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[?]your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 » 🌐
@blogdiva@mastodon.social

OMG this list is an instaclassic ―and makes me feel totally seen. the last one ―which i resented having to read in high school― is totally spot on.

» 9 Cult Classic Books That Don’t Deserve The Hype screenrant.com/overrated-cult-

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

    CHAPT. Dry or thirsty.

    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): CHAPT. Dry or thirsty. 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): CHAPT. Dry or thirsty. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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

      Why Willa Cather Is America’s Most Underrated Storyteller

      The renowned author built her career telling stories about the people who carved a life for themselves in the brutal landscape of the Great Plains.

      thecollector.com/willa-cather-

      Cather at PG:

      gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/22

      This 1973 United States postage stamp honors Willa Cather. At the top, it says “US 8c” and “AMERICAN NOVELIST,” while Cather’s name appears at the bottom. On the left, there is a profile portrait of Cather with her dark hair styled up. To the right, a prairie scene appears beneath a rainbow, showing a pioneer family with a horse-drawn covered wagon.

      Alt...This 1973 United States postage stamp honors Willa Cather. At the top, it says “US 8c” and “AMERICAN NOVELIST,” while Cather’s name appears at the bottom. On the left, there is a profile portrait of Cather with her dark hair styled up. To the right, a prairie scene appears beneath a rainbow, showing a pioneer family with a horse-drawn covered wagon.

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

        Stop adapting Jane Austen! Five other 18th-century writers perfect for the screen

        From Eliza Haywood to Anne Radcliffe, there are other great 18-century writers whose work would be great on screen.

        by Amy Louise Blaney

        theconversation.com/stop-adapt

        Most of the books are available at PG:
        gutenberg.org/ebooks/6124
        gutenberg.org/ebooks/50054
        gutenberg.org/ebooks/6053
        gutenberg.org/ebooks/3268

        Charlotte Lenox, Frances Burney and Eliza Haywood are three other female writers whose work is ripe for adaptation. A monochrome miniature with elaborate updo hairstyle in a silver frame; a color painting of a woman in a large ribboned hat; and an engraved portrait in a decorative oval frame.

        Alt...Charlotte Lenox, Frances Burney and Eliza Haywood are three other female writers whose work is ripe for adaptation. A monochrome miniature with elaborate updo hairstyle in a silver frame; a color painting of a woman in a large ribboned hat; and an engraved portrait in a decorative oval frame.

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

          Worth a Thousand Words: The Literary Map Painting Collection

          by: Julie Stoner

          blogs.loc.gov/maps/2026/09/wor

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

          A Tale of Two Cities from the Book by Charles Dickens. Everett Henry, 1957. Geography and Map Division. Illustrated pictorial map for "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens. It overlays street maps of London and Paris (Thames and Seine visible) with vignette scenes from the novel—coaches, the Bastille storming, a burning building, revolutionary mobs—plus a central French Revolution scene.

          Alt...A Tale of Two Cities from the Book by Charles Dickens. Everett Henry, 1957. Geography and Map Division. Illustrated pictorial map for "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens. It overlays street maps of London and Paris (Thames and Seine visible) with vignette scenes from the novel—coaches, the Bastille storming, a burning building, revolutionary mobs—plus a central French Revolution scene.

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

            LIVE STOCK. Lice or fleas.

            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): LIVE STOCK. Lice or fleas. 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): LIVE STOCK. Lice or fleas. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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

              Why the places we love in books can never quite be found in real life

              by Rebecca Hutcheon

              From Hardy’s Wessex to Brontë country, literary tourists may be chasing places that never quite existed as they imagine them.

              theconversation.com/why-the-pl

              Thomas Hardy's birthplace and cottage at Higher Bockhampton, where Under the Greenwood Tree and Far from the Madding Crowd were written. A thatched-roof brick cottage with green-trimmed windows, climbing roses, and a garden with rounded topiary shrubs and a small wheelbarrow along a gravel path.

