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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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<p>"Ameisen" steht in der <a href="/tags/bücherwabe/" rel="tag">#Bücherwabe</a> für die These von Bayo Akomolafe, dass wir hinsichtlich der Denkwege, die unsere Lebens- und Wirtschaftsform bestimmen, in einer tödlichen Logik gefangen sind, wie Ameisen in einer <a href="/tags/ameisenmühle/" rel="tag">#Ameisenmühle</a>: Ameisen folgen den Duftspuren ihrer Vorgänger und laufen im Kreis bis sie sterben. <br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bücher/" rel="tag">#bücher</a> <a href="/tags/lesen/" rel="tag">#lesen</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/literatur/" rel="tag">#literatur</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/chemnitz/" rel="tag">#chemnitz</a></p>

$Ein Bild der Bücherwabe im Schaufenster der Buchhandlung am Brühl. Es sind neun Bücher zu sehen: Ursula K. LeGuin: The Word for World is Forest, Stefan Heym: Schwarzenberg, Leaf\Lawson: Ferdinand, Norbert Bobbio: Rechts und Links, Arne Semsrott: Machtübernahme, Magdalena Sorger: Ameisen, Hannah Arendt: Menschen in finsteren Zeiten, Cory Doctorow: Little Brother (Aufstand), Mely Kiyak: Werden sie uns mit FlixBus deportieren?$

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Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Bookshelf <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmus.org/post/20693993">See Original Page</a> </small>

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Kick-started: Wheel of Time board game

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<p>"<a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> did NOT reduce spending – at all. But it did reduce federal employment; 271,000 people lost their jobs in the federal government" </p><p><a href="/tags/startmakingsense/" rel="tag">#StartMakingSense</a> talks w/ <a href="/tags/sashaabramsky/" rel="tag">#SashaAbramsky</a>, author of <a href="/tags/americancarnage/" rel="tag">#AmericanCarnage</a>: How <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>, <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> and DOGE butchered the US Government </p><p><a href="https://www.thenation.com/podcast/archive/sms-012026/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thenation.com/podcast/archive/sms-012026/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thenation.com/podcast/arch</span><span class="invisible">ive/sms-012026/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/dogebags/" rel="tag">#DOGEbags</a> <a href="/tags/siliconvalleyright/" rel="tag">#SiliconValleyRight</a> <a href="/tags/austerity/" rel="tag">#austerity</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/bigtech/" rel="tag">#BigTech</a> <a href="/tags/techbros/" rel="tag">#TechBros</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>📚 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

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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> @humor@lemmy.world @aiop <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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<p>A surprising number of medieval scribes were women</p><p>New research estimates around 8,000 of those manuscripts could still exist today.</p><p>By Andrew Paul</p><p><a href="https://www.popsci.com/science/medieval-women-book-scribes/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.popsci.com/science/medieval-women-book-scribes/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.popsci.com/science/medieva</span><span class="invisible">l-women-book-scribes/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/oldmanuscript/" rel="tag">#oldmanuscript</a></p>

This copy of 'The Canterbury Tales' was produced in the 1430s. Credit: Brigade Piron / Wikipedia Commons

The page is divided into two columns of Gothic script, written in a careful, black ink hand. The text is in Middle English, in the dialect of Geoffrey Chaucer’s original work. Margins are generous, a sign of a high-quality manuscript.

The first letter of the text or sections features large, decorative initials in blue and red, often highlighted with white detailing and gold leaf. These initials are sometimes framed or flourished with vines and patterns that extend into the margins.

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America’s History of Fear-Based Governance: A review of Patrick G. Eddington, “The Triumph of Fear: Domestic Surveillance and Political Repression from McKinley to Eisenhower”

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<p>How America’s First Nonbinary Minister Created True Equality in the Newly Born United States</p><p>"Nina Sankovitch on “Universal Friend,” the Genderless Messenger of God Who Aimed to Save Lost Souls and Preach Universal Salvation"</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/how-americas-first-nonbinary-minister-created-true-equality-in-the-newly-born-united-states/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/how-americas-first-nonbinary-minister-created-true-equality-in-the-newly-born-united-states/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/how-americas-first-</span><span class="invisible">nonbinary-minister-created-true-equality-in-the-newly-born-united-states/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/lgbtqia/" rel="tag">#lgbtqia</a> <a href="/tags/religion/" rel="tag">#religion</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

Portrait of the Public Universal Friend by J.L.D. Mathies.

The painting shows the Friend in simple, dark clerical clothing with a white cravat, hair pulled back in a queue (typical 18th-century style), presenting an androgynous appearance consistent with the Friend's rejection of gender categories. The serious, direct gaze conveys the spiritual authority the Friend claimed.

