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<p>Swedish feminist writer Ellen Key died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1926.</p><p>One of her most influential works is "The Century of the Child," first published in 1900. In this book, she projected her ideas about education and the rights of children into the 20th century, which she termed the "Century of the Child." She was also a proponent of women's rights: she believed in the importance of motherhood in society and argued that women should have more choices regarding marriage and children.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Ellen Key, 1910
Becker & Maass / Marie Boehm - Nyström-Hamilton, Louise (1913) Ellen Key, Her Life and Her Work, New York City: G. P. Putnam's Sons.

A sepia-toned vintage photo of a seated person (Ellen Key) wearing a Victorian style dress with a lace collar and long sleeves.

Old black hardcover book with title "The Century of the Child" by Ellen Key in gold lettering.

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<p>English poet William Cowper died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1800.</p><p>His first volume of poetry, "Poems by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq." was published in 1782. This volume included some of his most famous poems, such as "Table Talk" and other shorter pieces that reflected his views on nature, spirituality, and humanity. His most famous work is "The Task" (1785), a six-book poem in blank verse, which was inspired by a friend who challenged him to write a poem about a sofa. </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 William Cowper (1731-1800).

A portrait of William Cowper dressed in 18th-century attire, with a black coat, yellow waistcoat, and matching breeches, seated beside a red upholstered chair with one arm resting on a table. The individual holds a quill in their right hand, and an open book lies on the table. The background is a plain dark color, providing a contrast to the lighter tones of the clothing and furniture.

Page of The Task, and Other Poems by William Cowper.

An old book cover titled "The Task and Other Poems" by Cowper, with a floral design around the central circle which reads "Cassell's National Library" and edited by Professor Henry Morley.

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1920.</p><p>F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" appears in the Saturday Evening Post and on the magazine's cover, illustrated by artist Norman Rockwell. It was Fitzgerald's first short story to achieve national prominence. The original publication featured interior illustrations by May Wilson Preston. The work later appeared in the September 1920 short story collection Flappers and Philosophers published by Charles Scribner's Sons.</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4368" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4368</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

The May 1, 1920 issue of The Saturday Evening Post, the first time Fitzgerald's name appeared on the cover of the magazine to which he contributed for much of his life. Fitzgerald's short story Bernice Bobs Her Hair appeared in this issue.

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<p>Who is that, so insistently tapping at my chamber door?</p><p>Something suitably spooky is coming to <a href="https://inquisitivebiologist.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>inquisitivebiologist.com</a> this <a href="/tags/halloween/" rel="tag">#Halloween</a>... For now, here is a quick progress shot while you all wait for the next <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> to drop. I'm about halfway in.<br> <br><a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#Biography</a> <a href="/tags/gothic/" rel="tag">#Gothic</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#Horror</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</a> <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>

A photo of a book standing on a small, brown, wooden table. The out-of-focus background shows black shelves full of books and part of the beech-coloured laminate floor. The book is pictured showing its face, the pages heavily annotated with numerous Post-it notes. The cover and spine are purposefully not visible. The book is standing on top of another hardback book, lying down: The Knickerbocker Classics version of The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe. The spine is golden cloth with a fancy black repeating floral pattern on it, such as you might find on old wallpaper.

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<p>‘A cottage of one’s own’: Newly unearthed Virginia Woolf stories to be published</p><p>A chance discovery at a country house revealed the three funny – sometimes surreal – interlinked tales, written almost a decade before Woolf’s first book was published</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/sep/27/a-cottage-of-ones-own-newly-unearthed-virginia-woolf-stories-to-be-published" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/books/2025/sep/27/a-cottage-of-ones-own-newly-unearthed-virginia-woolf-stories-to-be-published"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/books/2025</span><span class="invisible">/sep/27/a-cottage-of-ones-own-newly-unearthed-virginia-woolf-stories-to-be-published</span></a></p><p>Woolf at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/89</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Woolf in 1927.

Unknown author - Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Woolf is shown resting her head on her hand. Her gaze is softly directed toward the camera, though not in an intense stare.

