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<p>Newly discovered portrait may depict ‘fair youth’ of Shakespeare’s sonnets</p><p>Earl of Southampton may have given writer the miniature by Nicholas Hilliard, which has defaced heart on its reverse</p><p>By Dalya Alberge</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/sep/04/newly-discovered-portrait-of-shakespeares-patron-suggests-he-is-the-fair-youth-of-the-sonnets" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/sep/04/newly-discovered-portrait-of-shakespeares-patron-suggests-he-is-the-fair-youth-of-the-sonnets"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/artanddesi</span><span class="invisible">gn/2025/sep/04/newly-discovered-portrait-of-shakespeares-patron-suggests-he-is-the-fair-youth-of-the-sonnets</span></a></p><p>Shakespeare’s sonnets at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4285" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4285"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/4285</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>
[Possible spoiler] Just finished The Stand.......and I’m wrecked
<p>Chapter 73 of the uncut version did it for me. It has messed with emotions.<br>After all the horror, death, and chaos, it wasn’t the monsters or the battles that broke me. It was a little Christmas tree in the snow. It was Tom Cullen, holding presents wrapped in wedding paper, singing “The First Noel” off-key (I even searched the song on YouTube and listened to it while reading, and man, it hit), and Stu just quietly watching him with love.</p><p>No civilization. No gifts that cost money. No fancy tree. Just love, survival, and the echo of something human and sacred in a broken world.</p><p>No explosions. No evil. Just two broken people, surviving, caring for each other, and finding meaning in the smallest, most human things.Stephen King didn’t end the book with a “bang”. He ended it with kindness. We all need that, especially nowadaysI wasn’t ready for how emotional that final stretch would be.M-O-O-N, that spells tears, laws, yes. (My daughter is on the spectrum, and I was attached to this character the whole time ).</p><p>This was one of the harder books I’ve read (English is my second language). I’m thankful for technology, the press&hold dictionary feature is a godsend. Without it, getting through this would’ve been a lot harder. I also leaned on ChatGPT to explain all the “American” phrases, compound slang, cultural stuff, and King-exclusive American-English I didn’t understand (y’all certainly know what I am talking about, right?).<br>Such a great journey this has been.If you haven’t read The Stand yet, don’t miss out.</p>
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<p>Johannes Gutenberg & the Invention of the Printing Press</p><p>Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press in the 15th century was one of the most important technological developments of the early modern period.</p><p>by Anisia Iacob</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/johannes-gutenberg-printing-press/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/johannes-gutenberg-printing-press/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/johannes-</span><span class="invisible">gutenberg-printing-press/</span></a></p><p>Johannes Gutenberg at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Johannes+Gutenberg" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Johannes+Gutenberg"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">cts/search/?query=Johannes+Gutenberg</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/printingdevices/" rel="tag">#printingdevices</a></p>
<p>New <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> of Stephanie Kelton's The Deficit Myth. It's my first foray into <a href="/tags/mmt/" rel="tag">#MMT</a>, and it took me a long time to critically engage with the book. </p><p>I'm not unsympathetic to the argument, but I am not fully persuaded. The argument is rather thin and would have benefitted from more detail, more evidence, and pre-emptive counters to common critiques. Nonetheless, it was still very thought-provoking and a valuable intervention. </p><p><a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p><p><a href="https://the-casual-critic.writeas.com/the-deficit-myth-banishing-the-ghost-of-weimar" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="the-casual-critic.writeas.com/the-deficit-myth-banishing-the-ghost-of-weimar"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">the-casual-critic.writeas.com/</span><span class="invisible">the-deficit-myth-banishing-the-ghost-of-weimar</span></a></p>
<p>How Did Eleanor of Aquitaine Become One of the Most Powerful Women of the Middle Ages?</p><p>Eleanor of Aquitaine carved her way into the English court through a series of cunning and tactical maneuvers.</p><p>by Erin Wrigh</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/eleanor-of-aquitaine-most-powerful-woman-middle-ages/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/eleanor-of-aquitaine-most-powerful-woman-middle-ages/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/eleanor-o</span><span class="invisible">f-aquitaine-most-powerful-woman-middle-ages/</span></a></p><p>Eleanor of Aquitaine at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Eleanor+of+Aquitaine" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Eleanor+of+Aquitaine"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Eleanor+of+Aquitaine</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>
