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[?]דער קערפער פֿון השם » 🌐
@dukepaaron@babka.social

This. Build our own institutions. They'll succeed.

" is the eponymous tastemaker at the helm of a new within , a 5-year-old that has released mostly that leans right.

will release four to six over the next year that she and ’s founders believe will elevate voices and reconstruct a bygone communal Jewish conversation. She’ll also edit a forthcoming designed to shape the Jewish -buying audience.

“My goal is to make Jewish feel really cool,” Keene told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

“I’m planning to acquire books across genres — male authors, female authors, romance, thriller, literary fiction — you know, the works,” she added. “I also intend to put everything I have behind each book, and sort of ask the Jewish community to support these books and make the case for them.”

jta.org/2026/07/28/culture/fee

    [?]דער קערפער פֿון השם » 🌐
    @dukepaaron@babka.social

    "For more than two decades, has mailed free to families around the world. Today, it distributes roughly 670,000 monthly in more than 40 countries. According to , the organization’s director of books, those stories have historically reflected a familiar slice of Jewish life.

    “There are just a lot of out there—a lot of stories about , the and immigration from Eastern ,” said. “Those are all really important stories. But we saw gaps. It was kind of obvious.”

    The Stories Initiative intends to fill those gaps, bringing together Sephardic and for a year of workshops, editorial mentorship and critique from their peers."

    forward.com/culture/841487/pj-

      [?]Ododo Press » 🌐
      @ododopress@bookstodon.com

      Cover reveal! So finally getting ready to finally share this book with you in a day or two, and in this blog I give hints on what inspired the cover artwork. (I don't know if it is an improvement from the previous version, but hope you enjoy it!)

      ododopress.com/blog/cover-reve

      PS. I'll release the book for free to subscribers of our newsletter by 1st August, so be sure to sign up!

      The front cover of a book, Myths and Legends of the Bantu and Other Africans, Revised and Edited by Dilman Dila, written by Alice Werner. It has earth brown tones, and the main image on the front cover has two creatures that are colorful like moths, with blueish tones, and they are half-people, with only one arm, one leg, and one eye.

      Alt...The front cover of a book, Myths and Legends of the Bantu and Other Africans, Revised and Edited by Dilman Dila, written by Alice Werner. It has earth brown tones, and the main image on the front cover has two creatures that are colorful like moths, with blueish tones, and they are half-people, with only one arm, one leg, and one eye.

        [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
        @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

        Beatrix Potter was obsessed with fungi – and she was quite the naturalist

        by Joni Wildman

        Her illustrations remain beautiful works of art, but they also show how the best natural history drawings make us notice things we might otherwise miss.

        theconversation.com/beatrix-po

        Books by Beatrix Potter at PG:
        gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/292

        Title: The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse Author: Beatrix Potter Illustration showing an anthropomorphic mouse dressed in a pink-and-white striped garment, peeking out from a small doorway surrounded by round green leaves (like nasturtiums).

        Alt...Title: The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse Author: Beatrix Potter Illustration showing an anthropomorphic mouse dressed in a pink-and-white striped garment, peeking out from a small doorway surrounded by round green leaves (like nasturtiums).

        Title: The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse Author: Beatrix Potter Illustration showing a small brown field mouse standing upright, nibbling on a bit of foliage beside a large ripe strawberry that appears sliced open, with more strawberries and greenery in the background.

        Alt...Title: The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse Author: Beatrix Potter Illustration showing a small brown field mouse standing upright, nibbling on a bit of foliage beside a large ripe strawberry that appears sliced open, with more strawberries and greenery in the background.

          [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
          @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

          Christopher Marlowe: alienated skeptic, government spy, counterfeiter, dead at 29. Shakespeare's debt to the man was simply inestimable.

          By Brooke Allen

          hudsonreview.com/2026/07/renai

          Books by Christopher Marlowe at PG:
          gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/410

          Anonymous portrait, possibly of Marlowe, at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Marlowe is shown with long, wavy auburn hair, a white ruffled collar, and an ornate black doublet with gold buttons and slashed orange-red decoration. The Latin motto "Quod me nutrit me destruit" ("That which nourishes me destroys me") appears in the upper left corner

          Alt...Anonymous portrait, possibly of Marlowe, at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Marlowe is shown with long, wavy auburn hair, a white ruffled collar, and an ornate black doublet with gold buttons and slashed orange-red decoration. The Latin motto "Quod me nutrit me destruit" ("That which nourishes me destroys me") appears in the upper left corner

            [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
            @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

            NOTE. He changed his note; he told another sort of a story.