              Alt...Thomas Hardy's birthplace and cottage at Higher Bockhampton, where Under the Greenwood Tree and Far from the Madding Crowd were written. A thatched-roof brick cottage with green-trimmed windows, climbing roses, and a garden with rounded topiary shrubs and a small wheelbarrow along a gravel path.

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

                UK mathematician debunks myth around Parthenon’s optical illusions

                Study challenges belief that temple’s curves were designed to correct optical illusions that would have ruined its clean lines

                by Ian Sample

                theguardian.com/science/2026/s

                Original article:
                royalsocietypublishing.org/rso

                Remains of the Parthenon. Title: The penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, issue 35, October 20, 1832 Editor: Charles Knight Engraving of the Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens. Shows the classical Doric temple's colonnade and partially damaged pediment/frieze, with decorative relief sculptures visible along the entablature, and rocky terrain in the foreground.

                Alt...Remains of the Parthenon. Title: The penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, issue 35, October 20, 1832 Editor: Charles Knight Engraving of the Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens. Shows the classical Doric temple's colonnade and partially damaged pediment/frieze, with decorative relief sculptures visible along the entablature, and rocky terrain in the foreground.

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                  [?]Brian Sletten » 🌐
                  @bsletten@mastodon.social

                  Oops, I did it again…

                  bosatsu.net/blog/posts/modern-

                    [?]vga256 » 🌐
                    @vga256@mastodon.tomodori.net

                    one of my local indie used bookstores has a $1 section at the back of the store so as not to offend the eye, replete with literary titles like "SIMULACRUM 9" and "Six Great Table Settings for an English Dinner Party"

                    today i walked home with $4 of absolute joy. the rarest steak of the bunch is this copy of Deathwatch, which was required reading in my grade 7 english class. our provincial government decided that this was the best way make 13 year old boys literate again. 😂

                    Four books. Top left, clockwise: Deathwatch by Robb White: In the Desert without clothes, food or water, and hunted by a madman with a .358 Magnum. Bogey: The Man, The Actor, The Legend, by Jonah Ruddy and Jonathan Hill Heathcliff: The Best of Friends Sweet Valley High: Spring Break Super Edition, by Francine Pascal

                    Alt...Four books. Top left, clockwise: Deathwatch by Robb White: In the Desert without clothes, food or water, and hunted by a madman with a .358 Magnum. Bogey: The Man, The Actor, The Legend, by Jonah Ruddy and Jonathan Hill Heathcliff: The Best of Friends Sweet Valley High: Spring Break Super Edition, by Francine Pascal

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

                      "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
                      Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;..."
                      Opening lines

                      in 1819.

                      After walking along the River Itchen in Hampshire, England, the 24-year-old poet John Keats composed what would become one of the most beloved fall poems in the English language: the aptly titled “To Autumn.” via @lithub

                      To Autumn is available at PG:
                      gutenberg.org/cache/epub/23684

                      Posthumous portrait by William Hilton, c. 1822. Keats rests his chin on his hand, gazing thoughtfully into the distance, with an open book before him.

                      Alt...Posthumous portrait by William Hilton, c. 1822. Keats rests his chin on his hand, gazing thoughtfully into the distance, with an open book before him.

                        [?]Hebrew by Inbal » 🌐
                        @hebrewbyinbal@babka.social

                        Loving this picture and message from Janet:

                        “Just arived!!!

                        Thanx so much and have a good fast!

                        Shabbat Shalom”

                        I can never say it enough, the blessing it is to teach Hebrew around the world. Entering wonderful homes of all faiths and cultures is such a gift. And sharing in their excitement fuels me to continue!

