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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.”

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<p>The great, forgotten Wolff</p><p>Written for laymen, read by women and kings, Christian Wolff’s mathematical method made him a key Enlightenment philosopher</p><p>by Michael Walschots</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/why-we-should-recover-the-philosophy-of-christian-wolff?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=794fa77cce-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_03_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/why-we-should-recover-the-philosophy-of-christian-wolff?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=794fa77cce-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_03_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/why-we-should-r</span><span class="invisible">ecover-the-philosophy-of-christian-wolff?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=794fa77cce-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_03_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a> <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a></p>

The frontispiece engraving from Vernünfftige Gedancken von Gott, der Welt und der Seele des Menschen (first published in 1720) by Christian Wolff. The sun bursts out from clouds beneath the banner Lucem post nubila reddit (After a cloudy time He brings back the light).

https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ONMAAAAAcAAJ/page/n4/mode/1up

Vernünfftige Gedancken von Gott, der Welt und der Seele des Menschen, auch allen Dingen überhaupt by Wolff, Christian von

A title page from an 18th-century German printed book, set in ornate blackletter (Fraktur) type in alternating black and red. The large decorative red letters spell Gott in elaborate calligraphic display type. The full title reads Vernünfftige Gedancken von Gott, der Welt und der Seele des Menschen, Auch allen Dingen überhaupt ("Rational Thoughts on God, the World, and the Soul of Man, and All Things in General"), by Christian Freyherrn von Wolff, with his extensive academic titles listed below. Published in Halle im Magdeburgischen, 1752, sold at the Rengerischen Buchhandl.

https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ONMAAAAAcAAJ/page/n5/mode/1up

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<p>Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë is free to download. You don't have to buy it. <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/emily-bronte/wuthering-heights" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="standardebooks.org/ebooks/emily-bronte/wuthering-heights"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">standardebooks.org/ebooks/emil</span><span class="invisible">y-bronte/wuthering-heights</span></a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</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 omnibus 25% off: <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1742997" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/1742997"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/view/</span><span class="invisible">1742997</span></a></p><p>The arch-demon, Pride, leads demon-kind in an ancient plan to open a gate between worlds, so vast demon armies might march forth and conquer, but opening a portal requires both energy equivalent to a nuclear explosion and the cooperation of a half-demon, to stabilize it. However, the only half-demon available has made it her life mission to kill all demons.</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>

$(Background) A fractal pattern of red and orange that resembles a demonic portal. (Center) Pride needs a half-demon to stabilize the portal between worlds. There’s just one hitch: she hates him. One stubborn half-demon vs. all of demon-kind? It could go either way... (Top Left) The cover of She Hunts Demons, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson. Sitting on the roof of a building in New York City is a teenage girl with a Japanese short sword. The image is black and white, aside from a few details in blue. (Bottom Left) The cover of She Goes to War, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson. Three people in tiger-stripe camouflage crouch in the jungle, including a teen girl, a soldier and a huge cat-man with black fur. (Bottom Right) The cover of the novel, Demon for President!, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson. Two politicians (Democrat and Republican) shake hands, as if for a photo-op, while a city burns behind them and the flag of the United States waves in the smoke. (Top Right) The cover of the book bundle, Ashen Blades: Open Wounds, by Owen Tyme, which includes a Japanese sword, a pistol and a pineapple grenade on a wooden surface.$

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<p>Climate change to identity: The vital lessons in Metamorphoses, Ovid's 2,000-year-old poem</p><p>You might think that Ovid's Metamorphoses, an ancient compendium of the greatest Greek myths, would hold little relevance today. But its tales of desire and deceit reveal surprising parallels with contemporary concerns, from climate change and the refugee crisis to gender-based violence and identity.</p><p>by Cath Pound</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260317-metamorphoses-ovids-2000-year-old-poem-says-a-lot-about-2026" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260317-metamorphoses-ovids-2000-year-old-poem-says-a-lot-about-2026"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.com/culture/article/20</span><span class="invisible">260317-metamorphoses-ovids-2000-year-old-poem-says-a-lot-about-2026</span></a></p><p>At PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21765" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21765</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a></p>

Lycian farmers changed into frogs: Latona changes Lycian farmers into frogs, because while they were weeding a marsh, they prevented her and her children from quenching their thirst (Ovid, Metamorphoses VI 369)

Claude Du Bosc / After Jean Jouvenet - Leto verandert de boeren in kikkers, Claude DuBosc, after Jean Baptiste Jouvenet, 1714 - Rijksmuseum

