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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? January 20

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<p>A Review of Mayday Mayday Mayday: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-mayday-mayday-mayday/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-mayday-mayday-mayday/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-ma</span><span class="invisible">yday-mayday-mayday/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/fivestars/" rel="tag">#FiveStars</a> <a href="/tags/paranormal/" rel="tag">#Paranormal</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</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 Mayday Mayday Mayday by Holly Schindler. Image on cover is a black and white photo of one of the engines of an antique two-engine plane.

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<p>📚 The Strange House (Manga) Vol. 4 by: Uketsu, Kyo Ayano</p><p>As Yuzuki and I investigate the Katabuchi family home, our unease grows. What dark secrets has her family been hiding? The mysteries deepen, but at least one has been solved: the identity of You-chan's murderer. Yet that is only the beginning of the strange, disturbing truth...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-strange-house-manga-vol-4" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-strange-house-manga-vol-4"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-strang</span><span class="invisible">e-house-manga-vol-4</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/manga/" rel="tag">#manga</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a></p>

As Yuzuki and I investigate the Katabuchi family home, our unease grows. What dark secrets has her family been hiding? The mysteries deepen, but at least one has been solved: the identity of You-chan's murderer. Yet that is only the beginning of the strange, disturbing truth...

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<p>The Case for Aesthetic Education</p><p>Why Friedrich Schiller believed art belongs at the heart of education—and why it matters for equal opportunity today.</p><p>By: Marco Elvis Joven Domínguez </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/the-case-for-aesthetic-education/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/the-case-for-aesthetic-education/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/the-case-for-a</span><span class="invisible">esthetic-education/</span></a></p><p>Books by Friedrich Schiller at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/289" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/289"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/289</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/pedagogy/" rel="tag">#pedagogy</a></p>

Still Life with Apples by Paul Cézanne.

A green ceramic jar, a wine bottle wrapped in wicker, a wicker-wrapped jug, a small floral-patterned sugar bowl, and a bowl of red and yellow apples, all arranged on a table draped with a patterned blue cloth and white fabric.

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1789.</p><p>William Hill Brown's anonymous sentimental epistolary novel The Power of Sympathy: or, The Triumph of Nature, usually considered the first American novel, is published in Boston.</p><p>The novel was first published anonymously, but was popularly attributed to poet Sarah Wentworth Apthorp Morton because of the resemblance between the plot and a scandal in her family; Brown was not correctly identified as the author until 1894.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Sympathy" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Sympathy"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Powe</span><span class="invisible">r_of_Sympathy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69250" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69250</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

The Power of Sympathy by William Hill Brown (1789), title page.

The title page of the original edition is formal and typical of 18th-century publications, with a long, descriptive subtitle. It reads:

The Power of Sympathy: or, The Triumph of Nature. Founded in Truth.

It is followed by the publication details, which state that it was printed in Boston by Isaiah Thomas and Company in 1789.

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<p>"Prose is a museum, where all the old weapons of poetry are kept."</p><p>In January 1909.</p><p>T. E. Hulme's poems "Autumn" and "A City Sunset" are included in the Poets' Club anthology For Christmas MDCCCCVIII, as the first examples of Imagism.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._E._Hulme" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._E._Hulme"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._E._Hu</span><span class="invisible">lme</span></a></p><p>Canzoni & Ripostes at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39783" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39783</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>

T.E. Hulme in 1912.

Hulme is shown in formal attire, such as a suit, with neatly combed hair.

His expression is typically stern or contemplative, aligning with his reputation as a rigorous thinker and a key figure in early modernist movements, particularly Imagism.

