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What book would you choose, if everyone in the world, would understand it? Page · sh.itjust.works

What book would you choose, if everyone in the world, would understand it?

https://sh.itjust.works/post/66938822

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"White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America's Darkest Secret – An Investigative Biography of Passing, Lynching, and Civil Rights Activism" by A.J. Baime. My rating: 4 out of 5 stars. Published in 2022.

Book description: An “electrifying” biography of Walter White, a civil rights leader who passed for white in order to investigate racist murders, help put the NAACP on the map, and change the racial identity of America forever. Walter F. White led two lives: one as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance and the NAACP in the early twentieth century; the other as a white newspaperman who covered lynching crimes in the Deep South at the blazing height of racial violence.

I wanted to learn more about him, as his name often comes up in books about the civil rights movement and in books about the NAACP. Well written and very interesting.

#nonfiction #biography #CivilRights #history #NAACP #AfricanAmerican #books #reading @bookstodon

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Scientists Studied 185,896 Miles of Roman Roads—and That’s Still the ‘Tip of the Iceberg’

After developing the biggest-ever map of Roman roads, a team of archaeologists has found that some of our most basic assumptions about them may be way off.

By Gayoung Lee

https://gizmodo.com/the-biggest-map-of-roman-roads-ever-made-still-isnt-big-enough-2000811770

Original article:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-75453-3

Books about Rome -- Antiquities at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/7494

#books #history #archeology

Title: The Bible in its Making: The most Wonderful Book in the World

Author: Mildred Duff

Noel Hope

Engraving captioned "The Old Roman Road, Down Which St. Paul Travelled into Rome, As It Appears To-day." Shows a dirt road bordered by ruins and scrubby vegetation, with a distant cityscape.

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For those who saw my post about 'selling your own eBooks' I now have a shop, check it out here: https://payhip.com/NickEastIndieWriter 😁

It was pretty easy so I recommend giving it a try as a self publishing option.

For my readers Part One and Part Two with images is now available on Payhip 🎉

#Fantasy #Satire #Comedy
#SelfPublishing #SelfPublish
#Bookstodon #DRM #DRMFree
#Books #Novel #Litterature
#Reading #Readers #ReadingCommunity
#Author #IndieAuthor #Indie #Writers #Writing #AmWriting

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36d

A Blether o Books: Scotland through Literature
7–8 November, Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway

Tickets are on sale for the third annual Blether o Books, held at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/a-blether-o-books-scotland-through-literature-4179073/

#Scottish #literature #books #bookfestival

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Those of you who enjoy fantasy fiction books - please consider my fantasy thriller Mind the Gap (details at this link): https://harpercollins.com.au/products/9781460704028

If I can sell another dozen or so of these, then my royalties in the next half-year will rise just high enough for me to receive the first payment in a while.... seeing the accrued total has to reach $100 to be paid out.

I think you'll enjoy it! And you'd also be helping my cashflow. :)

#book #books #fantasy #train #trains @bookstodon @bookstodon@a.gup.pe

Cover of Mind the Gap, by Tim Richards.

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23d

Finished Threshing Day by Rebecca Yarros and it was everything I hoped for. The right balance of humor while helping us understand the characters more. I am eagerly awaiting the full cast version! https://www.graphicaudio.net/the-empyrean-threshing-day.html #Books #Bookstodon #AmReading #Reading #ReadingCommunity

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"Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher speak to #AstraTaylor and #NaomiKlein about their new book, #EndTimesFascism and the Fight for the Living World."

https://lareviewofbooks.org/av/naomi-klein-astra-taylor-end-times-fascism-podcast/

#fascism #neofascism #farRight #newRight #SiliconValleyRight #stateRepression #tech #polycrisis #politicalTheory #USpol #activism #books @bookstodon

Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor's 'End Times Fascism'

Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor join the podcast to talk about their new book, investment in AI, the Trump Administration, techbros and more

LARB RADIO HOUR - SEP 18

image (at top): photos of Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor

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Physical pre-orders of my next book Horns of Shadow & Gold are up!

Books are set to be ready by the end of the month for fulfillment in Canada.

The book will be set up via print-on-demand distribution releasing Sept 25th, making it available internationally at many local bookstores and libraries by request.

Learn more and preorder here: https://audrabalionart.square.site/product/horns-of-shadow-gold-pre-order/OXQVUOE5CPJU5WPD6C7NRPTP

If you prefer digital, go here: https://empyclaw.itch.io/horns-of-shadow-gold

#books #writing #fantasy #indieauthor #selfpublishing #writingcommunity

Square cover for Horns of Shadow & Gold by F. David Schultz. Features a staunch figure in a gold horned headdress in the foreground in white and blue rising from a mountain range and a shadow with spiral horns looming behind.

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That should tell you everything you need to know about who was the real beast after all 😂

@reading @bookstodon @books @humor @humor@lemmy.world @aiop

#BookMemes #Meme #Humor #Humour #Funny
#ReadingMemes #Reading #Readers #ReadingCommunity
#Litterature #Novel #Bookshelf
#Books #Bookstodon

[Watching Beauty and the Beast]
Gaston: *snatches book away from Belle*
My 10-year-old daughter: *gasps* He lost her page!!!