                        Thank you Janet and I love the table! 🧡

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                          [?]Nils M Holm [they/them, he/him] » 🌐
                          @AverageDog@mastodon.social

                          Thinking about a x86_64 edition of Practical Compiler Construction (t3x.org/reload/). The compiler in the book currently targets the 386, which, as I understand it, is no longer state of the art. :)
                          What do you think? Would it make sense to update the book? And then the compiler currently targets FreeBSD. Maybe the new edition should use Linux instead?
                          Just thinking out loud at the moment.

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

                            Scientists Studied 185,896 Miles of Roman Roads—and That’s Still the ‘Tip of the Iceberg’

                            After developing the biggest-ever map of Roman roads, a team of archaeologists has found that some of our most basic assumptions about them may be way off.

                            By Gayoung Lee

                            gizmodo.com/the-biggest-map-of

                            Original article:
                            nature.com/articles/s41467-026

                            Books about Rome -- Antiquities at PG:
                            gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/7

                            Title: The Bible in its Making: The most Wonderful Book in the World Author: Mildred Duff Noel Hope Engraving captioned "The Old Roman Road, Down Which St. Paul Travelled into Rome, As It Appears To-day." Shows a dirt road bordered by ruins and scrubby vegetation, with a distant cityscape.

                            Alt...Title: The Bible in its Making: The most Wonderful Book in the World Author: Mildred Duff Noel Hope Engraving captioned "The Old Roman Road, Down Which St. Paul Travelled into Rome, As It Appears To-day." Shows a dirt road bordered by ruins and scrubby vegetation, with a distant cityscape.

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

                              Misunderstanding the Genius of Jules Verne – And Why It Matters to Science Fiction

                              "In our cultural obsession with celebrating Verne's technological prescience...we've overlooked the nuanced and insightful things he has to say about how technology functions within human society."

                              by ANASTASIA KLIMCHYNSKAYA

                              reactormag.com/misunderstandin

                              Books by Jules Verne at PG:
                              gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/60

                              Frontispiece. PROJECTILE TRAINS FOR THE MOON. FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON, DIRECT IN NINETY-SEVEN HOURS AND TWENTY MINUTES: AND A TRIP ROUND IT: by JULES VERNE Vintage engraving of a bullet-shaped space projectile drifting through starry space near a cratered moon.

                              Alt...Frontispiece. PROJECTILE TRAINS FOR THE MOON. FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON, DIRECT IN NINETY-SEVEN HOURS AND TWENTY MINUTES: AND A TRIP ROUND IT: by JULES VERNE Vintage engraving of a bullet-shaped space projectile drifting through starry space near a cratered moon.

                                [?]Michelle » 🌐
                                @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                “Divine” from Library on Fire, SOLD OUT

                                Thank you for supporting an independent poet! 🖤✨

                                A page from the book Library on Fire by Michelle Joy Gallagher Soffe, it is a poem that reads: Divine Bloody fingered I divine A place of Meaning Out of time, Marked in Stone.

                                Alt...A page from the book Library on Fire by Michelle Joy Gallagher Soffe, it is a poem that reads: Divine Bloody fingered I divine A place of Meaning Out of time, Marked in Stone.

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                                  [?]vga256 » 🌐
                                  @vga256@mastodon.tomodori.net

                                  it took 25+ years of searches, but i finally struck paydirt this morning: a legit, retail copy of FirstClass BBS for the macintosh

                                  the backstory: in 1995, my redneck farm school managed to get an entire lab of twenty Mac LC's, and one of the machines was tucked off in a corner to run "FirstClass" for the entire school using an external 14.4k Global Village Teleport modem.

                                  i was already a bbs kid by this point, but i had never heard of FC. all of the boards i visited were PC/ANSI boards running software like Oblivion/2, Iniquity, PCBoard or Wildcat. i had never even *heard* of a macintosh bbs. our computer teacher managed to get a landline number for the modem, and encouraged me to call it from home.

                                  when i connected from home, i was nonplussed - the board was black/white ASCII with some of the worst menus i had ever seen. i browsed a few of the conferences and logged out. a "lamer board" if i had ever seen one.