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<p>Keep good company, <br>Read good books, <br>Love good things, <br>and cultivate soul and body <br>as faithfully and wisely as I can.</p><p>Louisa May Alcott</p><p><a href="/tags/quotes/" rel="tag">#quotes</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#writers</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/louisamayalcott/" rel="tag">#LouisaMayAlcott</a> <a href="/tags/littlewomen/" rel="tag">#LittleWomen</a> <a href="/tags/soul/" rel="tag">#soul</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/quote/" rel="tag">#quote</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/booktok/" rel="tag">#booktok</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/alcott/" rel="tag">#Alcott</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>

Louisa May Alcott

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheThirdWish" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TheThirdWish</a></p><p>Spies, aliens, trolls, wizards and a disowned prince use a time machine, to improve their place in history, but Levi Jacobs stands in their way, despite having just lost his parents in war. Will he stop them or will the time travelers kill his father at a pivotal moment, on which the fate of the galaxy hangs?</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 Third Wish, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson.

A wizard in a black robe that glitters with hints of gold stands on a mountain and looks down at a city of sky scrapers covered in greenery. In his shadow lurks a creature with glowing red eyes.

In the background, the sun is setting and stars are becoming visible.

(Right Background) Four images separated by black lines, with the silhouette of a woman wielding two swords laid over them. She's outlined in black and her interior is yellow clock-based imagery that spirals outward from the center.

The upper left quarter is a queen in a red, furred robe, wearing a gold and diamond crown. She has dark eyebrows and blond hair.

Upper right is a planet seen from orbit.

Lower left is a symbolic wire frame representation of the view inside a wormhole, in green and yellow.

Lower right is dandelions among grass.

The angle of the planet, one of the woman's swords, the yellow highlights of the wormhole and some of the dandelions form a line that draws the eye along a sweeping curve.

(Right Foreground) The following quote:

He admired the flawless beauty of the insane swordswoman’s fluid movements as Ida took desperate step after step, backwards!

He felt waves of mental energy pour off the panic-stricken troll, but the energy bounced right off of Nicole’s mind, as though she’d shut herself inside a solid, red-hot, steel box of rage!

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

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<p>"Poet, never chase the dream.<br>Laugh yourself and turn away.<br>Mask your hunger, let it seem<br>Small matter if he come or stay;..."</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1918.</p><p>The English poet Robert Graves marries the painter Nancy Nicholson in London. The wedding guests include Wilfred Owen, whose first nationally published poem appears three days later ("Miners" in The Nation). He will die by the end of the year.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Graves" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Graves"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_G</span><span class="invisible">raves</span></a></p><p>Robert Graves at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/628" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/628"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/628</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 Robert Graves in 1919.

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<p>American journalist Nellie Bly died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1922.</p><p>She was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days in emulation of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg, & for an exposé in which she worked undercover to report on a mental institution from within. Bly was also an inventor, receiving U.S. patent 697,553 for a novel milk can & U.S. patent 703,711 for a stacking garbage can.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Bly" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Bly"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_B</span><span class="invisible">ly</span></a></p><p>Nellie Bly at PG<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/9648" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/9648"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/9648</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

A woodcut image of Nellie Bly's homecoming reception in Jersey City printed in Frank Leslie's Illustrated News on February 8, 1890.

Caption reads: "Around the world in seventy-two days and six hours - reception of Nellie Bly at Jersey City on the completion of her journey." Includes two vignettes (inset) titled: "Presenting the Globe-Girdler a Golden Globe" and "The Arrival in Philadelphia."

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Meme with five photos of a man looking increasingly ecstatic.
Captions:
1: You start a new book
2: You're off the next day
3: All chores and errands are done; and there's leftovers in the fridge
4: The blanket is warm
5: All of the sudden starts raining and there's thunder in the distance

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<p>Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 2002.</p><p>She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on-the-Roof, and the Six Bullerby Children (Children of Noisy Village in the US), and for the children's fantasy novels Mio, My Son; Ronia the Robber's Daughter; and The Brothers Lionheart.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrid_Lindgren" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrid_Lindgren"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrid_L</span><span class="invisible">indgren</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Astrid Lindgren around 1960.

