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"But beauty is set apart,
beauty is cast by the sea,
a barren rock,
beauty is set about
with wrecks of ships...."
Hymen (ed. 1921)
~H.D. was born #OTD in 1886.
Books by H. D. at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/33478
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Photographic portrait of American writer Hilda "H.D." Doolittle (1886–1961), taken by Man Ray circa 1917. From Tendencies in Modern American Poetry by Amy Lowell. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1917, p. 233.
Shown seated, in dark clothing, downcast gaze, dark bobbed hair with bangs, against a patterned wallpaper.
How to be a word detective
Etymology unravels the mysteries of language and the hidden webs that link people across the world. Here’s how to dive in
by Danny Bate
Books about English language -- Etymology at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/2993
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Cornelis Kiliaan: Etymologicum Teutonicae Linguae, Roeland de Meyere 1777.
Title page of "Etymologicum Teutonicae Linguae, sive Dictionarium Teutonico-Latinum" by Cornelis Kiliaan (Kiliani Dufflaei), a Dutch-Latin etymological dictionary, edited with annotations by Gerard van Hasselt. Printed in Utrecht by Roeland de Meyere, 1777, Tomus I. Foxed, aged paper.
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Does anyone have a list of book blogs, legit book reviewers, book magazines, and such places a Mastodontian author could get visibility for their book?
Speaking for myself and other indies that could use the boost, since many of us have left META and need new ways to share the exitement of new releases. (:
#Book #Books #List #Lists #blog #bookblog #bookish #bookstodon #magazine #bookreview #bookreviewer #indieauthor #author #news
Anne Dacier, translator of Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey
Anne Dacier (1645–1720), French scholar and translator best known for the prose translation of the Homeric epics, The Iliad and The Odyssey.
by Marie Lebert
https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/author-biography/anne-dacier-translator/
Books about Anne Dacier at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39843
#books #literature #womeninart
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Madame Dacier by Marie-Victoire Jaquotot. Inspired by Roger de Piles In the Louvre's département des Arts graphiques as item 35610.
Oval miniature portrait of Madame Dacier (Anne Le Fèvre Dacier), by Marie-Victoire Jaquotot, set in a gilt frame. She's depicted with curled powdered hair, a lace collar, and a dark blue/green dress.
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“Eons” from Library on Fire, my third volume of poetry, available (along with my first two) for Pre-Order now at http://nihtgengapress.com
Thank you for supporting an independent poet! 🖤✨
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A poem from Library on Fire, a book of poetry by Michelle Joy Gallagher Soffe,
It reads:
Eons
Only eons know
The poetry of
What water
Asks of stone
And what the
Stone gives.
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Brian Dillon on What Virginia Woolf’s The Waves Means to Him
“It is the first novel he has ever read that makes him consider seriously the form of a human life.”
Books by Virginia Woolf at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89
#books #literature #literaryCriticism
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First edition cover of the book "The Waves" by Virginia Woolf.
Original 1931 Hogarth Press first-edition cover of The Waves by Virginia Woolf. Olive-green woodcut design by Vanessa Bell shows abstract wave-like arcs and stylized floral/hand motifs on cream background, with title, author, and publisher in hand-lettered script.
What Charles Dickens's 'A Tale of Two Cities' Gets Right About the French Revolution
Charles Dickens took some liberties with history, but 'A Tale of Two Cities' gets some surprisingly important details about the French Revolution right.
By Paul Anthony Jones
A Tale of Two Cities at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/98
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Der Sturm bricht los.
Title: Zwei Städte
Author: Charles Dickens
Illustrator: Hablot K. Browne
Translator: Julius Seybt
Depicts a chaotic riot scene — a crowd of men and women brandishing weapons, tools, and pikes, with a fallen figure and scattered hat on the ground. A child with a drum flees at right.
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If you're not familiar with this resource, all orders support local bookstores. After all the book-burning, the great copyright robberies, and the utter disdain for knowledge and humans, I will only buy physical books from here on, read them, and pass them on to someone else to enjoy. #books
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"Quanto più su l'instabil ruota vedi
Di Fortuna ire in alto il miser uomo,
Tanto più tosto hai da vedergli i piedi
Ove ora ha il capo, e far cadendo il tomo."
The higher up on Fortune's wheel you see
A wretch ascend, the sooner he will fall,
And where his head is now, his feet will be.
Canto XLV, stanza 1 (tr. B. Reynolds) - Orlando Furioso (1532)
~Ludovico Ariosto, born #OTD in 1474
Orlando Furioso at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/615
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illustration of Ludovico Ariosto’s “Orlando Furioso”. By Gustave Doré.
It depicts the rescue of Angelica, who is shown chained to a rock, being attacked by an orc, while the knight Ruggiero arrives riding the hippogriff to save her, lance in hand.
Can statistics help crack the mysterious Voynich manuscript?
The meaning of the cryptic text has eluded scholars for centuries. Their latest efforts include computational analyses seeking new insights into the medieval enigma.
By Greg Miller (from the archives)
More about Voynich manuscript:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript
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Wilfrid Voynich, shown here in a photograph taken around 1899, was never completely forthcoming about how he acquired the mysterious manuscript that bears his name.
Voynich is showing seated at a cluttered desk in his bookshop, writing beside a large open manuscript. Papers, letters, an inkwell, and bound volumes cover the desk; glass-fronted bookcases and a carved fireplace fill the background.
Did Renoir Actually Suck at Painting?
A blockbuster touring exhibition is putting the spotlight on a legendary Impressionist who has long divided opinion.
by Jo Lawson-Tancred
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/renoir-sucks-expert-debat-2791737
Books about/illustrated by Renoir at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=renoir
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, La Promenade (1870).
A couple walks through lush woods—she in a flowing white dress, he helping her over a rocky path.
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New in our electronic collection:
➡️ Regulating the new: Regulation, ethics, acceptance, legitimacy in the governance of technology
🔗 https://doi.org/10.56675/rtn1
#OpenScience #OpenAccess #Books #Bookstodon #technology #tech #SocialSciences #Law
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In 1925, 24-year-old graduate student Cecilia Payne calculated that the Sun and other stars were composed overwhelmingly of hydrogen and helium—a result so contrary to accepted astronomy that senior astronomer Henry Norris Russell called it “clearly impossible,”....
By Deep Field · Edited by Lachlan Brown
https://spacedaily.com/t-cecilia-payne-russell-hydrogen-helium-companion/
Stellar atmospheres at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73996
#books #astrophysics #Womeninstem
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Photograph of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979) at Harvard College Observatory.
