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<p>What Was Behind Jonathan Swift’s Modest Proposal?</p><p>Swift’s savage animosity towards the Irish Protestant elites is front and center in his biting (perhaps literally) critique of the landlord class.</p><p>By: Matthew Wills </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/what-was-behind-jonathan-swifts-modest-proposal/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/what-was-behind-jonathan-swifts-modest-proposal/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/what-was-behin</span><span class="invisible">d-jonathan-swifts-modest-proposal/</span></a></p><p>Modest Proposal at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1080" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1080</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Jonathan Swift by Charles Jervas detail.

The portrait focuses closely on Jonathan Swift’s face and upper torso. He is turned slightly to his left, glancing off-camera rather than straight ahead.

His expression is dignified and composed, with a calm confidence. There’s a slight flush to his cheeks, and his lips are closed.

He wears a full curly wig, with soft lines and volume framing his face.

His clothes include clerical attire: a white neckcloth or bands under a darker coat or robe.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jonathan_Swift_by_Charles_Jervas_detail.jpg#/media/File:Jonathan_Swift_by_Charles_Jervas_detail.jpg

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<p>The Cat’s Maew: Thai Treatise on Auspicious Felines (19th Century)</p><p> <a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/tamra-maew/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="publicdomainreview.org/collection/tamra-maew/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publicdomainreview.org/collect</span><span class="invisible">ion/tamra-maew/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/animals/" rel="tag">#animals</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

Tamra Maew (The Cat-Book Poems) thought to originate from the Ayutthaya Kingdom (1351 to 1767 AD). Over a dozen are now kept in the National Library of Thailand." - picryl.com

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<p>English writer and poet Edith Nesbit died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1924.</p><p>She published over 60 books for children, including novels, collections of stories, and picture books. Among her most famous works are "The Railway Children," "Five Children and It," and "The Phoenix and the Carpet." Her work is seen as a precursor to the modern children's fantasy literature genre, influencing later writers such as C.S. Lewis and J.K. Rowling.</p><p>Books by Edith Nesbit at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/407" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/407"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/407</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Nesbit, c. 1890

Black and white portrait of Edith Nesbit with stern expression, short curly hair, wearing a dark high collar dress with a decorative frill.

Red cover of "The Enchanted Castle" by E. Nesbit featuring an embossed illustration of three children and a castle behind a fountain, with gold lettering.

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<p>English novelist and poet Charlotte Smith was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1749.</p><p>Smith's first significant literary success came with the publication of "Elegiac Sonnets" in 1784. In addition to her poetry, Smith wrote several novels: her first novel, "Emmeline, or The Orphan of the Castle" (1788), was followed by others such as "Ethelinde" (1789), "The Old Manor House" (1793), and "Desmond" (1792). </p><p>Books by Charlotte Smith at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/41281" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/41281"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/41281</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>

Portrait of Charlotte Smith by George Romney.

Portrait of Charlotte Smith wearing a large, frilly bonnet, depicted with soft facial features and looking slightly to her right. The artwork uses a mix of fine detail in the face and looser strokes in the hat and background, with predominantly neutral and earthy tones.

The Young Philosopher was Smith's last novel and a piece of "outspoken radical fiction".

Charlotte Turner Smith - Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Smith, Charlotte Turner. The young philosopher. Vol. 1. London: Printed for T. Cadell, Jr. and W. Davies, 1798.

Title page of the book "The Young Philosopher: A Novel" in four volumes by Charlotte Smith, featuring an excerpt of poetry, indicating it was printed in London by T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies in the Strand, 1798.

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Any people writing books here? Do you use AI to edit?

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Newly unearthed Virginia Woolf stories to be published <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/37029708">See Original Page</a> </small>

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Newly unearthed Virginia Woolf stories to be published <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://sh.itjust.works/post/47240029">See Original Page</a> </small>

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The dark brilliance of Daphne du Maurier <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/37031841">See Original Page</a> </small>

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<p>I am rereading "The Inn at the Amethyst Lantern" now in preparation for its sequel. I wanted something fun to read before bed. If you are looking for a imaginative Lunarpunk YA adventure, I highly recommend it!! </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/lunarpunk/" rel="tag">#lunarpunk</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> </p><p>From: <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@jendiagammon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jendiagammon</span></a></span><br><a href="https://wandering.shop/@jendiagammon/115300837241530734" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="wandering.shop/@jendiagammon/115300837241530734"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wandering.shop/@jendiagammon/1</span><span class="invisible">15300837241530734</span></a></p>

