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<p>📚 Seascraper by: Benjamin Wood</p><p>Twenty-year-old Thomas Flett lives a slow, deliberate life with his mother in Longferry, Northern England, working his grandpa’s trade as a shanker. He rises early to take his horse and cart to the drizzly shore to scrape for shrimp, and spends the afternoon selling his wares, trying to wash...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/seascraper" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/seascraper</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/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/historical/" rel="tag">#historical</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/familylife/" rel="tag">#familylife</a></p>

Twenty-year-old Thomas Flett lives a slow, deliberate life with his mother in Longferry, Northern England, working his grandpa’s trade as a shanker. He rises early to take his horse and cart to the drizzly shore to scrape for shrimp, and spends the afternoon selling his wares, trying to wash away the salt and sea-scum, pining for his neighbor, Joan Wyeth, and playing songs on his guitar. At heart, he is a folk musician, but this remains a private dream.

Then a mysterious American arrives in town, and enlists Thomas's help in finding a perfect location for his next movie. Though skeptical at first, soon Thomas starts to trust the stranger, Edgar, and, shaken from the drudgery of his days by the promise of Hollywood glamour, begins to see a different future for himself. But how much of what Edgar claims is true, and how far can his inspiration carry Thomas?

Haunting and timeless, from one of the finest British novelists of his generation (The Times) Seascraper tells the story of a quiet existence upturned over the span of one day, and a young man hemmed in by his circumstances, striving to achieve fulfilment far beyond the world he knows.

Longlisted for the Booker Prize, this cinematically plotted, radiant (The New York Times) novel follows shanker Thomas Flett as his quiet life in a small English coastal town is forever changed over the course of one fateful day.

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<p>Midnight stories. <a href="/tags/grickledoodle/" rel="tag">#grickledoodle</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/cartoon/" rel="tag">#cartoon</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/drawing/" rel="tag">#drawing</a> <a href="/tags/funny/" rel="tag">#funny</a></p>

A cartoon illustration of a young boy in bed reading a book with a flashlight, surrounded by numerous spooky looking monsters in the dark. Caption reads "Flashlight reading."

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<p>So I guess it's time for an <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a>. Well, I'm a 30 something <a href="/tags/black/" rel="tag">#Black</a> <a href="/tags/queer/" rel="tag">#queer</a> woman. I love to read <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a>. I love the <a href="/tags/nyknicks/" rel="tag">#NYKnicks</a>. I like <a href="/tags/bicycles/" rel="tag">#bicycles</a> even though, it's not my primary mode of transportation. I like refurbishing and upgrading old electronics, specifically <a href="/tags/ipods/" rel="tag">#iPods</a> and <a href="/tags/laptops/" rel="tag">#laptops</a>. <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#TV</a> and music have kept me going more than anything else. I'm branching into <a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#Linux</a> and getting more familiar with <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#FOSS</a>. I am a <a href="/tags/blogger/" rel="tag">#blogger</a> and I have linked my blog in my bio.</p>

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<p>Happy National Library Week!</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_Week" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_Week"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National</span><span class="invisible">_Library_Week</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/nationallibraryweek/" rel="tag">#NationalLibraryWeek</a> <a href="/tags/libraryweek/" rel="tag">#LibraryWeek</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p>

A two-panel Charlie Brown comic.

In the first panel, three young children (Charlie Brown, Lucy, and Linus) stand outside. One of the children, Linus, approaches the other two children, holding a library card, and says:

"Look! Library card! I've taken out a library card!"

He stands proud, holding his library card to his chest, and continues:

"I have been given my citizenship in the land of knowledge!"