She is wearing a fur-stole or wrap around her shoulders. Her hair is styled in a period-appropriate way, likely neat.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Woolf#/media/File:Virginia_Woolf_1927.jpg

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<p>German mathematician and mathematics educator Felix Klein was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1849.</p><p>He is best known for his substantial contributions to group theory, complex analysis, non-Euclidean geometry, and for connecting mathematics with other disciplines, notably physics. His notable achievements are the Erlangen Program, Complex Analysis and Algebraic Geometry, Klein Bottle, and Klein's Quartic Curve.</p><p>Books by Felix Klein at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/9227" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/9227"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/9227</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a></p>

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<p>> Books on the Move: Bookmobiles, Mobile Libraries and More <a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2025/09/books-on-the-move-bookmobiles-mobile-libraries-and-more/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2025/09/books-on-the-move-bookmobiles-mobile-libraries-and-more/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2025</span><span class="invisible">/09/books-on-the-move-bookmobiles-mobile-libraries-and-more/</span></a></p><p>Via <a href="/tags/libraryofcongress/" rel="tag">#LibraryOfCongress</a>. Locally our county public library does have a bookmobile. </p><p><a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/bookmobile/" rel="tag">#Bookmobile</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> </p><p>@bookstodon@a.gup.pe <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>

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<p>This week's <a href="/tags/newbooks/" rel="tag">#NewBooks</a> at the library: I bought second-hand copies of<br>- From Crust to Core: A Chronicle of Deep Carbon Science, published by Cambridge University Press;<br>- Confronting Consumption, published by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/@themitpress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>themitpress</span></a></span> (this copy was in the holdings of the library of The American University of Paris);<br>- Cohabiting Earth: Seeking a Bright Future for All Life, published the State University of New York Press (I was really impressed by Eileen Crist's most recent book).</p><p><a href="/tags/consumerism/" rel="tag">#Consumerism</a> <a href="/tags/geology/" rel="tag">#Geology</a> <a href="/tags/earthsciences/" rel="tag">#EarthSciences</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</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>

A photo of three books standing on a small, brown, wooden table. The out-of-focus background shows black shelves full of books, a red curtain covering the door, and part of the beech-coloured laminate floor.

On the left, standing up, From Crust to Core, showing a colour photo of a volcanic eruption of Etna at night. It is a long-exposure photo with numerous fiery streaks erupting from the crater.

In the middle, lying down, Confronting Consumption, showing a hardback without its dustjacket, bound in black cloth. The title and author names are printed on the spine in gold lettering, but the cover is plain black cloth.

On the right, standing up, Cohabiting Earth, showing a colour photo of a bird perched on top of a ceramic water fountain with a small column of water gently rising up out of the fountain. The background is out of focus. The bird is looking at the camera rather than drinking. I don't know what species it is, but it is predominantly an orangy-yellow with a black face and breast, and dark iridescent wing and tail feathers.

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<p>When you collaborate in a <a href="/tags/darkfantasy/" rel="tag">#DarkFantasy</a> <a href="/tags/horroranthology/" rel="tag">#HorrorAnthology</a> <a href="/tags/newrelease/" rel="tag">#NewRelease</a> 👇 </p><p><a href="https://mybook.to/Fallen1" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>mybook.to/Fallen1</a></p><p>And letting your newsletter know other books your partners have....</p><p><a href="https://books.bookfunnel.com/fallen-vol-1-stories-from-the-shadows/s1y8kdk552" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books.bookfunnel.com/fallen-vol-1-stories-from-the-shadows/s1y8kdk552"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books.bookfunnel.com/fallen-vo</span><span class="invisible">l-1-stories-from-the-shadows/s1y8kdk552</span></a></p><p>And realize you want some of those new-to-you books yourself! 📚 <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/mastodon.online/ablobcatattention.png" class="emoji" alt=":ablobcatattention:" title=":ablobcatattention:"> </p><p>Even better?! 😁 They're on Bookshop.org! </p><p>Buy friend books, help local bookstores, share 20% off! 😎 </p><p><a href="https://refer.bookshop.org/e7zcfkk9" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>refer.bookshop.org/e7zcfkk9</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> @bookstadon @bookstodon@a.gup.pe <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> @fantasy @horror @romancelandia @lgbtqbookstodon</p>

Bookshop.org screenshot showing Crimson Chains by Sienna Rae and Gero by YD La Mar available for sale, plus the note of how much the total order will send to support local bookstores ($8.80).

