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<p>While in Glasgow yesterday, I couldn’t resist a visit to Good Press in St. Andrew’s Street. It’s probably for the best that this amazing shop crammed full of books, zines, music and other treasures isn’t on my doorstep, because I’d be there every other day…They have things I’d never find anywhere else!</p><p>Picked up a couple of interesting titles (it would have been rude not to!). </p><p><a href="https://goodpress.co.uk/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>goodpress.co.uk/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/goodpress/" rel="tag">#GoodPress</a> <a href="/tags/goodpressglasgow/" rel="tag">#GoodPressGlasgow</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/zines/" rel="tag">#Zines</a> <a href="/tags/independentbookshop/" rel="tag">#IndependentBookshop</a> <a href="/tags/ursulakleguin/" rel="tag">#UrsulaKLeGuin</a> <a href="/tags/ursulaleguin/" rel="tag">#UrsulaLeGuin</a> <a href="/tags/alargerreality/" rel="tag">#ALargerReality</a> <a href="/tags/wintertexts/" rel="tag">#WinterTexts</a> <a href="/tags/withabird/" rel="tag">#WithABird</a> <a href="/tags/aviankinship/" rel="tag">#AvianKinship</a> <a href="/tags/onomatopee/" rel="tag">#Onomatopee</a> <a href="/tags/onomatopeebooks/" rel="tag">#OnomatopeeBooks</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</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>

Two books on a wooden floor.

On the left is A Larger Reality by Ursula K. Le Guin, published by Winter Texts. The book is described as “A Compilation of Poems, Stories, Essays, Talks, and Illustrations”. The cover shows a black and white watercolour of a solitary figure in an ambiguous landscape, perhaps a shoreline with mountains in the distance.

On the right is With a Bird, A Reader on Avian Kinship published by Onomatopee. The cover shows a stylised symmetrical drawing of talons emerging from a central point. The book “invites readers into an expansive, cross-disciplinary conversation about how we live with and think alongside birds. In a time of climate breakdown and ecological grief, this book offers birds not as metaphors or curiosities, but as kin-creatures with their own histories, desires, and forms of knowing. Spanning speculative fiction, ancestral memory, critical ornithology, personal essay, and visual art, its contributions explore the fragile, often overlooked relationships between humans and birds across myth, science, migration, and dream.”

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<p>📚 What Happened Next by: Edwin Hill</p><p>A young man investigating his father's crimes is determined to uncover the truth in a gripping novel of suspense about family secrets, betrayal, and the weight of the past.<br>What do I remember about the murder on the lake?</p><p>Charlie Kilgore was too young to remember anythin...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/what-happened-next" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/what-happened-next"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/what-happe</span><span class="invisible">ned-next</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/mysterydetective/" rel="tag">#mysterydetective</a> <a href="/tags/traditionalfiction/" rel="tag">#traditionalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/suspensefiction/" rel="tag">#suspensefiction</a></p>

A young man investigating his father's crimes is determined to uncover the truth in a gripping novel of suspense about family secrets, betrayal, and the weight of the past.
What do I remember about the murder on the lake?

Charlie Kilgore was too young to remember anything, really, about how events on the lake unfolded twenty-five years ago. He just knows what he's been told: that his father stabbed a man to death, left Charlie's mother critically wounded, and then disappeared, never to be seen again. Now Charlie believes there must be more to what happened.

Using the shards of the story he's uncovered so far as the heart of a true crime podcast, Charlie returns to his hometown in the foothills of New Hampshire's White Mountains. Old friends, family, authorities, and even collateral victims have moved on, and no one wants to dredge up what's long forgotten. Except Charlie. He wants to know what could have transformed a quiet man into a monster. And what happened next.

But when Charlie starts asking questions of people with so much to hide, getting to the truth becomes dangerous. Because on this lake--in this family--the past isn't dead and buried at all. In fact, it's back with a vengeance.

