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<p>&quot;People are deeply imbedded in philosophical, i.e., grammatical confusions. And to free them presupposes pulling them out of the immensely manifold connections they are caught up in.&quot; </p><p>~Ludwig Wittgenstein (26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951)</p><p>Ludwig Wittgenstein at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1861" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1861"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1861</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a></p>

<p>Polar Plunge: An Exploration of Antarctic Publishing</p><p>In 1901, a small crew of sailors, meteorologists, biologists, and other scientists embarked on a three-year journey of polar exploration known as the British National Antarctic Expedition.</p><p>by: Callie Beattie</p><p><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/2026/01/14/polar-plunge-an-exploration-of-antarctic-publishing/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/2026/01/14/polar-plunge-an-exploration-of-antarctic-publishing/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/2026</span><span class="invisible">/01/14/polar-plunge-an-exploration-of-antarctic-publishing/</span></a></p><p>Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/8188" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/8188"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/8188</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/antarctica/" rel="tag">#Antarctica</a></p>

<p>I want things that are above my reading level, that&#x27;s how I get better at reading 🤔😁 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@reading" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reading</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor</span></a></span> @humor@lemmy.world @aiop</p><p><a href="/tags/readingmemes/" rel="tag">#ReadingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <br><a href="/tags/readallthebooks/" rel="tag">#ReadAllTheBooks</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a><br><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#ReadersOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a><br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</a> <br><a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a> <a href="/tags/readinglevel/" rel="tag">#ReadingLevel</a> <a href="/tags/level/" rel="tag">#Level</a></p>

<p>Lewis Carroll collection given to his Oxford college in surprise US donation</p><p>Exclusive: Christ Church college taken aback to receive hundreds of the author’s letters, photos and rare items</p><p>By Dalya Alberge</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/feb/16/lewis-carroll-oxford-surprise-us-donation" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/books/2025/feb/16/lewis-carroll-oxford-surprise-us-donation"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/books/2025</span><span class="invisible">/feb/16/lewis-carroll-oxford-surprise-us-donation</span></a></p><p>Lewis Carroll at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/7</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>The Medieval Manuscript That Features “Yoda”, Killer Snails, Savage Rabbits &amp; More: Discover The Smithfield Decretals</p><p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2025/04/the-medieval-manuscript-that-features-yoda-killer-snails-mischievous-devils.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openculture.com/2025/04/the-medieval-manuscript-that-features-yoda-killer-snails-mischievous-devils.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openculture.com/2025/04/th</span><span class="invisible">e-medieval-manuscript-that-features-yoda-killer-snails-mischievous-devils.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>I&#x27;ve just finished Michiko Aoyama&#x27;s &quot;What You Are Looking for Is in the Library&quot; and quite enjoyed its series of vignettes about various people&#x27;s insights following their fateful visits to the local library. Definitely a cozy read. Though now that I&#x27;ve seen the title of the French translation (La bibliothèque des rêves secrets) I cannot help but wonder what the original Japanese title was.</p><p><a href="/tags/cozyreads/" rel="tag">#cozyreads</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</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>

<p>📚 This House Will Feed by: Maria Tureaud</p><p>County Clare, 1848: In the scant few years since the potato blight first cast its foul shadow over Ireland, Maggie O&#x27;Shaughnessy has lost everything—her entire family and the man she trusted with her heart. Toiling in the Ennis Workhouse for paltry rations, she can see no futur...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/this-house-will-feed" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/this-house-will-feed"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/this-house</span><span class="invisible">-will-feed</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/gothicfiction/" rel="tag">#gothicfiction</a> <a href="/tags/historical/" rel="tag">#historical</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a></p>