She's famed for her 1925 PhD thesis proving stars are made mostly of hydrogen and helium. Shown at a desk in an office with filing cabinets and shelves of documents in the background.
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Wenn altes Wissen zur Neuware wird: Wie KI-Firmen Bücher zerstören und Wissen horten
#Anthropic und #Amazon kaufen Millionen von Büchern auf um damit ihre KI-Modelle #Claude und Nova zu trainieren. In diesem Prozess werden die oft seltenen Auflagen zerschnitten und anschließend geschreddert. Die Monopolisierung von frei zugänglichem Wissen ist somit bereits in vollem Gange….
"Much of the insensibility and hardness of the world is due to the lack of imagination which prevents a realization of the experiences of other people."
Democracy and Social Ethics, 1902.
~Jane Addams (6 September 1860 – 21 May 1935)
Books by Jane Addams at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/602
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George de Forest Brush - Jane Addams, 1906 by George de Forest Brush.
Jane Addams wears a deep red velvet dress with lace collar, dark hair pinned back.
Palaces and the Pope: the fascinating story of how Renaissance Rome was rebuilt
by Alyssa Rusonik
Uncertainty over whether the seat of the papacy would remain in the city explains why Rome was a late developer when it came to palace-building, lagging behind Florence and Venice.
You can find two interesting books on this subject in the PG catalog:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36817
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69619
#books #history #urban_planning
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The Eternal City underwent a period of renewal spanning the late 14th century to the late 16th century, following a period of economic stagnation. Today, 84% of the palaces built during this period are still standing.
Hand-colored woodcut view of Rome from Hartmann Schedel's 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle. Shows a stylized bird's-eye cityscape with labeled landmarks: St. Peter's, Papal Palace, Castel S. Angelo, Colosseum, city walls, and the Tiber river.
A new datasets portal for bulk downloads of all 23+ million pages in the collection. It also provides direct access to over 425,000 pages of newly upgraded OCR text. New batches added to Chronicling America will be included in this portal soon after they are ingested:
https://www.loc.gov/collections/chronicling-america/datasets/
More information:
https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2026/08/yarasavage-new-ocr-reprocessing/
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Screenshot showing a June 1, 1903 article from the Washington Times newspaper in Chronicling America before and after OCR reprocessing.
Graphic comparing OCR quality before/after reprocessing on a scanned 1900s newspaper clipping about the Library of Congress collecting old newspapers. "Before" text is garbled and repetitive; "after" is clean and accurate—demonstrating improved OCR/digitization results.
“Fables” from Threnody, now available for Pre-Order on http://nihtgengapress.com, along with my two other volumes of poetry.
Thank you for supporting an independent poet! 🖤✨
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A poem from the book Threnody by Michelle Joy Gallagher Soffe
It reads:
Fables
What fables
The stars
Speak,
The make
Believe that
Light and
Warmth
Are endless.
10 Essential Works of Decadent Literature You Need to Read
Plunge into ten works from 19th-century Europe's literature of perverse pleasures and perplexing pastimes.
by Dr. Victoria C. Roskams
https://www.thecollector.com/decadent-literature-works/
All titles are available at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56149
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/174
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61565
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8497
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50060
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36528
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57775
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54272
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74778
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9956
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Title: L'Oeuvre Poètique de Charles Baudelaire: Les Fleurs du Mal
Author: Charles Baudelaire
Commentator: Guillaume Apollinaire
Title page for Baudelaire's collected poetry (incl. Les Fleurs du Mal), series "Les Maîtres de l'Amour," with intro/notes by Guillaume Apollinaire. Definitive text with variants from 1857–1868 editions. Published Paris, Bibliothèque des Curieux, 1924 (MCMXXIV).
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Would Alexandre Dumas have used an LLM? I asked an LLM. It said yes.
https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/would-alexandre-dumas-have-used-an
Dumas is famous for having authored many books: The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, Man in the Iron Mask, and others, but as some people use AI, he sometimes got ideas from others; he also had others write in his name. Sound familiar? He's not alone.
#writing #books #classics #literature #author #Dumas #french #llms #blog #substack #authorship #ai #creativity #ghostwriting
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Third Chinese Patriarch of Zen
1/20
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Translation by Richard B. Clarke of the HSIN HSIN MING
attributed to Seng Ts'an, the
The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences.
When love and hate are both absent, everything becomes clear and undisguised.
Make the smallest distinction, however, and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart.
Listen to "yaW taerG heTThe Great Way" (vinyl edition) by #ArtFED
https://on.soundcloud.com/nShRs
#Chinese #Zen #Tao #Dao #Buddhist #Philosophy #Books
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Beautiful winter scene of Chinese garden and water
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GIBLETS. To join giblets; said of a man and woman who cohabit as husband and wife, without being married; also to copulate.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons
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GIBLETS. To join giblets; said of a man and woman who cohabit as husband and wife, without being married; also to copulate.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
Neuroqueering on the lawn
Hans Christian Andersen’s tantrum in Charles Dickens’s garden was a case of ‘too muchness’, emotions bursting past respectability
by Siobhan Unwin and Kathryne Ford
Books by Andersen and Dickens at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2298
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/37
#books #literature #neurodiversity
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Charles Dickens reading to his daughters Mamie and Katey in the garden of Gad’s Hill; painting after Joseph Athanase Aufray, after a photo by Mason & Co, c1869. Courtesy the National Portrait Gallery.
The image shows Charles Dickens, seated outdoors in a garden setting with a chair back propped in front of him, reading with his daughters attentively gathered around him, one standing behind with her hand on his shoulder and the other seated beside him.
"We deny the right of any portion of the species to decide for another portion what is and what is not their 'proper sphere.' The proper sphere for all human beings is the largest and highest which they are able to attain to."
The Enfranchisement of Women (1851)
~Harriet Taylor Mill (8 October 1807 – 3 November 1858)
My unsung hero of science: Harriet Taylor Mill, the radical feminist philosopher who lived in the shadow of her husband
I first heard about Harriet Taylor Mill when reading about her much more famous collaborator and future husband, the British philosopher and politician John Stuart Mill.
by Helen McCabe
Books by Harriet Mill at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/57060
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Portrait in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
The painting shows Harriet Mill with a golden-yellow gown, a jeweled headpiece, and a Mediterranean-style landscape visible in the background.