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35d

"Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;..."
Opening lines

#OTD in 1819.

After walking along the River Itchen in Hampshire, England, the 24-year-old poet John Keats composed what would become one of the most beloved fall poems in the English language: the aptly titled “To Autumn.” via @lithub

To Autumn is available at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/23684/pg23684-images.html#Page_137

#books #literature #poetry

Posthumous portrait by William Hilton, c. 1822.

Keats rests his chin on his hand, gazing thoughtfully into the distance, with an open book before him.

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“Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas.” The Incendiary Power of Literature in an Era of Censorship

Kenneth C. Davis on Book Bans, Reading as Exercising, and Turning to Shorter Books in the Age of Screens

https://lithub.com/books-are-weapons-in-the-war-of-ideas-the-incendiary-power-of-literature-in-an-era-of-censorship/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01M0Q5AQ5CFS2HC717W1XJR0VP&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER

Banned books at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=banned+books

#books #literature #bannedbook

The cover of the first English edition of the 1929 novel "All Quiet on the Western Front".

The illustration shows a German soldier in a steel helmet, rendered in an expressive, painterly style with barbed wire visible in the background.

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The Inquisitive Biologist (https://inquisitivebiologist.com) turns 9 today - 538 #BookReviews and counting! I was hoping to have a big reveal for today, but the truth is that I am still (still!) reading my way through Darwin's Descent. Soon, soon. So all I have for now is

https://tenor.com/LHat.gif

#Books #Bookstodon #Scicomm @bookstodon

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35d

In 19th-century Dublin, a disillusioned doctor and a fallen woman cross paths, sparking a forbidden love that defies society's judgments.

Amazon - https://mybook.to/ascarletwoman
Other Retailers - https://lornapeel.com/fitzgeralds/a-scarlet-woman

#BooksByLornaPeel #Books #Ireland #HistoricalRomance #BookSeries #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited #Bookstodon #Romance @bookstodon

Promotional image for the Irish historical fiction novel A Scarlet Woman by Lorna Peel, book one in The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series, an Irish family Saga. The image features an e-reader displaying the book cover, which shows a young woman in a pale blue dress looking downward against a faded Dublin cityscape background. Large text at the top reads, “Begin The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series with A Scarlet Woman.” On the right, text describes the story as an escape to 19th-century Ireland, featuring scandal, sacrifice, and a love that changes everything. At the bottom, the available formats are listed: Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and Paperback.

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57d

Mild spoilers ⚠️

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35d

Ebook and paperback: https://books2read.com/SheSeeksPeace

The Hunter seeks peace and quiet to mourn the loss of her best friend in a world that seems bound and determined to make that task impossible. Enemies attack when she’d rather be alone, allies can’t take a hint and the arch-demon Wrath seeks the Hunter’s hand in marriage, even though she’d sooner kill him.

@bookstodon
#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #actionadventure #fiction #books

(Left) The cover of She Seeks Peace, by Owen Tyme.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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📚 Station Eleven by: Emily St. John Mandel

Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the city, and within weeks, civilization as we know it came to an end.

Twenty years later, Ki...

https://bookblabla.com/book/station-eleven

#books #reading #libraries #fiction #sciencefiction #literary

Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the city, and within weeks, civilization as we know it came to an end.

Twenty years later, Kirsten moves between the settlements of the altered world with a small troupe of actors and musicians. They call themselves The Traveling Symphony, and they have dedicated themselves to keeping the remnants of art and humanity alive. But when they arrive in St. Deborah by the Water, they encounter a violent prophet who will threaten the tiny band’s existence. And as the story takes off, moving back and forth in time, and vividly depicting life before and after the pandemic, the strange twist of fate that connects them all will be revealed.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FINALIST • Set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse—the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity. • Now an original series on HBO Max. • Over one million copies sold!

Look for Emily St. John Mandel’s bestselling new novel, Sea of Tranquility!

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21d

Latest read: Atavists: Stories, by Lydia Millet. I had already read and enjoyed her novels Dinosaur, and The Children's Bible, but I think this has more general appeal, and unlike her novels, you don't have to search for any subtext. It's all laid-out right in front of you. Her criticism of Instagram "reality" is particularly effective.

Millet always examines the problems of society and the climate. This book of linked short stories, is clever, smart, and delivers serious insights and takedowns via unserious characters. I laughed raucously through the first two stories, which had the best lines in the whole book, and then coasted comfortably through the rest. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#books #bookstodon @bookstodon

Odd book cover in children's book art style, but most definitely not meant for children, unless you wanted them to know that our world is on fire. There actually is a house on fire, high center background. There are also cartoonish rabbits running around upright, like humans, looking to be in a panic, and what looks to be an unbothered fox in the foreground. So, chaos, basically, but in a cute children's art style.