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Khrushchev LIED: evidence every "revelation" of Stalin's (& Beria's) "crimes" in the infamous "secret speech" to the 20th party congress of the CPSU on 2/25/1956 is provably FALSE - Anna’s Archive

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<p>Owen Jones welcomes author/illustrator <a href="/tags/mollycrabapple/" rel="tag">#MollyCrabapple</a> to talk about her new book, <a href="/tags/herewhereweliveisourcountry/" rel="tag">#HereWhereWeLiveIsOurCountry</a>: The Story of the <a href="/tags/jewishbund/" rel="tag">#JewishBund</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sFQql-sZ-s" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sFQql-sZ-s"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sFQql</span><span class="invisible">-sZ-s</span></a><br><a href="/tags/bund/" rel="tag">#Bund</a> <a href="/tags/bundism/" rel="tag">#bundism</a> <a href="/tags/jewishhistory/" rel="tag">#JewishHistory</a> <a href="/tags/jewishleft/" rel="tag">#JewishLeft</a> <a href="/tags/antizionism/" rel="tag">#antizionism</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/palestinequestion/" rel="tag">#PalestineQuestion</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>

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/SheSeeksPeace" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/SheSeeksPeace</a></p><p>The Hunter seeks peace and quiet to mourn the loss of her best friend in a world that seems bound and determined to make that task impossible. Enemies attack when she’d rather be alone, allies can’t take a hint and the arch-demon Wrath seeks the Hunter’s hand in marriage, even though she’d sooner kill him.</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/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 She Seeks Peace, by Owen Tyme.

The background is a snow-capped, craggy mountain with green, grassy hills at its base, which feature yellow and blue flowers.

The foreground is dominated by the round symbol for peace, in gold. Along the bottom of it are two olive branches. At the top is a dove in flight. Arranged on the lower three spokes of it are three figures based on the AIGA symbol for a woman. The figure on the right is blue. The one in the middle is a very dark gray, bordering on black, which includes a top hat. The figure on the left is red and has horns, like a demon.

(Right) The background is a view from the interior of a gun's barrel, with the rifling very apparent and the following quote over the top:

Reggie looked down the barrel of one of his own pistols, which the girl held in both hands, because the M1911 was a little large for someone so small.

There was a long, silent moment as the girl giggled and met his gaze. The murderous look was gone, replaced by something more playful, like a cat toying with a mouse.

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

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<p>📚 Lessons From a Lifetime by: David Suzuki, Ian Hanington</p><p>Across his 90 years on planet Earth, David Suzuki has inspired generations of his followers to fight for environmental and social causes with courage and conviction. In Lessons From a Lifetime, Suzuki shares pearls of wisdom and hard-earned l...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/lessons-from-a-lifetime" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/lessons-from-a-lifetime"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/lessons-fr</span><span class="invisible">om-a-lifetime</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/biographyautobiography/" rel="tag">#biographyautobiography</a> <a href="/tags/lifesciences/" rel="tag">#lifesciences</a> <a href="/tags/ecologyhistory/" rel="tag">#ecologyhistory</a> <a href="/tags/warsconflicts/" rel="tag">#warsconflicts</a> <a href="/tags/general/" rel="tag">#general</a></p>

Across his 90 years on planet Earth, David Suzuki has inspired generations of his followers to fight for environmental and social causes with courage and conviction. In Lessons From a Lifetime, Suzuki shares pearls of wisdom and hard-earned lessons for the next generation of activists, alongside personal stories and heartfelt contributions from his friends and family, his admirers, and even his opponents, including:

-Margaret Atwood
-Neil Young
-Jane Fonda
-Elizabeth May
-Justin Trudeau
-and many more.

In words and photographs, Lessons From a Lifetime shares David Suzuki's journey from surviving internment camps as a Japanese-Canadian child to becoming North America's most trusted voice in science communication. The book charts his years as a geneticist and superstar professor at the University of British Columbia; his dedication to demystifying complex science through his public broadcasting work, especially his beloved CBC Television program, The Nature of Things; his founding of The David Suzuki Foundation; and his unparalleled dedication to standing up for Indigenous and environmental rights, a dedication that continues today.

A stunning tribute to a fearless truth-teller who transformed how we understand our relationship with the natural world, Lessons From a Lifetime belongs on every bookshelf.