            A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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            @histodons

            Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): NOTE. He changed his note; he told another sort of a story. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): NOTE. He changed his note; he told another sort of a story. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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              [?]fulanigirl » 🌐
              @fulanigirl@mstdn.social


              The Booker Prize list was announced today. npr.org/2026/07/28/nx-s1-58746
              I often buy the prize winner although I don't know why. I haven't liked a single one. That's probably an unpopular sentiment, but I have the 2024 winner, ORBITAL, sitting in my recovery stack. Started it but won't finish it. I really do need to stop buying them.

                [?]steve mookie kong » 🌐
                @mookie@weredreaming.com

                “That’s Captain Torgaddon,” Torgaddon replied. “If I insulted you, in any way, let me assure you, I meant to.” Horus Rising by Dan Abnett.


                  [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                  @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                  BELCHER. A red silk handkerchief, intermixed with yellow and a little black. The kiddey flashes his belcher; the young fellow wears a silk handkerchief round his neck.

                  A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                  @histodons

                  Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BELCHER. A red silk handkerchief, intermixed with yellow and a little black. The kiddey flashes his belcher; the young fellow wears a silk handkerchief round his neck. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                  Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BELCHER. A red silk handkerchief, intermixed with yellow and a little black. The kiddey flashes his belcher; the young fellow wears a silk handkerchief round his neck. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                    [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
                    @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

                    Beyond Greece and Rome

                    A dramatic shift in perspective is producing a much bigger, broader and more exciting view of ‘the ancient world’

                    by Carlos Noreña

                    aeon.co/essays/uncovering-a-gl

                    Books about Ancient World at PG:
                    gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?q

                    Myths of Greece and Rome Author: H. A. Guerber This is an old historical map of ancient Greece and the surrounding Aegean region, showing Epirus, Macedonia, Thrace, the Greek mainland, and various islands (including Crete at the bottom), bordered by the Mediterranean and Euxine (Black) Sea. It includes an inset map showing the "Vicinity of Rome" in the lower left corner.

                    Alt...Myths of Greece and Rome Author: H. A. Guerber This is an old historical map of ancient Greece and the surrounding Aegean region, showing Epirus, Macedonia, Thrace, the Greek mainland, and various islands (including Crete at the bottom), bordered by the Mediterranean and Euxine (Black) Sea. It includes an inset map showing the "Vicinity of Rome" in the lower left corner.

                      [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
                      @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

                      What Barriers Do Women in Science Face When Trying to Publish?

                      Jennifer Rubin Grandis on Confronting Systemic Bias in Academic Publishing

                      lithub.com/what-barriers-do-wo

                      Books in Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics at PG:
                      gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf

                      Austrian-Swedish physicist Lise Meitner. She's shown mid-lecture, smiling, with lab equipment and what appears to be a molecular model visible on the table in front of her.

                      Alt...Austrian-Swedish physicist Lise Meitner. She's shown mid-lecture, smiling, with lab equipment and what appears to be a molecular model visible on the table in front of her.

                      English mathematician and computer programmer Ada Lovelace. Ada Lovelace is shown in three-quarter profile, wearing a purple and white gown with a black lace shawl draped over her shoulders and head, decorated with dark floral trim. Her hair is styled with ringlets and adorned with gold and dark floral hairpieces. She wears white gloves and holds a small fan or baton in one hand.

                      Alt...English mathematician and computer programmer Ada Lovelace. Ada Lovelace is shown in three-quarter profile, wearing a purple and white gown with a black lace shawl draped over her shoulders and head, decorated with dark floral trim. Her hair is styled with ringlets and adorned with gold and dark floral hairpieces. She wears white gloves and holds a small fan or baton in one hand.

                        [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                        @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                        JARVIS. A hackney coachman.

                        A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                        @histodons

                        Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): JARVIS. A hackney coachman. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                        Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): JARVIS. A hackney coachman. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                          [?]דער קערפער פֿון השם » 🌐
                          @dukepaaron@babka.social

                          "Most people spend their later years looking back. has spent his reinventing himself.

                          The businessman became a . The philanthropist discovered children’s and created . In his late 80s, he became a sculptor after a cherry tree fell in his yard.

                          Now, as he turns 97, is reflecting on the unexpected pivots that have defined both his life and his approach to Jewish giving.

                          Known for innovative programs like PJ Library — which engages young Jewish families with monthly deliveries of age-appropriate and — and his eponymous foundation have focused on programs that, in the spirit of the real estate business that made his fortune, build Jewish habits, institutions and relationships that he hopes will outlast him."