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The Life of Agatha Christie, the World’s Best-Selling Novelist, Goes Under the Microscope at the British Library

An upcoming London exhibition will explore the breadth of Christie’s ‘remarkable’ experiences through letters, photographs, a typewriter and a replica of her Hawaiian surfboard

by Sonja Anderson

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-life-of-agatha-christie-the-worlds-best-selling-novelist-goes-under-the-microscope-at-the-british-library-180989480/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_content=20260910-daily&lctg=93133550&user_id=19f2988141aeef1ce3da2871b25613801e24297faaf654001575521d8c39910f

Books by Agatha Christie at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/451

#books #literature

Agatha Christie as a young woman.

Sepia-toned photo of a young Agatha Christie, leaning out through a leaded-glass casement window of a stone building, wearing a striped blouse with a polka-dot cravat, hair styled in a puffed pompadour.

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Finally finished reading THE ROUSE, by China Miéville. 5 out of 5 stars. It's clearly evident why it took the author two decades to write.

It's a story that is so different from anything I have ever read, that I swear it began to rewire my brain, and made me progressively more comfortable about thinking in terms of contradictions with mirrored meanings. The novel is dense with references to political movements, history, literature, espionage, the military-industrial complex, economic theory, the social sciences, and every kind of intrigue you can imagine (and some you definitely had not even considered).

There are sentences so well-crafted that you end up re-reading them just to soak them in, even if the meaning is not immediately clear.

Much of the story feels baffling, for most of the time, but at the same time, it's strangely addictive. It's weird, confusing, highly intelligent, and disorienting.

This is the kind of book where on a re-read, you're likely to pick up on so much that you missed the first time through.

#books #bookstodon @bookstodon

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📚 American Hagwon by: Min Jin Lee

In schools and churches, hotel rooms and nail salons, law firms and fried-fish shops; in cramped, dingy apartments and luxury, gated communities, the men, women, and children in American Hagwon struggle to find satisfaction and meaning in a world that seems to grow le...

https://bookblabla.com/book/american-hagwon

#books #reading #libraries #fiction #literaryfiction #familylife #multigenerationalfiction #immigrationfiction

In schools and churches, hotel rooms and nail salons, law firms and fried-fish shops; in cramped, dingy apartments and luxury, gated communities, the men, women, and children in American Hagwon struggle to find satisfaction and meaning in a world that seems to grow less forgiving with each passing year. Once comfortably middle class in Korea, John and Helen Koh and their three children—Bo, DH, and Mido—find their lives upended, first by a shocking betrayal by John’s oldest friend, then by the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

Desperately striving to regain their footing, they leave Seoul for Sydney and eventually settle in Southern California—where new vistas of opportunity open up for the children as their parents, strangers in a strange land, must adjust to a new life in which their experience and education mean little, and they set their sights on whatever it takes to provide for their children’s futures. The Kohs, their friends, relatives, and even their foes move in and out of each other’s lives as they navigate new courses across the years, always nursing the almost all-consuming faith that education will lead the next generation to success and security.

In American Hagwon, Min Jin Lee has crafted an unforgettable, panoramic novel where the smallest of gestures can have enormous repercussions, where the bonds of family and of memory twist and fray but rarely break, and where willful self-sacrifice—for the benefit of loved ones and even strangers—is a ki

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I’ve been carrying a voluntary mutual aid infrastructure project (mutualaidspace.org) while using my platforms to push anti-imperial analysis and sustain it through whatever freelance work my disability allows. But that model has become unsustainable. For health reasons, I’ve shifted entirely to developing the Hub and offering my take when my nervous system allows.
Full transparency and the new support structure are here:
🔗 https://wrzky.com/links

Please support within your capacity or amplify.

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#OTD in 1888, Katherine Mansfield is born. She "was a New Zealand writer and critic who was an important figure in the modernist movement. Her works are celebrated across the world and have been published in 25 languages."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Mansfield

Mansfield at PG:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/631

#books #literature

This black-and-white studio portrait shows Katherine Mansfield from the chest up, looking directly at the camera. Her dark hair is softly textured and cut in a short bob with bangs. She wears a drop earring in her right ear and a light-colored blouse or dress with a V-neckline and a ruffled collar.

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Major spoilers ahead ⚠️

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What Critics Thought of ‘Sense and Sensibility’ When It Was Published in 1811

Even 15-year-old Princess Charlotte Augusta had an opinion on Austen's debut novel.

By Paul Anthony Jones

https://www.mentalfloss.com/literature/authors/what-critics-thought-sense-and-sensibility-when-published-1811

Sense and Sensibility at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/161

#books #literature #literaryCriticism

"I declare they are quite charming."

Title: Sense and Sensibility

Author: Jane Austen

Commentator: Austin Dobson

Illustrator: Hugh Thomson

A woman in a plumed hat stands gesturing, two women in bonnets sit close together on chairs, and a man reads a newspaper at left. A glazed cabinet and framed pictures fill the wall.

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