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<p>57th: The Hanging Garden Ian Rankin’s outstanding 9th book in John Rebus series where grapples with the hit and run on his grown daughter, a cold case linked to a possible Nazi war criminal, and gang violence breaking out on Edinburgh’s streets. <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/crimefiction/" rel="tag">#crimefiction</a> <a href="/tags/scotland/" rel="tag">#Scotland</a></p>

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<p>Today is Jack Kerouac birthday.</p><p>Before he became the voice of the Beat Generation, Kerouac was a promising college football player. A broken leg ended his sports career — but the long recovery gave him time to read obsessively and begin writing the stories that would change American literature.</p><p>He later wrote On the Road in a burst of energy that became legendary: typing day and night on a single 120-foot scroll of paper.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#writers</a></p>

Jack Kerouac

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<p>CHEKHOV’S PANDEMIC?</p><p>BY EMMA ADLER</p><p><a href="https://www.publicbooks.org/chekhovs-pandemic/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.publicbooks.org/chekhovs-pandemic/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.publicbooks.org/chekhovs-p</span><span class="invisible">andemic/</span></a></p><p>Schekhov at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/708" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/708"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/708</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Chekhov in 1889.

In the photograph, Chekhov appears as a young man in his late twenties. He is seated, facing slightly to the viewer's left but looking directly at the camera with a composed, thoughtful expression. His hair is neatly combed, and he has a short, trimmed beard and mustache that give him a scholarly appearance.

He is dressed formally in a dark suit with a high-collared white shirt, typical of late 19th-century Russian intellectuals.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Chekhov#/media/File:Anton_Chekhov_1889.jpg

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Smashwords End of Year Sale, promo for spicy SF&F romance and erotica

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts</a></p><p>The undead witch that rules the space pirates, known as the Dead Queen, has finally been defeated. That only makes it worse for the witches that pulled it off. She’s livid and coming for them, at least once she gets her star ship back under control…</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

(Left) The cover of Legacy of Newts, by Owen Tyme.

In the background dawn, as seen from space, above a blue world.

In the foreground is a line drawing of a red spotted newt, in white. The lines of the newt are outlined in black, to help it stand out. The interior of the line drawing has been filled with the image of a spiral galaxy in red, orange and yellow, with a blue color that shades to white at the center, which lines up with the newt's head. The galaxy almost looks like fire.

(Right) The background is a blue and orange nebula, with the following text over it:

“You gotta be real strong, real bright, real quick, or real lucky to survive drawing *attention*. Which are you?”

“I’m quick, Amelia is bright, Marta is strong and all three of us have been lucky, after a fashion: if we didn’t have bad luck, then I suppose we wouldn’t have any luck at all.”

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

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<p>Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World should be read in tandem to understand today’s troubled times</p><p>Is there any past work of fiction that can help us make sense of today’s troubling trends? </p><p>By Laura Hood</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/nineteen-eighty-four-and-brave-new-world-should-be-read-in-tandem-to-understand-todays-troubled-times-253872" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/nineteen-eighty-four-and-brave-new-world-should-be-read-in-tandem-to-understand-todays-troubled-times-253872"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/nineteen-e</span><span class="invisible">ighty-four-and-brave-new-world-should-be-read-in-tandem-to-understand-todays-troubled-times-253872</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Picture of George Orwell which appears in an old accreditation for the BNUJ.

Branch of the National Union of Journalists (BNUJ). - https://web.archive.org/web/20080608013945/http://www.netcharles.com/orwell/pics/orwell-unioncard.htm

The photo of George Orwell in the old BNUJ accreditation shows him with a serious, contemplative expression, wearing a suit and tie. His hair is neatly combed, and the image, likely monochrome, has a formal, passport-style quality.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell#/media/File:George_Orwell_press_photo.jpg

Huxley in 1954

Aldous Huxley - A Case For ESP, PK and PSI. Life Magazine. 11 January, 1954.