BUTTERED BUN. One lying with a woman that has just lain with another man, is said to have a buttered bun.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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BUTTERED BUN. One lying with a woman that has just lain with another man, is said to have a buttered bun.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
"The scientific genius is so like the old Hebrew prophet. He singles out the essential from the mass of facts before him, and then - lifts up his eyes."
The Way of Escape: A Novel, 1902.
~Margaret Todd (23 April 1859 – 3 September 1918)
She coined the term isotope in 1913 in a suggestion to chemist Frederick Soddy.
Books by Graham Travers (aka Margaret Todd) at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/47770
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Scan of a picture of Margaret Todd, the physician who wrote under the name Graham Travers. She also suggested the term "isotope" to Frederick Soddy for his discovery.
Black-and-white photographic portrait of a woman with dark hair pulled back, wearing a light-colored blouse with a decorative brooch/flower corsage and a beaded necklace.
"And he gave it for his opinion, that whosoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together."
Voyage to Brobdingnag, Ch. 7
~Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745)
What Gulliver Saw
by Katie Ebner-Landy
Gulliver’s Travels uses the land of the Houyhnhnms and Yahoos to explore whether being recognized as human is based on observable characteristics.
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n16/katie-ebner-landy/cursed-race
Gulliver's travels (in several languages) at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Gulliver%27s+travels
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"I LAY ALL THIS WHILE IN GREAT UNEASINESS"
Title: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Author: Jonathan Swift
Editor: Thomas M. Balliet
Large close-up profile of a man's face, with a small crowd/battle scene—armored figures with spears near a platform—emerging from behind his ear.
“Rise” from Library on Fire, now available for Pre-Order, along with Disremembering and Threnody at http://nihtgengapress.com
Thank you for supporting an independent poet! 🖤✨
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A poem from Library on Fire by Michelle Joy Gallagher Soffe. It reads:
Rise
The sun,
Halfway
Through its
Litespan,
Burning
Through its
Hydrogen,
Still rises
And so
Will
I.
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one of the small joys of my local used bookstore is their $1 and $2 junk section, buried in a distant corner of the second storey.
there are three racks of what the Wee Book Inn considers to be unsellable paperbacks - often bad 70s self-help, or 60s scifi pulp. but i always come away with something weird and wonderful.
today finds surprised me - someone was obviously into homebuilt aircraft of the 1930s, and dumped their collection of amateur design books, complete with hand-drafted schematics and illustrations. it's a treasure trove for the imagination.
the other oddity was this novelization of a 1980s text adventure: trillium's Shadowkeep, by none other than alan dean foster. what makes it extra unique is that foster designed and wrote the computer game, and then went on to novelize it. as it turns out, it is the first computer game in history to be novelized. if you hadn't heard of Trillium/Telarium, its games were eclipsed entirely by Infocom in historical writing on games.
#books #bookstodon #retroGaming #textAdventure #dosgaming #yeg
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Four books, from top left, clockwise:
Experimental Aircraft Association's EAA "How-To" Series. Volume 2: Wood
Alan Dean Foster's Shadowkeep. "An unimaginable evil spread from its spires; an unlikely hero had to stop it."
EAA's Flying and glider Manual, by the Sportplan Authority of America. It shows a fixed wing two-seater, built out of wood and cloth on the cover.
EAA Aircraft Volume No 2, File Number 5: Engines. It shows a schematic of an aircraft combustion engine from different angles.
The Most Remote Place on Earth Has Space Junk and a Sea Monster
Eerie things happen at Point Nemo.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/strange-maps-point-nemo
At PG:
Jules Verne
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/60
H.P. Lovecraft
Why we love literary anniversaries
This special year saw a variety of high-profile celebratory events across the country, from regency balls and film screenings, to special tours and literary talks.
by Amy Wilcockson (from the archives)
https://theconversation.com/why-we-love-literary-anniversaries-273375
Gulliver’s Travels, The Last Man, Winnie-the-Pooh, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17157
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18247
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67098
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69087
#books #literature #literary_classics
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First edition cover of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
The cover illustration depicts a woman with red hair in period dress, standing at a desk with an old-style telephone, appearing to search through or discover papers.
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My mom, absolutely out of nowhere, asked me if I had any recommendations for a sci-fi book to read. I think she made a friend on her trip who told her sci-fi is actually pretty good and talks a lot about human nature and morals and worldviews and the things beyond cool aliens and lasers (though I love those too)
I felt a side of her was a little judgy with me because of my liking for that instead of non-fiction works, but I guess she doesn't mind now!
I of course had many options to offer, but not many physical books in Spanish, which is what she reads.
So she's going to read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley now. I hope she gets it because I actually haven't read it myself either LOL
I should make a blogpost about this
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A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
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My wife's favorite used book store in Madison, The Book Deal, is opening an east side location! My wallet is doomed, doomed I tell ya!
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#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #FadyJoudah, Palestinian-American physician, poet and translator, to talk about his book #ExhibitG: #Poems, #Essays, and #Photographs of #Gaza.
"Along with powerful and demanding texts, Exhibit G features a collection of photographs of Gaza presented in collaboration with Hani Almadhoun and the Gaza Soup Kitchen."
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"For many #Jews, the morning of #Oct7 remains seared into memory. In #JoannSfar’s case, it was also the day of his birthday party, which included “as many #Muslims as Jews,” he told me. Amidst tragedy, #Sfar felt a profound gratitude for life, which seemed especially precious. It was a day of fear and uncertainty, followed by many more over the following months. For Sfar, drawing was the only way out.
To Life is Sfar’s #illustrated journal of his experience after Oct. 7, a reflection of his fierce peace advocacy coupled with a profound connection to #Israel. It follows several previous #books by Sfar, who is a #French #Jewish #graphicnovelist best known for The Rabbi’s Cat. His works touch on his #Sephardic heritage, highlighting a history of friendship and brotherhood between #Arabs and Jews.
To Life is the #English #translation of Nous Vivrons, which was #published in June 2024 as the first of a three-part series."
https://forward.com/culture/books/840947/graphic-novelist-october-7-to-life-joann-sfar/
This month's Distributed Proofreaders' blog is "How Not to Be a Wallflower" from 1928. The book looks at both female and male wallflowers, and gives us "advice" on how to avoid being like them.
https://blog.pgdp.net/2026/09/01/how-not-to-be-a-wallflower/
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The Wallflower is a Life magazine cover painted by Norman Rockwell in 1920. In the image, a young girl sits alone on a dark blue wooden settee. She wears a white party dress with delicate fringe or pom-poms on the sleeves and hem.