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1853.</p><p>Charlotte Brontë's novel, Villette, appears, its publication having been delayed in order to allow Ruth, by her friend Elizabeth Gaskell, to be given a head start in the press.</p><p>Villette was Charlotte Brontë's third & last novel published during her life. It was preceded in writing by The Professor (her posthumously published 1st novel, of which Villette is a reworking, though still not very similar), Jane Eyre, & Shirley.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villette_(novel)" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villette_(novel)"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villette</span><span class="invisible">_(novel)</span></a></p><p><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/9182" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/9182</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

Title page of the first edition of Villette by Charlotte Brontë, 1853.

By Currer Bell, Author of "Jane Eyre", "Shirley", etc.

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Maisonneuve: The Winter 2025 Book Room <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.ca/post/59018635">See Original Page</a> </small>

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<p>"What seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won’t seem important at all."</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1901.</p><p>Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters premieres at Moscow Art Theatre in Russia under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Sisters_(play)" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Sisters_(play)"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Si</span><span class="invisible">sters_(play)</span></a></p><p>Three Sisters at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7986" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7986</a></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>

The front cover of the first edition of Three Sisters published 1901 by Adolf Marks, St Petersburg.

The cover is typically a muted, neutral color, such as beige or light brown, with black lettering.

The title, Три сестры, is prominently displayed in a classic Cyrillic typeface, along with the author's name, Антон Чехов (Anton Chekhov).

There are no elaborate illustrations or decorative elements on the front, aligning with the somber and introspective tone of the play.

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon</a></p><p>On a world long thought to have no moon, its sudden appearance inspires wonder and terror. Hasty research links the full moon and catastrophe, revealing the existence of the so-called ‘Harbingers of Doom’, creatures from the moon that harvest souls. Can everyone survive or will they become part of the dark harvest?</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 dark moon, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson.

In the foreground, a redheaded witch and a dark haired wizard fight back to back, holding some rather large pistols. The witch is in a black dress and the wizard is in a black robe with golden decorations. Both looked a bit purple, due to the lighting. The witch's hair blows on the wind and she wears a necklace of bone beads.

Behind them, there's dust, mist and fog lit by twilight as a moon rises, framing their heads. Objects that look like shooting stars fall from the moon and there's a few visible impacts.

(Right) A white moon, on a background of the stars of space, with the following quote over the top of it:

“Idiot! You’ve likely killed us both, leaving us stuck out in the open like this.”

“We’ve got incoming. I know you’re angry and I suppose you’ve got every right to be, but we need to defend ourselves.”

“ ‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend’, for now, and then we decide what to do about the conflict between us.”

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

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<p>I read a lot. Mostly SF and fantasy. Something which has been 'taking over' a lot of online communities about those genres (probably also in other genres) in recent years is the concept of <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> challenges.</p><p>I finally figured out something which bothers me about them. They turn reading specific <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> into something which you do because you're extrinsically motivated!</p><p>For me, reading has always been something I do because I'm intrinsically motivated, but I recently caught myself thinking far too much on how to make books fit into such challenges, including picking up books which I didn't actually feel like.</p><p>I'm all in favor of people reading more - and more broadly - than they would've done without these challenges, but I already was reading exactly as much as I want to!</p><p>Going forward, I'm going to stay far away from the inherent reward-loop from these challenges, and just read what I feel like, when I feel like it. Much healthier for my brain, which is far too susceptible to such things.</p>

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<p>Before Newton: How the Islamic Golden Age Shaped the Physics We Know</p><p>Remarkable discoveries were made during the Islamic Golden Age, which laid the foundation for the study of physics as we know it.</p><p>by Matt Whittaker</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/how-did-physics-begin-islamic-golden-age/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/how-did-physics-begin-islamic-golden-age/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/how-did-p</span><span class="invisible">hysics-begin-islamic-golden-age/</span></a></p><p>Books in Physics at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/103" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/103"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books</span><span class="invisible">helf/103</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

An illustration from al-Biruni's astronomical works, explains the different phases of the Moon, with respect to the position of the Sun, from manuscript of the Kitab al-Tafhim by Al-Biruni (973-1048).

The illustration demonstrates:
The Moon's orbit shown by the elliptical path with red lines;
Different phases of the Moon represented by the circles divided into black and illuminated (red/white) portions;
The Sun's position (indicated by the Farsi text on the right: "âftâb" meaning "the sun");
Geometric lines showing the relationship between the Sun's light and the Moon's appearance from Earth;
Arabic annotations explaining the astronomical concepts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Biruni#/media/File:Lunar_phases_al-Biruni.jpg

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