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Might shouldn't make right, but...
Might may make Mould?
Checkmate linguists 😜😂

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*PAST TENSE*
Can - Could
Will - Would
May - ???
Might or Mould

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📚 A Canticle for Leibowitz by: Walter M. Miller, Jr.

A post-apocalyptic science fiction novel set in a future world where civilization has been devastated after a devastating nuclear war. The novel spans a few centuries, narrating the efforts of a group of monks in a remote desert abbey to preserve the remnants of the knowledge of the "Flame...

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A post-apocalyptic science fiction novel set in a future world where civilization has been devastated after a devastating nuclear war. The novel spans a few centuries, narrating the efforts of a group of monks in a remote desert abbey to preserve the remnants of the knowledge of the "Flame Deluge," a holocaust that devastated much of human history.

At the heart of the novel lies Saint Leibowitz, a scientist and monk whose work is a testament to intellectual and spiritual perseverance. Through the monks' efforts to preserve learning and restore civilization, Miller explores the religious themes, circularity of history, conflict between science and religion, and the moral implications of technological advancement. The book is a profound introspection on human nature, survival, and the consequence of our action.

"The story is set after a nuclear war destroys modern civilization, and follows humanity over the course of over 2,000 years as they constantly repeat their historical trajectory toward self-destruction."

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"Opting Out: Women Messing with Marriage around the World" by Joanna Davidson (editor). My rating: 4 out of 5 stars. Published in 2022.

Book description: Women around the world are opting out of marriage. This book reveals the conditions that make this widespread phenomenon possible in places where marriage has long been obligatory. Each chapter invites readers into the lives of particular women and the changing circumstances in which these lives unfold - sometimes painfully, sometimes humorously, and always unexpectedly. Taken together, the essays in this volume prompt the following: Why is marriage so consistently disappointing for women? When the rewards of economic stability and the social status that marriage confers are troubled, does marriage offer women anything compelling at all?

I found this book well written, organized and interesting.

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The Last Philosopher: Part Two is now available to buy directly from me. All versions include art!

Find it at: https://payhip.com/NickEastIndieWriter 😁

For those who might prefer, I will be making text only versions available on #Kobo, #Smashwords and others.

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Cover of The Last Philosopher.
Subtitle: Nothing is Everything
By Nick East

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📚 Careless People by: Sarah Wynn-Williams

Careless People is an ordinary woman's gripping and darkly funny memoir that will forever change how you view the technology that runs our lives – and the unchecked power of those who control it.

With a new foreword for paperback from Naomi Alderman.

The numbe...

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Careless People is an ordinary woman's gripping and darkly funny memoir that will forever change how you view the technology that runs our lives – and the unchecked power of those who control it.

With a new foreword for paperback from Naomi Alderman.

The number one global bestseller and Book of the Year 2025 for Audible, The Times, Cosmopolitan, The Economist and more.
‘Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to ban, it’s the one about him’ – Marina Hyde
‘Jaw-dropping . . . A tell-all tome’ – Financial Times
‘A Bridget Jones’s Diary-style tale of a young woman thrown into a series of improbable situations’ – The Times
'You have to read it' – Caitlin Moran

Sarah Wynn-Williams joined Facebook believing the company could change things for the better. Instead, what she encountered over seven years was so shocking that Meta obtained a legal order to silence her.

Now you can read her award-winning story. Candid and entertaining, Wynn-Williams’ account pulls back the curtain on Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg and the global elite. She exposes the true cost of Silicon Valley’s ambition, from outrageous schemes cooked up on private jets to the alarming consequences of Facebook’s aggressive pursuit of global dominance.

‘Urgently necessary reading’ – Elizabeth Day, author of The Party and Friendaholic
‘How else to put this? Bloody hell’ – The Guardian

Shortlisted for the British Book A

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Now that I'm technically an adult and don't have school assignments, I only read leisurely 😁

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me : *reading a book*
me : *realising i have school and lots of assignments that have to be done*
me : *read book nervously*

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📚 Book of Lives by: Margaret Atwood

Raised by scientifically minded parents, Margaret Atwood spent most of each year in the wild forest of northern Quebec: a vast playground for her entomologist father and independent, resourceful mother. It was an unfettered and nomadic childhood, sometimes isolated but also thrilling and beautiful.

From this unconventional st...

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Raised by scientifically minded parents, Margaret Atwood spent most of each year in the wild forest of northern Quebec: a vast playground for her entomologist father and independent, resourceful mother. It was an unfettered and nomadic childhood, sometimes isolated but also thrilling and beautiful.

From this unconventional start, Atwood unfolds the story of her life, linking key moments to the books that have shaped our literary landscape, from the cruel school year that would become Cat’s Eye to the unease of 1980s Berlin, where she began The Handmaid’s Tale. In pages alive with the natural world, reading and books, major political turning points, and her lifelong love for the charismatic writer Graeme Gibson, we meet poets, bears, Hollywood stars, and larger-than-life characters straight from the pages of an Atwood novel.

As she explores her past, Atwood reveals more and more about her writing, the connections between real life and art—and the workings of one of our very greatest imaginations.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD • NAMED A NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE WASHINGTON POST • How does the greatest writer of our time tell her own story?

"The most spectacular, hilarious, and generous autobiography of the last quarter century–or ever."—The Boston Globe

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"The Last Flight: The Untold Story of the Search for JFK Jr. and the Race Against the Atlantic" by Captain W. Russell Webster & Theresa M. Webster. My rating: 4 out of 5 stars. Published in 2026.

Book description: "On a hazy July night in 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn, and her sister Lauren vanished over the waters off Martha’s Vineyard—triggering a national vigil and one of the most ambitious search operations in American history. For days, the world watched and waited. This book is the full story of what happened after the crash. Captain W. Russell “Russ” Webster, the Coast Guard commander who led the search, and historian Theresa Mitchell Webster, take readers inside the mission to locate the missing aircraft and recover its passengers.

A sad but informative read--one not filled with speculation, but a chronicle of that time, the subsequent search, recovery and investigation of this tragedy.

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