Published in Partnership with the David Suzuki Institute

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I wasn’t expecting the second vignette to utterly destroy me at my desk at work.

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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? March 31

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<p>📚 Between Two Fires by: Christopher Buehlman</p><p>The year is 1348.</p><p>Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village. An orphan of the Black Death, and an almost unnerving picture of innocence, she tells Thomas that plague is only part of a larger cataclysm that the fallen angels under Lucifer are rising i...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/between-two-fires" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/between-two-fires"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/between-tw</span><span class="invisible">o-fires</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/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/historical/" rel="tag">#historical</a> <a href="/tags/medieval/" rel="tag">#medieval</a></p>

The year is 1348.

Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village. An orphan of the Black Death, and an almost unnerving picture of innocence, she tells Thomas that plague is only part of a larger cataclysm that the fallen angels under Lucifer are rising in a second war on heaven, and that the world of men has fallen behind the lines of conflict. Is it delirium or is it faith?

She believes she has seen the angels of God. She believes the righteous dead speak to her in dreams. And now she has convinced the faithless Thomas to shepherd her across a depraved landscape to Avignon.

There, she tells Thomas, she will fulfill her mission: to confront the evil that has devastated the earth, and to restore to this betrayed, murderous knight the nobility and hope of salvation he long abandoned.

As hell unleashes its wrath, and as the true nature of the girl is revealed, Thomas will find himself on a macabre battleground of angels and demons, saints, and the risen dead, and in the midst of a desperate struggle for nothing less than the soul of man.

An Instant New York Times, USA Today, and Indie Bestseller

Enter a darker age with USA Today bestselling author Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires, a medieval horror adventure unlike anything on the shelf. The beloved BookTok sensation is now coming to Nightfire.

And Lucifer said: Let us rise against Him now in all our numbers, and pull the walls of heaven down...

At the Publisher

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<p>March is a great month for queer science fiction, fantasy, and horror book releases; I have 60 on my list. Check them out! <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/queersff/" rel="tag">#QueerSFF</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>kilagreene.bearblog.dev/march-2026/</p>

Cover of the book BLACK AS DIAMOND by U.M. Agoawike, which features art of giant crystals with a castle and a tree rising from among them.

Cover of the book SHAKE OUT THE GHOSTS by Al Hess, which features art of a pink cityscape seen through a window.

Cover of the book THESE SHATTERED SPIRES by Cassidy Ellis Salter, which has stylized art of four human figures facing a spiky castle in the distance.

Cover of the book SEASONS OF GLASS & IRON by Amal El-Mohtar, which shows an abstract geometric shape with a rabbit emerging from one side, chasing a fox or coyote into the other side, against the backdrop of a serene-looking countryside.

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<p>Book Corners app for iOS is finally available on the App Store <a href="https://apps.apple.com/it/app/book-corners/id6761063261" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apps.apple.com/it/app/book-corners/id6761063261"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apps.apple.com/it/app/book-cor</span><span class="invisible">ners/id6761063261</span></a></p><p>It’s completely free (ad free and tracking free too!) and it’s my first app for iOS. I would very much appreciate your feedback 🫶</p><p>Oh.. and it’s open source too! <a href="https://github.com/andreagrandi/book-corners-ios" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="github.com/andreagrandi/book-corners-ios"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/andreagrandi/book-c</span><span class="invisible">orners-ios</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@bookcorners" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookcorners</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/ios/" rel="tag">#ios</a> <a href="/tags/iosdev/" rel="tag">#iosdev</a> <a href="/tags/appstore/" rel="tag">#appstore</a> <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/free/" rel="tag">#free</a></p>

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Books About Life Without Fossil Fuels

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<p>" ‘If you do something for long enough, the world will accept it,’ a former senior Israeli military lawyer declared ahead of a previous assault on <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a>. ‘We invented the <a href="/tags/targetedassassination/" rel="tag">#targetedAssassination</a> thesis and we had to push it. [Now] it is in the centre of the bounds of legitimacy’ – as international acquiescence to the actions of <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a> and the US against Iran has now demonstrated." </p><p><a href="/tags/andrewcockburn/" rel="tag">#AndrewCockburn</a> on <a href="/tags/operationwrathofgod/" rel="tag">#OperationWrathOfGod</a> - and <a href="/tags/mossad/" rel="tag">#Mossad</a> assassinations</p><p><a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n06/andrew-cockburn/beware-the-mattress" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n06/andrew-cockburn/beware-the-mattress"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n0</span><span class="invisible">6/andrew-cockburn/beware-the-mattress</span></a><br><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>