                          jta.org/2026/07/27/culture/the

                            [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                            @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                            DOWSER. Vulgar pronunciation of DOUCEUR.

                            A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                            --
                            @histodons

                            Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DOWSER. Vulgar pronunciation of DOUCEUR. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DOWSER. Vulgar pronunciation of DOUCEUR. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                              [?]OldCoder » 🌐
                              @OldCoder@dansu.org

                              Yes, my enlarger base was just the right size for a drowsy cat. [The photo itself was probably produced using the same enlarger.]

                              Side note: You might be interested to know that many of the books and novelettes which I read at the time [1970s] are in Project Gutenberg now. Two examples of novels are listed below. [One illustration for each book is attached.]

                              Drowsy (1917):
                              https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53802

                              Anything You Can Do (1963):
                              https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30742

                              If you like, add the "Anything You Can Do" cover to one of the Project Gutenberg copies of that book. [The project already has the "Drowsy" illustration.]

                              For what it's worth, the alien pictured here [the Nipe] is a gentleman by his standards. Of course, his standards include the concept that it's polite to eat people.

                              The hooks for "Anything You Can Do" aren't limited to the polite but chompy alien. A parallel thread is the question of exactly who the detective who's hired to hunt down the alien is. The detective himself isn't entirely sure of his own identity.

                              People underestimate how readable even #books from 50 to 150 years ago can be. Not all, but some are entertaining.

                              Illustrations from two Project Gutenberg science fiction novels: Drowsy (1917) and Anything You Can Do (1963).

                              Alt...Illustrations from two Project Gutenberg science fiction novels: Drowsy (1917) and Anything You Can Do (1963).

                                [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
                                @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

                                The Secret Lives of Insects

                                Can fruit flies have dialects? Can dung beetles navigate by the stars? Find surprising answers in this collection of stories about bugs and people.

                                By: The Editors

                                daily.jstor.org/the-secret-liv

                                La vie des abeilles & The Life of the Bee by Maurice Maeterlinck
                                gutenberg.org/ebooks/38527
                                gutenberg.org/ebooks/4511

                                Locusts in the fifteenth century Illustration from the Nuremberg Chronicle, by Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514) It shows several large, stylized flying locusts with detailed wings and legs, colored in green, gold, and gray tones, hovering over grassy terrain.

                                Alt...Locusts in the fifteenth century Illustration from the Nuremberg Chronicle, by Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514) It shows several large, stylized flying locusts with detailed wings and legs, colored in green, gold, and gray tones, hovering over grassy terrain.

                                  [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
                                  @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

                                  On the Duplicitous Heroine in Wilkie Collins’s No Name

                                  Is Magdalen Vanstone a Detective Using Her Acting Skills or, by Victorian Standards,... a Criminal?

                                  by Olivia Rutigliano

                                  lithub.com/on-the-duplicitous-

                                  No Name by Wilkie Collins at PG:
                                  gutenberg.org/ebooks/1438

                                  Charles Sillem Lidderdale - A Girl's Head A Victorian portrait of a young woman in profile, wearing a light bonnet trimmed with blue ribbon and lace, a gold drop earring, and a black cloak over a floral-patterned blue dress, set against a soft woodland background.

                                  Alt...Charles Sillem Lidderdale - A Girl's Head A Victorian portrait of a young woman in profile, wearing a light bonnet trimmed with blue ribbon and lace, a gold drop earring, and a black cloak over a floral-patterned blue dress, set against a soft woodland background.

                                    [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                    @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                    TO CLIP. To hug or embrace: to clip and cling. To clip the coin; to diminish the current coin. To clip the king's English; to be unable to speak plain through drunkenness.

                                    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                    --
                                    @histodons

                                    Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO CLIP. To hug or embrace: to clip and cling. To clip the coin; to diminish the current coin. To clip the king's English; to be unable to speak plain through drunkenness. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                    Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO CLIP. To hug or embrace: to clip and cling. To clip the coin; to diminish the current coin. To clip the king's English; to be unable to speak plain through drunkenness. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                      [?]Texas Observer » 🌐
                                      @TexasObserver@texasobserver.social

                                      “To ban simply because they have a hardcover or they’re used is just trying to solve a problem that may exist in prison by finding the easiest target. And the easiest target they can find is to change the rules for what books can come in.” texasobserver.org/prison-crack

                                        [?]Paria sans portefeuille » 🌐
                                        @PariaSansPortefeuille@jasette.facil.services

                                        LARB Radio Hour welcomes , author of : Neo-Aristocrats, , Utopians, and the Long Fight Against Equality in America

                                        "Phillips-Fein examines a powerful countertradition that has challenged our well-mythologized national ideal of equality from the United States's founding to today."