                                  the next day, i made my opinion unswervingly clear to my computer teacher: "Your board sucks Mr. M!"

                                  He chuckled, "What? First Class is great! It's you DOS guys that suck."

                                  he motioned to a nearby LC and opened a program called FirstClass Client. it showed a login dialog; he hammered in his u/p and a few seconds later, he was logged in to the BBS over the LAN.

                                  ...... except, it was all graphical! the entire board was a rich mac OS gui. navigation between file areas and message conferences was by opening and closing windows, and clicking on buttons. no ascii/ANSI characters. downloading a file was just plain drag and drop from the server's folder to your desktop.

                                  i had never seen anything like it: a bbs that functioned more like an operating system and windowing environment. it was a *decade* ahead of anything i had seen in ms-dos

                                  that experience left a huge impression on me. i never found any bbs that felt as good as FC before or afterward, and spent years trying to find a legit copy of it. because it was insanely expensive ($800+) it was mostly sold to educational and corporate institutions, and very few copies ever showed up on ebay. until today. i can't wait to receive this in a few weeks, and begin documenting
                                  and archiving the contents.

                                  fwiw - i wrote a much longer version of this story, and many others about the 90s bbs era, in my book Mages & Modems: A Childhood Well-Wasted in the Golden Age of Personal Computers, Games, and Internet Piracy:
                                  tomotama.com/books

                                  A brown cardboard box of FirstClass Server by SoftArc Inc. It shows a 3D globe illustration on the cover.

                                  Alt...A brown cardboard box of FirstClass Server by SoftArc Inc. It shows a 3D globe illustration on the cover.

                                  A window running FirstClass Server in macintosh system 7. It shows a Desktop folder, with many sub-folders in it like Mailbox, News, Conferences, Help, Log Files and Hard Disk. The entire bbs is set up like a large collection of folders.

                                  Alt...A window running FirstClass Server in macintosh system 7. It shows a Desktop folder, with many sub-folders in it like Mailbox, News, Conferences, Help, Log Files and Hard Disk. The entire bbs is set up like a large collection of folders.

                                  Composing an e-mail in FirstClass Client 3.5. It shows a "send" postmark stamp on the sent email. Meanwhile, a file transfer is in process in a tiny window.

                                  Alt...Composing an e-mail in FirstClass Client 3.5. It shows a "send" postmark stamp on the sent email. Meanwhile, a file transfer is in process in a tiny window.

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                                    [?]gclef » 🌐
                                    @gclef@social.vivaldi.net

                                    Reading for pleasure is linked with structural brain changes and a laundry list of positive effects, including improved mental health and reduced risk of cognitive decline. A survey of evidence for the benefits of cracking a book also notes that starting young is linked to better attention, memory, executive function, academic achievement and fewer mental health problems. The key, says neuropsychologist Barbara Sahakian, is pleasure. “Read for enjoyment, as you will read more often and longer.”

                                    newscientist.com/article/25890

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

                                      KNIGHT OF THE WHIP. A coachman.

                                      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): KNIGHT OF THE WHIP. A 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): KNIGHT OF THE WHIP. A coachman. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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

                                        Books by Hemans, Landon, Wordsworth, Robinson, Barbauld, Opie, Wollstonecraft, Smith, Hays, Dacre, Austen at PG:
                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/53
                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/46
                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/33
                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/31
                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/53
                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/37
                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/84
                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/41
                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68
                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/17
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                                          [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
                                          @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

                                          The Unsung Female Authors of English Romantic Literature

                                          Read about the remarkable women who took part in the Romantic movement and challenged male-dominated narratives.

                                          by Dr. Victoria C. Roskams

                                          thecollector.com/female-author


                                          1/2

                                          Engraving of Mary Tighe. She's shown with long loose brown hair, a white turban-style headwrap, and a flowing white/cream gown, against a warm reddish background.