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<p>Our local independent bookshop has a monthly ‘mystery book’ subscription. The staff have hand-crafted teeny tiny editions of each title they’ve included so far. Each book cover is a faithful rendition of the real one. Amazon could never. AI could never.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <br><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a></p>

Short version: book display with tiny books. Fuller description: Close-up of a hand-made display at family-run independent bookshop Kristian F Møller in Aarhus, Denmark. It advertises the Bookpack monthly subscription at 149 kroner per month – great value in a country where one book usually costs about 250 kr or 300 kr (€35 or €40). Surrounded by colourful coffee mugs and books and gift cards,there is a tiny wooden bookshelf about the size of an average paperback. On each of its two shelves, about twenty teeny colourful matchbox-sized ‘books’, each with the author name clear on the spine. The covers are faithful to the real book covers. Author names include Helle Helle. RE Kuang. Patti Smith. Bonnie Garmus. Murakami. Katrine Marie Guldager. Bernadine Evaristo. Douglas Stewart. Thomas Mann. Ann Patchett. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

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The HarperCollins Union has ratified a new contract, including the highest starting pay in publishing.

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<p><img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/beige.party/blahaj_gamer.png" class="emoji" alt=":blahaj_gamer:" title=":blahaj_gamer:"> Ello sweet and lovely (gaming) Friendos <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/beige.party/cyber_heart_sparkle_purple.png" class="emoji" alt=":cyber_heart_sparkle_purple:" title=":cyber_heart_sparkle_purple:"></p><p><img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/beige.party/blahajread.png" class="emoji" alt=":blahajread:" title=":blahajread:"> My book reading is going a bit slower at the moment... Not because I am not reading, but because I am reading a proper (Dutch) book now, instead of the digital English ones I was reading on my Kobo.</p><p>Koa's breeder, Joke, gave/gives each new puppy parent a book during their first puppy date. 😊 And while I do know something about dogs, if there is a way to learn more, get better insights and all, then I will try to acquire the knowledge.</p><p>So, I'm currently reading "Bewust van Hondengedrag", by Connie Berendsen. I hope I can read a bit of it every day, so that I'll have read it all before I can pick up Koa. Only one more month to go!</p><p>Well, I'll try to relax a bit for now, as today will be a long one for me. But... If all goes well, a good one... 🤎🐾</p><p>Some info on the book and it's contents, translated to English for this Toot (as it's a Dutch book by a Dutch author):</p><p>Bewust van hondengedrag (Conscious of Dog Behavior) by Connie Berendsen is a practical and down-to-earth guide focused on understanding and raising dogs. Rather than relying on strict, rigid training formulas, the author advocates for an approach rooted in intuition, mindfulness, and a healthy dose of common sense.<br>By sharing her own personal experiences, Berendsen takes the reader into the world from the dog's perspective. </p><p>The book serves as a comprehensive manual covering the full spectrum of a dog's life, including:<br> * The Early Stages: What to look for when getting a dog, the dangers and consequences of puppy mills, and the critical socialization period.<br> * Behavior and Training: Navigating dog puberty, establishing healthy boundaries, understanding how dogs learn, and the pros and cons of using corrections.<br> * Health and Psychology: Managing both physical and mental well-being, dealing with hyperactive or obsessive/addictive behaviors, and navigating interactions with other dogs.<br> * Specialized Roles: It even touches on the training and life of psychosocial service dogs.<br>Ultimately, the book is designed to help owners build a deeper, more empathetic, and balanced relationship with their dogs by truly understanding the "why" behind their behavior.</p><p>Some Dutch info about the book, written on/by Dagboek van een hond © (A dog's diary):<br>🔗 <a href="https://www.dagboekvaneenhond.nl/de-5-beste-boeken-over-het-gedrag-van-honden/#bewust-van-hondengedrag" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.dagboekvaneenhond.nl/de-5-beste-boeken-over-het-gedrag-van-honden/#bewust-van-hondengedrag"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.dagboekvaneenhond.nl/de-5-</span><span class="invisible">beste-boeken-over-het-gedrag-van-honden/#bewust-van-hondengedrag</span></a></p><p>Catch you all later folks!</p><p><img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/beige.party/playstation.png" class="emoji" alt=":playstation:" title=":playstation:"> <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/beige.party/pixy_party.gif" class="emoji" alt=":pixy_party:" title=":pixy_party:"> <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/beige.party/blobcatbook.png" class="emoji" alt=":blobcatbook:" title=":blobcatbook:"></p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/boeken/" rel="tag">#Boeken</a> <br><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>