She is typically seen with short, slightly wavy hair, characteristic of her later years, and a kind yet intelligent expression that reflects her deep connection with storytelling and children’s literature.

Lindgren is dressed in modest yet elegant attire, wearing a collared blouse or a cardigan.

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<p>Man Finds Rare Trove of Winnie-the-Pooh Drawings and Manuscripts in His Father's Attic</p><p>By Sarah Kuta</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/man-finds-rare-trove-of-winnie-the-pooh-drawings-and-manuscripts-in-his-fathers-attic-180985907/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/man-finds-rare-trove-of-winnie-the-pooh-drawings-and-manuscripts-in-his-fathers-attic-180985907/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-n</span><span class="invisible">ews/man-finds-rare-trove-of-winnie-the-pooh-drawings-and-manuscripts-in-his-fathers-attic-180985907/</span></a></p><p>Books by A. A. Milne at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/730" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/730"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/730</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/lost_manuscripts/" rel="tag">#lost_manuscripts</a></p>

Photograph of A. A. Milne.

Emil Otto Hoppé - Shadowland, September 1922 (page 62)

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<p>"And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor<br>Shall be lifted — nevermore!"</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1845.</p><p>Edgar Allan Poe first publishes the narrative poem "The Raven", under his own name in The Evening Mirror of New York, of which he is a staff critic until February. It is rapidly reprinted across the United States and appears in book form by the end of the year.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raven" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raven"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rave</span><span class="invisible">n</span></a></p><p>The Raven at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/14082" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/14082</a><br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/17192" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/17192</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>

The raven perches on a bust of Pallas Athena, a symbol of wisdom meant to imply the narrator is a scholar.

Illustration by Édouard Manet for Stéphane Mallarmé's translation, Le Corbeau (1875).

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Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Bookshelf

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<p>📚 The Vanishing Half by: Brit Bennett</p><p>The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Many years ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-vanishing-half" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-vanishing-half"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-vanish</span><span class="invisible">ing-half</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/literary/" rel="tag">#literary</a></p>

The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Many years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters' storylines intersect?

Weaving together multiple strands and generations of this family, from the Deep South to California, from the 1950s to the 1990s, Brit Bennett produces a story that is at once a riveting, emotional family story and a brilliant exploration of the American history of passing. Looking well beyond issues of race, The Vanishing Half considers the lasting influence of the past as it shapes a person's decisions, desires, and expectations, and explores some of the multiple reasons and realms in which people sometimes feel pulled to live as something other than their origins.

As with her New York Times-bestselling debut The Mothers, Brit Bennett offers an engrossing page-turner about family and relationships that is immersive and provocative, compassionate and wise.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

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<p>In Febraury 1895.</p><p>The Bookman (New York), a monthly, is first published by Dodd, Mead and Company with Harry Thurston Peck as editor. It publishes the first bestseller list, which is headed by Frank R. Stockton's novel The Adventures of Captain Horn. A sequel, Mrs. Cliff's Yacht, was released in 1897.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Captain_Horn" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Captain_Horn"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adve</span><span class="invisible">ntures_of_Captain_Horn</span></a></p><p>The Adventures of Captain Horn at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12190" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12190</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Original publication of The Adventures of Captain Horn by Frank R. Stockton in The bookman v.1 1895 Feb-Jul.

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015030005394&view=1up&seq=492&skin=2021

Opening lines:
It is not altogether with a feeling of satisfaction that we lay down Mr. Stockton's "departure" in fiction, nor are we quite disappointed. Perhaps this impression has been induced by the puff preliminary, for though “it is unlike any novel"-we quote from the publisher's advertisement-" that has hitherto appeared from this popular writer's pen," it is not "a romance of the most adventurous kind," and it seems extraordinary to us that after Treasure Island, King Solomon's Mines, and other stories obviously brought to mind in this category, any one should deem the events born of Mr. Stockton's imagination" as "wholly extraordinary.”