                                          Alt...Engraving of Mary Tighe. She's shown with long loose brown hair, a white turban-style headwrap, and a flowing white/cream gown, against a warm reddish background.

                                          Accusa segreta by Francesco Hayez, c. 1847-48. A woman in a green gown and black veil stands on a Venetian loggia holding a letter, a worried expression on her face, with the Venetian lagoon and Santa Maria della Salute visible behind her.

                                          Alt...Accusa segreta by Francesco Hayez, c. 1847-48. A woman in a green gown and black veil stands on a Venetian loggia holding a letter, a worried expression on her face, with the Venetian lagoon and Santa Maria della Salute visible behind her.

                                            [?]Philosophics » 🌐
                                            @microglyphics@mastodon.social

                                            📚 I assembled 10 fiction novel recommendations and decided to make a post on Substack.

                                            brywillis634737.substack.com/p

                                            Then I asked Z.ai to profile me based on the results. It was a nice exercise. I chose GLM because I don;t interact with it as much, so it doesn't already have an established profile.

                                              Evan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸 boosted

                                              [?]ReadingTheDots (Lynn I) » 🌐
                                              @ReadingTheDots@social.vivaldi.net

                                              "When the World Sleeps: Stories, Words, and Wounds of Palestine" by Francesca Albanese. My rating: 5 out of 5 stars. Published in 2026.

                                              Book description: The first woman to serve as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories conveys the soul of a people through ten unforgettable stories of resilience and humanity. The spirit of a place lies in the people who inhabit it, in the stories that intertwine through its streets. And this is especially true of a land like Palestine, the witness to defining historical transitions and stage to one of the most painful chapters in contemporary history.

                                              These stories are compelling and bring out the human experience and trauma. They helped to broaden my understanding. I'm so glad I read this book.

                                              @bookstodon

                                                [?]Michelle » 🌐
                                                @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                Untitled poem from Disremembering, my first volume of poetry now available for pre-order at nihtgengapress.com!

                                                Books arrive Saturday and will be shipped first thing Monday!

                                                Thank you for supporting an independent poet 🖤✨

                                                A poem from the book Disremembering by Michelle Joy Gallagher Soffe It reads The dead don't Haunt the living, The living Haunt the dead. While time is a hell That haunts itself.

                                                Alt...A poem from the book Disremembering by Michelle Joy Gallagher Soffe It reads The dead don't Haunt the living, The living Haunt the dead. While time is a hell That haunts itself.

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                                                  [?]✨ Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋 » 🌐
                                                  @bibliolater@social.vivaldi.net

                                                  📚️ 🇺🇸

                                                  Confederacy Myth: How an Insurrection of Slaveholders Tried to Destroy the United States

                                                  "In his new book, Williams reveals the truth about the Confederacy by unraveling its myths and uncovering its perilous political tactics, irate ideologies, reckless brand of warfare, impotent governance, and enduring commitment to slavery."

                                                  🔗 us.macmillan.com/books/9781250

                                                    [?]vga256 » 🌐
                                                    @vga256@mastodon.tomodori.net

                                                    as the shadows grow longer into september my thoughts often drift to the north, which has some of the most beautiful crisp autumns of vibrant yellows and reds among the boreal greens.

                                                    this weird thrifting find fit that autumn palette perfectly. this modern gold rush book was printed by a tiny indie publisher in the 1970s, complete with hand drawn maps for local streams and building plans for hand-mining equipment. it is redolent of the kind of book you’d find in a rock collecting hobbyist shop, selling only a few dozen copies.

                                                    the best parts are its stories about the 1870s gold rushes - of secret creeks and dying miner’s spoken maps to paydirt.

                                                    besides, who doesnt love four different typefaces on the front cover. one of them is the best one. you get zero guesses.

                                                    The front cover of The Guide to Gold Panning in British Columbia: Gold, Regions, Methods of mining and other data, by NL Barlee. It shows a photo of a miner in the 1920s filling a sluice box with dirt.

