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<p><a href="/tags/nagornokarabakh/" rel="tag">#NagornoKarabakh</a>: Three Decades of Diplomatic Failure </p><p>In ep 115 of <a href="/tags/jadaliyya/" rel="tag">#Jadaliyya</a>'s Connections pod, Mouin Rabbani interviews <a href="/tags/hrairbalian/" rel="tag">#HrairBalian</a>, author of "<a href="/tags/anatomyofpeacemaking/" rel="tag">#AnatomyOfPeacemaking</a>: Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict & Missed Opportunities" </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSaz_VKlwjc" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSaz_VKlwjc"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSaz_V</span><span class="invisible">Klwjc</span></a> <br><a href="/tags/artsakh/" rel="tag">#Artsakh</a> <a href="/tags/armenians/" rel="tag">#Armenians</a> <a href="/tags/armenia/" rel="tag">#Armenia</a> <a href="/tags/azerbaijan/" rel="tag">#Azerbaijan</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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'Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis': Erich Fromm, D.T. Suzuki, & Richard De Martino

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<p>Did the First Robot Come from Oz?</p><p>Long before chatbots, fiction grappled with rule-bound intelligence, exploring what it means to build and rely on thinking machines.</p><p>By: Livia Gershon </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/did-the-first-robot-come-from-oz/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/did-the-first-robot-come-from-oz/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/did-the-first-</span><span class="invisible">robot-come-from-oz/</span></a></p><p>Wizard of OZ at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=wizard+of+oz" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=wizard+of+oz"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=wizard+of+oz</span></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

W.W. Denslow's original illustration from The Wizard of Oz. Dorothy, the Cowardly Lion, Tin Man, and Scarecrow enter a grand hall, with Toto at their feet and observers watching from a balcony above.

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

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<p>Happy International Tea Day!</p><p>It's always tea time.<br>Lewis Carroll, <br>Alice in Wonderland</p><p><a href="/tags/teaday/" rel="tag">#teaday</a> <a href="/tags/today/" rel="tag">#today</a> <a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#onthisday</a> <a href="/tags/lewiscarroll/" rel="tag">#LewisCarroll</a> <a href="/tags/tea/" rel="tag">#tea</a> <a href="/tags/carroll/" rel="tag">#Carroll</a> <a href="/tags/wonderland/" rel="tag">#Wonderland</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/booktok/" rel="tag">#BookTok</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</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>

TeaDay today

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<p>Book Promotion: First <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> in a series on <a href="/tags/kindle/" rel="tag">#Kindle</a> Unlimited</p><p>A collection of 107 <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> for you. My book is DRM-free.</p><p><a href="/tags/ku/" rel="tag">#ku</a> <a href="/tags/spaceship/" rel="tag">#spaceship</a> <a href="/tags/magic/" rel="tag">#magic</a> <a href="/tags/aliens/" rel="tag">#aliens</a> <a href="/tags/legendary/" rel="tag">#legendary</a> <a href="/tags/fedibookfair/" rel="tag">#fedibookfair</a> <a href="/tags/boost/" rel="tag">#boost</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#amreading</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/dwarfs/" rel="tag">#dwarfs</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a> <a href="/tags/rogue/" rel="tag">#rogue</a> <a href="/tags/heroes/" rel="tag">#heroes</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/goodbooks/" rel="tag">#goodbooks</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/time/" rel="tag">#time</a> <a href="/tags/dwarves/" rel="tag">#dwarves</a> <a href="/tags/dystopia/" rel="tag">#dystopia</a> <a href="/tags/sorcery/" rel="tag">#sorcery</a> <a href="/tags/monsters/" rel="tag">#monsters</a> <a href="/tags/futurism/" rel="tag">#futurism</a> <a href="/tags/planets/" rel="tag">#planets</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/young/" rel="tag">#young</a> <a href="/tags/newadults/" rel="tag">#newadults</a> <a href="/tags/teen/" rel="tag">#teen</a> <a href="/tags/teens/" rel="tag">#teens</a> <a href="/tags/ya/" rel="tag">#ya</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/booktoot/" rel="tag">#booktoot</a> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/bookfunnel/" rel="tag">#bookfunnel</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</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://books.bookfunnel.com/kureads-may/wcwas7u14r" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books.bookfunnel.com/kureads-may/wcwas7u14r"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books.bookfunnel.com/kureads-m</span><span class="invisible">ay/wcwas7u14r</span></a></p>