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<p>How George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four predicted the global power shifts happening now</p><p>Orwell is feted for the farsightedness of his geopolitical vision as long ago as the 1940s. But a lot of writers were thinking along similar lines.</p><p>by Emrah Atasoy</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/how-george-orwells-nineteen-eighty-four-predicted-the-global-power-shifts-happening-now-273122?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Weekender%20-%203653437321&utm_content=The%20Weekender%20-%203653437321+CID_43c6452557555cbd4df21443bb065cc9&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/how-george-orwells-nineteen-eighty-four-predicted-the-global-power-shifts-happening-now-273122?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Weekender%20-%203653437321&utm_content=The%20Weekender%20-%203653437321+CID_43c6452557555cbd4df21443bb065cc9&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/how-george</span><span class="invisible">-orwells-nineteen-eighty-four-predicted-the-global-power-shifts-happening-now-273122?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Weekender%20-%203653437321&utm_content=The%20Weekender%20-%203653437321+CID_43c6452557555cbd4df21443bb065cc9&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk</span></a></p><p>Dystopias at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/3316" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/3316"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/3316</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

The first edition cover of George Orwell's book, Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984).

This iconic cover design is simple but striking, with bold handwritten-style typography on a dark green background.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four#/media/File:1984_first_edition_cover.jpg

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<p>📚 Bald-Faced Liar by: Victoria Helen Stone</p><p>Traveling nurse Elizabeth May has a promising new home in Santa Cruz. And another new identity. It's a pattern of reinvention for a woman escaping her traumatic childhood and hiding from the decades of notoriety and destruction that followed.Invisibility has kept Eliza...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/bald-faced-liar" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/bald-faced-liar"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/bald-faced</span><span class="invisible">-liar</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/psychologicalfiction/" rel="tag">#psychologicalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/suspensefiction/" rel="tag">#suspensefiction</a> <a href="/tags/psychological/" rel="tag">#psychological</a></p>

Traveling nurse Elizabeth May has a promising new home in Santa Cruz. And another new identity. It's a pattern of reinvention for a woman escaping her traumatic childhood and hiding from the decades of notoriety and destruction that followed.Invisibility has kept Elizabeth safe. Until now. After all these years, someone sees her for who she is.

Threat by threat, a vengeful stalker is dismantling Elizabeth's carefully constructed lifetime of lies. And no one in her temporary circle can be trusted--not her fleeting new love interest, not the supportive friend she knows only from online forums, and certainly not the police. They've never been there for her.

As fear sharpens to terror, Elizabeth soon discovers something about her past that even she didn't know. The revelation could finally set her on a path of healing and redemption. Or, now alone in the dark, it could be Elizabeth's worst nightmare.

Living a lie becomes a matter of life and death for a woman hiding from her past in a novel of mounting psychological suspense by the bestselling author of Jane Doe and The Hook.

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<p>I recently finished The Will of the Many. this story follows an orphaned prince surviving in the Republic that invaded his country in a Romanesque world that uses will based magic in all things. Vis finds himself stuck between a plot to tear down the Republic and a senator that adopts him to attend a school to solve the murder of his brother. This was a fun read but there were issues with the grammar that were frustratingly repetitive. ⭐⭐🌟 @bookstodon @fantasy <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