The scene depicts the goddess Leto — mother of Apollo and Artemis by Zeus — fleeing the wrath of Hera after giving birth. Exhausted and thirsty, she stops at a pond in Lycia to drink, but local peasants cruelly prevent her and her infant children from reaching the water, stirring up the mud to make it undrinkable. In fury, she calls upon Jupiter and transforms the peasants into frogs.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Metamorphoses_(Ovid)#/media/File:Claude_Du_Bosc_after_Jean-Baptiste_Jouvenet,_Leto_and_the_Lycian_Peasants,_1714,_Rijksmuseum_RP-P-1905-2842.jpg

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<p>Ik lees graag graphic novels en trakteerde mezelf op "Spinning" van Tillie Walden. Oorspronkelijk voor een jonger publiek. Walden kreeg er de Eisner Award voor, en terecht :) </p><p>In de VS staat het op de lijst van banned books - boeken met LGBTQIA+ thema’s, verhalen van POC’s of politieke onderwerpen, juist de verhalen die andere perspectieven laten zien.</p><p>Dus: lees ze.<br>Read banned books. </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/boeken/" rel="tag">#boeken</a> <a href="/tags/bannedboeks/" rel="tag">#BannedBoeks</a> <a href="/tags/verbodenboeken/" rel="tag">#VerbodenBoeken</a> <a href="/tags/readbannedbooks/" rel="tag">#ReadBannedBooks</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="/tags/queerbrarians/" rel="tag">#Queerbrarians</a></p>

Het boek Spinning met op het cover een illustratie van meisjes die aan het kunstschaatsen zijn. Onderaan de pagina staat de titel van het boek en klein eronder de naam van de schrijfster en tekenares: Tillie Walden.

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<p>Typing for Love or Money<br>The Hidden Women’s Labor behind Modern Literary Masterpieces</p><p><a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/typing-for-love-or-money/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="publicdomainreview.org/essay/typing-for-love-or-money/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publicdomainreview.org/essay/t</span><span class="invisible">yping-for-love-or-money/</span></a></p><p>At PG:</p><p>"The Story of the Typewriter":</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60794" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60794</a></p><p>Books by Henry James:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/113" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/113"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/113</span></a></p><p>"Henry James at Work" by Theodora Bosanquet:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63377" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63377</a></p><p>Books by T. S. Eliot:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/599" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/599"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/599</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/womenhistorymonth/" rel="tag">#womenhistoryMonth</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Lillian Sholes demonstrating a prototype typewriter invented by her father, Christopher Latham Sholes, 1872

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<p>Radcliffe Acquires a Black Feminist’s Archive</p><p>An architect of Black women’s studies, Barbara Smith introduced the concepts of “identity politics” and “intersectionality.”</p><p>by Lydialyle Gibson</p><p><a href="https://www.harvardmagazine.com/museums-collections/barbara-smith-papers-harvard-radcliffe-institute?utm_source=email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_term=weekly&utm_content=one-of-harvards-oldest-structures-is-hiding-behind-a-beer-garden&utm_campaign=032026" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.harvardmagazine.com/museums-collections/barbara-smith-papers-harvard-radcliffe-institute?utm_source=email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_term=weekly&utm_content=one-of-harvards-oldest-structures-is-hiding-behind-a-beer-garden&utm_campaign=032026"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.harvardmagazine.com/museum</span><span class="invisible">s-collections/barbara-smith-papers-harvard-radcliffe-institute?utm_source=email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_term=weekly&utm_content=one-of-harvards-oldest-structures-is-hiding-behind-a-beer-garden&utm_campaign=032026</span></a></p><p>Black fiction & Feminism at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=black+fiction" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=black+fiction"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=black+fiction</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=feminism" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=feminism"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=feminism</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>

Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote about feminism for the Atlanta Constitution, 10 December 1916, page 4.