Aldous Huxley the English writer, novelist, philosopher was also a psychical researcher. He published an article in 1954 supporting extrasensory perception (ESP) and psychokinesis (PK) experiments.

The 1954 photo of Aldous Huxley, published in Life Magazine alongside his article on ESP and PK, depicts the writer in a reflective, intellectual pose. Huxley, tall and slender with a high forehead and distinctive glasses, appears deep in thought—his gaze calm yet piercing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldous_Huxley#/media/File:Aldous_Huxley_psychical_researcher.png

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<p>Are we reading Machiavelli wrong?</p><p>What we’re missing in Machiavelli’s The Prince, explained by an expert.</p><p>by Sean Illing</p><p><a href="https://www.vox.com/the-gray-area/414753/machiavelli-prince-authoritarian-critique-political-philosophy" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.vox.com/the-gray-area/414753/machiavelli-prince-authoritarian-critique-political-philosophy"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.vox.com/the-gray-area/4147</span><span class="invisible">53/machiavelli-prince-authoritarian-critique-political-philosophy</span></a></p><p>Machiavelli at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1232" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1232</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli by Santi di Tito.

In this classic Renaissance portrait by Santi di Tito, Niccolò Machiavelli is depicted in a half-length pose, turned slightly to his left but with his gaze directed outward, engaging the viewer with a calm and penetrating expression. His face is oval-shaped, with high cheekbones, a prominent nose, and tightly drawn lips.

He wears a dark, simple tunic with a high collar and red sleeves underneath

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Niccol%C3%B2_Machiavelli_by_Santi_di_Tito.jpg

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<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/2pC5GVbwxIekluxnnd9PVg" rel="nofollow">Every Secret Thing</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑 <br>by Marie Munkara.</p><p>Mission mob vs bush mob in the Top End. Crude & cutting humour, with occasional glimpses of the raw, traumatic truth of dispossession & cultural genocide.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/indigenousliterature/" rel="tag">#IndigenousLiterature</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> @wildwoila@wyrms.de<br></p>

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<p>Knowledge is power. <a href="/tags/grickledoodle/" rel="tag">#grickledoodle</a> <a href="/tags/cats/" rel="tag">#cats</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 surprised cat reading a book titled "Pushing Crap Off Tables." Caption reads "There were techniques listed that she'd never even heard of before."

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The Phoenix Program : America's Use of Terror in Vietnam - Anna’s Archive <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/44392656">See Original Page</a> </small>

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<p>Today at the NOAF blog, <br>@princejvstin.com<br> reviews BIRTH OF A DYNASTY: A Novel by Chinaza Bado </p><p><a href="http://www.nerds-feather.com/2025/05/book-review-birth-of-dynasty-novel-by.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nerds-feather.com/2025/05/book-review-birth-of-dynasty-novel-by.html"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nerds-feather.com/2025/05/</span><span class="invisible">book-review-birth-of-dynasty-novel-by.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a></p>

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<p>The remarkable, unsung women behind Charles Dickens’s stories</p><p>Behind every great man, there’s a great woman, so the saying goes. Behind Charles Dickens, however, there were many great women supporting and inspiring him.</p><p><a href="https://dickensmuseum.com/blogs/all-events/extra-ordinary-women?srsltid=AfmBOooj90nBCFiqaOK0RUhQmiGyZ7t3WeNj-IDMo4y7-uCa-kDQi-eW&utm_term=6991df7e3a06d68f5fddaf6e0eb53cf9&utm_campaign=Bookmarks&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=bookmarks_email" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="dickensmuseum.com/blogs/all-events/extra-ordinary-women?srsltid=AfmBOooj90nBCFiqaOK0RUhQmiGyZ7t3WeNj-IDMo4y7-uCa-kDQi-eW&utm_term=6991df7e3a06d68f5fddaf6e0eb53cf9&utm_campaign=Bookmarks&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=bookmarks_email"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dickensmuseum.com/blogs/all-ev</span><span class="invisible">ents/extra-ordinary-women?srsltid=AfmBOooj90nBCFiqaOK0RUhQmiGyZ7t3WeNj-IDMo4y7-uCa-kDQi-eW&utm_term=6991df7e3a06d68f5fddaf6e0eb53cf9&utm_campaign=Bookmarks&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=bookmarks_email</span></a></p><p>Dickens at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/37" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/37"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/37</span></a></p><p>About Catherine Dickens:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Dickens" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Dickens"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherin</span><span class="invisible">e_Dickens</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

