If you love psychological thrillers, you MUST read "The Intruder" by Freida McFadden.
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Medieval Inventions We Still Can’t Fully Recreate Today
The Middle Ages were a time of remarkable innovation, when new technologies flourished. Yet the knowledge behind many of these inventions has been lost. Here are several medieval technologies that remain impossible to fully recreate, even with modern science.
https://www.medievalists.net/2025/10/medieval-inventions-we-still-cant-fully-recreate-today/
Medieval science at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=medieval+science
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Furhter confession: It wasn't a mistake, I just find your parties boring... 😂
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The Lessons of Due Process in Julius Caesar
Shakespeare’s tragedy offers a telling parable about the administration of justice—and rife mishandling thereof—in our day.
By: Philip Goldfarb Styrt
Julius Caesar at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1522
Looking for recommendations for good Sci-Fi mystery novels
Italian philosopher, poet, essayist, and philologist Giacomo Leopardi died #OTD in 1837.
Around 1816, Leopardi experienced what he called his "literary conversion," shifting his focus from philological studies to poetry and philosophical reflection. His early lyrical poems, or "canti," began to reflect his developing philosophical ideas. In 1816 the idylls Le rimembranze and Inno a Nettuno were published.
Books by Giacomo Leopardi at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/8593
#OTD in 1822.
Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society.
The difference engine is based on the method of divided differences, a way to interpolate or tabulate functions by using a small set of polynomial co-efficients. Some of the most common mathematical functions are built from logarithmic & trigonometric functions, which can be approximated by polynomials, so a difference engine can compute many useful tables.
What are some good books on Emotional Intelligence?
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In 24 days, we can finally reuse a more familiar version of The Little Engine That Could, as retold by Watty Piper and illustrated by Lois Lenski.
By John Mark Ockerbloom
#OTD in 1893.
The Shelley Memorial is inaugurated at University College, Oxford, from which the poet was expelled in 1811. It is designed by Basil Champneys, with a reclining nude marble statue of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Edward Onslow Ford. Although Shelley was expelled from the college, he remains one of its most famous alumni and is now held in high honour there.
Shelley Memorial all washed up?
By Josh Pull via @Cherwell
https://www.cherwell.org/2005/04/22/shelley-memorial-all-washed-up/
New #BookReview on my #blog: 'This book is yours and free to keep'
https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/10/book-review-this-book-is-yours-and-free.html
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Children's literature and writers are all too often not taken seriously, but now the International Booker Prize has announced that the first Children's Booker will be awarded in 2027 for books published in the UK or Ireland during 2026. Fittingly, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, who has been a passionate advocate for children's books for many years, will head the first judging panel, which will include two other adults and three children selected through the schools, a wonderful idea.
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I saw this sweatshirt. I was like "Oh yeah, True!" Lol
Published in 1986, "INTERLISP: The Language and Its Usage" by Stephen Kaisler was the only book on Interlisp printed by a publisher. It extensively covers the Interlisp language and environment with many code snippets and examples.
https://interlisp.org/documentation/1986-interlisp-language-book-1.pdf
"Our national epic has yet to be written."
#OTD in 1904.
Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday" in honour of the novel's main character Leopold Bloom.
Happy Bloomsday Day!
Ulysses is available at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4300
More on school book bans from Kelly Jensen for BookRiot:
"There are now 19 books prohibited in any Utah public school. Of them, 16 are written by women, and their average publication date is 2011. This means that most of these books have been on shelves and available for many years and caused no issues until this manufactured crisis."
"There are 42 public school districts in Utah, but two districts account for nearly 80% of the books banned statewide"
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Ovid’s Metamorphoses is all about mothers
Mothers don’t normally belong in Latin epics, which were meant to be devoted to warriors and warfare.
by Frances Myatt
Metamorphoses at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21765
This week's #NewBooks at the library: I bought several second copies of
- How the Mind Changed: A Human History of our Evolving Brain
- Kate Raworth's Doughnut #Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist. We had hoped to get this signed when she recently spoke in London, but, alas, failed.
- An ex-library copy of an older classic on #Buffon: From Natural History to the History of Nature: Readings from Buffon and His Critics, of which I made a note after reviewing Every Living Thing some time back.
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Looking for a new ebook? My novel THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS is on sale now! Just 1.99, wherever you buy ebooks.
"In this 'appealing intellectual mystery' (Publishers Weekly) spanning continents, Hase knows exactly what to do when her dad goes missing: Go to the library, find a specific book, and follow instructions. 'Brilliant, uplifting… I was swept away' (New York Times bestselling author Janet Skeslien Charles)."
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The waitlist for “A Man Called Ove” Fredrik Backman at my local library has shrunk from about a year to about a month, so I finally requested a copy.
Isn’t it nice when libraries are able to dramatically increase their supply of popular titles?
It’s a title I’ve been hemming and hawing about for ages. We’ll see if I like it! In the meantime, maybe I should finally watch the film.
Italian mathematician, astronomer and engineer Giovanni Domenico Cassini was born #OTD in 1625.
His observations & calculations helped to confirm & refine Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. He formulated Cassini’s Law, describing the rotational behavior of the Moon, which was crucial for understanding the Moon's synchronous rotation with the Earth. He was involved in measuring the meridian arc of Paris, contributing to the accurate determination of the shape of the Earth.
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📚 Crying in H Mart by: Michelle Zauner
In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother's particular, high expec...
#APeoplesClimate welcomes #LeahPenniman, founder of #SoulFireFarm and author of #FarmingWhileBlack
"From the legacy of #BlackFarmers in the U.S. to the ongoing exploitation of agricultural workers, this conversation reveals how land is not only the foundation of sustenance but the basis of revolution, independence, and justice."
https://www.thenation.com/podcast/environment/peoplesclimate-10252025/
#BlackHistory #decolonialStruggles #AfroIndigenousFarming #sustainableFarming #agriculture #environmentalJustice #books @bookstodon
French novelist, memoirist and journalist George Sand died #OTD in 1876.
Sand's writing combines elements of Romanticism and early Realism, with rich descriptions, strong emotions, and detailed character studies. Her novels often critique societal norms, particularly the limitations placed on women and the injustices faced by the lower classes.
Books by George Sand at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/851