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Starleaf on Epsilon-9 (2025) – Guy d'Andigné

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<p>📚 The Let Them Theory by: Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins</p><p>A Life-Changing Tool Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About</p><p>What if the key to happiness, success, and love was as simple as two words?</p><p>If you've ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated with where you are, the problem isn't you. The problem is the power you give to other peo...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-let-them-theory" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-let-them-theory"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-let-th</span><span class="invisible">em-theory</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/selfhelp/" rel="tag">#selfhelp</a> <a href="/tags/personalgrowth/" rel="tag">#personalgrowth</a> <a href="/tags/motivational/" rel="tag">#motivational</a></p>

A Life-Changing Tool Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About

What if the key to happiness, success, and love was as simple as two words?

If you've ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated with where you are, the problem isn't you. The problem is the power you give to other people. Two simple words—Let Them—will set you free. Free from the opinions, drama, and judgments of others. Free from the exhausting cycle of trying to manage everything and everyone around you. The Let Them Theory puts the power to create a life you love back in your hands—and this book will show you exactly how to do it.

In her latest groundbreaking book, The Let Them Theory, Mel Robbins—New York Times bestselling author and one of the world's most respected experts on motivation, confidence, and mindset—teaches you how to stop wasting energy on what you can't control and start focusing on what truly matters: YOU. Your happiness. Your goals. Your life.

Using the same no-nonsense, science-backed approach that's made The Mel Robbins Podcast a global sensation, Robbins explains why The Let Them Theory is already loved by millions and how you can apply it in eight key areas of your life to make the biggest impact. Within a few pages, you'll realize how much energy and time you've been wasting trying to control the wrong things—at work, in relationships, and in pursuing your goals—and how this is keeping you from the happiness and success you deserve.

Written as an easy-t

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<p>📚 Tout le bleu du ciel by: Mélissa Da Costa</p><p>Petitesannonces.fr : Jeune homme de 26 ans, condamné à une espérance de vie de deux ans par un Alzheimer précoce, souhaite prendre le large pour un ultime voyage. Recherche compagnon(ne) pour partager avec moi ce dernier périple.</p><p>Émile a décidé de fuir l’hôpital, la compassion de sa famil...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/tout-le-bleu-du-ciel" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/tout-le-bleu-du-ciel"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/tout-le-bl</span><span class="invisible">eu-du-ciel</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/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/general/" rel="tag">#general</a></p>

Petitesannonces.fr : Jeune homme de 26 ans, condamné à une espérance de vie de deux ans par un Alzheimer précoce, souhaite prendre le large pour un ultime voyage. Recherche compagnon(ne) pour partager avec moi ce dernier périple.

Émile a décidé de fuir l’hôpital, la compassion de sa famille et de ses amis. À son propre étonnement, il reçoit une réponse à cette annonce. Trois jours plus tard, devant le camping-car acheté secrètement, il retrouve Joanne, une jeune femme coiffée d’un grand chapeau noir qui a pour seul bagage un sac à dos, et qui ne donne aucune explication sur sa présence.

Ainsi commence un voyage stupéfiant de beauté. À chaque détour de ce périple naissent, à travers la rencontre avec les autres et la découverte de soi, la joie, la peur, l’amitié, l’amour qui peu à peu percent la carapace de douleurs d’Émile.

Un livre aux dialogues impeccables et aux personnages touchants d’humanité. Psychologies magazine.

Bouleversant. Version femina.

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<p>"Jiryis is a scholar; he witnessed the start of the Nakba and its consequences, and is not writing for those who won’t listen. If the anomalists appease the colonizer as they demean the colonized, Jiryis faces the colonized as he dissects the colonizer." </p><p><a href="/tags/maryturfah/" rel="tag">#MaryTurfah</a>'s reviews the first English edition of <a href="/tags/sabrijiryis/" rel="tag">#SabriJiryis</a>'s <a href="/tags/thefoundationsofzionism/" rel="tag">#TheFoundationsOfZionism</a></p><p><a href="https://thebaffler.com/latest/given-this-reality-turfah" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="thebaffler.com/latest/given-this-reality-turfah"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thebaffler.com/latest/given-th</span><span class="invisible">is-reality-turfah</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/palestinequestion/" rel="tag">#PalestineQuestion</a> <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a> <a href="/tags/colonialviolence/" rel="tag">#colonialViolence</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