This is a portrait of Catherine Dickens (née Hogarth, 1815-1879), wife of Charles Dickens. Catherine married Charles in 1836 and bore him ten children over fifteen years. Despite being central to Dickens's domestic life during his most productive writing years, she has been largely written out of his story, particularly after their acrimonious separation in 1858.

Catherine is depicted in three-quarter view, seated and resting her arms on an ornate chair back with decorative ribbon or fabric draping. She wears an elegant off-shoulder with a fitted bodice, puffed sleeves, and flowing skirt. Her hair is arranged in the period's typical fashion—parted in the center and swept back into a braided bun with decorative elements.

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The CIA As Organized Crime : How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World - Anna’s Archive

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheInvertedGlass" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books2read.com/TheInvertedGlass"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books2read.com/TheInvertedGlas</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></p><p>After encountering the worst life has to offer, including the death of his wife and child, destruction of his home world, an addiction forced on him by the one responsible and a third of the galaxy falling under the heel of that tyrant, Levi Jacobs, a wizard, seeks to unravel the secrets of time and fate.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

(Left) The cover of The Inverted Glass, by Owen Tyme.

The Background is a pink and purple nebula in space.

The foreground is largely line art, in white, with a black shadow outline.

At the center is an hourglass. The bottom has black sand, with a white figure standing in it. The top has is an inverted mirror image of the bottom, with a black figure in white sand.

The hourglass serves as the balance point for a set of scales, which hold a heart and a feather. The heart is on the left and the feather on the right. The heart is lower than the feather.

(Right) Lying in blue sand is a heart made of the same sand, full of cracks. It glows from the inside in a warm, yellow color. Over that is the following quote:

Nicole felt an extreme kind of loss, realizing she’d been stolen away from the afterlife, just before finding out if she deserved punishment or not!

“How dare you do this to me? Why?”

“I’m always in need of strong spirits and I’ve seen none stronger. You have unique talents I refuse to see go to waste.”

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

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<p>Emma Newman is angry. Justifiably so. </p><p>“I’m just a girl, standing in front of the British government, asking why they want to give away all my work as part of the UK's 126 billion pound creative arts industry, to serve another industry being run by greedy tech bros, just so they can destroy everything else just that little bit faster.”</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="https://enewman.co.uk/rage-rage-against-the-dying-of-the-mic/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="enewman.co.uk/rage-rage-against-the-dying-of-the-mic/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">enewman.co.uk/rage-rage-agains</span><span class="invisible">t-the-dying-of-the-mic/</span></a></p>

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<p>So, they say Abercrombie's The Devils is absolutely worth it?</p><p><a href="https://joeabercrombie.com/books/the-devils/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="joeabercrombie.com/books/the-devils/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">joeabercrombie.com/books/the-d</span><span class="invisible">evils/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#amreading</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/kindle/" rel="tag">#kindle</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/booktoot/" rel="tag">#booktoot</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/knihy/" rel="tag">#knihy</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> @bookstodon @fantasy @knihy</p>

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheNextHorizon" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TheNextHorizon</a></p><p>Amelia and The Book of Newts are in conflict. She wants to explore her feelings. It wants to explore space, taking back the gift for mathematics and piloting it gave her. She’s left unable to plot a direct course home. She’s desperate to see the man she loves, lest she lose him forever and The Book is in her way…</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

(Left) The cover of The Next Horizon, by Owen Tyme.