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<p>HAPPY RELEASE DAY! <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/mastodon.online/ablobcatrave.png" class="emoji" alt=":ablobcatrave:" title=":ablobcatrave:"> </p><p>7 <a href="/tags/indieauthors/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthors</a><br>7 <a href="/tags/fallenangel/" rel="tag">#FallenAngel</a> stories. </p><p>Rogue <a href="/tags/angels/" rel="tag">#Angels</a> may obstruct the <a href="/tags/hells/" rel="tag">#Hells</a>, but even the mortals can't always cheer.🫢🫣😮😱</p><p>A deep dive into dark yearnings.</p><p>AVAILABLE NOW<br><a href="https://mybook.to/Fallen1" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>mybook.to/Fallen1</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/booktoot/" rel="tag">#BookToot</a> <a href="/tags/horroranthology/" rel="tag">#HorrorAnthology</a> <a href="/tags/fallenangels/" rel="tag">#FallenAngels</a> <a href="/tags/darkreads/" rel="tag">#DarkReads</a> <a href="/tags/darkfantasyreaders/" rel="tag">#DarkFantasyReaders</a> <a href="/tags/horrorbooks/" rel="tag">#HorrorBooks</a> <a href="/tags/horrorromance/" rel="tag">#HorrorRomance</a> <a href="/tags/romantichorror/" rel="tag">#RomanticHorror</a> <a href="/tags/gothicreads/" rel="tag">#GothicReads</a> <a href="/tags/darkfantasy/" rel="tag">#DarkFantasy</a></p><p>@bookstodon@a.gup.pe @bookstadon @horror @lgbtqbookstodon @sffbookclub @paranormal @romancelandia @fantasy <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>

Graphic with a blonde, short-haired angel with tattoos on the back of her neck, facing away from the viewer. Below her on a black background: "Fallen: Darkness Ascending," (title of the book). Teaser quote: "A bloodless head bounced, landing in front of the angel. Uradri stared as Indrath crawled out. Realization struck her brother's face, denial followed by fury. "What have you done?" he whispered." --"Sovereign," by A.S. Etaski

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<p>English playwright, poet, and actor William Shakespeare was born (baptized in 26 April) <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1564 and died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1616.</p><p>Some of his most famous tragedies include "Hamlet," "Othello," "King Lear," and "Macbeth". His most known comedies, such as "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," "As You Like It," and "Twelfth Night." Shakespeare's histories—such as "Richard III," "Henry V," and "Julius Caesar"—dive into the lives of historical figures and the political machinations of his time.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

William Shakespeare by John Taylor

A classic portrait featuring William Shakespeare in a dark garment with a prominent white collar. The background is shadowy, giving a moody atmosphere to the painting.

Title page of the First Folio, by William Shakespeare, with copper engraving of the author by Martin Droeshout. Image courtesy of the Elizabethan Club and the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University.

An old worn cover of "Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies" published according to the True Original Copies. The title page includes intricate engravings, decorative text, and mentions London, printed by Isaac Iaggard and Ed. Blount, 1623.

Title page from 1609 edition of Shake-Speares Sonnets.

William Shakespeare's sonnets, a collection of 154 poems, stand as a towering achievement in English literature and offer profound insights into themes of love, beauty, politics, and mortality. Written primarily in iambic pentameter, these sonnets were first published together in a quarto in 1609.

Shakespeare's sonnets typically follow the structure of three quatrains capped by a final couplet, rhyming ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. This format not only lends a rhythmic and thematic unity to the poems but also allows for a shift or volta in tone or argument in the final couplet, often serving as a conclusion or a poignant twist.