                                        lareviewofbooks.org/av/kim-phi
                                        @bookstodon

                                        text: LISTEN NOW! Kim Phillips-Fein image: photo of author Kim Phillips-Fein

                                        Alt...text: LISTEN NOW! Kim Phillips-Fein image: photo of author Kim Phillips-Fein

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                                          [?]⏩︎VOTE⏪︎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ⁼ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ (Ben Royce) » 🌐
                                          @benroyce@mastodon.social

                                          If you're as like me, old are a treasure

                                          But if you're a gluttonous entity that has no concern for anything but strip mining human existence to monetize it and sell it back to us in a manipulated articificial form; to make us dependent, not physically like most schemes, but cognitively, socially...

                                          " Companies Are Buying Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale"

                                          futurism.com/artificial-intell

                                            [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                            @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                            USED UP. Killed: a military saying, originating from a message sent by the late General Guise, on the expedition at Carthagena, where he desired the commander in chief to order him some more grenadiers, for those he had were all used up.

                                            A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                            --
                                            @histodons

                                            Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): USED UP. Killed: a military saying, originating from a message sent by the late General Guise, on the expedition at Carthagena, where he desired the commander in chief to order him some more grenadiers, for those he had were all used up. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): USED UP. Killed: a military saying, originating from a message sent by the late General Guise, on the expedition at Carthagena, where he desired the commander in chief to order him some more grenadiers, for those he had were all used up. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                              [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
                                              @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

                                              8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms

                                              Historically, female writers have faced barriers to publication and prejudicial attitudes, leading some to adopt male pseudonyms.

                                              thecollector.com/famous-women-

                                              6 of these writers are at PG:

                                              gutenberg.org/

                                              George Eliot

                                              This painting by François d'Albert-Durade shows George Eliot from the waist up, her body turned slightly to the right. She has a long nose and blue eyes. Her brown hair is parted in the middle and covers her ears. She wears a dark black jacket or coat with a criss-cross pattern over a white frilly blouse.

                                              Alt...This painting by François d'Albert-Durade shows George Eliot from the waist up, her body turned slightly to the right. She has a long nose and blue eyes. Her brown hair is parted in the middle and covers her ears. She wears a dark black jacket or coat with a criss-cross pattern over a white frilly blouse.

                                                [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
                                                @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

                                                An Integral Part of the Story: A Short History of Short Fiction by American Women

                                                Arielle Zibrak Explores the Diverse Literary Landscape of 19th- and Early 20th-Century Female Writers in the United States (from the archives)

                                                lithub.com/an-integral-part-of

                                                Books in Short Stories at PG:
                                                gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf

                                                Cover image of Five Minute Stories Author: Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards Illustrator: Etheldred B. Barry Albertine Randall Wheelan It is showing an illustration of a woman in a dark flowing dress sitting beside a child in a nightgown standing at a crib, set against a green fleur-de-lis patterned background.

                                                Alt...Cover image of Five Minute Stories Author: Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards Illustrator: Etheldred B. Barry Albertine Randall Wheelan It is showing an illustration of a woman in a dark flowing dress sitting beside a child in a nightgown standing at a crib, set against a green fleur-de-lis patterned background.

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                                                  The savage bites back

                                                  Rooted in Brazilian modernism, anthropophagy devours and transforms culture, subverting colonial fears of cannibalism

                                                  by Sofia Cándano

                                                  aeon.co/essays/anthropophagy-a

                                                  Pau Brasil, written by Oswald de Andrade and illustrated by Tarsila do Amaral is being proofeed by @DProofreaders and it will be published pretty soon by PG.

                                                  Abaporu, by Tarsila do Amaral. The original painting is on display at the Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires. It depicts a distorted, monumental figure with an enormous foot and small head resting on hand, seated on green ground against a blue sky with a stylized yellow sun and a cactus.

                                                  Alt...Abaporu, by Tarsila do Amaral. The original painting is on display at the Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires. It depicts a distorted, monumental figure with an enormous foot and small head resting on hand, seated on green ground against a blue sky with a stylized yellow sun and a cactus.

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                                                    [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                    @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                    CLOUTED SHOON. Shoes tipped with iron.