She has brown hair with a large, bright pink bow on top. Her head tilts to the right, and her hands are clasped in her lap.
A mirror above her shows couples dancing and talking together.
BEAU-NASTY. A slovenly fop; one finely dressed, but dirty.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons
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BEAU-NASTY. A slovenly fop; one finely dressed, but dirty.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
“Wake” from Library on Fire, now available for pre-order, along with my first and second volumes of poetry at
http://nihtgengapress.com
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A poem from a book called Library on Fire by Michelle Joy Gallagher Soffe. It reads:
Wake
Wake the
Sleeping
Violets.
The end
Has whispered
New beginnings
Into being,
And for that
You'll need
To borrow
Their bravery.
On the Fact and Fiction of Kurt Vonnegut’s Dresden
“Terror wasn’t the only weapon the Nazis used against the American prisoners. Sometimes, they used propagandistic persuasion as well.”
Susan Farrell Considers a Source of Inspiration for Slaughterhouse-Five
https://lithub.com/on-the-fact-and-fiction-of-kurt-vonneguts-dresden/
Books about Dresden at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/33537
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Fig. 30. Red steps in Meissen.
Based on a photograph by Römmler & Jonas in Dresden.
Title: Dresden und die Sächsische Schweiz
Author: Sophus Ruge
A black-and-white photograph of Dresden, showing a 'townscape of old half-timbered and stone buildings with steep tiled roofs, narrow winding streets, and a church spire visible in the background. A stone retaining wall runs along the lower left.
How Dante & the Tuscan Vernacular Gave Birth to the Italian Language
Dante’s decision to write his 14th-century "The Divine Comedy" in Florentine vernacular, not in Latin, shaped the Italian language spoken by 60 million people today.
by Maria-Anita Ronchini
https://www.thecollector.com/dante-tuscan-vernacular-italian-language/
Books by Dante Alighieri at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/507
#books #literature #italian_language
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Front page first edition Vocabolario della Crusca, Crusca's dictionary 1612.
This is a view of the title page — the "Vocabolario degli Accademici della Crusca", published "In Venezia MDCXII" (Venice, 1612) by Giovanni Alberti ("Appresso Giouanni Alberti").
The Accademia della Crusca's emblem shows a flour sifter/mill with a goat's head below and the motto banner reading "Il più bel fior ne coglie" ("it gathers the most beautiful flower"), a phrase drawn from Petrarch.
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Here are the new medieval books we have covered this week - check them out at https://www.medievalists.net/category/books/ #books #medieval
What Is the Plot of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland?
Lewis Carroll’s beloved 1865 children’s book Alice in Wonderland has been adapted repeatedly for film and stage. The original plot explores the collapse of logic, authority, and identity, culminating in her self-realization and return home.
by Lauren Jones
https://www.thecollector.com/plot-of-lewis-carroll-alice-in-wonderland/
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Alice%27s+Adventures+in+Wonderland
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It grunted again so violently that she looked down into its face in some alarm.
Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Author: Lewis Carroll
Contributor: Austin Dobson
Illustrator: Arthur Rackham
Alice holds the "pig-baby," the infant that the Duchess hands to her which then transforms into a piglet.
If you can’t wait til the books come in, you can now pre-order your copy at http://nihtgengapress.com!
Disremembering, Threnody, and Library on Fire will ship in about 2 weeks 🖤 thank you for supporting an indie poet
#Poetry #books #PreOrder #Indie
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Screenshot of the website Nihtgengapress.com. It shows four items for sale. Disremembering, threnody, and library on fire poetry books as well as a sticker that says “what choice do I have in the deepest dark but to become the stars?” It is a black and white theme with the title Nihtgenga Press in large type at the top.
Want to support Ukraine? Read its books
https://theconversation.com/want-to-support-ukraine-read-its-books-289529
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An Ukrainian flag is shown flying on a flag pole. It has one large light blue bar at the top and a yellow one at the bottom. The wind is blowing the flag and you can see cloudy skies above it.
DUMPS. Down in the dumps; low-spirited, melancholy: jocularly said to be derived from Dumpos, a king of Egypt, who died of melancholy. Dumps are also small pieces of lead, cast by schoolboys in the shape of money.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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DUMPS. Down in the dumps; low-spirited, melancholy: jocularly said to be derived from Dumpos, a king of Egypt, who died of melancholy. Dumps are also small pieces of lead, cast by schoolboys in the shape of money.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
"He that uses words without any clear and steady meaning, what does he
but lead himself and others into errors? And he that designedly does it,
ought to be looked on as an enemy to truth and knowledge."
~John Locke (29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) via @wikipedia
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John Locke, by John Greenhill (died 1676).
An oval portrait of Locke that shows him with long curling natural hair and a direct gaze.
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"But to become my own man in the America I inherited, I realized I’d have to try to solve the paradox of my parents."
Read our excerpt from Wilbert L. Cooper's new #memoir, THE BLACK SHIELD:
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Want to understand why Middle East peace keeps failing? Spencer wrote the book on it. Read the full review and decide.
#books #bookreview #MiddleEastHistory #TwoStateSolution
https://smpl.is/amglx
"Back in April, bestselling #author #MegKeene came on #TheJewishAngle—with some reluctance—to talk about what she saw as a growing problem for #Jewish #writers in mainstream #publishing. She spoke about being quietly pressured from agents, #publishers and industry insiders to change Jewish characters’ names and hide #Israeli backgrounds or connections.
But rather than be excommunicated from the publishing world, her inbox filled up with messages from writers and publishers in the same situation. She’s since worked with the #AntiDefamationLeague and an offer from the publishers at #WickedSon to start her own imprint, #MegKeeneBooks.
Now #Keene is on a mission to #publish around four Jewish #fiction #books over the next year, from romance to thriller."
https://thecjn.ca/arts-culture/meg-keene-is-on-a-mission-to-discover-the-next-great-jewish-writer/
10 Museums Dedicated to History’s Greatest Authors
From Shakespeare to Neruda, explore the world’s best museums dedicated to authors and step inside the homes where literary history was written.
https://www.thecollector.com/museums-dedicated-authors/
Almost all of these authors are at PG:
Yasnaya Polyana. Leo Tolstoy's House.
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This sepia-toned photograph shows Yasnaya Polyana, the estate house of Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. The house is a long, two-story building painted a light color, with rectangular windows on both floors and two chimneys. A balcony sits in the upper center of the house, and a wooden porch is visible on the far left side.
