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Jane Birkin and the Art of Authenticity <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/42668424">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>📚 Outrage: Why the Fight for LGBTQ+ Equality Is Not Yet Won and What We Can Do About It by: Ellen Jones</p><p>An eye-opening and essential look at the discrimination still faced by LGBTQIA+ people today, woven throughout with moving and jaw-dropping personal accounts, plus practical steps anyone can take to help change things...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/Outrage-why-the-fight-for-LGBT" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/Outrage-why-the-fight-for-LGBT"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/Outrage-wh</span><span class="invisible">y-the-fight-for-LGBT</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/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#nonfiction</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a> <a href="/tags/socialscience/" rel="tag">#socialscience</a> <a href="/tags/discrimination/" rel="tag">#discrimination</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1836 (dated April)</p><p>The first monthly part of The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens is issued in London. On April 20, the original illustrator, Robert Seymour, shoots himself and Dickens has more freedom to develop the story in his own way.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pickwick_Papers" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pickwick_Papers"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pick</span><span class="invisible">wick_Papers</span></a></p><p>The Pickwick Papers at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The+Pickwick+Papers&amp;submit_search=Search" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The+Pickwick+Papers&amp;submit_search=Search"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=The+Pickwick+Papers&amp;submit_search=Search</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>If you haven&#x27;t read this book, read it. It will change your outlook on food forever.</p><p><a href="https://khleedril.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/?review=ultra-processed-people" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="khleedril.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/?review=ultra-processed-people"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">khleedril.org/dale-mellor/book</span><span class="invisible">blog/?review=ultra-processed-people</span></a></p><p><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> <a href="/tags/food/" rel="tag">#food</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a></p>

<p>George Orwell called for a new way of thinking about science</p><p>In October 1945, George Orwell responded to a letter from Mr J. Stewart Cook in the leftwing weekly newspaper Tribune calling for more science education.</p><p>By Robert Colls</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/george-orwell-called-for-a-new-way-of-thinking-about-science-274447" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/george-orwell-called-for-a-new-way-of-thinking-about-science-274447"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/george-orw</span><span class="invisible">ell-called-for-a-new-way-of-thinking-about-science-274447</span></a></p><p>Science education at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=science+%2Beducation" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=science+%2Beducation"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=science+%2Beducation</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#education</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>

<p>📚 People Like Us by: Jason Mott</p><p>In People Like Us, two Black writers are trying to find peace and belonging in a world that is riven with gun violence. One is on a global book tour after a big prize win; the other is set to give a speech at a school that has suffered a shooting. And as their two storylines merge, truths and antics ab...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/people-like-us" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/people-like-us"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/people-lik</span><span class="invisible">e-us</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/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/southern/" rel="tag">#southern</a></p>