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<p>It's been almost a month since I last performed any maintenance on my digital library (maintenance primarily being backing up recently purchased books and a few post-processing actions). I feel like the books that catch attention and make their way to a TBR shelf can tell you, well maybe not a lot, but at least something about someone, and I think this is a pretty comprehensive, and not bad looking list of books, IMO. So, here are the books I've recently added to my library (all, sadly, bought through Amazon at severe discounts): </p><p>- A Memory Called Empire (Book 1 of Teixcalaan) by Arkady Martine*<br>- These Prisoning Hills by Christopher Rowe*<br>- The Rose Rent (Book 13 of The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael) by Ellis Peters<br>- Shakespeare by Bill Bryson<br>- Pastoralia by George Saunders<br>- Grave Empire (The Great Silence) by Richard Swan<br>- The Best of Me by David Sedaris<br>- Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith by Studs Terkel<br>- The Kill Artist (Book 1 of Gabriel Allon) by Daniel Silva**<br>- The Mephisto Club (A Rizzoli & Isles Novel) by Tess Gerritsen<br>- The Running Man by Stephen King<br>- The Long Walk by Stephen King<br>- Night Shift by Stephen King<br>- Christine by Stephen King<br>- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas<br>- The Warded Man (Book 1 of the Demon Cycle) by Peter V. Brett<br>- Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits (Zoey Ashe) by Jason Pargin & David Wong***<br>- Shadow and Bone (Book 1 of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy) by Leigh Bardugo<br>- Siege and Storm (Book 2 of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy) by Leigh Bardugo<br>- Neon Riders by AE Marling*<br>- Sister Svangerd and the Not Quite Dead (The Loyal Opposition Trilogy) by K. J. Parker***<br>- Queen Demon (Book 2 of the Rising World) by Martha Wells<br>- Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud<br>- No Life Forsaken (Book 2 of Witness) by Steven Erikson<br>- Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher<br>- The Tiger and the Wolf (Book 1 of Echoes of the Fall) by Adrian Tchaikovsky<br>- The Bear and the Serpent (Book 2 of Echoes of the Fall) by Adrian Tchaikovsky<br>- The Hyena and the Hawk (Book 3 of Echoes of the Fall) by Adrian Tchaikovsky<br>- King Sorrow by Joe Hill<br>- Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker</p><p>*These books were discovered via the fediverse (thanks for the recommendations and for sharing)<br>**Recommended via IRL local networks<br>***Just some badass covers because, don't lie, everyone loves a good book cover</p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</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>

Book cover for _Sister Svangerd and the Not Quite Dead_ by K. J. Parker. A gothic stone arch frames a black background with the title in bold white and red lettering. Above, a gold chalice holds a skull; below, a small red, stylized animal stands. The overall tone is dark with medieval, slightly eerie imagery.

Book cover for _Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits_ by Jason Pargin (writing as David Wong). A stylized figure with a cat’s head and a cybernetic eye stands against a teal, circuit-patterned background. One hand is raised, wearing a ring emitting red beams. Bright splashes of red and yellow paint surround the head, and the bold title appears in large, jagged red lettering. The overall style is chaotic, graphic, and sci-fi.

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<p>Independent bookstores make quiet comeback as big chains dominate retail <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/19/independent-bookstores-comeback" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/19/independent-bookstores-comeback"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/business/2</span><span class="invisible">026/apr/19/independent-bookstores-comeback</span></a> <a href="/tags/ussmallbusiness/" rel="tag">#UsSmallBusiness</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/usnews/" rel="tag">#UsNews</a></p>

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1920.</p><p>An inaugural meeting of the Bloomsbury Group's Memoir Club is arranged by Mary MacCarthy in London.</p><p>Among the people involved in the group were Virginia Woolf, John Maynard Keynes, E. M. Forster, Vanessa Bell, and Lytton Strachey.</p><p>Virginia Woolf at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/89</span></a><br>John Maynard Keynes:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6280" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6280"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/6280</span></a><br>E. M. Forster:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/975" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/975"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/975</span></a><br>Lytton Strachey:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/576" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/576"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/576</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bloomsbury/" rel="tag">#bloomsbury</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Left to right: Lady Ottoline Morrell, Maria Nys (neither members of Bloomsbury), Lytton Strachey, Duncan Grant, and Vanessa Bell.

Lady Ottoline Morrell – A patron of the arts and literature, she was known for her connections with the Bloomsbury Group but was not a formal member. She is elegantly dressed, reflecting her aristocratic background.

Maria Nys – A Belgian woman who later married Aldous Huxley, she was also not a member of the Bloomsbury Group but was part of their social circle.

Lytton Strachey – A writer and critic, famous for his ironic biographies and a key member of Bloomsbury. He is typically depicted with his distinctive beard and lean, intellectual look.

Duncan Grant – A prominent painter and designer, he was deeply associated with Bloomsbury and had a long relationship with fellow member Vanessa Bell.

Vanessa Bell – A painter and interior designer, sister of Virginia Woolf, and a central figure in the Bloomsbury Group. She is likely dressed in an artistic, bohemian style.

