofollow">Recommendation Post</a>. Links are also present in our community sidebar.</p>
<p>Old Saint Nick: Santa Claus in 19th Century American Print</p><p>Many of the images and traditions currently associated with Santa Claus can be traced back to books, broadsides, and cards printed in the early 1800s.</p><p>by: Patrick Hastings</p><p><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/2025/12/22/old-saint-nick-santa-claus-in-19th-century-american-print/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/2025/12/22/old-saint-nick-santa-claus-in-19th-century-american-print/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/2025</span><span class="invisible">/12/22/old-saint-nick-santa-claus-in-19th-century-american-print/</span></a></p><p>The book of Saint Nicholas by James Kirke Paulding & Knickerbocker's History of New York by Washington Irving at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71404" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71404</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13042" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13042</a></p><p>Santa Claus at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=santa+claus" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=santa+claus"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">cts/search/?query=santa+claus</span></a></p><p>Thanks @puppernutter!</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
<p>📚 How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Full Color Edition by: Dr. Seuss</p><p>Every Who down in Who-ville liked Christmas a lot...but the Grinch, who lived just north of Who-ville, did NOT!</p><p>Not since "Twas the night before Christmas" has the beginning of a Christmas tale been so instantly r...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/how-the-grinch-stole-christmas-full-color-edition" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/how-the-grinch-stole-christmas-full-color-edition"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/how-the-gr</span><span class="invisible">inch-stole-christmas-full-color-edition</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/holidayscelebrations/" rel="tag">#holidayscelebrations</a> <a href="/tags/socialthemes/" rel="tag">#socialthemes</a> <a href="/tags/emotionsfeelings/" rel="tag">#emotionsfeelings</a></p>
<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/0xmDtaF6UOzYrHmESh0dau" rel="nofollow">To Be Taught, If Fortunate</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 <br>by Becky Chambers.</p><p>A small crew of scientists leave Earth, and their time period, forever to explore life on distant planets. But what will they do when Earth goes silent? An ode to science, discovery and the inherent worth of knowledge. The lack of interpersonal conflict under such trying conditions feels unrealistic.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wyrms.de/user/wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wildwoila@wyrms.de</span></a></span><br></p>
<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1849.</p><p>American writer Edgar Allan Poe died under mysterious circumstances at Washington Medical College four days after being found on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland, in a delirious and incoherent state.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Edgar_Allan_Poe" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Edgar_Allan_Poe"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of</span><span class="invisible">_Edgar_Allan_Poe</span></a></p><p>Books by Edgar Allan Poe at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/481" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/481"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/481</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
The Best Books I Read in 2025
<p>These are the best books I read in 2025, not necessarily the ones that came out this year. There’s a surprise appearance by a Greek goddess, a book looking a Japanese terrorist attack, CJ Cherryh’s sci-fi/fantasy mash-up, and a few more.</p>
<p>"Tupi or not tupi - That is the question."<br>Manifesto Antropófago, 1928.</p><p>Brazilian poet, novelist and cultural critic Oswald de Andrade died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1954.</p><p>Andrade was one of the founders of Brazilian modernism and a member of the Group of Five, along with Mário de Andrade, Anita Malfatti, Tarsila do Amaral and Menotti del Picchia. He participated in the Modern Art Week (Semana de Arte Moderna).</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_de_Andrade" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_de_Andrade"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_d</span><span class="invisible">e_Andrade</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Free @ <a href="/tags/smashwords/" rel="tag">#Smashwords</a>: <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1462617" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/1462617"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/view/</span><span class="invisible">1462617</span></a></p><p>Having an abusive assassin for a sister was bad enough, but when Lyra’s older sister, Nicole, becomes obsessed with killing the teenage troll, her life becomes a special kind of nightmare. Will she escape, or become just another victim of the unstoppable woman?</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><br><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></p>
<p>Hmm, there may be some new additions to my <a href="/tags/tbr/" rel="tag">#TBR</a> list here. </p><p>> <a href="https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3922838/the-best-horror-books-of-2025/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3922838/the-best-horror-books-of-2025/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bloody-disgusting.com/editoria</span><span class="invisible">ls/3922838/the-best-horror-books-of-2025/</span></a><br><a href="https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3922838/the-best-horror-books-of-2025/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3922838/the-best-horror-books-of-2025/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bloody-disgusting.com/editoria</span><span class="invisible">ls/3922838/the-best-horror-books-of-2025/</span></a> </p><p>On side note, some of the books also have some really good cover art. </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</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>
![The rear cover of the book, showing a Carmen Sandiego-style letter from the ACME Detective agency. The letter has a picture of a spazzing out kid wearing a Just Do It sweater.
The letter reads:
ACME Detective Agency
Dear Detective #0294,
As discussed, I have enclosed a hardcopy of VGA256's journals discussed at the departmental briefing. The journal entries are chronological, and document the suspect's computing and gaming activities from the early 1980s to late 1990s - his childhood and adolescent years.
Each vignette is an introspection into the suspect's self-described obsessions, including but not limited to:
* IBM PC, Amiga, Apple ][, Macintosh, Tandy
* MS-DOS, MacOS, Windows 3.1 & 95, UNIX
* NES, GameBoy, Sega Genesis, TI-85
* Modems, BBSes, CompuServe, Prodigy, ISPs
* Warez, FTP, Usenet, IRC, Shell Accounts
* Origin Systems, LucasArts, and Sierra On-Line
... and so on. The stories are a treasure trove of immoral and illicit activities that made him the dysfunctional adult he is now. I hope these will be of value in building your dossier on this delinquent.
I expect a report on my desk by Friday.
Deputy Chief Conover
Brat & Punk Division](/proxy/post_attachment/958760/4c3f9d6273.png "The rear cover of the book, showing a Carmen Sandiego-style letter from the ACME Detective agency. The letter has a picture of a spazzing out kid wearing a Just Do It sweater.
The letter reads:
ACME Detective Agency
Dear Detective #0294,
As discussed, I have enclosed a hardcopy of VGA256's journals discussed at the departmental briefing. The journal entries are chronological, and document the suspect's computing and gaming activities from the early 1980s to late 1990s - his childhood and adolescent years.
Each vignette is an introspection into the suspect's self-described obsessions, including but not limited to:
* IBM PC, Amiga, Apple ][, Macintosh, Tandy
* MS-DOS, MacOS, Windows 3.1 & 95, UNIX
* NES, GameBoy, Sega Genesis, TI-85
* Modems, BBSes, CompuServe, Prodigy, ISPs
* Warez, FTP, Usenet, IRC, Shell Accounts
* Origin Systems, LucasArts, and Sierra On-Line
... and so on. The stories are a treasure trove of immoral and illicit activities that made him the dysfunctional adult he is now. I hope these will be of value in building your dossier on this delinquent.
I expect a report on my desk by Friday.
Deputy Chief Conover
Brat & Punk Division")