Articles about feminism by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and a photo of her as printed in the Atlanta Constitution, December 10, 1916

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism#/media/File:Articles_by_and_photo_of_Charlotte_Perkins_Gilman_in_1916.jpg

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<p>The Real Count of Monte Cristo Was Alexandre Dumas’ Father, a Trailblazing Black General</p><p>Ahead of the March 22 premiere of a new TV adaptation, learn about the life of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, the French Army officer who inspired the beloved novel</p><p>by Joel Sams</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-real-count-of-monte-cristo-was-alexandre-dumas-father-a-trailblazing-black-general-180988347/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-real-count-of-monte-cristo-was-alexandre-dumas-father-a-trailblazing-black-general-180988347/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/history</span><span class="invisible">/the-real-count-of-monte-cristo-was-alexandre-dumas-father-a-trailblazing-black-general-180988347/</span></a></p><p>The Count of Monte Cristo at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1184" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1184</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Painting of general-in-chief Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (1762-1806), he played a pivotal role in the French Revolutionary Wars. By
Olivier Pichat

Pichat captures Alexandre Dumas grand-père rearing black horse, drawn sabre, tricolour cockade in his bicorne hat, and cannon smoke billowing behind fortress walls.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Alexandre_Dumas_-_Olivier_Pichat.jpg

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<p>What Would Happen if the Sun Stopped? Part 2: Kelvin and Helmholtz at the Ready</p><p>By Paul Sutter </p><p><a href="https://www.universetoday.com/articles/what-would-happen-if-the-sun-stopped-part-2-kelvin-and-helmholtz-at-the-ready" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.universetoday.com/articles/what-would-happen-if-the-sun-stopped-part-2-kelvin-and-helmholtz-at-the-ready"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.universetoday.com/articles</span><span class="invisible">/what-would-happen-if-the-sun-stopped-part-2-kelvin-and-helmholtz-at-the-ready</span></a></p><p>About Kelvin-Helmholtz mechanism:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin%E2%80%93Helmholtz_mechanism" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin%E2%80%93Helmholtz_mechanism"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin%E</span><span class="invisible">2%80%93Helmholtz_mechanism</span></a></p><p>Books by Baron Kevin and Helmholtz at PG<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/48139" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/48139"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/48139</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/59039" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/59039"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/59039</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a></p>

William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, whose famously wrong answer for the Sun's age turns out to be exactly the calculation we need.

A black-and-white studio portrait of Lord Kelvin with white hair and a full white beard, wearing a formal suit, waistcoat, tie, and watch chain. He has a serious expression and is looking slightly away from the camera.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Kelvin-1200-scale1000.jpg

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1892, Vita Sackville-West is born. </p><p>"Sackville-West was a successful novelist, poet and journalist, as well as a prolific letter writer and diarist. She published more than a dozen collections of poetry and 13 novels during her life.... She was the inspiration for the protagonist of Orlando: A Biography, by her friend and lover Virginia Woolf."</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vita_Sackville-West" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vita_Sackville-West"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vita_Sac</span><span class="invisible">kville-West</span></a></p><p>Books by Sackville-West at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/34850" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/34850"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/34850</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

"Sackville-West around 1915, from The Life of V.Sackville-West by Victoria Glendinning" - wikipedia

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<p>Happy to discover THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS on this list of greatest books (sharing a historical, speculative and science fiction category along with Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon, Ilana Masad's Beings, and many more excellent books). Check out the full list!</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</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><p><a href="https://thegreatestbooks.org/the-greatest/fiction,historical-fiction,metaphysical-visionary-fiction,science-fiction/books/since/1960" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="thegreatestbooks.org/the-greatest/fiction,historical-fiction,metaphysical-visionary-fiction,science-fiction/books/since/1960"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thegreatestbooks.org/the-great</span><span class="invisible">est/fiction,historical-fiction,metaphysical-visionary-fiction,science-fiction/books/since/1960</span></a></p>

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Time-Wasting, Truth-Wasting Exercises | Los Angeles Review of Books

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/WrathOfTheSky" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/WrathOfTheSky</a></p><p>Zechariah Jacobs has angered a vast empire that spans a third of the galaxy, which is far too much for his planet to stand against, but in a clash of wizards and magic versus technology, it’s hard to say which will win.</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 Wrath of the Sky, by Owen Tyme.

On a black background, a planet much like earth burns, set aflame. The flames are on the top and sides, but haven't yet reached the bottom.

(Right) An ogre stands on a rocky cliffside path, clearly quite upset, with both his head and arms raised as he cries out! The background is blue sky with white clouds. The following quote is laid over the top of the scene:

Winzon grinned evilly. With great slowness and ceremony, he undid the draw-string of his sack and up-ended it, dropping an ogre skull at the brute’s feet!

The massive ogre’s entire demeanor changed in an instant! He backed away, carefully stepping out of reach of Winzon’s ax, even though it was still strapped to his back!

The brute whispered, “Ogre-slayer!”