31 Medieval Manuscripts from the Czech National Library Now Available Online
Among them is a medical manuscript containing a previously unknown copy of advice written for Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund.
https://www.medievalists.net/2026/08/medieval-manuscripts-czech-online/
Medieval manuscripts at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=medieval+manuscripts
#books #literature #old_Manuscripts
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FROM SCHOEFFER’S CANON OF THE MASS.
Title: Early Printed Books
Author: E. Gordon Duff
The page shows Latin liturgical text rendered in a gothic typeface with an ornate decorated initial letter.
“Weird” is a weird word
From Beowulf to Shakespeare to you
by Colin Gorrie
https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/weird-is-a-weird-word
Beowulf & Shakespeare at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=beowulf
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65
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Macbeth, IV, 1, Macbeth in witches cave (1829), Johann Heinrich Ramberg.
An armored figure stands watching a group of witches around a bubbling cauldron in a cave, with bats and other creatures flying overhead, small demonic imps gathering firewood, and an apparition of a bloodied infant floating in the smoke above.
The law of the innocents: Ireland’s medieval precursor to the Geneva conventions
How a seventh-century monk drew up a blueprint for modern international humanitarian law.
by Chris Doyle
Books about Medieval Ireland at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/26627
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Ancient centre of Christianity and learning: how Iona Abbey looked in the 19th century.
This view of Iona Abbey shows the Abbey in its ruinous condition before work to restore the Abbey commenced in the early C20
It shows the abbey in a ruined state, with the tower and roofless nave visible amid the rocky, coastal landscape, overlooking the Sound of Iona toward the Ross of Mull in the background.
This interactive atlas captures more than a thousand literary journeys.
https://lithub.com/this-interactive-atlas-captures-more-than-a-thousand-literary-journeys/
“Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas.” The Incendiary Power of Literature in an Era of Censorship
Kenneth C. Davis on Book Bans, Reading as Exercising, and Turning to Shorter Books in the Age of Screens
Banned books at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=banned+books
#books #literature #bannedbook
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The cover of the first English edition of the 1929 novel "All Quiet on the Western Front".
The illustration shows a German soldier in a steel helmet, rendered in an expressive, painterly style with barbed wire visible in the background.
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BOUNG. A purse. CANT.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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BOUNG. A purse. CANT.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
Moby Dick: The 19th-Century novel that challenged our fear of the 'monstrous' whale
By Elizabeth Sulis Kim
Moby Dick is available at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2701
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Title: Whale Fishery of New England
Editor: Mass.) State Street Trust Company (Boston
A small rowboat crew of whalers, harpoons in hand, approaching a large sperm whale as it thrashes at the surface with its tail raised. A larger sailing ship sits in the background.
"As many of us conclude from a life living in this country run by White people, Gayle figured the best way to stick around was to hide herself."
From Wilbert L. Cooper's new memoir, THE BLACK SHIELD: https://longreads.com/2026/08/25/the-black-shield-wilbert-l-cooper/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Dolly Parton brought music and books to the world
By Courtney Dorning, Lauren Hodges, Ailsa Chang
https://www.npr.org/2026/08/25/nx-s1-5944449/dolly-parton-brought-music-and-books-to-the-world
Her beautiful project will serve her well for years to come:
https://imaginationlibrary.com/
Total books gifted (so far): 332,411,218
R.I.P. Dolly Parton
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Dolly Parton in a 1970 RCA Records press photo.
The image shows Dolly's big blonde hair, hoop earrings, and warm smile, with a dark cap/beret visible behind her hair and what looks like a floral or animal-print detail on her top.
DRAGGLETAIL or DAGGLETAIL. One whose garments are bespattered with dag or dew: generally applied to the female sex, to signify a slattern.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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DRAGGLETAIL or DAGGLETAIL. One whose garments are bespattered with dag or dew: generally applied to the female sex, to signify a slattern.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
"Dad got his gun from the City of Cleveland. That’s where Mom got hers, too. Both are tools of policing, the Cooper family business."
In our excerpt from THE BLACK SHIELD, Wilbert L. Cooper recounts how his mother Gayle joined the police force: https://longreads.com/2026/08/25/the-black-shield-wilbert-l-cooper/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
#Longreads #Reading #Books #Cleveland #Police #Memoir #Policing
The lost golden age of language diversity
Tens of thousands of languages may have existed between 1,000 and 3,000 years ago - and their decline began well before European colonial expansion
by Damian E. Blasi, Claire Bowern, Russell D. Gray and Sandra Jacob
https://www.mpg.de/26871018/the-lost-golden-age-of-language-diversity
Books about Comparative linguistics at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/19696
#books #linguistics #antropology
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The Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure (1857–1913).
"F. Jullien Genève", maybe Frank-Henri Jullien (1882–1938)
The photo shows Saussure in profile, in high collar, cravat, dark jacket, with a distinctive mustache and side-parted hair.
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To Begin the World Again
Thomas Paine, America’s Leveller
by Brooke Allen
Common Sense by Thomas Paine at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/147
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Title page of Common Sense.
It outlines the four subjects covered: the origin of government, monarchy and hereditary succession, the state of American affairs, and America's ability for independence — with a handwritten owner's name ("W. Hamilton") inscribed at the top.
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one of the things about buying books online, i tend not to look at the page count when i'm picking out a book
which is fun, i like long books and all, but i have ah... acquired a few that are gonna take a hot minute to get through...
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photo of my youngest cat, a white with black spots lil guy, laying in front of three pretty dang thick and pretty dang old edition books: The Making of the Atomic Bomb from Richard Rhodes; The Satanic Verses from Salman Rushdie, and And The Band Played On by Randy Shilts
Most Challenged Books
Every year, the American Library Association compiles a list of the books most frequently targeted by censors based on reports from the field and media coverage.
https://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10
Banned books at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/422
#censorship #BannedBooks #books
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Stacks of books bound by string that are haphazardly thrown into a large pile
What three female figures in the Bayeux tapestry reveal about medieval women
by Natasha R. Hodgson
The women of the Bayeux tapestry tell a story as compelling and important as the main depiction of the battle.
Books about Bayeux tapestry (including La Tapisserie de la Reine Mathilde by A. Levé) at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4445
#books #history #Bayeux_Tapestry
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Queen Edith by the deathbed of King Edward from the Bayeux tapestry.