                                                    Alt...The front cover of The Guide to Gold Panning in British Columbia: Gold, Regions, Methods of mining and other data, by NL Barlee. It shows a photo of a miner in the 1920s filling a sluice box with dirt.

                                                    A page from the book showing a map of the Atlin Region. It shows a hand drawn map of many creeks and rivers along with gold strike info

                                                    Alt...A page from the book showing a map of the Atlin Region. It shows a hand drawn map of many creeks and rivers along with gold strike info

                                                    A detailed project plan for building a rocker style mining sluice. It is hand drawn drafting style side views of the box with measurements.

                                                    Alt...A detailed project plan for building a rocker style mining sluice. It is hand drawn drafting style side views of the box with measurements.

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

                                                      « FMEP President Lara Friedman speaks with historian and author Dr. about the 's role in the , and about her newly-published book on this topic, " : How the Media Manufactured Consent for Genocide." »

                                                      youtube.com/watch?v=AHAbHmtS_5A
                                                      @bookstodon

                                                        [?]Nonya Bidniss » 🌐
                                                        @Nonya_Bidniss@infosec.exchange

                                                        Any long series of you're reading over time? Maybe spaced out between a variety of other books? Here are a few series I've been reading over a span of months or even more than a year.

                                                        • Foreigner series by CJ Cherryh (books)
                                                        • First Law and following books by Joe Abercrombie (audiobooks)
                                                        • Sun Eater series by Christopher Ruocchio (audiobooks)

                                                        I'm mostly caught up on other series from several favorite authors but always hoping for more in their universes...e.g., Alastair Reynolds, Peter F. Hamilton, Ann Leckie, Adrian Tchaikovsky. Occasionally re-read an Iain M. Banks Culture novel, I only have 3 left to re-read. Thinking about another go at Discworld.

                                                          [?]Longreads » 🌐
                                                          @longreads@mastodon.world

                                                          "The public commons is a place people stop at on their way somewhere else. Everyone eats the same value meal because there’s nothing else to eat."

                                                          An excerpt from Gabe Bullard’s new book, AGAINST CONVENIENCE:
                                                          longreads.com/2026/09/15/conve

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

                                                            How Did Gutenberg's Printing Press Work?

                                                            It's one of the most famous inventions of all time: Johannes' Gutenberg's printing press, which birthed the Gutenberg Bible and inspired book-makers around the world. But how did it work?

                                                            youtube.com/watch?v=6Lmm_MYsMCU

                                                            This anonymous portrait shows Johannes Gutenberg from the chest up. He has a dark brown beard and mustache that cover his jaw and upper lip. He wears a large, dark hat that looks like fur, along with a white, ruffled collar.

                                                            Alt...This anonymous portrait shows Johannes Gutenberg from the chest up. He has a dark brown beard and mustache that cover his jaw and upper lip. He wears a large, dark hat that looks like fur, along with a white, ruffled collar.

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

                                                              Agatha Christie's 11-Day Disappearance May Not Be Such a Mystery After All

                                                              Christie herself explained the circumstances behind her legendary disappearance in an interview.

                                                              By Eden Gordon

                                                              mentalfloss.com/authors/agatha

                                                              Daily Herald, 15 December 1926, announcing that Christie had been found. Newspaper front page: "Mrs. Christie Found at Harrogate," reporting Agatha Christie's dramatic 1926 reunion with husband Colonel Christie after her famous 11-day disappearance. Headlines cite claimed memory loss; includes photos of both and a quote from him.

                                                              Alt...Daily Herald, 15 December 1926, announcing that Christie had been found. Newspaper front page: "Mrs. Christie Found at Harrogate," reporting Agatha Christie's dramatic 1926 reunion with husband Colonel Christie after her famous 11-day disappearance. Headlines cite claimed memory loss; includes photos of both and a quote from him.