The cover of the book "Bewust van hondengedrag" by Connie Berendsen, resting on a dark, glittery surface. The cover image features a very fluffy German Shepherd puppy lying on a light wooden floor, resting its chin and paws on a white and grey sneaker.
The subtitle reads "opvoeden vanuit intuïtie en een dosis gezond verstand" (raising from intuition and a dose of common sense). At the bottom, a detailed list of topics is printed, including socialization, puppy puberty, learning boundaries, mental and physical health, and psychosocial service dogs. The overall design feels warm and informative, highlighting a mindful and natural approach to understanding dog behavior.

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<p>If you're looking for a Christmas Romance audiobook, I've narrated a great one!</p><p>Lily is a single mom starting over in a small mountain town. Last Christmas, her brother's hot best friend Beckett kissed her under the mistletoe. This year she's newly arrived, newly divorced, and hoping for a second chance in more ways than one.</p><p>Lily is a great character: she is a woman who knows what she wants and is not afraid to go after it. And Becket is the hunky mountain man we all deserve: caring, together, and more than ready to appreciate a good woman who comes his way. </p><p>Taken by the Mountain Man by Kelsie Calloway is one of my top three best selling romance audiobooks of the year. At just 42 minutes long, you can listen in a single session!</p><p>If you like a story with a big heart and sizzling sex scenes, this one's for you. Go on and cozy up with a nice hot mountain man romance! </p><p>The books is available for Kindle and Kindle Unlimited from Amazon, and the audiobook is available from Amazon, Audible and Apple Books. </p><p><a href="https://geni.us/TBTMM" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>geni.us/TBTMM</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@audiofiction" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>audiofiction</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> </p><p><a href="/tags/audiobook/" rel="tag">#Audiobook</a> <a href="/tags/audiobooks/" rel="tag">#Audiobooks</a> <a href="/tags/audiofiction/" rel="tag">#Audiofiction</a> <a href="/tags/audiodrama/" rel="tag">#Audiodrama</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#Romance</a> <a href="/tags/romancebooks/" rel="tag">#Romancebooks</a> <a href="/tags/bbw/" rel="tag">#BBW</a> <a href="/tags/bbwromance/" rel="tag">#BBWRomance</a> <a href="/tags/mountainmanromance/" rel="tag">#MountainManRomance</a> <a href="/tags/christmas/" rel="tag">#Christmas</a> <a href="/tags/mistletoe/" rel="tag">#Mistletoe</a> <a href="/tags/kindle/" rel="tag">#Kindle</a> <a href="/tags/kindleunlimited/" rel="tag">#KindleUnlimited</a> <a href="/tags/audible/" rel="tag">#Audible</a></p>

A white smartphone plays the audiobook of Taken by the Mountain Man. In the background, snow falls over a cozy mountain cabin. A sticker in the bottom right corner says: "Available in Audio."