A scene from the Bayeux Tapestry, also known as the Tapestry of Queen Matilda, and formerly as the “Telle du Conquest” (meaning “Canvas of the Conquest”), is an 11th-century embroidery that has been inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register since 2007.
This is a section of the famous Bayeux Tapestry (Scenes 27-28), depicting King Edward the Confessor on his deathbed. The Latin inscription reads that King Edward, lying in bed, speaks to his faithful followers, and then shows his death and preparation of his body for burial.
Manuscript fragments hiding in plain sight shed light on medieval Guernsey’s literary life
Researchers say texts from 12th to 15th centuries ‘hint at a culture which has not even been imagined’
by Dalya Alberge
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/23/manuscript-fragments-discovery-medieval-guernsey
Books about Medieval Manuscripts at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4087
#books #literature #old_Manuscripts #heritage
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Title: Illuminated Manuscripts
Author: John W. Bradley
A leaf from a medieval illuminated manuscript featuring two columns of dense Latin Gothic script framed by a decorative vine-and-leaf border with small illuminated initial letters throughout.
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So. Und ich rufe dazu auf, Bücher bei denen das Copyright abgelaufen ist, sowohl im Internet-Archiv, als auch bei Wikipedia hochzuladen.
Bei Wikipedia gehören solche Bücher eigentlich in wikisoure.org. Da gibt es aber eine eher spezielle Community, die wrwartet, dass Uploader auch beim Korrekturkesen mitmachen.
Bis vor ein paar Jahren hat eine non-binäre Person PDFs aus dem Internetarchiv nach Wikipedia importiert. Aber nach 2 millionen von 6 millionen geplanten imports wurde die person gedoxxt und hat das projekt verlassen.
#archiveorg #wikipedia #wikisource #wikicommons #books #GLAM
New 3”x 3” stickers available in the shop!The poem is “Become”, one of my favorites from Library on Fire. https://www.nihtgengapress.com/product/become-sticker. Free shipping in the US!
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WHAT
CHOICE DO I
HAVE IN THE
DEEPEST DARK,
BUT TO BECOME
THE STARS?
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I've read Douglas Preston's "The Blasphemy" and it was pretty good.
The synopsis is that the US government has built the largest particle accelerator ever, in the remote area of Arizona, and a small team of scientists are about to get it running. However, as it is about to reach full power, they suddenly start losing output and a mysterious "greetings" appears on the main screen. Suspecting prank malware, they decide not to report it upstairs but to resolve it themselves. However, with no progress and suspiciously piling up problems, an ex-CIA operative is sent to investigate, under the cover of liaison tasked with improving the relations with the local Navajo people. On top of that, a lobbyist wanting to see their contract renewed engages with a televangelist to put some pressure on the project.
The book sets a mystery quite really, and keeps you caught in it to the very end. It's also packed with action. You get annoyed by politics, corruption and fundamentalism. You get mystified by the philosophical and theological problems. At some point, you just keep reading to see how the events unfold.
Apparently it's a part of Wyman Ford series, but the story is self-contained.
The Best Psychological Horror Books
recommended by Tabitha Potts
https://fivebooks.com/best-books/the-best-psychological-horror-books-tabitha-potts/
At PG:
"The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner"
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2276
"Carmilla"
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10007
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The black-and-white cover of "Carmilla" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu shows two girls in the woods, both wearing Victorian clothing. The girl on the right stands with long light hair, while the girl on the left, who has dark hair, might be sitting.
"Hallo" said Piglet, "What are you doing?" "Tracking something" said Winnie-the Pooh very mysteriously. "Tracking what?" said Piglet, coming closer. "That's just what I ask myself. I ask myself, What?"
Winnie-the-Pooh
~A. A. Milne (18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956)
In which 'Winnie-the-Pooh' turns 100
by Samantha Balaban
Winnie-the-Pooh at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67098
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On the cover of Winnie-the-Pooh there are two drawings.
Below the title and the author's name, there's a picture of a boy and four rabbits trying to pull a small bear out of a hole on a grassy slope. The boy has taken hold of the bear's paws. He leans back and tugs. The rabbits line up behind him, pulling at the boy's waist.
Above the title, in the upper right corner of the cover, is the second picture. It shows the same bear hanging from a string that's attached to a balloon, which is floating off into the sky. The bear is surrounded by a swarm of insects.
Rare 300-Year-Old Book by Forgotten Dutch Master Resurfaces
The Van Eeghen Drawing Book, newly donated to the Rijksmuseum, holds works attributed to Rombout van Uylenburgh, the cousin of Rembrandt's wife.
by Vittoria Benzine
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/rijksmuseum-rombout-uylenburgh-van-eeghen-book-2799213
Books about Dutch art at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=dutch+art
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A highlight of the Van Eeghen Drawing Book, titled Announcing to the Shepherds. Photo: courtesy of Rijksmuseum.
This is a monochromatic blue-toned drawing depicting what appears to be a religious or biblical scene, showing an angel appearing in the clouds above shepherds and their flock, surrounded by cherubs, with sheep and cattle visible in the foreground landscape below.
The coeds of 1894
In the 1890s, MIT alumnae weren’t expected to have meaningful careers. The women of the Class of 1894 proved that assumption wrong.
By Mackenzie White
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/23/1138330/the-coeds-of-1894/
Books in Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/706
#books #science #architecture #womenInStem
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Marion Mahony Griffin and Walter Burley Griffin gardening in the backyard of "Pholiota", Heidelberg, Victoria, 1918.
"What truly binds together this movement is a desire for freedom from, if not total control over, nation-states; a belief in the superiority, either innate or engineered, of a superior class of elite coders and engineers; and a complete rejection of any conception of social responsibility or equality under the law."
Ali Winston reviews @gilduran 's #TheNerdReich: #SiliconValley Fascism and the War on Democracy
https://thebaffler.com/latest/revenge-of-the-nerds-winston
#tech #BigTech #SiliconValleyRight #books @bookstodon
The Other Anguissolas: Four Forgotten Renaissance Women Painters Take the Spotlight
Everyone knows Sofonisba Anguissola. Now, her overlooked artist sisters are getting their due at a new exhibition in Oslo.
by Jo Lawson-Tancred
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/sofonisba-anguissola-sisters-2798807
Books about Art, Renaissance at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/3037
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The artist's sisters are depicted in The Game of Chess, 1555. National Museum in Poznań.
Lucia (left), Minerva (right) and Europa (middle) Anguissola playing chess.
