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Kevin A. Young at the Binghamton Upstate Anarchist Book Fair Takahe has limited support for this type: See Original Page

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Johannes Gutenberg & the Invention of the Printing Press

Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press in the 15th century was one of the most important technological developments of the early modern period.

by Anisia Iacob

https://www.thecollector.com/johannes-gutenberg-printing-press/

Johannes Gutenberg at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Johannes+Gutenberg

#books #printingdevices

An early wooden printing press, depicted in 1568. Such presses could produce up to 240 impressions per hour.

Jost Amman - Woodcut illustration in the 1568 book "Ständebuch", reproduced in "Meggs, Philip B. A History of Graphic Design. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1998. (p. 64)"

At the left in the foreground, a "puller" removes a printed sheet from the press. The "beater" to his right is inking the forme. In the background, compositors are setting type.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Gutenberg#/media/File:Printer_in_1568-ce.png

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104d

I wrote a book and i am sharing it with everyone. Email request access required (the web is a jungle right now)
https://humble.opticmystic.io/

pdf version available through email request (the web is a jungle right now).

some inspiration was taken from
@pluralistic @emilymbender

you may like @GeofCox @bodhipaksa
@aral

#humble #world #art #books #philosophy #puns #love #typography

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King James I and the Macbeth Witches

The ever-pragmatic Shakespeare added witches to the Scottish play to please his new patron, King James I of England.

By: Emily Zarevich

https://daily.jstor.org/king-james-i-and-the-macbeth-witches/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K4AA1HZHDFDF6ETVJ03399HB&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER

Macbeth at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1533

#art #books #culture

Scene of Three Witches from Shakespeare's Macbeth c. 1840 by
George Cattermole (1800–1868) .

The work depicts the three witches from Macbeth, characters.

The witches are grouped together in the foreground, forming a tight, triangular arrangement. Their figures are hunched and enveloped in heavy cloaks, their gestures mysterious and conspiratorial. One may be shown pointing, another in the act of casting or stirring, while the third leans forward as if whispering some secret.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Cattermole_-_Scene_of_Three_Witches_from_Shakespeare%27s_Macbeth_-_B1975.4.1056_-_Yale_Center_for_British_Art.jpg

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101d

Hear Joey Ramone Sing a Piece by John Cage Adapted from James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake

https://www.openculture.com/2025/08/hear-joey-ramone-sing-a-piece-adapted-from-james-joyces-finnegans-wake.html

“The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs"

#books #music #literature

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How Did Eleanor of Aquitaine Become One of the Most Powerful Women of the Middle Ages?

Eleanor of Aquitaine carved her way into the English court through a series of cunning and tactical maneuvers.

by Erin Wrigh

https://www.thecollector.com/eleanor-of-aquitaine-most-powerful-woman-middle-ages/

Eleanor of Aquitaine at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Eleanor+of+Aquitaine

#books #history

Queen Eleanor by Frederick Sandys, 1858 National Museum Cardiff.

A disciple of Rossetti, Sandys specialised in half-length figures of beautiful but often destructive women. His meticulous attention to detail is typical of the Pre-Raphaelite school. Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine (c.1122–1204), the wife of the English King Henry II, was reputed to have murdered his mistress, Fair Rosamund, and appears here with a poisoned cup and dagger. The red cord in her left hand is that which showed the way through the maze to Rosamund's bower.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine#/media/File:Queen_Eleanor_(Frederick_Sandys,_1858).jpg

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📚 Minor Black Figures by: Brandon Taylor

A newcomer to New York, Wyeth is a Black painter who grew up in the South and is trying to find his place in the contemporary Manhattan art scene. It's challenging. Gallery shows displaying bad art. Pretentious artists jockeying for attention. The gossip and the backstabbing. While his...

https://bookblabla.com/book/minor-black-figures

@bookstodon

#books #reading #libraries #fiction #lgbtq #gayfiction #literaryfiction #citylife

A newcomer to New York, Wyeth is a Black painter who grew up in the South and is trying to find his place in the contemporary Manhattan art scene. It's challenging. Gallery shows displaying bad art. Pretentious artists jockeying for attention. The gossip and the backstabbing. While his part-time work for an art restorer is engaging, Wyeth suffers from artist's block with his painting and he is finding it increasingly difficult to spark his creativity.

When he meets Keating, a white former seminarian who left the priesthood, Wyeth begins to reconsider how to observe the world, in the process facing questions about the conflicts between Black and white art, the white gaze on the Black body, and the compromises we make - in art and in life.

As he did so adeptly in Booker finalist Real Life and the bestselling The Late Americans, Brandon Taylor brings to life in Minor Black Figures a fascinating set of characters, this time in the competitive art world, and the lives they lead with each and on their own. Minor Black Figures is an involving and tender portrait of friendship, creativity, and the connections between them.