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<p>How teaching the history of science can help equip students to face polarized times</p><p>For decades, science educators have been encouraged to “stick to the science” and leave politics at the classroom door. But as disinformation spreads online and public trust in science seems to erode in some contexts, this advice is no longer realistic.</p><p>By Cristiano Barbosa de Moura</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/how-teaching-the-history-of-science-can-help-equip-students-to-face-polarized-times-280332" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/how-teaching-the-history-of-science-can-help-equip-students-to-face-polarized-times-280332"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/how-teachi</span><span class="invisible">ng-the-history-of-science-can-help-equip-students-to-face-polarized-times-280332</span></a></p><p>History of Science at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/688" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/688"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/688</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>

Tycho Brahe's mural quadrant. Engraving from the book: Tycho Brahe (1598), Astronomiae instauratae mechanica, Wandsbeck.

Tycho Brahe's mural quadrant in Uranienborg (Uraniborg). The quadrant (radius c. 194cm) was made from brass and was affixed to a wall that was oriented precisely north-south. The observer (right) views a star through the opposite opening (upper left) to determine the star's altitude as it passes through the meridian. An assistant (lower right) reads the time off a clock and another one (lower left) records the measurements. The area above the quadrant is filled with a mural painting showing several other of Brahe's instruments.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mural_instrument#/media/File:Tycho-Brahe-Mural-Quadrant.jpg

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International Booker Prize Goes to a Love Story Out of Taiwan <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://feddit.uk/post/49409943">See Original Page</a> </small>

international-booker-prize-taiwan-travelogue.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jlA.wsem.YHMxhuqzZDIx

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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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This mutual aid checkpoint roundup gathers urgent requests from the week, including direct appeals and Palestinian campaign spotlights. Support what is possible, contribute where able, and circulate the original requests so help can move beyond exhausted circles.

<h4 class="article-title"> <a href="https://wrzky.com/mutual-aid-checkpoint-roundup-20-05-2026/">Mutual Aid Checkpoint Roundup 20/05/2026</a> </h4> <div class="article-body"> <p>Here’s the list of mutual aid requests needing immediate support this week: </p><p>You can find other requests under my <a href="https://kolektiva.social/@wrzky/116579001302455505" rel="nofollow">last week’s mutual aid checkpoint</a>. Please go through the posts, support what is possible, and boost the original requests directly. Some need urgent financial help, some need wider circulation, and many need both.</p><p><a href="https://cathode.church/@squirrellilly/116518167040725587" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="cathode.church/@squirrellilly/116518167040725587"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cathode.church/@squirrellilly/</span><span class="invisible">116518167040725587</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/@MariaBruxxxa/116578263567557841" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="eldritch.cafe/@MariaBruxxxa/116578263567557841"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eldritch.cafe/@MariaBruxxxa/11</span><span class="invisible">6578263567557841</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.redgarterclub.com/@AnthonyJK/116578742828146671" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.redgarterclub.com/@AnthonyJK/116578742828146671"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.redgarterclub.com/@An</span><span class="invisible">thonyJK/116578742828146671</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ellespeaks/116601748527844086%20" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@ellespeaks/116601748527844086"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@ellespeaks/11</span><span class="invisible">6601748527844086</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sassycassyshenanigans/116594286222652132%20" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@sassycassyshenanigans/116594286222652132"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@sassycassyshe</span><span class="invisible">nanigans/116594286222652132</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/@magicalgrrrl/116585833940217357%20" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="indiepocalypse.social/@magicalgrrrl/116585833940217357"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">indiepocalypse.social/@magical</span><span class="invisible">grrrl/116585833940217357</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nolan_syreeta/116582091910518189%20" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@nolan_syreeta/116582091910518189"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@nolan_syreeta</span><span class="invisible">/116582091910518189</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@QuyetPawz/116580432777000507%20" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="tech.lgbt/@QuyetPawz/116580432777000507"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tech.lgbt/@QuyetPawz/116580432</span><span class="invisible">777000507</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@frugalcoffee/116579489517838855%20" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="kolektiva.social/@frugalcoffee/116579489517838855"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kolektiva.social/@frugalcoffee</span><span class="invisible">/116579489517838855</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@cycletherapyHam/116594807118121931" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mstdn.ca/@cycletherapyHam/116594807118121931"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mstdn.ca/@cycletherapyHam/1165</span><span class="invisible">94807118121931</span></a></p><p>Palestinian Campaign Spotlight </p><p>Please help Dalia and her children escape this genocide</p><p>Dalia needs urgent help for daughter Canada, who suffers from malnutrition and severe burns from cooking over fire with plastic during displacement. <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@daliarezk/116595527628292306" rel="nofollow">[View original post]</a></p><a href="https://chuffed.org/project/172129-please-help-dalia-and-her-children-escape-this-genocide" rel="nofollow">Donate</a><p>A Mother’s Cry for Help, Save My Children to Have a Future</p><p>Rania from Gaza lost her home and now lives in a tent with four children, struggling to cover basic needs. Please help however you can.<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/@rania_gaza09/116579100906965882" rel="nofollow">[View original post]</a></p><a href="https://gofund.me/1f208b7a8" rel="nofollow">Donate</a><p>Gaza Verified Campaigns</p><p>GazaVerified lists 200 campaigns under $200 this past week; this first post includes 14 campaigns, many at $0, needing redistribution and urgent support.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gaza_verified_campaigns/116605341694416358" rel="nofollow">[View original post]</a></p><a href="https://gaza.onl" rel="nofollow">About Gaza Verified</a><p>Want the weekly roundup, plus occasional updates from yours truly, in your inbox? 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<p>Film Review: Slanted<br>A microcosm of race and gender that wanted to be far more daring than it is<br>Alex Wallace has the review at the NOAF blog:<br><a href="http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/05/review-slanted.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nerds-feather.com/2026/05/review-slanted.html"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nerds-feather.com/2026/05/</span><span class="invisible">review-slanted.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>Honoré de Balzac’s Greatest Fear? Being Photographed</p><p>Emily Doucet on the Development of the Daguerreotype—and What It Meant For Art and Technology</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/honore-de-balzacs-greatest-fear-being-photographed/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KQNQVJHETFJ54VG3CZX93QDQ&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/honore-de-balzacs-greatest-fear-being-photographed/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KQNQVJHETFJ54VG3CZX93QDQ&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/honore-de-balzacs-g</span><span class="invisible">reatest-fear-being-photographed/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KQNQVJHETFJ54VG3CZX93QDQ&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Books by Balzac (including the whole series of La Comédie Humaine) at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/251" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/251"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/251</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>