The sonnets are commonly divided into two sequences. The first 126 sonnets are addressed to a young man, often referred to as the "Fair Youth," whose identity has been the subject of much scholarly debate. These poems express deep affection, admiration, and concern for the Fair Youth, exploring themes of beauty, love, procreation, and the transient nature of life.

Sonnets 127 to 152 are known as the "Dark Lady" sequence and introduce a mysterious woman who captivates the speaker with her beauty and sensuality, yet often causes emotional turmoil. This sequence is notable for its exploration of complex, often turbulent emotions associated with love and desire.

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<p>New on my YouTube Channel: "Love and Rage: an Under 5 Review." <br><a href="https://youtu.be/Kpgb8-hZX0s?si=E3BvDUmm-sNazFys" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="youtu.be/Kpgb8-hZX0s?si=E3BvDUmm-sNazFys"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/Kpgb8-hZX0s?si=E3BvDU</span><span class="invisible">mm-sNazFys</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/under5reviews/" rel="tag">#Under5Reviews</a> where I tell you about a book and help you decide if you want to read it or not in under 5 minutes. </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/buddhism/" rel="tag">#Buddhism</a> <a href="/tags/itinerantlibrarian/" rel="tag">#ItinerantLibrarian</a> <a href="/tags/vlog/" rel="tag">#vlog</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#video</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> <br>@bookstodon@a.gup.pe</p>

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<p>American author, Howard R. Garis, best known for a series of books that featured the character of Uncle Wiggily Longears, was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1873.</p><p>Besides the Uncle Wiggily series, Howard R. Garis also wrote for several other children's series, including Tom Swift under the pseudonym Victor Appleton, The Bobbsey Twins under the pseudonym Laura Lee Hope, and books in the Baseball Joe series as Lester Chadwick.</p><p>Books by Howard R. Garis at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/808" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/808"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/808</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Publicity photograph of author Howard R. Garis. Original caption: "Howard M.[sic] Garis, Author and Originator of the Uncle Wiggily Stories"

Howard R. Garis in a dark suit and tie is sitting at a desk, writing on a piece of paper with a fountain pen.

The Curlytops on Star Island; Or, Camping out with Grandpa by Howard Roger Garis.

Vintage book cover of "The Curlytops on Star Island" by Howard R. Garis, featuring two children fishing by a stream, with the girl standing and holding a fishing rod, and the boy sitting on a rock and examining something in his hands.

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<p>"Time held me green and dying<br>Though I sang in my chains like the sea."</p><p>Dylan Thomas was a difficult person. But ‘Fern Hill’ is a perfect poem.</p><p>by Jayme Stayer</p><p><a href="https://www.americamagazine.org/ideas/2026/03/06/dylan-thomas-was-a-difficult-person-but-fern-hill-is-a-perfect-poem/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.americamagazine.org/ideas/2026/03/06/dylan-thomas-was-a-difficult-person-but-fern-hill-is-a-perfect-poem/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.americamagazine.org/ideas/</span><span class="invisible">2026/03/06/dylan-thomas-was-a-difficult-person-but-fern-hill-is-a-perfect-poem/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/literarycriticism/" rel="tag">#literarycriticism</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

Dylan and Caitlin at Brown’s Hotel, Laugharne in 1938. Taken by their Blashford family friend, the photographer and artist Nora Summers.

Dylan and Caitlin are seated at a small, ornate cast-iron pub table. On the table are visible a pint of dark beer, glasses, an ashtray, and what appears to be cigarettes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Thomas#/media/File:Dylan_Thomas_and_Caitlin_Macnamara_at_Brown%E2%80%99s_Hotel,_Laugharne,_South_Wales_in_1938.png

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<p>The Globe-Trotting Scholar Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aztecs</p><p>Anthropologist Zelia Nuttall transformed the way we think of ancient Mesoamerica</p><p>By Merilee Grindle</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/zelia-nuttall-globe-trotting-scholar-unlocked-secrets-aztecs-180983049/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/history/zelia-nuttall-globe-trotting-scholar-unlocked-secrets-aztecs-180983049/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/history</span><span class="invisible">/zelia-nuttall-globe-trotting-scholar-unlocked-secrets-aztecs-180983049/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550</span></a></p><p>Zelia Nuttall at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/35649" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/35649"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/35649</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/anthropology/" rel="tag">#Anthropology</a></p>

Portrait of Zelia Nutall.