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<p>If you can get 1 percent better each day for one year, you’ll end up thirty-seven times better by the time you’re done. </p><p>Conversely, if you get 1 percent worse each day for one year, you’ll decline nearly down to zero. </p><p>What starts as a small win or a minor setback accumulates into something much more.</p><p>James Clear, Atomic Habits</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#nonfiction</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/jamesclear/" rel="tag">#JamesClear</a> <a href="/tags/atomichabits/" rel="tag">#AtomicHabits</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#amreading</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a> <a href="/tags/quotes/" rel="tag">#quotes</a> <a href="/tags/quote/" rel="tag">#quote</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>

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<p>Book Review: China Mountain Zhang<br> A stone cold classic of future lives which holds up more than 30 years after it was written. <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@DrEddieClark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DrEddieClark</span></a></span> has our review at the NOAF blog</p><p><a href="http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/03/book-review-china-mountain-zhang.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nerds-feather.com/2026/03/book-review-china-mountain-zhang.html"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nerds-feather.com/2026/03/</span><span class="invisible">book-review-china-mountain-zhang.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> @bookstodon</p>

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<p>Becoming George by Fiona Sampson review – the remarkable story of a cross-dressing 19th century novelist</p><p>A reappraisal of one of literature’s most sensational personalities, the author of more than 70 books</p><p>by Anthony Cummins</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/02/becoming-george-by-fiona-sampson-review-the-remarkable-story-of-a-cross-dressing-19th-century-novelist" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/02/becoming-george-by-fiona-sampson-review-the-remarkable-story-of-a-cross-dressing-19th-century-novelist"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/books/2026</span><span class="invisible">/mar/02/becoming-george-by-fiona-sampson-review-the-remarkable-story-of-a-cross-dressing-19th-century-novelist</span></a></p><p>George Sand at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/851" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/851"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/851</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/womenhistorymonth/" rel="tag">#WomenHistoryMonth</a></p>

The novelist George Sand is photographed by Nadar, who takes a series of pictures of the writer in March 1864.

Sand has dark, tightly curled hair pinned up, and wears drop earrings. Her expression is calm and self-possessed. She is dressed in a wide-sleeved striped cape or mantle with dark trim over a dark high-necked blouse.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Sand#/media/File:George_Sand_by_Nadar,_1864.jpg

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<p>Why Lacan Loved Harpo Marx</p><p>A surprising encounter between high theory and Hollywood farce reshapes how we think about laughter and desire.</p><p>By: Angelica Frey </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/why-lacan-loved-harpo-marx/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/why-lacan-loved-harpo-marx/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/why-lacan-love</span><span class="invisible">d-harpo-marx/</span></a></p><p>Humor & Comedy at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/44" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/44"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books</span><span class="invisible">helf/44</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=comedy" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=comedy"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">cts/search/?query=comedy</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a></p>

Lobby card for Monkey Business (1931) with Chico (left) and Harpo (right)

The card shows Chico on the left in his trademark shabby suit and felt hat, and Harpo on the right in his iconic curly red wig, battered top hat, and characteristically mismatched, oversized clothing. The man in the middle is one of the supporting cast members.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpo_Marx#/media/File:Monkey_Business_lobby_card_1931.JPG

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<p>Hello, Fediverse!<br>I write books. Science fiction & fantasy. Sometimes in the same book. <br>Choose between a gritty near-future hopepunk series, a series about midlife superpowers, & a short story collection (sampler pack FTW!)</p><p>DRM-free ebooks w/discounts: <a href="https://kmherkes.com/the-bookshop1" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>kmherkes.com/the-bookshop1</a><br>kindle: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/K.M.-Herkes/author/B00GRLYEL2" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.amazon.com/stores/K.M.-Herkes/author/B00GRLYEL2"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.amazon.com/stores/K.M.-Her</span><span class="invisible">kes/author/B00GRLYEL2</span></a><br>Kobo, B&N & more, incl. print & audio: <a href="https://books2read.com/kmherkes" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/kmherkes</a></p><p>Or request for your library via Biblioboard, Hoopla or Libby</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#Thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a></p>

The covers of seven books by K. M. Herkes shown against a green background with blossoming cherry branches.
The book titles are: Rough Passages, The Sharp Edge Of Yesterday, Relics From A Traveling Show, Controlled Descent, Flight Plan, Weaving In The Ends, and Novices.
Various included tropes are shown as if falling down around the book covers:
chosen family
heists
hopepunk
science fiction
fantasy
short stories
romance
novels
disability rep
feisty heroines
superpowers
suspense

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheThirdWish" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TheThirdWish</a></p><p>Spies, aliens, trolls, wizards and a disowned prince use a time machine, to improve their place in history, but Levi Jacobs stands in their way, despite having just lost his parents in war. Will he stop them or will the time travelers kill his father at a pivotal moment, on which the fate of the galaxy hangs?</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 Third Wish, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson.