Honoré de Balzac

Revised daguerreotype taken in 1842.

Early daguerreotype portrait of Honoré de Balzac, French novelist. Heavyset, open-collared, hand resting on chest, gazing sideways. One of the few known photographic images of the Human Comedy author.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor%C3%A9_de_Balzac#/media/File:%E5%A5%A5%C2%B7%E5%B7%B4%E5%B0%94%E6%89%8E%E5%85%8B.png

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<p>After a Poet’s Love Story Was Cut Short, His Letters Mysteriously Disappeared—Until Rare Book Dealers Acted on a Hunch</p><p>Eight letters that John Keats penned to his fiancée before his untimely death are “the literary find of a lifetime”</p><p>by Mary Randolph</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-john-keats-love-story-was-cut-short-his-letters-mysteriously-disappeared-until-rare-book-dealers-acted-on-a-hunch-180988585/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-john-keats-love-story-was-cut-short-his-letters-mysteriously-disappeared-until-rare-book-dealers-acted-on-a-hunch-180988585/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-n</span><span class="invisible">ews/after-john-keats-love-story-was-cut-short-his-letters-mysteriously-disappeared-until-rare-book-dealers-acted-on-a-hunch-180988585/</span></a></p><p>Keats at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/935" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/935"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/935</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>

Engraving of English poet John Keats from title page of "The complete poetical works and letters of John Keats, 1899," after a painting by Joseph Severn, 1899.

Engraved frontispiece portrait of John Keats, seated in a chair absorbed in reading, hand raised to his brow. Soft light from a draped window illuminates the pensive, romantic scene.

https://archive.org/details/completepoetical00keatrich/page/n11/mode/2up

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<p>Seven of the Greatest Farts in Western Literature</p><p>Elizabeth Zaleski Finds Famous Moments of Flatulence in Classic and Contemporary Works</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/seven-of-the-greatest-farts-in-western-literature/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/seven-of-the-greatest-farts-in-western-literature/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/seven-of-the-greate</span><span class="invisible">st-farts-in-western-literature/</span></a></p><p>At PG:</p><p>Canterbury Tales</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=+Canterbury+Tales" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=+Canterbury+Tales"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=+Canterbury+Tales</span></a></p><p>Inferno</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Inferno" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Inferno"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Inferno</span></a></p><p>Don Quixote</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Don+Quixote" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Don+Quixote"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Don+Quixote</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