The portrait is a formal head-and-shoulders presentation.

Nuttall is shown with her hair pulled back, wearing elegant late-19th / early-20th century attire—likely a high-necked dress or blouse with decorative trim.

Her facial expression is composed and serene.

https://archive.org/details/popularsciencemo41newy/page/302/mode/2up

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<p>French novelist, poet, short story writer, and literary critic Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1889.</p><p>His work depicts the ravages of passion, whether carnal (Une vieille maîtresse, 1851), filial (Un prêtre marié, 1865), political (Le Chevalier des Touches, 1864) or mystical (L'Ensorcelée, 1855). In particular, Les Diaboliques in which the unusual and the transgressive plunge the reader into an ambiguous universe, earned the author accusations of immoralism.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Photography of Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly by Félix Nadar

A black and white vintage photograph of Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly dressed in a formal double-breasted coat with detailed embroidery on the sleeves, standing while holding a pocket watch in one hand.

Manuscript page from Les Diaboliques: Le bonheur dans le crime folio 54 by Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (1808-1889).

Previously published in 1871.

Dr. Torty and the narrator are strolling through the Jardin des Plantes. In front of the panther's cage, a couple catches the narrator's eye. They are Count Serlon de Savigny and his wife Hauteclaire Stassin. Dr. Torty recounts their story, which he has followed as their doctor and friend.

The young woman, Mlle Hauteclaire Stassin, of great quality (ravishing and an expert fencer), and the Count fall in love. They hatch a diabolical scheme to get rid of the Count's wife and stay together. After that, the couple live happily ever after, guilt-free.

Full text available at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13848

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<p>Full of Journaling Prompts and Self-Care Exercises along w/illustrated affirmations awaiting your talented flourish, this coloring book is designed to help you lower your stress, focus your intentions and expand your well-being! </p><p>Please email info@mollycantrellkraig.co for bulk orders over 50 copies for special rates.</p><p><a href="https://mollycantrellkraig.co/product/self-care-scribbles-coloring-book/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mollycantrellkraig.co/product/self-care-scribbles-coloring-book/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mollycantrellkraig.co/product/</span><span class="invisible">self-care-scribbles-coloring-book/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/stressrelief/" rel="tag">#stressRelief</a> <a href="/tags/hr/" rel="tag">#HR</a> <a href="/tags/coloringbooks/" rel="tag">#coloringBooks</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/journaling/" rel="tag">#journaling</a> <a href="/tags/happiness/" rel="tag">#happiness</a> <a href="/tags/affirmations/" rel="tag">#affirmations</a> <a href="/tags/lifecoach/" rel="tag">#LifeCoach</a> <a href="/tags/focus/" rel="tag">#focus</a> <a href="/tags/fedigiftshop/" rel="tag">#FediGiftShop</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/manifestation/" rel="tag">#manifestation</a></p>

Front cover of my coloring book for adults. Three amorphous blobs in yellow, teal and red are arranged in a diagonal pattern. Upon them is an illustration of a line art "Be Kind To Your Mind" brain with hearts, connected to a scribble. The title reads: Self-Care Scribbles, by Molly Cantrell-Kraig. A companion coloring book to Circuit Train Your Brain • Daily Habits That Build Resilience. To the lower left is a cream-colored cup full of colored pencils. The cup reads "self care" in a handwriting font and one of my small square logos.