A wizard in a black robe that glitters with hints of gold stands on a mountain and looks down at a city of sky scrapers covered in greenery. In his shadow lurks a creature with glowing red eyes.

In the background, the sun is setting and stars are becoming visible.

(Right Background) Four images separated by black lines, with the silhouette of a woman wielding two swords laid over them. She's outlined in black and her interior is yellow clock-based imagery that spirals outward from the center.

The upper left quarter is a queen in a red, furred robe, wearing a gold and diamond crown. She has dark eyebrows and blond hair.

Upper right is a planet seen from orbit.

Lower left is a symbolic wire frame representation of the view inside a wormhole, in green and yellow.

Lower right is dandelions among grass.

The angle of the planet, one of the woman's swords, the yellow highlights of the wormhole and some of the dandelions form a line that draws the eye along a sweeping curve.

(Right Foreground) The following quote:

He admired the flawless beauty of the insane swordswoman’s fluid movements as Ida took desperate step after step, backwards!

He felt waves of mental energy pour off the panic-stricken troll, but the energy bounced right off of Nicole’s mind, as though she’d shut herself inside a solid, red-hot, steel box of rage!

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

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<p>Better than Wuthering Heights? The Brontës’ novels – ranked!</p><p>As Emerald Fennell’s film sparks debate, we celebrate the pioneering brilliance of the siblings’ work</p><p>by Lucasta Miller</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/16/better-than-wuthering-heights-the-brontes-novels-ranked" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/16/better-than-wuthering-heights-the-brontes-novels-ranked"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/books/2026</span><span class="invisible">/mar/16/better-than-wuthering-heights-the-brontes-novels-ranked</span></a></p><p>The Brontës at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/authors/search/?query=bront%C3%AB" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/authors/search/?query=bront%C3%AB"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">rs/search/?query=bront%C3%AB</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

"The Story Of The Bronte Sisters", newspaper article taken from Huddersfield Weekly Examiner, March 26, 1955.

This articles shows:
Charlotte Brontë, painted by George Richmond — the most famous likeness of her; Emily Brontë, noted as also a talented poetess; Anne Brontë, in what the caption identifies as the only known portraits of her, painted by Charlotte.

Some of the cited locations: St. Michael and All Angels church, Haworth, where Charlotte and Emily were buried; Haworth Parsonage, sitting on the edge of the moor overlooking the churchyard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bront%C3%AB_family#/media/File:%22The_Story_Of_The_Bronte_Sisters%22_-_Weekly_Examiner_1955.jpg

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<p>It may seem like it, but buying things just for the sake of buying them is not happiness. Instead enjoy the things you already have 😊 </p><p>And I say that as someone who has a book for sale 😁 </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> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor@lemmy.world</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/aiop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aiop</span></a></span> <br> <br><a href="/tags/tomgauld/" rel="tag">#TomGauld</a><br><a href="/tags/bookmemes/" rel="tag">#BookMemes</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <a href="/tags/funny/" rel="tag">#Funny</a><br><a href="/tags/readingmemes/" rel="tag">#ReadingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a><br><a href="/tags/litterature/" rel="tag">#Litterature</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/bookshelf/" rel="tag">#Bookshelf</a> <br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a></p>

A six panel comic by Tom Gauld with a little man sitting infront of his laptop.

1: YOUR ORDER HAS BEEN RECEIVED!
2: YOUR ITEM HAS BEEN DISPATCHED!
3: YOUR PACKAGE HAS BEEN DELIVERED!
4: YOUR BOOK HAS BEEN NEGLECTED: LEFT ON THE SHELF, UNREAD AND FORGOTTEN, GATHERING DUST FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
5: The little man looks concerned.
6: YOUR ORDER HAS BEEN RECEIVED!

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