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<p>Scottish astronomer Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1857.</p><p>Fleming's most significant contributions came in the field of stellar classification. She developed a system for classifying stars based on their spectra, which became known as the Harvard Classification Scheme. In 1890, she published the first catalog of stellar spectra, which contained over 10,000 stars classified according to her system.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_classification#Harvard_spectral_classification" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_classification#Harvard_spectral_classification"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_</span><span class="invisible">classification#Harvard_spectral_classification</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a> <a href="/tags/womeninscience/" rel="tag">#womeninscience</a></p>

Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming (1857-1911), circa 1890s. (Courtesy Curator of Astronomical Photographs at Harvard College Observatory.)

Unknown author - http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/lib/online/almanac/0300c.htm

Harvard Computers working in a room in the new brick building, built in 1892. According to the information of a calendar shown in the image, this photo taken in March 1898. Williamina Fleming is standing. Immediatly in front of her are Evelyn Leland (back row center) and Ida E. Woods to the right. The rest are unknown, but the woman closest to the camera could be Annie Jump Cannon.

This description is based on
http://heawww.harvard.edu/~fine/Observatory/eleland.html#ComputersBrickBuilding

Photo credit: UAV 630.271 (E4116), olvwork432388. Harvard University Archives.

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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, October 2025 | Climate & Capitalism <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/37684238">See Original Page</a> </small>

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<p>A Review of October Omen: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-october-omen/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-october-omen/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-oc</span><span class="invisible">tober-omen/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</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>

Book cover for October Omen by Holly Schindler. Image on cover is a black and white drawing of a feather whose uppermost leaves gradually transforms into about a dozen little white birds that are flying away from the feather.

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<p>📚 Run by: Blake Crouch</p><p>5 D A Y S A G O...A rash of bizarre murders swept the country...Senseless. Brutal. Seemingly unconnected. A cop walked into a nursing home and unloaded his weapons on elderly and staff alike. A mass of school shootings. Prison riots of unprecedented brutality. Mind-boggling acts of violence in every state. </p><p>4 D A Y S A G O...T...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/run" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/run</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/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/suspensefiction/" rel="tag">#suspensefiction</a> <a href="/tags/general/" rel="tag">#general</a></p>

5 D A Y S A G O...A rash of bizarre murders swept the country...Senseless. Brutal. Seemingly unconnected. A cop walked into a nursing home and unloaded his weapons on elderly and staff alike. A mass of school shootings. Prison riots of unprecedented brutality. Mind-boggling acts of violence in every state.

4 D A Y S A G O...The murders increased ten-fold...

3 D A Y S A G O...The President addressed the nation and begged for calm and peace...

2 D A Y S A G O...The killers began to mobilize...

Y E S T E R D A Y...All the power went out...

T O N I G H T...They're reading the names of those to be killed on the Emergency Broadcast System. You are listening over the battery-powered radio on your kitchen table, and they've just read yours. Your name is Jack Colclough. You have a wife, a daughter, and a young son. You live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. People are coming to your house to kill you and your family. You don't know why, but you don't have time to think about that any more.

You only have time to....R U N.

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<p>周六睡了个懒觉，十一点才爬起来，随手一搜发现旁边镇的图书馆在搞两年一届的 book sale，而图书馆星期六下午一点就关门了，赶快拉上娃们上路。去到发现又是这家“不讲理”的图书馆，售卖模式竟然是书尽管拿，然后按心情捐款！最后搞了一箱三十本书，捐了二十刀。其中比较喜欢的是下面这几本：<br>1）浅野一二〇的虹之原 holograph<br>2）Hans Rosling 的 Factfulness，因为他的 TED 演讲 <br>3）R. Crumb 画的创世论</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/library/" rel="tag">#library</a></p>

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<p>📚 Saltcrop by: Yume Kitasei</p><p>In Earth's not too distant future, seas consume coastal cities, highways disintegrate underwater, and mutant fish lurk in pirate-controlled depths. Skipper, a skilled sailor and the youngest of three sisters, earns money skimming and reselling plastic from the ocean to care for her ailing grandmother.</p><p>But then her eldest...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/saltcrop" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/saltcrop</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/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a></p>

In Earth's not too distant future, seas consume coastal cities, highways disintegrate underwater, and mutant fish lurk in pirate-controlled depths. Skipper, a skilled sailor and the youngest of three sisters, earns money skimming and reselling plastic from the ocean to care for her ailing grandmother.