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<p>"Years of not fitting in and being afraid of being busted takes it's toll. I have had a lifetime of being unsure of how to conduct myself and being baffled by others' behaviour. For many years I thought my only choice was to be constantly on the move. I have lost track of the times I have given all my belongings away and melted into the night."</p><p><a href="/tags/anissaljanta/" rel="tag">#AnissaLjanta</a>, Wild of Brain, 2024</p><p><a href="https://www.wildofbrain.com/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.wildofbrain.com/</a></p><p>OMG this is so me!</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/neurodivergence/" rel="tag">#neurodivergence</a></p>

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<p>I just discovered this. The biography is a little weird but not totally inaccurate. It's always odd to read about yourself on the interwebz. And it does have all the books in the right order.</p><p><a href="https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/joyce-lionarons/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bookseriesinorder.com/joyce-lionarons/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bookseriesinorder.com/joyc</span><span class="invisible">e-lionarons/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/mybooks/" rel="tag">#MyBooks</a></p>

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<p>"The only thing that we know is that we know nothing — and that is the highest flight of human wisdom."<br>Book V, Ch. I</p><p>In February 1865.</p><p>Publication of Leo Tolstoy's "1805", an early version of War and Peace, begins in the magazine Russkiy Vestnik. The version that was published in Russkiy Vestnik had a very different ending from the version eventually published under the title War and Peace in 1869.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_and_Peace" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_and_Peace"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_and_</span><span class="invisible">Peace</span></a></p><p>War and Peace at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/2600" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/2600</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Title page of Volume Six (том шестой) of a later (1909) reprinting of War and Peace.

The text is in Russian Cyrillic script, with a mix of bold, serifed fonts that convey a sense of authority and importance. The title "Война и мир" (War and Peace) is likely prominently displayed in a larger font size.

The words "Том шестой" (Volume Six) are clearly printed, usually below the title, indicating its place in a multi-volume set.

"Л. Н. Толстой" (L. N. Tolstoy) is included, typically in a smaller or similarly bolded font.

At the bottom of the page, the publisher's name, city, and year of publication (1909) are printed. Possible location include Moscow, as this was one of the key publishing hubs in Russia.

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<p>📚 The Mountain in the Sea by: Ray Nayler</p><p>The transnational tech corporation DIANIMA has sealed off the remote Con Dao Archipelago, where a species of octopus has been discovered that may have developed its own language and culture. The marine biologist Dr. Ha Nguyen, who has spent her life researching c...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-mountain-in-the-sea" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-mountain-in-the-sea"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-mounta</span><span class="invisible">in-in-the-sea</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/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/technologicalfiction/" rel="tag">#technologicalfiction</a></p>

The transnational tech corporation DIANIMA has sealed off the remote Con Dao Archipelago, where a species of octopus has been discovered that may have developed its own language and culture. The marine biologist Dr. Ha Nguyen, who has spent her life researching cephalopod intelligence, will do anything for the chance to study them. She travels to the islands to join DIANIMA's team: a battle-scarred securityagent and the world’s first (and possibly last) android.

The octopuses hold the key to unprecedented breakthroughs in extrahuman intelligence. As Dr. Nguyen struggles to communicate with the newly discovered species, forces larger than DIANIMA close in to seize the octopuses for themselves.

But no one has yet asked the octopuses what they think. Or what they might do about it.

A near-future thriller, a meditation on the nature of consciousness, and an eco-logical call to arms, Ray Nayler's dazzling literary debut The Mountain in the Sea is a mind-blowing dive into the treasure and wreckage of humankind’s legacy.

*WINNER OF 2023 LOCUS AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL . FINALIST FOR THE NEBULA AWARD, and THE LOS ANGELES TIMES RAY BRADBURY PRIZE

The Mountain in the Sea is a wildly original, gorgeously written, unputdownable gem of a novel. Ray Nayler is one of the most exciting new voices I’ve read in years.
-Blake Crouch, author of Upgrade and Dark Matter

Humankind discovers intelligent life in an octopus species with its own language and culture, and sets

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<p>Limited restock of all signed copies of my poetry books are now available at <a href="https://www.nihtgengapress.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.nihtgengapress.com</a><br><a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/indie/" rel="tag">#indie</a> </p><p>Thank you for supporting an independent indigenous poet directly!</p>

3 books in a line on a pine table top. Disremembering, threnody, and library on fire by Michelle Joy Gallagher soffe.