From the Booker Prize finalist and bestselling author: a perceptive novel about a gay Black painter navigating the worlds of art, desire, and creativity

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@neve thank you for hosting #writephant this week 😊

#selfpromo

I write cosy-adjacent fantasy books with romance, often queer. I have been described as “criminally underrated” 😉 Find out more about my books, including samples and retail links, at my website:

https://wendypalmer.au/

#books @bookstodon #fantasy #IndieAuthor @writingbooks #QueerRomance

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

On a world long thought to have no moon, its sudden appearance inspires wonder and terror. Hasty research links the full moon and catastrophe, revealing the existence of the so-called ‘Harbingers of Doom’, creatures from the moon that harvest souls. Can everyone survive or will they become part of the dark harvest?

@bookstodon
#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #sff #sciencefantasy #scifi #actionadventure #fiction #books

(Left) The cover of dark moon, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson.

In the foreground, a redheaded witch and a dark haired wizard fight back to back, holding some rather large pistols. The witch is in a black dress and the wizard is in a black robe with golden decorations. Both looked a bit purple, due to the lighting. The witch's hair blows on the wind and she wears a necklace of bone beads.

Behind them, there's dust, mist and fog lit by twilight as a moon rises, framing their heads. Objects that look like shooting stars fall from the moon and there's a few visible impacts.

(Right) A white moon, on a background of the stars of space, with the following quote over the top of it:

“Idiot! You’ve likely killed us both, leaving us stuck out in the open like this.”

“We’ve got incoming. I know you’re angry and I suppose you’ve got every right to be, but we need to defend ourselves.”

“ ‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend’, for now, and then we decide what to do about the conflict between us.”

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

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#OTD in 1899.

Herbert Putnam is appointed Librarian of Congress in the United States, where he will introduce in practice the Library of Congress Classification (LCC) scheme.

LCC is mainly used by large research and academic libraries, while most public libraries and small academic libraries use the Dewey Decimal Classification system.

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

#books #library #catalogue

Herbert Putnam, 3/4-length portrait, holding an open book; Librarian of Congress from 1899 to 1939 Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print.

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Unusual war grave in Dalry Cemetery: father & son. Same names, same age at death, one fell in WWI, the other in WWII.

This inspired my short story for WWI charity anthology To End All Wars several years ago, illustrated by Kate Charlesworth, which you can read here on my blog https://www.woolamaloo.org.uk/memorial-to-the-mothers/

#books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #AmWriting #History #Histoire

Marble British war grave headstone with the Royal Scots emblem, dedicated to James Allan, killed 1918, aged 29, and his son, also Janes Allan, killed 1940 in France, same regiment and age as his father.

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We’re so sorry to hear that Guppe Groups have shut down.

@FediTips/115164286964463451

Guppe was a really big influence on us when we first joined the Fediverse and served communities across the Fediverse.

Fortunately, conversations and communities can continue! Here are 3 ways how:

1/3 Keep the conversation going by hopping over to Newsmast Channels:

Bookstodon 👉 Follow @books & use #books

Histodons 👉 Follow @history & use #history

Academic Chatter 👉 Follow @academia & use #academia

Photography 👉 Follow @photography & use #photography

Faded mountain range at sunset with text overlay reading "Thank you Guppe, Community pioneers"

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📚 Home Is Where the Bodies Are by: Jeneva Rose

After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm’s length due to her ongoing bat...

https://bookblabla.com/book/home-is-where-the-bodies-are

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#books #reading #libraries #fiction #thrillers #suspensefiction #familylife #siblingsfiction

After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm’s length due to her ongoing battle with a serious drug addiction. Michael, the youngest, lives out of state and hasn’t been back to their small Wisconsin town since their father ran out on them seven years before.

While going through their parents’ belongings, the siblings stumble upon a collection of home videos and decide to revisit those happier memories. However, the nostalgia is cut short when one of the VHS tapes reveals a night back in 1999 that none of them have any recollection of. On screen, their father appears covered in blood. What follows is a dead body and a pact between their parents to get rid of it, before the video abruptly ends.

Beth, Nicole, and Michael must now decide whether to leave the past in the past or uncover the dark secret their mother took to her grave.

A New York Times and USA Today bestseller
From #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and You Shouldn’t Have Come Here comes a chilling family thriller about the (sometimes literal) skeletons in the closet.

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My high school English syllabus, ranked.

By Brittany Allen

https://lithub.com/my-high-school-english-syllabus-ranked/

Ethan Frome & Bleak House at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4517
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1023

#books #literature

Cover of the first edition of Ethan Frome (1911).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Frome#/media/File:Ethan_Frome_first_edition_cover.jpg

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Cover of first serial of Bleak House, March 1852
Illustration from the New York Public Library Berg Collection

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleak_House#/media/File:Cover,_Bleak_House_(1852-3).png

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The Novel F. Scott Fitzgerald Never Wrote
A Romantic Drama Against the Backdrop of History

By Anne Margaret Daniel (from the archives)

https://lithub.com/the-novel-f-scott-fitzgerald-never-wrote/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K4GXQHD1JQF3NSKDBWP4HAFN&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER

Fitzgerald at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/420

#books #literature

A publicity photograph of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald circa 1921 published in The World's Work (June 1921 issue).