<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@neve" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neve</span></a></span> thank you for hosting <a href="/tags/writephant/" rel="tag">#writephant</a> this week 😊 </p><p><a href="/tags/selfpromo/" rel="tag">#selfpromo</a></p><p>I write cosy-adjacent fantasy books with romance, often queer. I have been described as “criminally underrated” 😉 Find out more about my books, including samples and retail links, at my website:</p><p><a href="https://wendypalmer.au/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>wendypalmer.au/</a></p><p><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> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@writingbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>writingbooks</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/queerromance/" rel="tag">#QueerRomance</a></p>
<p>"Geometry does not teach us to draw these lines, but requires them to be drawn; for it requires that the learner should first be taught to describe these accurately, before he enters upon geometry; then it shows how by these operations problems may be solved."</p><p>Preface. Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1687)</p><p>~Isaac Newton born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1643.</p><p>Newton at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6288" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6288"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/6288</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a></p>
<p>Unusual war grave in Dalry Cemetery: father & son. Same names, same age at death, one fell in WWI, the other in WWII. </p><p>This inspired my short story for WWI charity anthology To End All Wars several years ago, illustrated by Kate Charlesworth, which you can read here on my blog <a href="https://www.woolamaloo.org.uk/memorial-to-the-mothers/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.woolamaloo.org.uk/memorial-to-the-mothers/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.woolamaloo.org.uk/memorial</span><span class="invisible">-to-the-mothers/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/livres/" rel="tag">#livres</a> <a href="/tags/edinburgh/" rel="tag">#Edinburgh</a> <a href="/tags/edimbourg/" rel="tag">#Edimbourg</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/histoire/" rel="tag">#Histoire</a></p>
<p>📚 Home Is Where the Bodies Are by: Jeneva Rose</p><p>After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm’s length due to her ongoing bat...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/home-is-where-the-bodies-are" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/home-is-where-the-bodies-are"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/home-is-wh</span><span class="invisible">ere-the-bodies-are</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/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/suspensefiction/" rel="tag">#suspensefiction</a> <a href="/tags/familylife/" rel="tag">#familylife</a> <a href="/tags/siblingsfiction/" rel="tag">#siblingsfiction</a></p>
<p>Why René Descartes Believed That Machines Will Never Be Able to Genuinely “Think”</p><p>According to René Descartes, no matter how advanced or sophisticated, machine intelligence remains fundamentally inferior to the complexity and depth of human intelligence.</p><p>by Scott Mclaughlan</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/descartes-paradox-artificial-intelligence/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/descartes-paradox-artificial-intelligence/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/descartes</span><span class="invisible">-paradox-artificial-intelligence/</span></a></p><p>Descartes at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/44" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/44"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/44</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a></p>
<p>My high school English syllabus, ranked.</p><p>By Brittany Allen</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/my-high-school-english-syllabus-ranked/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/my-high-school-english-syllabus-ranked/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/my-high-school-engl</span><span class="invisible">ish-syllabus-ranked/</span></a></p><p>Ethan Frome & Bleak House at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4517" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4517</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1023" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1023</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>The Novel F. Scott Fitzgerald Never Wrote<br>A Romantic Drama Against the Backdrop of History</p><p>By Anne Margaret Daniel (from the