The black silhouette of a man and woman embracing. They stand atop the dark side of a planet or moon in space, which has a slim crescent along the right side. The background is the stars of space, but some have been highlighted with a heart shape that surrounds the couple. Everything is in shades of blue.

(Right) Deep space, displaying the edge of an orange and blue gaseous cloud from a nebula, while most of the stars appear golden in color. Floating in space is a square, red leather book with the image of a newt stamped on the cover. Over the top of everything is the following text:

“You can back down and cooperate, right now, or Marta will hit you so hard, you should reach a tenth the speed of light…”

“No one will ever find you again, but even if someone does, there’s no way they’ll have the capacity to safely slow you down, before you’re gone to them!”

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

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JFK and the unspeakable : why he died and why it matters - Anna’s Archive <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/44379589">See Original Page</a> </small>

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<p>This book club has been reading the same book for 12 years. They’re not even close to done.</p><p>The Finnegans Wake Reading Group of Austin, TX reads one page every other week.</p><p>By Sean Saldana</p><p><a href="https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/finnegans-wake-reading-group-austin-tx-atx-texas-james-joyce-book-club/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasstandard.org/stories/finnegans-wake-reading-group-austin-tx-atx-texas-james-joyce-book-club/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasstandard.org/stories/</span><span class="invisible">finnegans-wake-reading-group-austin-tx-atx-texas-james-joyce-book-club/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnegans_Wake" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnegans_Wake"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnegan</span><span class="invisible">s_Wake</span></a></p><p>James Joyce at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1039" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1039"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1039</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

The cover of the Faber and Faber edition of Finnegans Wake by James Joyce.

Faber and Faber - http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/adopt-a-book/pics/joyce_wake.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnegans_Wake#/media/File:Joyce_wake.jpg

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<p>L. Frank Baum’s Literary Vision of an American Century: The Wizard of Oz at 125 Years </p><p>Ed Simon on Grifters, the Chicago World Fair, and Oz as Symbol of a Modern USA</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/l-frank-baums-literary-vision-of-an-american-century-the-wizard-of-oz-at-125-years/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/l-frank-baums-literary-vision-of-an-american-century-the-wizard-of-oz-at-125-years/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/l-frank-baums-liter</span><span class="invisible">ary-vision-of-an-american-century-the-wizard-of-oz-at-125-years/</span></a></p><p>The Wonderful Wizard of Oz at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/43936" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/43936</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

"The Soldier with the green whiskers led them through the streets."

Title: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Author: L. Frank Baum

Illustrator: W. W. Denslow

https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/43936/pg43936-images.html

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<p>To celebrate Jane Austen's 250th, Austen Connection (<a href="https://austenconnection.substack.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>austenconnection.substack.com</a>) hosts a read-a-long all year. They are currently in the midst of Pride and Prejudice! For the full schedule, go to <a href="https://austenconnection.substack.com/p/the-great-jane-austen-read-along" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="austenconnection.substack.com/p/the-great-jane-austen-read-along"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">austenconnection.substack.com/</span><span class="invisible">p/the-great-jane-austen-read-along</span></a>. <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#AmReading</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/regency/" rel="tag">#Regency</a> <a href="/tags/georgian/" rel="tag">#Georgian</a> <a href="/tags/janeausten/" rel="tag">#JaneAusten</a> @romancelandia</p>

Brownish background. At the top, in light yellow text, it says "Happy 250th!" and below it, in white text, it says "The Great Jane Austen Read-Along" A stack of books, each book with the name of an Austen book, is below the text.