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

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<p><a href="http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/03/book-review-misheard-world-by-aliya.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nerds-feather.com/2026/03/book-review-misheard-world-by-aliya.html"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nerds-feather.com/2026/03/</span><span class="invisible">book-review-misheard-world-by-aliya.html</span></a></p><p>The Misheard World feels, at every moment, intensely carefully crafted, and it is a delight to be left unsettled by it, all the way to the last says <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@chloroform_tea" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>chloroform_tea</span></a></span> <br> at the NOAF blog:</p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> @bookstodon</p>

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<p>In honor of the <a href="/tags/transrightsreadathon/" rel="tag">#transrightsreadathon</a> what are some of your favorite books by Trans authors and/or with Trans main characters? Trans as in falls outside the cisgender binary in any way (nonbinary, 2Spirit, gendernonconforming, agender etc) <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/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/transrights/" rel="tag">#transrights</a></p>

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<p>Paisley Book Festival 2026<br>15–17 May</p><p>The Paisley Book Festival is a platform for celebrating books, reading and writing in Paisley over the course of three days.</p><p>Now entering its seventh year, the theme for the 2026 Paisley Book Festival is “Everyday Heroes, Everlasting Icons”.</p><p>For the full programme of events, visit the PBF website: </p><p><a href="https://paisleybookfestival.com/programme-full/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="paisleybookfestival.com/programme-full/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">paisleybookfestival.com/progra</span><span class="invisible">mme-full/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/paisley/" rel="tag">#Paisley</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookfestival/" rel="tag">#bookfestival</a></p>

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<p>My first podcast ever. Recorded with Dennis McKenna (who would say?). Words fail to express my gratitude and respect for this gentleman. zenjoy!</p><p><a href="https://mckenna.academy/mka-podcast/books-human-creativity-and-humble-a-graphic-meditation-tool-for-openness/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mckenna.academy/mka-podcast/books-human-creativity-and-humble-a-graphic-meditation-tool-for-openness/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mckenna.academy/mka-podcast/bo</span><span class="invisible">oks-human-creativity-and-humble-a-graphic-meditation-tool-for-openness/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/humble/" rel="tag">#humble</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#podcast</a></p>

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<p>Upcoming new release IMAGINE A FRIEND by David Quantick is “really lovely” and is a perfect all-ages novella for changes in season and life. Out Tuesday, March 10! Order from your favorite bookseller.<br><a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#fantasybooks</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/nostalgia/" rel="tag">#nostalgia</a><br><a href="https://www.starsandsabers.com/books/imagine-a-friend/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.starsandsabers.com/books/imagine-a-friend/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.starsandsabers.com/books/i</span><span class="invisible">magine-a-friend/</span></a></p>

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<p>‘The Tibetan Book of the Dead’ is actually not just about death</p><p>The Tibetan Book of the Dead,” arguably is the most well-known Tibetan Buddhist text outside Tibet.</p><p>by Jue Liang</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/the-tibetan-book-of-the-dead-is-actually-not-just-about-death-247174" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/the-tibetan-book-of-the-dead-is-actually-not-just-about-death-247174"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/the-tibeta</span><span class="invisible">n-book-of-the-dead-is-actually-not-just-about-death-247174</span></a></p><p>Buddhist literature at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/37455" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/37455"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/37455</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/buddhism/" rel="tag">#buddhism</a></p>

Tibetan Thanka of Bardo. Vision of Serene Deities, 19th century, Guimet Museum

A Tibetan thangka painting on a dark background. At the centre, a large black Buddha figure sits in meditation lotus posture within a luminous white and gold mandorla. Surrounding this central figure, arranged in concentric circular bands, are numerous smaller deity figures — Buddhas and bodhisattvas — each seated within individual oval or circular aureoles, rendered in warm reds, golds, whites, and greens. Two larger figures appear at the top in cloud-like settings. At the bottom, a more complex terrestrial or narrative scene is depicted with smaller figures, architectural elements, and landscape details.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Bardo._Vision_des_divinit%C3%A9s_sereines.jpg/330px-Bardo._Vision_des_divinit%C3%A9s_sereines.jpg

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<p>The Dante Map: Mary Hensman’s Masterpiece</p><p>Posted by: Cynthia Smith</p><p>"In celebration of Women’s History Month, I am featuring the map below. It was designed by the 19th century scholar and mapmaker Mary Hensman. The map is a detailed guide to the places that the Italian poet Dante Alighieri visited as well as the locations mentioned in his literary works."</p><p><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2026/03/the-dante-map-mary-hensmans-masterpiece/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blogs.loc.gov/maps/2026/03/the-dante-map-mary-hensmans-masterpiece/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.loc.gov/maps/2026/03/the</span><span class="invisible">-dante-map-mary-hensmans-masterpiece/</span></a></p><p>Books by Dante at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Dante+Alighieri" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Dante+Alighieri"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Dante+Alighieri</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/cartography/" rel="tag">#cartography</a> <a href="/tags/womenshistorymonth/" rel="tag">#womenshistorymonth</a></p>