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<p>German physicist Max Planck was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1858.</p><p>Planck made many substantial contributions to theoretical physics, specially as the originator of quantum theory, which revolutionized understanding of atomic and subatomic processes. He is known for Planck's constant, which is of foundational importance for quantum physics, and which he used to derive a set of units (Planck units) expressed only in terms of fundamental physical constants.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a></p>

Vorlesungen über die Theorie der Wärmestrahlung, 1906

Cover page of a book titled "Vorlesungen über die Theorie der Wärmestrahlung" by Dr. Max Planck, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Berlin, published in Leipzig, 1906 by Johann Ambrosius Barth with 6 illustrations and featuring the seal of R. Universita Instituto di Fisica Pavia.

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<p>This week's <a href="/tags/newbooks/" rel="tag">#NewBooks</a> at the library: Three works of <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a>. <br>- I bought the 40th anniversary edition of Richard Adams's Shardik at a charity event at work<br>- Have been enjoying Silo, so couldn't pass up buying the collector's edition of the second book, Shift by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@hughhowey" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hughhowey</span></a></span>.<br>- Bought the slipcased collector's edition of <a href="/tags/warhammer/" rel="tag">#Warhammer</a> The End Times: Thanquol at an eBay auction at a very fair price. <a href="/tags/skaven/" rel="tag">#Skaven</a> remain my favourite faction...</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</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>

A photo of three books standing on a small, brown, wooden table. The out-of-focus background shows black shelves full of books, part of the beech-coloured laminate floor, and a red curtain covering the door.

On the left, standing up, Shardik, showing a side silhouette of a snarling wolf's head in transparent red against a background of pale wooden planks making up a wall. Its upper teeth have been replaced by icons of evergreen trees, its lower teeth by icons of houses and church spires.

In the middle, lying down, Shift, showing hardback with a black dust jacket with a pattern of radial lines in gold fanning out from the title Shift in the centre. The book's edges have been sprayed blue.

On the right, standing up, Warhammer The End Times: Thanquol, showing a slipcase with two books partially pulled out. The slipcase pictures a green-tinged drawing of two monstrous humanoid rat figures. One shows Boneripper, a cross between an ogre and a ratman, one arm surgically augmented with armour and ending in a cannon. He is wearing a hood over his snout that leaves his eyes and snarling mouth exposed. On his back is the figure of Thanquol, a cloaked ratman with two pairs of horns sprouting from his head. In one hand, he is wielding a staff; in the other, reins connected to a harness on Boneripper.

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<p>📚 The Wilderness by: Angela Flournoy</p><p>Desiree, Danielle, January, Monique, and Nakia are in their early twenties and at the beginning. Of their careers, of marriage, of motherhood, and of big-city lives in New York and Los Angeles. Together, they are finding their way through the wilderness, that period of...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-wilderness" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-wilderness"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-wilder</span><span class="invisible">ness</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/womenfiction/" rel="tag">#womenfiction</a> <a href="/tags/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/friendshipfiction/" rel="tag">#friendshipfiction</a> <a href="/tags/psychologicalfiction/" rel="tag">#psychologicalfiction</a></p>

Desiree, Danielle, January, Monique, and Nakia are in their early twenties and at the beginning. Of their careers, of marriage, of motherhood, and of big-city lives in New York and Los Angeles. Together, they are finding their way through the wilderness, that period of life when the reality of contemporary adulthood—overwhelming, mysterious, and full of freedom and consequences—swoops in and stays.

Desiree and Danielle, sisters whose shared history has done little to prevent their estrangement, nurse bitter family wounds in different ways. January’s got a relationship with a “good” man she feels ambivalent about, even after her surprise pregnancy. Monique, a librarian and aspiring blogger, finds unexpected online fame after calling out the university where she works for its plans to whitewash fraught history. And Nakia is trying to get her restaurant off the ground, without relying on the largesse of her upper middle-class family who wonder aloud if she should be doing something better with her life.

As these friends move from the late 2000’s into the late 2020’s, from young adults to grown women, they must figure out what they mean to one another—amid political upheaval, economic and environmental instability, and the increasing volatility of modern American life.