<p>What Are Wilkie Collins’ Contributions to Victorian Literature?</p><p>Wilkie Collins (1824 -1889) was a significant figure in Victorian Literary circles. He is perhaps best known today for his sensation novel The Woman in White as well as his influential detective novel The Moonstone.</p><p>By Lauren Jones</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/wilkie-collins-contribution-to-victorian-literature/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/wilkie-collins-contribution-to-victorian-literature/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/wilkie-co</span><span class="invisible">llins-contribution-to-victorian-literature/</span></a></p><p>Wilkie Collins at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/98" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/98"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/98</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Thousands of authors publish ‘empty’ book in protest over AI using their work <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/44282621">See Original Page</a> </small>

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa - Anna’s Archive <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/43861151">See Original Page</a> </small>

Eurocentrism : modernity, religion, and democracy : a critique of Eurocentrism and culturalism - Anna’s Archive <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/43861149">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>18th-Century Portuguese Library Has Bats That Protect the Priceless Books Housed Inside</p><p>By Eva Baron </p><p><a href="https://mymodernmet.com/biblioteca-joanina-bats-pest-control/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mymodernmet.com/biblioteca-joanina-bats-pest-control/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mymodernmet.com/biblioteca-joa</span><span class="invisible">nina-bats-pest-control/</span></a></p><p>The Bat, a poem by D.H. Lawrence at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/60337/pg60337-images.html#BAT" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/60337/pg60337-images.html#BAT"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/6</span><span class="invisible">0337/pg60337-images.html#BAT</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/library/" rel="tag">#library</a></p>

<p>&quot;Mastered by desire impulsive,<br>By a mighty inward urging,<br>I am ready now for singing,<br>Ready to begin the chanting<br>Of our nation’s ancient folk-song...&quot;</p><p>An epic border: Finland’s poetic masterpiece, the Kalevala, has roots in 2 cultures and 2 countries</p><p>by Thomas A. DuBois</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/an-epic-border-finlands-poetic-masterpiece-the-kalevala-has-roots-in-2-cultures-and-2-countries-261444" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/an-epic-border-finlands-poetic-masterpiece-the-kalevala-has-roots-in-2-cultures-and-2-countries-261444"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/an-epic-bo</span><span class="invisible">rder-finlands-poetic-masterpiece-the-kalevala-has-roots-in-2-cultures-and-2-countries-261444</span></a></p><p>Kalevala at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Kalevala" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Kalevala"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Kalevala</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>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1885.</p><p>Mark Twain&#x27;s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published in the US for the 1st time, in New York by Charles L. Webster, illustrated by E. W. Kemble, the 1st impression having been delayed for replacement of an unauthorized obscene alteration to one of the illustrative plates. Its first-person narrative in colloquial language is initially controversial but ultimately influential in the development of realism in American literature.</p><p>At PG<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/76" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/76</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>&quot;The name of the one was Obstinate and the name of the other Pliable.&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1678.</p><p>The first part of English nonconformist John Bunyan&#x27;s Christian allegory The Pilgrim&#x27;s Progress, partly written while he was imprisoned for unlicensed preaching, is published in London.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pilgrim%27s_Progress" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pilgrim%27s_Progress"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pilg</span><span class="invisible">rim%27s_Progress</span></a></p><p>The Pilgrim&#x27;s Progress at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/131" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/131</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1823 novelist Ann Radcliffe died.</p><p>She &quot;was an English novelist who pioneered the Gothic novel, and a minor poet. Her fourth and most popular novel, The Mysteries of Udolpho, was published in 1794.... Her novels combine suspenseful narratives, exotic historical settings, and apparently-supernatural events.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Radcliffe" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Radcliffe"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Radc</span><span class="invisible">liffe</span></a></p><p>Books by Radcliffe at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1147" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1147"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1147</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Majority Report welcomes <a href="/tags/jamieholmes/" rel="tag">#JamieHolmes</a>, author of the <a href="/tags/thefreeandthedead/" rel="tag">#TheFreeAndTheDead</a>, which tells the story of how a free Black American and an <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> warrior resisted the US attack on the <a href="/tags/seminole/" rel="tag">#Seminole</a> nation in pre-statehood <a href="/tags/florida/" rel="tag">#Florida</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiuAwww07X8" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiuAwww07X8"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiuAww</span><span class="invisible">w07X8</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/souanaffetustenukke/" rel="tag">#SouanaffeTustenukke</a> <a href="/tags/osceola/" rel="tag">#Osceola</a> <a href="/tags/nativeamericanhistory/" rel="tag">#NativeAmericanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/nativeamericans/" rel="tag">#NativeAmericans</a> <a href="/tags/seminoles/" rel="tag">#Seminoles</a> <a href="/tags/blackseminoles/" rel="tag">#BlackSeminoles</a> <a href="/tags/seminolewars/" rel="tag">#SeminoleWars</a> <a href="/tags/secondseminolewar/" rel="tag">#SecondSeminoleWar</a> <a href="/tags/blackhistory/" rel="tag">#BlackHistory</a> <a href="/tags/blackhistorymonth/" rel="tag">#BlackHistoryMonth</a> <a href="/tags/ushistory/" rel="tag">#UShistory</a> <a href="/tags/americanhistory/" rel="tag">#AmericanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/forcedremovals/" rel="tag">#forcedRemovals</a> <a href="/tags/colonialviolence/" rel="tag">#colonialViolence</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>