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<p>"We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language."</p><p>In February 1887.</p><p>Oscar Wilde publishes "The Canterville Ghost", his first short story, in The Court and Society Review. It was the first of Wilde's stories to be published.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Canterville_Ghost" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Canterville_Ghost"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cant</span><span class="invisible">erville_Ghost</span></a></p><p>The Canterville Ghost at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/14522" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/14522</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

The image contains two black-and-white illustrations from The Canterville Ghost, drawn by F. H. Townsend. These illustrations were published in The Court and Society Review on February 23 and March 2, 1887.

Left Illustration: Depicts a ghostly figure, likely Sir Simon, rattling chains and attempting to frighten a man in a robe, presumably Mr. Otis. The man appears unafraid and is calmly offering the ghost some lubricant for his chains. A small dog is at the ghost’s feet, adding to the scene’s humor.

Right Illustration: Shows a sorrowful and defeated ghost being comforted by a young woman, likely Virginia Otis. The scene takes place in a room with a stained-glass window in the background, enhancing the Gothic setting.

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<p>"The intense interest aroused in the public by what was known at the time as “The Styles Case” has now somewhat subsided."<br>Opening lines</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1920.</p><p>Agatha Christie’s first novel is published in the U.K. The Mysterious Affair at Styles is the first detective novel by Dame Agatha Christie, introducing her fictional detective Hercule Poirot. It was written in the middle of the First World War, in 1916.</p><p>The Mysterious Affair at Syles at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/863" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/863</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

The publication “The Mysterious Affairt at Styles,” published by John Lane in 1920.

Dustjacket illustration of the first edition in both the UK and the US.

The atmospheric painting shows figures in a dimly lit interior. The figures appear to be examining something, setting the tone for a mystery investigation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mysterious_Affair_at_Styles#/media/File:American_cover_of_%C2%ABThe_Mysterious_Affair_at_Styles%C2%BB.png

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<p>Seit November ist unser Buchladen ganz schön gewachsen. Deswegen müssen wir heute ein paar Schränke neu arrangieren. Gar nicht so einfach für uns Quereinsteiger. 😅 Seht ihr Bücher die Euch besonders gefallen haben, oder die ihr unbedingt noch lesen wollt. Gibt es Bücher die wir unbedingt noch dahaben sollten?<br>Liebe Grüße aus <a href="/tags/chemnitz/" rel="tag">#chemnitz</a> <br><a href="/tags/bücher/" rel="tag">#bücher</a> <a href="/tags/lesen/" rel="tag">#lesen</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

Ein Bild von Bücherschränken in der Buchhandlung am Brühl, die gerade neu arrangiert werden. Einige prominente Titel sind: Olive Otele: Afrikanische Europäer, Timothy Snider: Über Tyrranei, Casta Diva: Der Schwule Opernführer, Davi Kopenawa/Bruce Albert: Der Sturz des Himmels, Frauka Greyken: Freya von Moltke, Eva Strittmatter/Erwin Strittmatter: Du bist mein zweites Ich.

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<p>"The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death."<br>Salomé (1893)</p><p>Oscar Wilde’s Portraits, Poems, Letters and Manuscripts Head to Auction 125 Years After His Death</p><p>Other rare items, available for purchase in February, include illustrations, theater programs, telegrams and newspapers</p><p>by Christian Thorsberg</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/oscar-wildes-portraits-poems-letters-and-manuscripts-head-to-auction-125-years-after-his-death-180988023/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/oscar-wildes-portraits-poems-letters-and-manuscripts-head-to-auction-125-years-after-his-death-180988023/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-n</span><span class="invisible">ews/oscar-wildes-portraits-poems-letters-and-manuscripts-head-to-auction-125-years-after-his-death-180988023/</span></a></p><p>Oscar Wilde at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/111" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/111"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/11</span><span class="invisible">1</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

"The Climax" by Aubrey Beardsley, created in 1893 as an illustration for Oscar Wilde's play "Salome".