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<p>Fae Reviews makes videos about books, especially the romantic fantasy (romantasy) genre. You can follow at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://makertube.net/a/faereviews/video-channels', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://makertube.net/a/faereviews', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://makertube.net/accounts/faereviews', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>faereviews</span></a></span> </p><p>They've already uploaded more than 30 videos. If these haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at <a href="https://makertube.net/a/faereviews/videos" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="makertube.net/a/faereviews/videos"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makertube.net/a/faereviews/vid</span><span class="invisible">eos</span></a></p><p>You can also follow their blog at <span class="h-card"><a href="https://www.faereviews.com/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>faereviews@faereviews.com</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredpeertube/" rel="tag">#FeaturedPeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/romantasy/" rel="tag">#Romantasy</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#Romance</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</a> <a href="/tags/bookreviews/" rel="tag">#BookReviews</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a></p>

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<p>Honoré de <a href="/tags/balzac/" rel="tag">#Balzac</a> (May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1850) wanted to do with the pen what Napoleon had done with the sword.</p><p>And in a way, he did. His influence reached <a href="/tags/dostoevsky/" rel="tag">#Dostoevsky</a>, Zola, Flaubert, Proust, Dickens, Wilde, and Baldwin. Dostoevsky’s first published book was a Russian translation of Balzac’s Eugénie Grandet. </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/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p>

Balzac

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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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<p>ICYMI</p><p>The Saoirse War</p><p>Attention all sci-fi lovers! Brace yourself for an epic battle of survival and resistance in "The Saoirse War". Set on the peaceful planet of the Bocht, a bio-mechanical species is faced with their worst nightmare when the tyrannical Saibhir arrive. Their intentions are clear - enslave the Bocht and exploit their resources. But the Bocht are not going down without a fight.</p><p> </p><p>"The Saoirse War" is a heart-pounding and emotional journey of resistance and triumph. With previously released and unreleased stories, readers will be captivated by the tales of fighter pilots on secret missions, slaves breaking free from conversion, and children fighting against oppression. Fans of "The Hunger Games" and "Ender's Game" will not want to miss this gripping sci-fi adventure.</p><p><a href="https://books2read.com/u/mgBk0q" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/u/mgBk0q</a></p><p><a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p>

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<p>Ebook and print: <a href="https://books2read.com/SheHuntsDemons" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/SheHuntsDemons</a></p><p>She’s small and cute, but this half-demon New Yorker lives to exterminate demons, because they murdered her parents. The demonic curse preventing her from saying anything but “it’s a secret” only fuels her desire for revenge.</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/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 Hunts Demons, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson.

Sitting on the roof of a building in New York City is a teenage girl wearing an old, black dress, fingerless, elbow-length black gloves and a battered, black top hat, with a blue rose attached to the band. The tearing of her clothes hints that she's recently been in a fight. Her hair is short, but messy. Her eyes are blue.

In her hands is a wakizashi, a short sword of Japanese design. The tsuba, or hilt guard, is in the shape of an opening, blue rose. The blade shines blue.

The image is black and white, aside from the details in blue, hinting at film-noir influences in the art.

(Right) An image of a dog with glowing, red eyes, with the following text laid over it:

“Will we ever be safe again?”

“Your people call you traitor, as do mine. Hunted by Heaven and Hell alike, there’s nowhere we could turn for peace.”

“Will our daughter ever know peace?”

“I pray she will.”

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

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<p>30 minutes of good reading will probably do the trick, no need to eat a whole book per day 😜😁 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@reading" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reading</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor</span></a></span> @humor@lemmy.world @aiop <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@joinin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>joinin</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/readingmemes/" rel="tag">#ReadingMemes</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> <a href="/tags/brainrot/" rel="tag">#BrainRot</a><br><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/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</a> <br><a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a></p>

Meme with a human/pig hybrid image overwritten by the caption, "a book a day keeps the brainrot away".

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<p>📚 Something Deadly on Desert Drive by: Kris Bock</p><p>Starting over at fifty might be hard, but it shouldn’t be deadly…</p><p>Still recovering from an injury that might have permanently derailed her career as an international war correspondent, Kate Tessler is living in her childhood bedroom and pondering her second act when anothe...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/something-deadly-on-desert-drive" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/something-deadly-on-desert-drive"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/something-</span><span class="invisible">deadly-on-desert-drive</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/cozy/" rel="tag">#cozy</a> <a href="/tags/general/" rel="tag">#general</a></p>

Starting over at fifty might be hard, but it shouldn’t be deadly…

Still recovering from an injury that might have permanently derailed her career as an international war correspondent, Kate Tessler is living in her childhood bedroom and pondering her second act when another case lands in her lap. Kate’s father and his coffee group are worried. Their friend Larry married a younger woman who now insists he has dementia and won’t let any of his friends visit. They’re convinced that Larry’s wife and her two adult, dead-beat kids are out to steal his money. Can Kate help?