Dante Map. It shows Italy and other places in the Mediterranean associated with Dante

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Bookworms rejoice: Kobo to get StoryGraph integration in June

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<p><a href="/tags/naomiklein/" rel="tag">#NaomiKlein</a> on <a href="/tags/trumpism/" rel="tag">#Trumpism</a> and Our Age of ‘Unlikely Bedfellows’ </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-naomi-klein.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VFA.F2f6.2-NayTObdyEi&smid=url-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-naomi-klein.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VFA.F2f6.2-NayTObdyEi&smid=url-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/opi</span><span class="invisible">nion/ezra-klein-podcast-naomi-klein.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VFA.F2f6.2-NayTObdyEi&smid=url-share</span></a><br><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/farright/" rel="tag">#farRight</a> <a href="/tags/altright/" rel="tag">#altRight</a> <a href="/tags/conspiracism/" rel="tag">#conspiracism</a> <a href="/tags/doppelgänger/" rel="tag">#Doppelgänger</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>Happy π Day! And Albert Einstein was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> 147 years ago!</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi</a></p><p>Isaac Newton used infinite series to compute π to 15 digits, later writing "I am ashamed to tell you to how many figures I carried these computations".</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi#cite_note-Newton-60" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi#cite_note-Newton-60"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi#cite_</span><span class="invisible">note-Newton-60</span></a></p><p>"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."</p><p>Einstein at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1630" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1630"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1630</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/mathematicsday/" rel="tag">#mathematicsDay</a></p>

Archimedes developed the polygonal approach to approximating π.

A dark Baroque oil painting depicting Archimedes leaning over a cluttered table in deep thought, his chin resting on his raised right hand. He has dishevelled grey-brown hair and wears a coarse brown robe with a white linen sleeve. On the table before him lie sheets of paper with geometric diagrams, an open book, a quill in an inkwell, a compass or dividers, and a small framed mirror or tile. His left hand rests on a luminous celestial or terrestrial globe.

Domenico Fetti - http://archimedes2.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/archimedes_templates/popup.htm

Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727). This is a copy of a painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller (1689).

James Thronill after Sir Godfrey Kneller - http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/art/portrait.html

An oil portrait of Newton shown from the chest up against a dark brown background. He has long, voluminous grey-silver hair falling to his shoulders, sharp cheekbones, and a direct, penetrating gaze. He wears a dark brown coat over a loosely open white shirt with no cravat.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi#/media/File:GodfreyKneller-IsaacNewton-1689.jpg

Einstein in Pasadena, California, 1931

Associated Press - https://www.voanews.com/student-union/student-74-follows-einsteins-footsteps https://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/DEU-Forschung-Quantenphysik/ce5580ea4cbd4e4d8098482dbc0cf90f/36/0

Albert Einstein writes a density formula of the Milky Way on January 14, 1931 on the board of the Carnegie Institute of the Mt. Wilson Observatory in Pasadena, California. Text for a tensor element is R_ik = 0 written in large chalk letters on a dark blackboard, Einsten turning his head toward the camera with an alert, animated expression.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein#/media/File:Albert_Einstein_writing_on_a_blackboard_in_Pasadena_(1931).jpg

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<p>“The more time you spend here in the Highlands, the more you recognise and realise and come to feel yourself part of the different layers of the land [… people] see it as wild and untameable, when in actual fact it is very much a human landscape”</p><p>—Annie Worsley recommends her best five books on the Scottish Highlands</p><p><a href="https://fivebooks.com/best-books/scottish-highlands-annie-worsley/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fivebooks.com/best-books/scottish-highlands-annie-worsley/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fivebooks.com/best-books/scott</span><span class="invisible">ish-highlands-annie-worsley/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/naturewriting/" rel="tag">#naturewriting</a> <a href="/tags/memoir/" rel="tag">#memoir</a> <a href="/tags/nanshepherd/" rel="tag">#NanShepherd</a> <a href="/tags/normanmaccaig/" rel="tag">#NormanMacCaig</a> <a href="/tags/highlands/" rel="tag">#Highlands</a> <a href="/tags/scottishhighlands/" rel="tag">#ScottishHighlands</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

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