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

                                                                Jonathan Swift v. AI

                                                                Three hundred years ago, the satirist warned of a world in which reading and writing are replaced by the flashy simulation of human knowledge. Can he help us fix it?

                                                                by Dónal Gill

                                                                thedial.world/articles/news/sc

                                                                Books by Jonathan Swift at PG:
                                                                gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/326

                                                                The title page to Swift's 1735 Works, depicting the author in the Dean's chair, receiving the thanks of Ireland. The Horatian motto reads, Exegi Monumentum Ære perennius, "I have completed a monument more lasting than brass." The "brass" is a pun, for William Wood's halfpennies (alloyed with brass) lie scattered at his feet. Cherubim award Swift a poet's laurel.

                                                                Alt...The title page to Swift's 1735 Works, depicting the author in the Dean's chair, receiving the thanks of Ireland. The Horatian motto reads, Exegi Monumentum Ære perennius, "I have completed a monument more lasting than brass." The "brass" is a pun, for William Wood's halfpennies (alloyed with brass) lie scattered at his feet. Cherubim award Swift a poet's laurel.

                                                                  [?]Michelle » 🌐
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                                                                  “Evergreen” from Threnody, my second volume of poetry available now for pre-order at nihtgengapress.com

                                                                  Books are coming in on Saturday and will be mailed out first thing Monday!!!

                                                                  Thank you so much for your support of an independent poet! 🖤✨

                                                                  A page of the book Threnody, by Michelle Joy Gallagher Soffe. It is a poem that reads: Evergreen You are Evergreen Burgeoning With feral Offerings Of incandescently Laughing Light.

                                                                  Alt...A page of the book Threnody, by Michelle Joy Gallagher Soffe. It is a poem that reads: Evergreen You are Evergreen Burgeoning With feral Offerings Of incandescently Laughing Light.

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                                                                    CHATTER BOX. One whose tongue runs twelve score to the dozen, a chattering man or woman.

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

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                                                                    Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CHATTER BOX. One whose tongue runs twelve score to the dozen, a chattering man or woman. 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): CHATTER BOX. One whose tongue runs twelve score to the dozen, a chattering man or woman. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                      “Modern food delivery promises to make any food into something you can eat at home. But not every dish, and not every restaurant, is built for this.”

                                                                      An excerpt from Gabe Bullard’s new book, AGAINST CONVENIENCE, out now from Hanover Square Press: longreads.com/2026/09/15/conve

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                                                                        "I can't imagine why everybody is always so keen for authors to talk about writing. I should have thought it was an author's business to write, not talk."

                                                                        Dead Man's Folly (1956)

                                                                        ~Dame Agatha Christie in 1890.

                                                                        Books by Agatha Christie at PG:
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                                                                        Do you have a favorite book by Agatha Christie? Which one stood out to you the most? Let us know its name here.

                                                                        Illustration from The American Magazine March 1933 printing of 13 For Dinner, a novel by Agatha Christie; this is the first of six issues that serialized the novel Lord Edgware Dies under this alternate title. The illustration presents a notable early depiction of Hercule Poirot, in the only Agatha Christie novel first printed in serialized form in The American Magazine. Magazine page from The American Magazine, March 1933, featuring "13 for Dinner" (a.k.a. Lord Edgware Dies) by Agatha Christie, a Hercule Poirot mystery. Illustrations show a mustached Poirot, a woman in an orange gown, and a man in evening dress—colorful period illustrations by "W·T."

                                                                        Alt...Illustration from The American Magazine March 1933 printing of 13 For Dinner, a novel by Agatha Christie; this is the first of six issues that serialized the novel Lord Edgware Dies under this alternate title. The illustration presents a notable early depiction of Hercule Poirot, in the only Agatha Christie novel first printed in serialized form in The American Magazine. Magazine page from The American Magazine, March 1933, featuring "13 for Dinner" (a.k.a. Lord Edgware Dies) by Agatha Christie, a Hercule Poirot mystery. Illustrations show a mustached Poirot, a woman in an orange gown, and a man in evening dress—colorful period illustrations by "W·T."