<p>📚 Otherworldly by: Dwain Worrell</p><p>Cleo Xavier is a renowned astronaut and explorer, not an addict. At least, that&#x27;s what she tells herself. She&#x27;s always been able to navigate the isolation and loneliness that come with space exploration, which makes her a perfect candidate to join four other astronauts on a mission to Orbis Alius, the farthest planet in the ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/otherworldly" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/otherworldly"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/otherworld</span><span class="invisible">ly</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/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/aliencontact/" rel="tag">#aliencontact</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1920.</p><p>This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald sets him up as a writer and celebrity. An initial 3,000 copies sell out in three days. The book&#x27;s reputation dims in later years, but Dorothy Parker will recall that it was seen as innovative when it first appeared.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Side_of_Paradise" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Side_of_Paradise"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Sid</span><span class="invisible">e_of_Paradise</span></a></p><p>This Side of Paradise at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/805" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/805</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Strip the DRM from your Kindle books, simple effective, free, online <a href="https://dedrm.com/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>dedrm.com/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/kindle/" rel="tag">#Kindle</a> <a href="/tags/amazon/" rel="tag">#Amazon</a> <a href="/tags/drm/" rel="tag">#DRM</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>&quot;She belonged to a different age, but being so entire, so complete, would always stand up on the horizon, stone-white, eminent, like a lighthouse marking some past stage on this adventurous, long, long voyage, this interminable — this interminable life.&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1915.</p><p>Virginia Woolf&#x27;s first novel, The Voyage Out, is published in London by the firm of her half-brother, Gerald Duckworth.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voyage_Out" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voyage_Out"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voya</span><span class="invisible">ge_Out</span></a></p><p>The Voyage Out at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/144" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/144</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Literary Genius: Who Was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe?</p><p>Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is the most influential German literary figure in history. Learn more about his life, science, and philosophy.</p><p>By Maysara Kamal</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/literary-genius-who-was-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/literary-genius-who-was-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/literary-</span><span class="invisible">genius-who-was-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/</span></a></p><p>Books by Goethe at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/586" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/586"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/586</span></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 1862.</p><p>The first two volumes of Victor Hugo&#x27;s epic historical novel Les Misérables appear in Brussels, followed on April 3 by Paris publication, with the remaining volumes on May 15. The first English-language translations, by Charles Edwin Wilbour, are published in New York on June 7, and by Frederic Charles Lascelles Wraxall, in London in October.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%</span><span class="invisible">C3%A9rables</span></a></p><p>Les Misérables at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Les+Mis%C3%A9rables&amp;submit_search=Search" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Les+Mis%C3%A9rables&amp;submit_search=Search"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Les+Mis%C3%A9rables&amp;submit_search=Search</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>📚 The Faith of Beasts by: James S. A. Corey</p><p>Release date April 14, 2026.<br> <br>The monstrous Carryx empire was built by subjugation and war. Thousands of species are bound to their Sovran&#x27;s command in an endless, blood-soaked test: be useful in the eternal conflict or be slaughtered.<br> <br>Dafyd Alkhor, highest among their human captives, is feare...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-faith-of-beasts" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-faith-of-beasts"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-faith-</span><span class="invisible">of-beasts</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/aliencontact/" rel="tag">#aliencontact</a></p>

Software Design for Flexibility : How to Avoid Programming Yourself Into a Corner - Anna’s Archive <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/44486041">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>Time Interpolated</p><p>A companion essay to our partner podcast Proust Curious, hosted by Emma Claussen and Hannah Weaver.</p><p>via @lithub</p><p><a href="https://www.publicbooks.org/time-interpolated/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JZ8JEHVTREMXDDYHMPZ4W5ZA&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.publicbooks.org/time-interpolated/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JZ8JEHVTREMXDDYHMPZ4W5ZA&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.publicbooks.org/time-inter</span><span class="invisible">polated/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JZ8JEHVTREMXDDYHMPZ4W5ZA&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</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></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe - book of my choice for cross Atlantic trip <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/46192064">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>Lost and Found: A Newly Discovered Poem by Robert Frost</p><p>Nothing New,” which the American poet wrote in 1918, is published for the first time in The New Yorker’s Anniversary Issue.</p><p>By Jay Parini</p><p><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/lost-and-found-a-newly-discovered-poem-by-robert-frost" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/lost-and-found-a-newly-discovered-poem-by-robert-frost"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.newyorker.com/books/double</span><span class="invisible">-take/lost-and-found-a-newly-discovered-poem-by-robert-frost</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 Journey Through Dante’s Inferno: A Brief Guide</p><p>by Thom Delapa</p><p>Dante’s Inferno is hailed as a medieval masterpiece and a precursor to the Renaissance, with T.S. Eliot having ranked it alongside Shakespeare.</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/journey-through-dante-inferno/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/journey-through-dante-inferno/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/journey-t</span><span class="invisible">hrough-dante-inferno/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/medieval/" rel="tag">#medieval</a></p>

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<p>📚 Keeper of Lost Children by: Sadeqa Johnson</p><p>Ethel Gathers, the proud wife of an American Officer, is living in Occupied Germany in the 1950s. After discovering a local orphanage filled with the abandoned mixed-race children of German women and Black American GI’s, Ethel feels compelled to help find these children homes.</p><p>P...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/keeper-of-lost-children" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/keeper-of-lost-children"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/keeper-of-</span><span class="invisible">lost-children</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/historical/" rel="tag">#historical</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/womenfiction/" rel="tag">#womenfiction</a></p>

&#x27;It Came From Something Awful&#x27; Blames 4chan for Trump <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://mander.xyz/post/46950372">See Original Page</a> </small>

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