But then her eldest sister, Nora, goes missing. Nora left home a decade ago in pursuit of a cure for failing crops all over the world. When Skipper and her other sister, Carmen, receive a cryptic plea for help, they must put aside their differences and set out across the sea to find—and save—her. As they voyage through a dying world both beautiful and strange, encountering other travelers along the way, they learn more about their sister's work and the corporations that want what she discovered.

But the farther they go, the more uncertain their mission becomes: What dangerous attention did Nora attract, and how well do they really know their sister—or each other? Thus begins an epic journey spanning oceans and continents and a wistful rumination on sisterhood, friendship, and ecological disaster.

From the acclaimed author of The Stardust Grail comes the epic tale of two sisters who sail across oceans to find their missing third sister—and Earth’s environmental salvation.

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<p>American author L. Frank Baum died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1919.</p><p>His breakthrough came with the publication of Mother Goose in Prose (1897), which was followed by Father Goose, His Book (1899), a collection that became a bestseller. In 1900, Baum published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, illustrated by W.W. Denslow. Baum's Oz series eventually spanned fourteen books with Baum introducing new characters and lands in each subsequent volume.</p><p>Books by L. Frank Baum at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/42" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/42"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/42</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Copy of a portrait of L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. c. 1911

George Steckel - Los Angeles Times photographic archive, UCLA Library

Black and white portrait of L. Frank Baum with a mustache, wearing a suit and tie, and glasses. He is resting his chin on his hand, looking thoughtful.

Vintage book cover design of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" featuring a graphic illustration of a green and red lion, with text by L. Frank Baum and pictures by W.W. Denslow.

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<p>Austrian Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1856.</p><p>He is considered the father of psychoanalysis. Freud's main contributions lie in his theories of the unconscious mind, the mechanisms of repression, and the role of sexuality in human psychology, which he discussed in major works like The Interpretation of Dreams, The Psychopathology of Everyday Life, and Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality. </p><p>Books by Sigmund Freud at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/391" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/391"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/391</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/psychology/" rel="tag">#psychology</a></p>

Photographic portrait of Sigmund Freud, signed by the sitter ("Prof. Sigmund Freud")

Black and white portrait of Sigmund Freud with a beard, wearing a suit with a pocket watch chain, holding a cigarette.

Cover of the book "The Interpretation of Dreams" by Prof Sigmund Freud, I.L.D, displayed in gold lettering on a textured dark grey background.

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1923.</p><p>The première of Bertolt Brecht's play In the Jungle of Cities (Im Dickicht der Städte) at the Residenz Theatre in Munich is disrupted by Nazi demonstrators, hooting, whistling and throwing stink bombs at the actors on the stage.</p><p>This production was directed by Erich Engel, with set design by Caspar Neher. The cast included Otto Wernicke as Shlink the lumber dealer, Erwin Faber as George Garga, and Maria Koppenhöfer as his sister Mary.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>

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<p>American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher Henry David Thoreau died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1862.</p><p>In addition to "Walden," Thoreau is well-known for his essay "Civil Disobedience," which was inspired by his 1846 arrest for refusing to pay poll taxes as a protest against slavery and the Mexican-American War. His political writings later influenced many political leaders, including Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.</p><p>Books by Henry David Thoreau at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/54" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/54"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/54</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Portrait photograph from a ninth-plate daguerreotype of Henry David Thoreau. Calvin R. Greene was a Thoreau “disciple” who lived in Rochester, Michigan, and who first began corresponding with Thoreau in January 1856. When Greene asked for a photographic image of the author, Thoreau initially replied: “You may rely on it that you have the best of me in my books, and that I am not worth seeing personally – the stuttering, blundering, clodhopper that I am.” Yet Greene repeated his request and sent money for the sitting. Thoreau must have kept this commitment to his fan in the back of his mind for the next several months. On June 18, 1856, during a trip to Worcester, Massachusetts, Henry Thoreau visited the Daguerrean Palace of Benjamin D. Maxham at 16 Harrington Corner and had three daguerreotypes taken for fifty cents each. He gave two of the prints to his Worcester friends and hosts, H.G.O. Blake and Theophilius Brown. The third he sent to Calvin Greene in Michigan. “While in Worcester this week I obtained the accompanying daguerreotype – which my friends think is pretty good – though better looking than I,” Thoreau wrote.