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<p>“In 2019, I went on a tour of Chernobyl. The Ukrainian guide who explained what led to the nuclear accident said something that stuck in my mind. “Americans grow up with the idea that questions lead to answers,” he said. “But Soviet citizens grew up with the idea that questions lead to trouble.”</p><p>Excerpt From<br>Nexus<br>Yuval Noah Harari</p><p><a href="/tags/nexus/" rel="tag">#nexus</a> <a href="/tags/yuvalnoaharari/" rel="tag">#yuvalnoaharari</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p>

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<p>‘A culture is no better than its woods’ – what our trees reveal about us, by W H Auden</p><p>The trees encountered on a country stroll<br>Reveal a lot about a country’s soul.<br>– from Bucolics (1952-53) by W H Auden</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/videos/a-culture-is-no-better-than-its-woods-what-our-trees-reveal-about-us-by-w-h-auden" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/videos/a-culture-is-no-better-than-its-woods-what-our-trees-reveal-about-us-by-w-h-auden"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/videos/a-culture-is-no</span><span class="invisible">-better-than-its-woods-what-our-trees-reveal-about-us-by-w-h-auden</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Hunt Piero di Cosimo Oil and tempera on panel, 70.5 x 169.5 cm New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The painting portrays a dynamic and chaotic hunting scene set in a dense forest. Human figures, satyrs, and centaurs are depicted engaging in a fierce hunt, wielding clubs and other primitive weapons. They pursue various animals, including lions and bears, which are fleeing from a forest fire in the background.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Piero_di_cosimo,_scena_di_caccia_primitiva,_1494-1500_ca._(met)_09_uomini_con_preda_di_caccia.jpg#/media/File:Piero_di_cosimo,_scena_di_caccia_2.jpg/2

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<p>Global Tourism Was Built on Headless Blemmyes</p><p>The Book of Marvels is the kind of show that’s hard to avoid at archival art institutions, wherein problematic historical content, aesthetic appeal, and fantasy all intersect.</p><p>By Natalie Haddad</p><p><a href="https://hyperallergic.com/1012368/global-tourism-was-built-on-headless-blemmyes/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Remembering%20Koyo%20Kouoh&utm_campaign=D051325" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="hyperallergic.com/1012368/global-tourism-was-built-on-headless-blemmyes/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Remembering%20Koyo%20Kouoh&utm_campaign=D051325"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hyperallergic.com/1012368/glob</span><span class="invisible">al-tourism-was-built-on-headless-blemmyes/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Remembering%20Koyo%20Kouoh&utm_campaign=D051325</span></a></p><p>The Travels of Marco Polo at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/10636" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/10636</a><br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/12410" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/12410</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/medieval_art/" rel="tag">#medieval_art</a></p>

City of Ayas visited by Marco Polo in 1271, from Le Livre des Merveilles.

The illustration of the City of Ayas from Le Livre des Merveilles (The Book of Marvels), which recounts the travels of Marco Polo, is a richly detailed medieval miniature that reflects the style and imagination of 14th-century manuscript art rather than precise topographical accuracy.

In the scene, the port city of Ayas (modern Yumurtalık, Turkey) is depicted as a walled urban center nestled beside the sea. The illustration shows fortified towers, crenellated walls, and clustered buildings with red and blue tiled roofs, suggesting a bustling, important trade hub. Ships with billowing sails float in the adjacent waters, indicating Ayas’s role as a key Mediterranean port in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia during the 13th century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Travels_of_Marco_Polo#/media/File:AyasMarcoPolo.JPG

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<p>Electric Fish and the First Battery</p><p>Alessandro Volta invented the voltaic pile, the earliest electric battery, in part because of his investigations into the torpedo, an electric ray fish.</p><p>By: Danny Robb </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/electric-fish-and-the-first-battery/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=mcae&utm_campaign=jstordaily-05282025" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/electric-fish-and-the-first-battery/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=mcae&utm_campaign=jstordaily-05282025"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/electric-fish-</span><span class="invisible">and-the-first-battery/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=mcae&utm_campaign=jstordaily-05282025</span></a></p><p>Alessandro Volta at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=alessandro+volta" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=alessandro+volta"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=alessandro+volta</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>

Italian physicist Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), demonstrating his pile (battery) to Napoleon in Paris, 1801. From Le Petit Journal 1901.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_pile_de_Volta_(Le_Petit_journal).jpg

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