The Wilderness is Angela Flournoy’s masterful and kaleidoscopic follow-up to her critically acclaimed debut The Turner House. A generational talent, she captures with disarming wit and el

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

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

The Background is a pink and purple nebula in space.

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

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

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

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

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

“How dare you do this to me? Why?”

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

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

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<p>English poet Rupert Brooke died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1915.</p><p>He is known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially "The Soldier". Rupert Brooke’s promising literary career was cut short when he died in April 1915 from sepsis resulting from an infected mosquito bite while he was part of the British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.</p><p>Books by Rupert Brooke at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/148" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/148"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/148</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

Image of Rupert Brooke (frontispiece) from For remembrance: soldier poets who have fallen in the war

Arthur St. John Adcock - https://archive.org/details/forremembranceso00adco

Vintage sepia-toned photograph of Rupert Brooke with neatly combed hair wearing a light-colored shirt with arms crossed; one of the sleeves appears to be rolled up slightly.

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<p>American mathematical physicist J. Willard Gibbs died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1903.</p><p>Gibbs' most celebrated contributions were in the field of thermodynamics, particularly concerning the phase rule, chemical potential, and Gibbs free energy—a concept named after him. The Gibbs free energy is particularly critical in predicting the direction of chemical reactions and phase changes. His book, "Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics," laid the foundation for modern statistical mechanics.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a></p>

Portrait of American mathematical physicist J. Willard Gibbs, taken about 1895

Photograph taken around 1895. According to his student Lynde Wheeler, of the existing portraits, this is the most faithful to Gibbs's kindly habitual expression.

Unknown author - Scanned from the frontispiece for Raymond J. Seeger, Men of Physics: J. Willard Gibbs, American Mathematical Physicist par excellence, (Oxford and New York: Pergamon Press, 1974). Used also as the frontispiece for Lynde P. Wheeler, Josiah Willard Gibbs, The History of a Great Mind, (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1951). No copyright notice or attribution is given in either book.

Maxwell's sketch of the lines of constant temperature and pressure, made in preparation for his construction of a solid model based on Gibbs's definition of a thermodynamic surface for water (see Maxwell's thermodynamic surface)

James Clerk Maxwell (1831 – 1879) - P. M. Harman (ed.), The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell, vol. 3, 1874-1879, (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2002), p. 232, plate IV.

J. C. Maxwell's sketch of the thermodynamic surface for a water-like substance, based on a theoretical construct proposed by J. W. Gibbs. The curves are "isothermals and isopiestics drawn by help of the Sun."

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<p>New on my YouTube channel: 'Fulfillment: an Under 5 Review." <br><a href="https://youtu.be/DpanUg3jcH0?si=UB3mLHLdlz8RUtDO" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="youtu.be/DpanUg3jcH0?si=UB3mLHLdlz8RUtDO"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/DpanUg3jcH0?si=UB3mLH</span><span class="invisible">Ldlz8RUtDO</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/under5reviews/" rel="tag">#Under5Reviews</a> where I tell you about a book and help you decide if you want to read it or not in under 5 minutes. </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/itinerantlibrarian/" rel="tag">#ItinerantLibrarian</a> <a href="/tags/vlog/" rel="tag">#vlog</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/badeconomy/" rel="tag">#BadEconomy</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#business</a> <a href="/tags/thisisamerica/" rel="tag">#ThisIsAmerica</a> <a href="/tags/exploitation/" rel="tag">#exploitation</a> <a href="/tags/corruption/" rel="tag">#corruption</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#video</a> 💙📚</p><p>@bookstodon@a.gup.pe <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>

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<p>Book Covers That Give Off Fall Vibes: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-book-covers-that-give-off-fall-vibes/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-book-covers-that-give-off-fall-vibes/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesda</span><span class="invisible">y-book-covers-that-give-off-fall-vibes/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/toptentuesday/" rel="tag">#TopTenTuesday</a> <a href="/tags/cover/" rel="tag">#Cover</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/autumn/" rel="tag">#Autumn</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>

Closeup photo of a few reddish-orange maple leaves still clinging to their tree. They’ll fall away soon!

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