This is one of Beardsley's most famous and controversial images, depicting the moment when Salome kisses the severed head of John the Baptist (Jokanaan). The illustration shows:

Salome as an elongated, stylized figure with elaborate hair
The severed head she's holding
Dramatic black and white contrast, flowing Art Nouveau lines, and decorative patterns
The pond/pool of blood at the bottom rendered in stark black
Organic, decorative elements including the elaborate pattern in the upper left corner

https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/42704/pg42704-images.html

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<p>The Sociopolitical Impact of A Passage to India</p><p>E. M. Forster’s novel captured not only the tensions between colonizers and colonized but also the fraught internal politics that shaped India’s fight for independence.</p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/the-sociopolitical-impact-of-a-passage-to-india/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/the-sociopolitical-impact-of-a-passage-to-india/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/the-sociopolit</span><span class="invisible">ical-impact-of-a-passage-to-india/</span></a></p><p>A Passage to India at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61221" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61221</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

First edition cover of A Passage To India, 1924.

The cover has a simple and minimalistic design, featuring a beige or light brown background with red lettering.

The title, A Passage to India, is prominently displayed at the top in bold, capital letters, while the author's name, E. M. Forster, appears at the bottom in a smaller but similarly styled red font.

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<p>Kerry Ferrand is a New Zealander making book review videos, covering both fiction and non-fiction. You can follow at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://spectra.video/a/kerry_ferrand/video-channels', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://spectra.video/a/kerry_ferrand', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://spectra.video/accounts/kerry_ferrand', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kerry_ferrand</span></a></span> </p><p>There are already seven videos uploaded, you can browse them all at <a href="https://spectra.video/a/kerry_ferrand/videos" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="spectra.video/a/kerry_ferrand/videos"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spectra.video/a/kerry_ferrand/</span><span class="invisible">videos</span></a></p><p>The videos have subtitles in English, click CC to see them.</p><p><a href="/tags/featuredpeertube/" rel="tag">#FeaturedPeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreviews/" rel="tag">#BookReviews</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</a> <a href="/tags/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#NonFiction</a> <a href="/tags/newzealand/" rel="tag">#NewZealand</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/peertubers/" rel="tag">#PeerTubers</a></p>

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<p>I'd like to replace that last one with, "Books where you can figure out the end after reading the first few pages." 😜😁 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@reading" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reading</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor@lemmy.world</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/aiop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aiop</span></a></span> <br> <br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookmemes/" rel="tag">#BookMemes</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <a href="/tags/funny/" rel="tag">#Funny</a><br><a href="/tags/readingmemes/" rel="tag">#ReadingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/readallthebooks/" rel="tag">#ReadAllTheBooks</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#ReadersOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a><br><a href="/tags/litterature/" rel="tag">#Litterature</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/bookshelf/" rel="tag">#Bookshelf</a> <a href="/tags/mastobooks/" rel="tag">#Mastobooks</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#BooksofMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a></p>

Types of headached memes showing four heads with diffrent amounts of red to indicate severity.
1: Some red, Migrane
2: Some red, Hypertension
3: Some red, Stress
4: Full red all over head, book doesn't end how you thought it should

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<p>How an Obscure German Noblewoman Influenced the Way Anne Frank Wrote Her Diary </p><p>Biographer Ruth Franklin on the Value of a Careful Eye and Fresh Perspective</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/how-an-obscure-german-noblewoman-influenced-the-way-anne-frank-wrote-her-diary/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/how-an-obscure-german-noblewoman-influenced-the-way-anne-frank-wrote-her-diary/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/how-an-obscure-germ</span><span class="invisible">an-noblewoman-influenced-the-way-anne-frank-wrote-her-diary/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#biography</a></p>

The last known photograph of Anne taken in May 1942, taken at a passport photo shoot. (Photo collection Anne Frank House, Amsterdam. Public Domain Work)]

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