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<p>Das erste Buch aus der <a href="/tags/bücherwabe/" rel="tag">#Bücherwabe</a> ist „Ferdinand der Stier“. Es erschien 1936 und war radikal bzgl. seines Verständnisses von Männlichkeit und dem hohen Wert von Individualität. Auffällig ist, dass Ferdinand nie Teil einer Gesellschaft ist. Er ist der glückliche Außenseiter, der nicht kämpfen will, sondern viel lieber (allein) an Blumen riecht.<br>Ferdinands Pazifismus bleibt für ihn folgenlos, ganz im Gegenteil zu dem Buch, das wir als nächstes vorstellen. <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literatur/" rel="tag">#literatur</a> <a href="/tags/politik/" rel="tag">#politik</a> <a href="/tags/chemnitz/" rel="tag">#chemnitz</a></p>

$Ein Bild der Bücherwabe im Schaufenster der Buchhandlung am Brühl. Es sind neun Bücher zu sehen: Ursula K. LeGuin: The Word for World is Forest, Stefan Heym: Schwarzenberg, Leaf\Lawson: Ferdinand, Norbert Bobbio: Rechts und Links, Arne Semsrott: Machtübernahme, Magdalena Sorger: Ameisen, Hannah Arendt: Menschen in finsteren Zeiten, Cory Doctorow: Little Brother (Aufstand), Mely Kiyak: Werden sie uns mit FlixBus deportieren?"$

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<p>Today is Burns' birthday, let's celebrate! </p><p>'There's no other poem like it': Why this Robert Burns classic is a masterpiece</p><p>Tam O'Shanter is a rip-roaring tale of witches and alcohol, but it has hidden depths. On Burns Night this Sunday – and 235 years after the poem was published in 1791 – Scots everywhere may well be treated to a masterwork with a unique, universal appeal.</p><p>By Nicholas Barber</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20260122-why-this-robert-burns-poem-is-a-masterpiece" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20260122-why-this-robert-burns-poem-is-a-masterpiece"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/</span><span class="invisible">20260122-why-this-robert-burns-poem-is-a-masterpiece</span></a></p><p>Tam O'Shanter at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25733" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25733</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>

Fronstispiece of the book Tam O' Shanter. by Robert Burns.

Decorations by Harry L. Miller.

Published by The Saalfield Publishing Company.

The artwork is done in a highly decorative, ornate, and gothic style, with intricate linework. The entire page is framed by a border made of twisting thorny branches, leaves, and vines. The illustration has a dark fairy-tale and folkloric atmosphere.

The border contains small human and supernatural figures, animals, and symbolic elements: A small seated figure near the top left; Hanging figures or effigies suspended from branches; Witch-like and goblin-like creatures placed around the frame; Small animals such as cats or owls, enhancing the eerie tone; The thorny branches curve around to form an elaborate rectangular frame.

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/25733/pg25733-images.html

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<p>"Thus the wise and worthy singer<br>Sings not all his garnered wisdom;<br>Better leave unsung some sayings<br>Than to sing them out of season."<br>Epilogue, line 20</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1835.</p><p>The Finnish language epic poetry Kalevala, compiled by Elias Lönnrot from oral sources, is first published in the Grand Duchy of Finland, becoming influential in the Fennoman movement.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala</a></p><p>Kalevala at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/5186" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/5186</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>

Inside front title page of The "Old" Kalevala, Finnish national epos, collection of old Finnish poems, by Elias Lönnrot. First edition; volume 1, 1835.