archives)</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/the-novel-f-scott-fitzgerald-never-wrote/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K4GXQHD1JQF3NSKDBWP4HAFN&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/the-novel-f-scott-fitzgerald-never-wrote/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K4GXQHD1JQF3NSKDBWP4HAFN&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/the-novel-f-scott-f</span><span class="invisible">itzgerald-never-wrote/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K4GXQHD1JQF3NSKDBWP4HAFN&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Fitzgerald at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/420" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/420"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/420</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@neve" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neve</span></a></span> thank you for hosting <a href="/tags/writephant/" rel="tag">#writephant</a> 🙏 glad to have a chance to join in this week</p><p><a href="/tags/selfpromo/" rel="tag">#SelfPromo</a> </p><p>I write stand-alone cosy-adjacent fantasy with romance, often queer, and ALWAYS happy, hopeful endings. I’ve been described as “criminally underrated” by some rando* on Reddit.</p><p>*rando means “random person” in Australian, by which I actually mean a lovely, LOVELY fan who I am incredibly grateful to 😊 </p><p>Check my books out at my website:</p><p><a href="https://wendypalmer.au/books/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>wendypalmer.au/books/</a></p><p>They’re on <a href="/tags/hoopla/" rel="tag">#Hoopla</a> and <a href="/tags/koboplus/" rel="tag">#KoboPlus</a> too</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> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/fantasyreads/" rel="tag">#fantasyReads</a> <a href="/tags/gayromance/" rel="tag">#GayRomance</a></p>
<p>A personal SMBC<br>Full strip here: <a href="http://smbc-comics.com/comic/a-family-dispute" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="smbc-comics.com/comic/a-family-dispute"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">smbc-comics.com/comic/a-family</span><span class="invisible">-dispute</span></a><br><a href="/tags/smbc/" rel="tag">#smbc</a> <a href="/tags/hiveworks/" rel="tag">#hiveworks</a> <a href="/tags/comics/" rel="tag">#comics</a> <a href="/tags/webcomics/" rel="tag">#webcomics</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
<p>Who Were the Knights of the Round Table? (Arthurian Legends)</p><p>"In the Arthurian legends, King Arthur has an alliance of mighty men known as the Knights of the Round Table. Who were Arthur’s knights?"</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/who-were-knights-round-table/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/who-were-knights-round-table/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/who-were-</span><span class="invisible">knights-round-table/</span></a></p><p>Books about King Arthur and his knights at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=king+arthur" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=king+arthur"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=king+arthur</span></a></p><p>The Parting of Lancelot and Guinevere<br>by Julia Margaret Cameron</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/StoneProphet" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/StoneProphet</a></p><p>Nicole seeks to collect the missing fragments of the magical city of Kurg from her home world, but the remaining pieces were deactivated and are hard to find. Luckily, she just found the first piece of the Seventh Sage, an ancient stone man that knows the future, which she hopes knows where to find them.</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>
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<p>" ‘Silence must reign’, ordered the head of the colonial administration in <a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> in 1958. The demand was all the more pressing because <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#France</a> was simultaneously fighting the war in Algeria, provoking outcry at home and international censure of the self-styled ‘homeland of human rights’." </p><p>NLR speaks w/ <a href="/tags/thomasdeltombe/" rel="tag">#ThomasDeltombe</a>, author of <a href="/tags/thecameroonwar/" rel="tag">#TheCameroonWar</a>: A History of French <a href="/tags/neocolonialism/" rel="tag">#Neocolonialism</a> in <a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> </p><p><a href="https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/the-secret-war" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/the-secret-war"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newleftreview.org/sidecar/post</span><span class="invisible">s/the-secret-war</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/cameroun/" rel="tag">#Cameroun</a> <a href="/tags/françafrique/" rel="tag">#Françafrique</a> <a href="/tags/violencescoloniales/" rel="tag">#violencesColoniales</a> <a href="/tags/livres/" rel="tag">#livres</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>