The painting depicts three of the artist's sisters playing chess together, with an elderly servant woman looking on from the right, set against a landscape background.
The Errant Translator: Field Notes
Artist and translator Sawako Nakayasu considers a multiplicity of approaches to translations.
Books about French fiction -- Translations into English at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/5605
#books #literature #translation
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Stein in her Paris studio, with a portrait of her by Pablo Picasso, and other modern art paintings hanging on the wall (before 1910).
Gertrude Stein sits on a sofa in her Paris studio, wearing a dark robe, with a book open on her lap. The walls around her are covered with Cubist paintings, and directly above her hangs Picasso's iconic portrait of her. A small table with drawers and decorative objects stands to her right.
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#LongReads pod welcomes #media critic #AdamJohnson to talk about his book, #HowToSellAGenocide: The Media's Complicity in the Destruction of #Gaza, all royalties from which go to Middle East Children's Alliance
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The Lost Vocabulary of Whaling - A forensic glossary
AFTER 250 YEARS OF EXPLOITATION, what remains is a graveyard of vocabulary and tools.
By Sarah Sax
Art By Ella Frances Sanders
Books about Whaling at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/11
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Title: Sea Monsters Unmasked, and Sea Fables Explained
Author: Henry Lee
An engraving depicting whaling, showing several large whales spouting water at the ocean's surface, with small whaling boats and a larger ship visible in the background.
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"Literature, like youth, is wasted on the young."
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Some of the most trusted political voices in 18th-century Britain were fictional – why this tradition lives on
by Adam J Smith
A fictional astrologist, parrot, Chinese philosopher and midwife wrote biting and sought after political satire in the 18th-century.
Books about Political satire at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/1040
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Playwright and novelist Eliza Haywood, by George Vertue, 1725.
The engraving shows her in an ornate oval frame decorated with a ribbon bow at top, with her name inscribed below, and credits "Parmentier pinx." (painter) and "Vertue sculp." (engraver).
GAMBADOES. Leathern cases of stiff leather, used in Devonshire instead of boots; they are fastened to the saddle, and admit the leg, shoe and all: the name was at first jocularly given.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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GAMBADOES. Leathern cases of stiff leather, used in Devonshire instead of boots; they are fastened to the saddle, and admit the leg, shoe and all: the name was at first jocularly given.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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An historian, Nicole von Germeten, on the male code of honor in the Spanish Empire c.1600:
"In theory, honor was a burden to a man, a moral standard to maintain and to protect the reputation of himself and his household, but in practice, men might act immorally as long as they did not attract too much publicity.
"Honor was not a code that elite men lived by or aspired to, but something invoked after the fact [if they were prosecuted]."
She also discusses some men who acted admirably (in my opinion), such as a governor who legally intervened to protect an enslaved woman who was tortured by her "owner." But interestingly, the governor didn't cite honor as his justification for doing something good; while the torturer did cite honor, since (in his view) the woman had to be punished for violating sexual norms.
Fascinating stuff! #masculinity #honor #history #patriarchy #books
SPARKING BLOWS. Blows given by cocks before they close, or, as the term is, mouth it: used figuratively for words previous to a quarrel.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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SPARKING BLOWS. Blows given by cocks before they close, or, as the term is, mouth it: used figuratively for words previous to a quarrel.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
On That Disgraceful, Disreputable, (Wonderful) Form of Punctuation: The Parenthesis
Florence Hazrat on the Contentious History of a (Perfect) Literary Tool
Books about Punctuation at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/5744
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Title: Punctuation personified or, pointing made easy
Author: Mr. Stops
This is a children's book illustration, showing a fantastical figure whose body is constructed entirely from punctuation marks (commas, parentheses, exclamation points, question marks, brackets, quotation marks, an ampersand-like symbol, and asterisks) with a human head, floating hand holding a small book, positioned before two children seated on a decorative sofa within an ornate curtained stage setting.
Submerged memory: C.S. Lewis and the art of forgetting
by Henry Oliver
https://www.commonreader.co.uk/p/submerged-memory-cs-lewis-and-the
More information about C.S. Lewis:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis
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The undergraduates of University College, Trinity term 1917.
A black-and-white studio portrait photograph of a young man, likely a university student, wearing a suit jacket, white collared shirt, and dark tie. He has neatly combed dark hair and a serious expression.
I chat about chapters 1 & 2 of Stoner by John Williams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIezmXemJOc
#philosophy #books #author #reading #existentialism #camus #video #youtube #shorts #RidleyPark
SHARP. Subtle, acute, quick-witted; also a sharper or cheat, in opposition to a flat, dupe, or gull. Sharp's the word and quick's the motion with him; said of any one very attentive to his own interest, and apt to take all advantages. Sharp set; hungry.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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SHARP. Subtle, acute, quick-witted; also a sharper or cheat, in opposition to a flat, dupe, or gull. Sharp's the word and quick's the motion with him; said of any one very attentive to his own interest, and apt to take all advantages. Sharp set; hungry.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
"#SuzyUltman has been delighting us for years, ever since the algorithm gods placed her adorable felt “#Shalom” pennant on our feeds. Since then, the #awardwinning #author, #illustrator and #productdesigner has brought so much #Jewishjoy into our lives through her #art and the many #Jewish #children’s #books she’s #written and #illustrated.
Suzy’s newest #book might be the most exciting yet: “The Art of Jewish Joy” comes out this week and includes 50 #crafts to celebrate Jewish #holidays and #traditions. (Plus, we’re partnering with Suzy and her co-author #AmandaKingloff on a #RoshHashanah card-making class — learn more here!)
We asked Suzy to share the things that bring her Jewish joy, and not surprisingly, her answers are as delightful as her art."
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To delight in reading is to trade life’s dreary moments for moments of pure joy.
[Aimer à lire, c’est faire un échange des heures d’ennui que l’lon doit avoir en sa vie contre des heures délicieuses.]
Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689–1755) French political philosopher
Pensées Diverses [Assorted Thoughts], # 1632 / 1143 (1720-1755) [ed. Guterman (1963)]
More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montesquieu/78314/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montesquieu #pensees #books #boredom #delight #dreariness #ennui #entertainment #joy #meme #pleasure #reading
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KINCHIN. A little child. Kinchin coes; orphan beggar boys, educated in thieving. Kinchin morts; young girls under the like circumstances and training. Kinchin morts, or coes in slates; beggars' children carried at their mother's backs in sheets.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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KINCHIN. A little child. Kinchin coes; orphan beggar boys, educated in thieving. Kinchin morts; young girls under the like circumstances and training. Kinchin morts, or coes in slates; beggars' children carried at their mother's backs in sheets.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
"Passo tempos, passo silêncios, mundos sem forma passam por mim."