Fitzgerald is shown in a formal seated pose, turned slightly toward the camera. His expression is calm, alert, and composed.

He wears a dark three-piece suit with a tie, crisply pressed white shirt, and neatly combed hair parted at the middle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald#/media/File:F_Scott_Fitzgerald_1921.jpg

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@neve thank you for hosting #writephant 🙏 glad to have a chance to join in this week

#SelfPromo

I write stand-alone cosy-adjacent fantasy with romance, often queer, and ALWAYS happy, hopeful endings. I’ve been described as “criminally underrated” by some rando* on Reddit.

*rando means “random person” in Australian, by which I actually mean a lovely, LOVELY fan who I am incredibly grateful to 😊

Check my books out at my website:

https://wendypalmer.au/books/

They’re on #Hoopla and #KoboPlus too

@bookstodon #books #fantasyReads #GayRomance

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A personal SMBC
Full strip here: http://smbc-comics.com/comic/a-family-dispute
#smbc #hiveworks #comics #webcomics #books

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Who Were the Knights of the Round Table? (Arthurian Legends)

"In the Arthurian legends, King Arthur has an alliance of mighty men known as the Knights of the Round Table. Who were Arthur’s knights?"

https://www.thecollector.com/who-were-knights-round-table/

Books about King Arthur and his knights at PG:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=king+arthur

The Parting of Lancelot and Guinevere
by Julia Margaret Cameron

#books #literature

"In 1874 Tennyson asked Cameron to make photographic illustrations for a new edition of his Idylls of the Kings, a recasting of the Arthurian legends. Responding that both knew that “it is immortality to me to be bound up with you,” Cameron willingly accepted the assignment. Costuming family and friends, she made some 245 exposures to arrive at the handful she wanted for the book. Ultimately—and predictably—she was unhappy with the way her photographs looked reduced in scale and translated into wood engravings, and she chose to issue a deluxe edition, at her own risk, that included a dozen full size photographic prints in each of two volumes." - Internet Archive

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We Need More Leftist Crime Fiction Takahe has limited support for this type: See Original Page

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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? September 09

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for #TransDayOfVisibility consider ordering a copy of the new 3rd edition of #WhippingGirl (w/new Afterword on the current anti-trans backlash) for a 20% discount through my publisher @SealPress using this link & promo code: SERANO20
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/julia-serano/whipping-girl/9781541604520/

btw, if you had problems with the promo code earlier, sorry, their distributor sold out. but now it's back in stock & the promo code will work until April 15th!
#TDoV #TDOV2024 #trans #transgender #LGBTQ #feminism #books

photo of a stack of Whipping Girl 3rd Edition books

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First you have to force feed them some propaganda like "the strong should prey on the weak."
And then you can have instant replay of #LordOfTheFlies 🤔😒

@reading @bookstodon @books @humor @humor@lemmy.world @aiop

#ReadingMemes #Memes #ReadAllTheBooks #Humor #Humour
#Reading #Readers #ReadersOfMastodon #ReadingCommunity
#Book #Books #Novel #Novels #Fiction
#Bookwyrm #Bookworm #Bookstodon #BookLove #BoostingIsSharing

Four panel comic of a classroom with ENGLISH LIT written on a blackboard.

1st: "Morning, class! Today we're going to start our Lord of the Flies unit!"
2nd: Teacher walks out.
3d: *Lock* sound from the door.
4th: Incorrect expectation of mayhem.

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Misunderstood Malthus

The English thinker whose name is synonymous with doom and gloom has lessons for today.

By: Roy Scranton
https://daily.jstor.org/misunderstood-malthus/

Malthus at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1411

#books #economy

Thomas Robert Malthus by John Linnell.

Malthus is shown seated, facing slightly toward the viewer. His hair is short and lightly curled, his face lined with age. He wears clerical robes. In his right hand he holds a closed book while his left rests gently on his lap.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Robert_Malthus_Wellcome_L0069037.jpg

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It's a double book launch!

Mandy Hager and I are launching our new books at 6pm on Wednesday 1 October at Unity Books, Wellington - my new poetry collection "Dracula in the Colonies" and her new novel "Revenge and Rabbit Holes"!

Check out the details here: https://www.timjonesbooks.co.nz/2025/09/04/youre-invited-to-a-double-book-launch-on-wednesday-1-october-dracula-in-the-colonies-by-tim-jones-and-revenge-and-rabbit-holes-by-mandy-hager/

I hope you can come along! Many thanks to The Cuba Press for publishing both books, and to Unity Books Wellington for hosting the launch.

Can't make the launch? You can pre-order Dracula in the Colonies here: https://thecubapress.nz/shop/dracula-in-the-colonies/

#books #bookstodon #nzbooks #Aotearoa #fiction #poetry