Soon Kate and her unusual gang of sidekicks are unofficially, officially investigating. But before they can dig out the truth, a murder raises the stakes. Now they need to prove Larry is both mentally competent and not a killer. They’ll have to find the real murderer—without risking their own lives in the process.

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<p>Why Everyone is Talking About Salome These Days<br> <br>Leslie Baird on Exploring Enduring Questions of Patriarchy and Feminine Agency Through Fiction</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/why-everyone-is-talking-about-salome-these-days/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/why-everyone-is-talking-about-salome-these-days/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/why-everyone-is-tal</span><span class="invisible">king-about-salome-these-days/</span></a></p><p>Salome at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4881" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4881"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/4881</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>

Salome and the Apparition of the Baptist's Head, watercolor by Gustave Moreau (1876).

A bejeweled Salome recoils before the radiant, bleeding severed head of John the Baptist floating in a blaze of golden light.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salome#/media/File:The_Apparition,_Gustave_Moreau_1876.jpg

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<p>Daniel Kraus Wins 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction with Angel Down as a “breathless novel of World War I, a stylistic tour-de-force that blends such genres as allegory, magical realism and science fiction into a cohesive whole, told in a single sentence.”</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/pulitzer/" rel="tag">#Pulitzer</a> <a href="/tags/pulitzerprize/" rel="tag">#PulitzerPrize</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</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> <a href="/tags/kraus/" rel="tag">#Kraus</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/danielkraus/" rel="tag">#DanielKraus</a> <a href="/tags/angeldown/" rel="tag">#AngelDown</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#writers</a> <a href="/tags/booktok/" rel="tag">#booktok</a></p>

Daniel Kraus, Angel Down

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<p>When the Librarians Fought the Archivists Over Who Gets the Declaration of Independence</p><p>Michael Auslin on the Final Battle to Control the Declaration of Independence</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/when-the-librarians-fought-the-archivists-over-who-gets-the-declaration-of-independence/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KRTRV573NNRQ84N7BD9YGVBM&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/when-the-librarians-fought-the-archivists-over-who-gets-the-declaration-of-independence/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KRTRV573NNRQ84N7BD9YGVBM&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/when-the-librarians</span><span class="invisible">-fought-the-archivists-over-who-gets-the-declaration-of-independence/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KRTRV573NNRQ84N7BD9YGVBM&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Declaration of Independence at PG (our first ebook, published in December 1, 1971):<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/librarians/" rel="tag">#Librarians</a></p>

This is a high-resolution image of the United States Declaration of Independence (article - text). This image is a version of the 1823 William Stone facsimile — Stone may well have used a wet pressing process (that removed ink from the original document onto a contact sheet for the purpose of making the engraving).

The United States Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. The engrossed parchment document proclaiming the thirteen colonies' separation from Britain, bearing the signatures of 56 delegates including John Hancock's prominent signature.

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

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<p>This Week in Literary History: Lord Byron Swims Across the Hellespont</p><p>“I plume myself on this achievement more than I could possibly do on any kind of glory, political, poetical, or rhetorical.”</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/this-week-in-literary-history-lord-byron-swims-across-the-hellespont/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/this-week-in-literary-history-lord-byron-swims-across-the-hellespont/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/this-week-in-litera</span><span class="invisible">ry-history-lord-byron-swims-across-the-hellespont/</span></a></p><p>"Don Juan" at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21700" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21700</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

Portrait of George Gordon Byron. It is an engraving based on a painting by artist George Sanders. His head is turned towards the right, and he is wearing a white shirt with a scarf about the collar.

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<p>🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 </p><p>This week we recorded our first ever book club. It was a bit of an experiment, but we’re super happy with how it turned out! </p><p>We discussed Vincenzo Latronico’s smash-hit novel (or is it even a novel?) 'Perfection'.</p><p>It worked well thanks to all the listeners who shared their thoughts about 'Perfection' (including many via Mastodon). We were truly astonished by the response. Thank you!</p><p>Listen (from 30:00): <a href="https://www.europeanspodcast.com/all-episodes/do-you-also-have-a-monstera-in-your-living-room" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.europeanspodcast.com/all-episodes/do-you-also-have-a-monstera-in-your-living-room"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.europeanspodcast.com/all-e</span><span class="invisible">pisodes/do-you-also-have-a-monstera-in-your-living-room</span></a> 🪴</p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookclub/" rel="tag">#bookclub</a> <a href="/tags/perfection/" rel="tag">#perfection</a></p>

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