<p>The Inquisitive Biologist turns 8! Here's the latest review...</p><p>How would life have evolved had the dinosaurs survived? This facsimile reprint of Dougal Dixon's second classic work of speculative zoology imagines the answer and remains as captivating and entertaining as it was in 1988.</p><p><a href="https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/09/19/book-review-the-new-dinosaurs-an-alternative-evolution/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/09/19/book-review-the-new-dinosaurs-an-alternative-evolution/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/</span><span class="invisible">09/19/book-review-the-new-dinosaurs-an-alternative-evolution/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</a> <a href="/tags/speculativezoology/" rel="tag">#SpeculativeZoology</a> <a href="/tags/dinosaurs/" rel="tag">#Dinosaurs</a> <a href="/tags/palaeontology/" rel="tag">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="/tags/paleontology/" rel="tag">#Paleontology</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</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></p>
<p>📚 The Favorites by: Layne Fargo</p><p>She might not have a famous name, funding, or her family’s support, but Katarina Shaw has always known that she was destined to become an Olympic skater. When she meets Heath Rocha, a lonely kid stuck in the foster care system, their instant connection makes them a formidable duo on the ice. Clinging to skating—a...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-favorites" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-favorites"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-favori</span><span class="invisible">tes</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/sportsfiction/" rel="tag">#sportsfiction</a></p>
<p>This month the Distributed Proofreaders (DP) blog is a book about the US pre-Civil War abolitionist, "The Life of John Brown."</p><p><a href="https://blog.pgdp.net/2026/04/01/life-of-john-brown/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.pgdp.net/2026/04/01/life-of-john-brown/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.pgdp.net/2026/04/01/life-</span><span class="invisible">of-john-brown/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/dp/" rel="tag">#dp</a> <a href="/tags/dpblog/" rel="tag">#dpblog</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>@books - Get your DISCOUNT COPY of SHOCKWAVE on Amazon TODAY & please give it a review. They're hitting us harder now! bit.ly/buyshockwave -- Pls Retweet, Share, Repost, & Write a REVIEW 😃<a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/goodreads/" rel="tag">#goodreads</a></p>
<p>📚 Billion-Dollar Ransom by: James Patterson, Duane Swierczynski</p><p>Five members of a billionaire’s family. In different locations. All kidnapped at the same moment.</p><p>Two children taken from a private-school bus. A film producer and a movie star grabbed at a hideaway resort. A beautiful wife whisked off the stre...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/billion-dollar-ransom" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/billion-dollar-ransom"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/billion-do</span><span class="invisible">llar-ransom</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/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/suspensefiction/" rel="tag">#suspensefiction</a> <a href="/tags/crimefiction/" rel="tag">#crimefiction</a> <a href="/tags/psychological/" rel="tag">#psychological</a></p>
<p>'We usually understand “divide and rule” as a tactic for dividing populations, preventing them from unifying to overthrow the colonial power. But “divide and rule” also divides people from their own pasts.' </p><p>Samuel Hayim Brody reviews <a href="/tags/thejewelersoftheummah/" rel="tag">#TheJewelersOfTheUmmah</a>, <a href="/tags/threeworlds/" rel="tag">#ThreeWorlds</a>: Memoirs of an Arab Jew, and <a href="/tags/whenwewerearabs/" rel="tag">#WhenWeWereArabs</a>: A Jewish Family’s Forgotten History </p><p><a href="https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/in-search-of-arab-jews/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bostonreview.net/articles/in-search-of-arab-jews/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bostonreview.net/articles/</span><span class="invisible">in-search-of-arab-jews/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/arabjews/" rel="tag">#ArabJews</a> <a href="/tags/jewishhistory/" rel="tag">#JewishHistory</a> <a href="/tags/mena/" rel="tag">#MENA</a> <a href="/tags/middleeast/" rel="tag">#MiddleEast</a> <a href="/tags/mizrahijews/" rel="tag">#MizrahiJews</a> <a href="/tags/sephardicjews/" rel="tag">#SephardicJews</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/memoirs/" rel="tag">#memoirs</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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[rubrics ] ARTS IN SOCIETY, PHILOSOPHY
In Search of Arab Jews
Can a culture be resurrected?
Samuel Hayim Brody
[tags] Books & Ideas, Criticism, History, Middle East, Religion
image (at left): Ariella Aïsha Azoulay](/proxy/post_attachment/851184/2f107d2fa4.png "text (at right):
[rubrics ] ARTS IN SOCIETY, PHILOSOPHY
In Search of Arab Jews
Can a culture be resurrected?
Samuel Hayim Brody
[tags] Books & Ideas, Criticism, History, Middle East, Religion
image (at left): Ariella Aïsha Azoulay")