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<p>Anactoria is a woman mentioned in the work of the ancient Greek poet Sappho, who wrote in the late 7th and early 6th centuries BCE. Sappho names Anactoria as the object of her desire in a poem numbered as fragment 16. Another of her poems, fragment 31, is traditionally called the "Ode to Anactoria", although no name appears in it.</p><p>Algernon Charles Swinburne wrote a long poem, "Anactoria", published in his 1866 collection Poems and Ballads.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anactoria" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anactoria"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anactori</span><span class="invisible">a</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>

Sappho and Alcaeus (1881), painted by Lawrence Alma-Tadema. Anactoria's name is visible near the middle of the painting.

The scene is set in a marble amphitheater overlooking the sea, with lush pine trees framing the background.

Alcaeus, seated to the right, is playing a kithara (a type of lyre) and singing, clad in a pinkish tunic with golden sandals. He appears engaged in performance, his fingers on the strings, as he sings to an enraptured audience.

Sappho, seated on a stone bench to the left, leans forward with her chin resting on her hand, listening intently. She wears a flowing pale green gown and a dark headband. A small altar-like table in front of her holds a laurel wreath, possibly a prize for poetic excellence.

Behind Sappho, a group of women, possibly her companions or disciples, are dressed in elegant, classical garments and adorned with floral crowns.

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<p>Robert Burns and Mary, Queen of Scots: how the poet shaped the enduring cultural legacy of the executed monarch</p><p>The queen was the source of much debate among 18th-century thinkers.</p><p>by Kate Kane</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/robert-burns-and-mary-queen-of-scots-how-the-poet-shaped-the-enduring-cultural-legacy-of-the-executed-monarch-273950?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Weekender%20-%203653437321&utm_content=The%20Weekender%20-%203653437321+CID_43c6452557555cbd4df21443bb065cc9&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/robert-burns-and-mary-queen-of-scots-how-the-poet-shaped-the-enduring-cultural-legacy-of-the-executed-monarch-273950?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Weekender%20-%203653437321&utm_content=The%20Weekender%20-%203653437321+CID_43c6452557555cbd4df21443bb065cc9&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/robert-bur</span><span class="invisible">ns-and-mary-queen-of-scots-how-the-poet-shaped-the-enduring-cultural-legacy-of-the-executed-monarch-273950?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Weekender%20-%203653437321&utm_content=The%20Weekender%20-%203653437321+CID_43c6452557555cbd4df21443bb065cc9&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk</span></a></p><p>Robert Burns at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/583" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/583"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/583</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>

Portrait of Burns by Alexander Nasmyth, 1787, Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

This half-length portrait of Burns, framed within an oval, has become the most well-known and widely reproduced image of the famous Scottish poet. Nasmyth's painting, commissioned by the publisher William Creech, was to be engraved for a new edition of Burn's poems. He is shown fashionably dressed against a landscape, evoking his rural background in Alloway, Ayrshire. Burns and Nasmyth had become good friends, having been introduced to one another in Edinburgh by a mutual patron, Patrick Miller of Dalswinton. Nasmyth, pleased to have recorded Burns' likeness convincingly, decided to leave the painting in a slightly unfinished state.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Burns#/media/File:PG_1063Burns_Naysmith.jpg

François Clouet - Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-87)

Mary wears a pink gown decorated with vertical gold striping and small jeweled embellishments. The bodice is tightly fitted and fastened down the center with a line of pearls or gemstone buttons. A crisp white ruff collar frames her neck. Her sleeves are full and carefully tailored.

Her hair is light brown and drawn back smoothly, partially covered by a jeweled headband adorned with pearls. She wears modest jewelry, including a pearl necklace, small earrings, and a ring. Her hands are delicately posed at her waist, fingers gently touching.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots#/media/File:Fran%C3%A7ois_Clouet_-_Mary,_Queen_of_Scots_(1542-87)_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

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<p>Why does fiction matter? </p><p>Because stories can sharpen the way we understand other people. </p><p>A meta-analysis found that reading fiction has a small but positive effect on social cognition. Including our ability to interpret emotions, motives, and inner lives. </p><p>In other words: novels may help us practice empathy.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#mentalhealth</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/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a></p>