B. D. Maxham - National Portrait Gallery

Original title page of Walden, with an illustration from a drawing by Thoreau's sister Sophia.

Title page of the book "Walden; or, Life in the Woods" by Henry D. Thoreau, featuring an illustration of a small cabin surrounded by trees. The page includes a quotation and the publication details, "Boston: Ticknor and Fields. MDCCCLIV (1854)."

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<p>📚 Better Than the Movies by: Lynn Painter</p><p>Perpetual daydreamer Liz Buxbaum gave her heart to Michael a long time ago. But her cool, aloof forever crush never really saw her before he moved away. Now that he’s back in town, Liz will do whatever it takes to get on his radar—and maybe snag him as a prom date—even befriend ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/better-than-the-movies" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/better-than-the-movies"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/better-tha</span><span class="invisible">n-the-movies</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/juvenilefiction/" rel="tag">#juvenilefiction</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/socialthemes/" rel="tag">#socialthemes</a> <a href="/tags/friendship/" rel="tag">#friendship</a></p>

Perpetual daydreamer Liz Buxbaum gave her heart to Michael a long time ago. But her cool, aloof forever crush never really saw her before he moved away. Now that he’s back in town, Liz will do whatever it takes to get on his radar—and maybe snag him as a prom date—even befriend Wes Bennet.

The annoyingly attractive next-door neighbor might seem like a prime candidate for romantic comedy fantasies, but Wes has only been a pain in Liz’s butt since they were kids. Pranks involving frogs and decapitated lawn gnomes do not a potential boyfriend make. Yet, somehow, Wes and Michael are hitting it off, which means Wes is Liz’s in.

But as Liz and Wes scheme to get Liz noticed by Michael so she can have her magical prom moment, she’s shocked to discover that she likes being around Wes. And as they continue to grow closer, she must reexamine everything she thought she knew about love—and rethink her own ideas of what Happily Ever After should look like.

A USA TODAY and New York Times bestseller

Perfect for fans of Kasie West and Jenn Bennett, this “sweet and funny” (Kerry Winfrey, author of Waiting for Tom Hanks) teen rom-com follows a hopelessly romantic teen girl and her cute yet obnoxious neighbor as they scheme to get her noticed by her untouchable crush.

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<p>📚 Wild Card (Deluxe Edition) by: Elsie Silver</p><p>Sebastian Rousseau is a grumpy, hot-as-hell fire pilot who is too damn good with his hands.<br>It's the perfect combination. But unfortunately for her, he's also her ex-boyfriend's dad.<br>A chance meeting brought them together, and a missed connection has kept them apart...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/wild-card-deluxe-edition" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/wild-card-deluxe-edition"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/wild-card-</span><span class="invisible">deluxe-edition</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/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/contemporaryfiction/" rel="tag">#contemporaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/westernfiction/" rel="tag">#westernfiction</a> <a href="/tags/newadult/" rel="tag">#newadult</a></p>

Sebastian Rousseau is a grumpy, hot-as-hell fire pilot who is too damn good with his hands.
It's the perfect combination. But unfortunately for her, he's also her ex-boyfriend's dad.
A chance meeting brought them together, and a missed connection has kept them apart.

One year later, a stroke of fate has them living under the same roof--which makes everything between them downright messy. Because even after all this time, he's still the man Gwen thinks about when she falls asleep. The one she can't get over no matter how hard she tries.

Bash is working on mending a fragile relationship with his son, and they both know acting on these urges would be the ultimate betrayal.
But Gwen sees the heat in his eyes. That look of need that never fails to send a shiver down her spine.

The mutual longing is borderline unbearable, and the simmering heat between them is downright palpable.

They both know there are rules when it comes to situations like this.
But then again...following the rules has never felt so futile.
Sizzling tropes:
* Ex-boyfriend's dad
* Age gap
* Small town/Western
* Grumpy hero
* Forbidden romance
* Forced proximity

*This deluxe edition includes the mountain spine that matches with the rest of the series*
From #1 New York Times bestseller Elsie Silver comes the final book in the delicious, spicy, small-town Rose Hill series.

Praise for Elsie Silver:
"Elsie Silver's writing is a true revelation!" - #1 New York Times bestselling auth

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