<p>📚 **Are students reading less than we used to?**</p><p>David Wignall</p><p>_A few months ago, a professor told me that she had cut another book from her course’s assigned reading list. “When I started teaching at Williams,” she said, “I assigned a book per week. No way I could do that now.”_</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://williamsrecord.com/469974/opinions/are-students-reading-less-than-we-used-to/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="williamsrecord.com/469974/opinions/are-students-reading-less-than-we-used-to/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">williamsrecord.com/469974/opin</span><span class="invisible">ions/are-students-reading-less-than-we-used-to/</span></a>. </p><p><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/learning/" rel="tag">#Learning</a> @bookstodon</p>

<p>I send thanks to the buyer from Maryland who purchased an art print of</p><p>Light Reading -- <a href="https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/light-reading-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/light-reading-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/f</span><span class="invisible">eatured/light-reading-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print</span></a></p><p>May the image transport you to a perfect day, one in which you immerse yourself in a most wonderful story, a book that you want to read to the end, but at the same time, never shut the covers to permanently close.</p><p><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/read/" rel="tag">#read</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/artwork/" rel="tag">#artwork</a> <a href="/tags/drawing/" rel="tag">#drawing</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#mastoart</a> <a href="/tags/fediart/" rel="tag">#fediart</a> <a href="/tags/buyintoart/" rel="tag">#buyintoart</a> <a href="/tags/fedigiftshop/" rel="tag">#fedigiftshop</a> <a href="/tags/ayearforart/" rel="tag">#ayearforart</a> <a href="/tags/woman/" rel="tag">#woman</a> <a href="/tags/home/" rel="tag">#home</a> <a href="/tags/peaceful/" rel="tag">#peaceful</a> <a href="/tags/story/" rel="tag">#story</a></p>

<p>📚 Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by: Stephen King</p><p>Red&#x27;s a guy who can get you whatever you want here in Maine&#x27;s corrupt and hard-edged Shawshank State Penitentiary (for a price, of course), but the one thing he doesn&#x27;t count on is an unexpected friendship forged with fellow inmate Andy Dufr...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/rita-hayworth-and-shawshank-redemption" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/rita-hayworth-and-shawshank-redemption"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/rita-haywo</span><span class="invisible">rth-and-shawshank-redemption</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/horrorfiction/" rel="tag">#horrorfiction</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/suspensefiction/" rel="tag">#suspensefiction</a> <a href="/tags/mediatiein/" rel="tag">#mediatiein</a></p>

The Hidden Women’s Labor behind Modern Literary Masterpieces <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/42835604">See Original Page</a> </small>