                                                    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                    --
                                                    @histodons

                                                    Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CLOUTED SHOON. Shoes tipped with iron. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                    Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CLOUTED SHOON. Shoes tipped with iron. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                      [?]Da_Gut [He/Him] » 🌐
                                                      @Da_Gut@dice.camp

                                                      @futurebird

                                                      It can be worse than you think, in terms of the not noticing introduced species. In Robert Dunn’s book never home alone (which I think you would really enjoy) he relates how it was discovered that the native North American species of camel cricket have been replaced country wide by the Chinese species. And nobody knew it until it was already done.
                                                      The book is about insects that live in our houses with us

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                                                        [?]Scary Austin » 🌐
                                                        @MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social

                                                        My book is 30-50 feral hogs.

                                                        Marko Kloos says "Don't fret about your Amazon reviews. I just got a three-star review because my novel isn't a 36 count of Jimmy Dean sausages." Shows a 3 star review of Corvus by Marko Kloos which reads "Hello why can't I get the 36 pack of Jimmy Dean sauceages any more from the amazong? This web sight is sobbroin why isn't any help? hello?"

                                                        Alt...Marko Kloos says "Don't fret about your Amazon reviews. I just got a three-star review because my novel isn't a 36 count of Jimmy Dean sausages." Shows a 3 star review of Corvus by Marko Kloos which reads "Hello why can't I get the 36 pack of Jimmy Dean sauceages any more from the amazong? This web sight is sobbroin why isn't any help? hello?"

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                                                          [?]The Japan Times » 🌐
                                                          @thejapantimes@mastodon.social

                                                          Films including "Grave of the Fireflies" and "The Boy and the Heron" are book adaptations, with literary influences showing up in some form in almost every Studio Ghibli film. japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/

                                                            [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                            @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                            BLIND CHEEKS. The breech. Buss blind cheeks; kiss mine arse.

                                                            A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                            --
                                                            @histodons

                                                            Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BLIND CHEEKS. The breech. Buss blind cheeks; kiss mine arse. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BLIND CHEEKS. The breech. Buss blind cheeks; kiss mine arse. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                              [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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                                                              How Jane Austen Blew a Hole Through the Romance Genre She Created

                                                              Catherine Cliff on Austen‘s Third Model of Spinsterhood: Being a Self-Made Woman

                                                              lithub.com/how-jane-austen-ble

                                                              "Emma" at PG:

                                                              gutenberg.org/ebooks/158

                                                              Illustration for the Macmillan edition of Jane Austen's "Emma," Volume 2, Chapter 1. Emma and Harriet visit Miss Bates, who is delighted to read them the letter she has just received from her niece, Miss Fairfax, announcing that she is coming to spend some time at Highbury. "We had a letter this very morning"

                                                              Alt...Illustration for the Macmillan edition of Jane Austen's "Emma," Volume 2, Chapter 1. Emma and Harriet visit Miss Bates, who is delighted to read them the letter she has just received from her niece, Miss Fairfax, announcing that she is coming to spend some time at Highbury. "We had a letter this very morning"

                                                                [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
                                                                @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

                                                                Homer Haunted, by Henry Power

                                                                Splendid literary criticism, dull politics

                                                                by Henry Oliver

                                                                commonreader.co.uk/p/homer-hau

                                                                The Iliad by Homer at PG:
                                                                gutenberg.org/ebooks/6130

                                                                This is an ornate vintage book cover for "Homer's Iliad," featuring decorative gold leaf swirl designs on a brown leather-textured background, with the title "ILIAD" displayed in an illuminated-style banner at the top.

                                                                Alt...This is an ornate vintage book cover for "Homer's Iliad," featuring decorative gold leaf swirl designs on a brown leather-textured background, with the title "ILIAD" displayed in an illuminated-style banner at the top.

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                                                                  Who Owns Women Detectives?

                                                                  Now that Miss Marple and Nancy Drew’s early novels are entering the public domain, what comes next for them?

                                                                  By Ellen O’Connell Whittet

                                                                  lareviewofbooks.org/article/wo

                                                                  Books by Carolyn Keene and Agatha Christie at PG:
                                                                  gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/58
                                                                  gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/451

                                                                  Book cover for "The Secret of the Old Clock," a Nancy Drew Mystery Story by Carolyn Keene, showing Nancy in a blue outfit walking through a wooded area with a tan bag over her shoulder.

                                                                  Alt...Book cover for "The Secret of the Old Clock," a Nancy Drew Mystery Story by Carolyn Keene, showing Nancy in a blue outfit walking through a wooded area with a tan bag over her shoulder.

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