Reading matters

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<p>"<a href="/tags/julianbravenoisecat/" rel="tag">#JulianBraveNoisecat</a>’s debut memoir, <a href="/tags/wesurvivedthenight/" rel="tag">#WeSurvivedTheNight</a> [...] begins with an act of literary resistance in the face of colonial erasure. NoiseCat’s father was born and then abandoned as an infant at St Joseph’s Mission, an Indian boarding school in Canada now known to be the site of generations of systemic state violence against <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> children and their families." </p><p><a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/julian-brave-noisecat-memoir-sugarcane-leila-nadir-interview/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lareviewofbooks.org/article/julian-brave-noisecat-memoir-sugarcane-leila-nadir-interview/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lareviewofbooks.org/article/ju</span><span class="invisible">lian-brave-noisecat-memoir-sugarcane-leila-nadir-interview/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/firstnations/" rel="tag">#FirstNations</a> <a href="/tags/nativeamericans/" rel="tag">#NativeAmericans</a> <a href="/tags/oraltraditions/" rel="tag">#oralTraditions</a> <a href="/tags/coyotestories/" rel="tag">#coyoteStories</a> <a href="/tags/memoirs/" rel="tag">#memoirs</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</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>

Tricksters and the Spirit World

Julian Brave NoiseCat discusses ‘We Survived the Night,’ his genre-bending revival of the ‘Coyote epic,’ with Leila Nadir.

By Leila NadirJanuary 24, 2026

[tags] CULTURAL STUDIES ENVIRONMENT

image: photo of author and cinéaste Julian Brave Noisecat

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<p>Did Edison accidentally make graphene in 1879?</p><p>Rice University chemists replicated Thomas Edison’s seminal experiment and found a surprising byproduct.</p><p>by Jennifer Ouellette</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/did-edison-accidentally-make-graphene-in-1879/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/did-edison-accidentally-make-graphene-in-1879/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2026/0</span><span class="invisible">1/did-edison-accidentally-make-graphene-in-1879/</span></a></p><p>Thomas Edison at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3325" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3325"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/3325</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a></p>

Edison carbon filament lamps, early 1880s.

There are four glass bulbs mounted upright on a base, each with slightly different shapes and proportions.The bulbs have:

Rounded, bulbous glass envelopes, some more spherical than others

Visible carbon filaments inside (thin, looped or arched)

Darkened glass near the tops, likely from carbon deposits caused by early filament evaporation

Primitive bases and sockets

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<p>📚 Departure by: A. G. Riddle</p><p>En route to London from New York, Flight 305 suddenly loses power and crash-lands in the English countryside, plunging a group of strangers into a mysterious adventure that will have repercussions for all of humankind.</p><p>Struggling to stay alive, the survivors soon realize that the worl...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/departure" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/departure</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/dystopianfiction/" rel="tag">#dystopianfiction</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></p>

En route to London from New York, Flight 305 suddenly loses power and crash-lands in the English countryside, plunging a group of strangers into a mysterious adventure that will have repercussions for all of humankind.

Struggling to stay alive, the survivors soon realize that the world they’ve crashed in is very different from the one they left. But where are they? Why are they here? And how will they get back home?

Five passengers seem to hold clues about what's really going on: writer Harper Lane, venture capitalist Nick Stone, German genetic researcher Sabrina Schröder, computer scientist Yul Tan, and Grayson Shaw, the son of a billionaire philanthropist.

As more facts about the crash emerge, it becomes clear that some in this group know more than they’re letting on answers that will lead Harper and Nick to uncover a far reaching conspiracy involving their own lives. As they begin to piece together the truth, they discover they have the power to change the future and the past to save our world... or end it.

A wildly inventive and propulsive adventure full of hairpin twists, Departure is a thrilling tale that weaves together power, ambition, fate, memory, and love, from a bold and visionary talent.

From the author of the #1 bestselling The Atlantis Gene comes a new novel in which the world’s past and future rests in the hands of five unwitting strangers in this definitive edition of A. G. Riddle's time-traveling, mind-bending speculative thriller.

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Omar Khayyam

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