"I pass times, I pass silences, formless worlds pass me by."
The Book of Disquiet
~Fernando Pessoa
R.K. Hegelman on Fernando Pessoa, “an extreme and singular figure in a modern poetic tradition that views poems not just as texts, but as gnostic vehicles of self-annihilation and worldly renovation.”
Books by Fernando Pessoa at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/9005
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Photograph of Fernando Pessoa.
Pessoa is shown wearing round wire-framed glasses, a mustache, a fedora hat, and a suit with a tie.
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I was delighted this week to receive an advance copy of my new book, Train Europe - a collection of twenty rail itineraries devised by me.
Very happy with the look and feel of it: with lots of colour and images to accentuate the text.
Train Europe will be in bookshops on 29 September 2026. To pre-order a copy online, follow this link: https://hardiegrant.lnk.to/traineurope
#train #trains #Europe #book #books @bookstodon
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Cover of Train Europe, featuring a fast red train.
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Interior pages of Train Europe, featuring a Scandinavian itinerary.
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Interior pages of Train Europe, featuring a section about Britain and Ireland.
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Interior pages of Train Europe, featuring a section about Christmas markets.
BUM FODDER. Soft paper for the necessary house or torchecul.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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BUM FODDER. Soft paper for the necessary house or torchecul.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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"The Shortest History of Germany" by the Englishman James Hawes has a central thesis: there are, and always have been, two "Germanies": the one west of the Elbe, originally Roman, then Catholic, then West Germany; and the one to its east, originally Slavic, never conquered by Rome, later protestant and Prussian, then the heartland of nazism, and then East Germany. Even after reunification, the distinction continues.
German Mastodonners: what do you make of this theory?
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RE: https://ecoevo.social/@benlockwood/117111225982253256
How. Disgusting. 🤮 21st century book burning.
#bookBurning #Scamazon #bookDestruction #AI #LLMs #rareBooks #books #GrandTheftAutoComplete
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@404mediaco nailing it again. Tracking order of #books to be consumed by #Amazon for #AI training.
The logo for the group splitting the books is a cartoonishly evil looking dinosaur raptor about to (apparently) tear a book apart.
You can't make this stuff up.
TO DAWB. To bribe. The cull was scragged because he could not dawb; the rogue was hanged because he could not bribe. All bedawbed with lace; all over lace.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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TO DAWB. To bribe. The cull was scragged because he could not dawb; the rogue was hanged because he could not bribe. All bedawbed with lace; all over lace.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
"An #American #Jewish #woman has been elected as #president of the #Catholic #Biblical Association of America for the first time.
#Professor #AmyJillLevine was elected at the 88th annual meeting and will serve as #CBA president for the 2026–2027 year.
#Levine is a #NewTestament #scholar. She is currently #University Professor Emerita of #Vanderbilt #DivinitySchool and also the Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler Distinguished Professor of New Testament and #JewishStudies at the #HartfordInternational University for #Religion and Peace.
35 Hilarious Reading Memes for Bookworms Who Have No Shelf-Control
https://www.rd.com/list/reading-memes/
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Open books stack up from the floor.
"Do we lose something when we no longer get lost?"
Shayla Love for The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-inquiry/gps-and-the-lost-art-of-getting-lost
#Longreads #Books #GPS #Navigation #Maps #Directions #Satellite
Discover more fascinating calligraphy & illumination titles in our catalogue!
Of the Just Shaping of Letters by Albrecht Dürer:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37103
Writing and Drawing Made Easy, Amusing and Instructive by William Chinnery:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44815
The Art and Craft of Printing by William Morris:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31596
Illumination and Its Development in the Present Day by Sidney Farnsworth:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48157
Library ‘illuminates’ art of calligraphy at downtown branch
Spokane Public Library is celebrating the art of lettering with local author and illustrator Karyn Jeffrey.
By Rachel Baker
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/aug/17/library-illuminates-art-of-calligraphy-at-downtown/
Books about Calligraphy at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/39737
#books #literature #calligraphy
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Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering
Author: Edward Johnston
Contributor: A. E. R. Gill
Illustrator: Noel Rooke
This is a calligraphy instructional diagram, showing pen angle technique and letterforms for a broad-edge/straight pen script.
Nothing is Boring. Arnold Bennett's Self Help
And reading advice from John Stuart Mill
by Henry Oliver
https://www.commonreader.co.uk/p/nothing-is-boring-arnold-bennetts
Books by Arnold Bennett (including How to Live on 24 Hours a Day) at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/859
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Bennett in 1928.
He is shown seated in what appears to be a study or office, wearing a suit with a mustache, hands clasped in his lap, with a desk covered in papers to his left.
BOW-WOW SHOP. A salesman's shop in Monmouth-street; so called because the servant barks, and the master bites. See BARKER.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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BOW-WOW SHOP. A salesman's shop in Monmouth-street; so called because the servant barks, and the master bites. See BARKER.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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JAKES. A house of office, a cacatorium.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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JAKES. A house of office, a cacatorium.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
Johannes Gutenberg & the Invention of the Printing Press
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.
by Anisia Iacob (from the archives)
https://www.thecollector.com/johannes-gutenberg-printing-press/
Check out this fascinating report on the Gutenberg Museum, written by Eric Hellman. (@gluejar )
https://www.gutenberg.org/newsletter/
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New Inventions of Modern Times ,Nova Reperta, The Invention of Book Printing, plate 4, print, Jan Collaert I, after Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (MET, 34.30(5)).
It depicts a busy 16th-century printing workshop showing various stages of the printing process.
Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie Humaine is a Hindu mandala
The 19th-century novelist Honoré de Balzac was Catholic, French to the core and obsessed with the material details of French society. Yet there is something profoundly Hindu in the way he sought to understand the world.
by Harsh Trivedi (from the archives)
https://theconversation.com/honore-de-balzacs-la-comedie-humaine-is-a-hindu-mandala-262151
Books by Balzac at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/251
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Title page of Honoré de Balzac's Cousin Bette (1846).
It is showing a woman in dark mourning-style dress sitting on a stool beside a bed, watching over a figure lying beneath the covers in a sparse attic room with exposed wooden beams and a small skylight.