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                                                                          « Ce qui empêche néanmoins de prononcer ou d'écrire ce mot sans l’entourer de guillemets relève d’un ordre discursif complexe et historiquement sédimenté qui exclut de considérer les comme les victimes potentielles d’un [...]

                                                                          Déconstruire cet ordre discursif est l'objet des recherches actuelles de et de son prochain livre, intitulé . »

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                                                                          Is Edward Gibbon Still Accurate on the Fall of Rome?

                                                                          Edward Gibbon published his iconic history in 1776, but what do modern archaeologists and historians think of his core thesis on Rome's collapse.

                                                                          thecollector.com/is-edward-gib

                                                                          This photo captures the Colosseum in Rome from a low, close-up angle. You can see its weathered stone arches, with blue sky and white clouds above.

                                                                          Alt...This photo captures the Colosseum in Rome from a low, close-up angle. You can see its weathered stone arches, with blue sky and white clouds above.

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                                                                            "No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law."

                                                                            The American Democrat (1838)

                                                                            ~James Fenimore Cooper in 1789

                                                                            Books by James Fenimore Cooper at PG:
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                                                                            JAMES FENIMORE COOPER. In: American Men of Letters. Steel engraving portrait of James F. Cooper, seated, with receding gray hair, wearing a dark double-breasted coat with velvet collar, cravat, and holding a walking cane.

                                                                            Alt...JAMES FENIMORE COOPER. In: American Men of Letters. Steel engraving portrait of James F. Cooper, seated, with receding gray hair, wearing a dark double-breasted coat with velvet collar, cravat, and holding a walking cane.

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                                                                              We recently received an inquiry about World War I books (1914–1918) related to YMCA war work. Using a clever combination of keywords, our senior cataloger pulled the following results:

                                                                              gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?q

                                                                              thanks QMacrocarpa

                                                                              Feel free to search the PG catalog yourself!

                                                                              AMBULANCES HELD UP BY THE HIGH TIDE. Title: Eighteen months in the war zone the record of a woman's work on the western front Author: Kate John Finzi Author of introduction, etc.: Sir Alfred Edward Turner Two Red Cross ambulance vehicles on a beach with figures gathered around them in the fog or mist. People stand near the vehicles amid a medical transport scene.

                                                                              Alt...AMBULANCES HELD UP BY THE HIGH TIDE. Title: Eighteen months in the war zone the record of a woman's work on the western front Author: Kate John Finzi Author of introduction, etc.: Sir Alfred Edward Turner Two Red Cross ambulance vehicles on a beach with figures gathered around them in the fog or mist. People stand near the vehicles amid a medical transport scene.

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                                                                                | We Are Still Here: Voices of From

                                                                                featuring student contributors to the book , edited by Jacob Norris and Zahid Pranjol

                                                                                co-moderated by Anisa Haddadi and Zahid Praniol

                                                                                youtube.com/watch?v=BDMHSufeGz0

                                                                                v. also darajapress.com/publication/we

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                                                                                  in 1321, Dante Alighieri dies. He "was an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language."

                                                                                  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Al

                                                                                  Dante at PG:

                                                                                  gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/507

                                                                                  This engraved, hand-colored portrait shows Dante Alighieri from the waist up. He wears a dark red chaperon hood over his shoulders and a teal-blue garment underneath. A green laurel wreath sits atop the hood. He holds an open book with both hands, as if he has just paused while reading.

                                                                                  Alt...This engraved, hand-colored portrait shows Dante Alighieri from the waist up. He wears a dark red chaperon hood over his shoulders and a teal-blue garment underneath. A green laurel wreath sits atop the hood. He holds an open book with both hands, as if he has just paused while reading.

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                                                                                    12 Pablo Picasso Masterpieces Every Art Lover Should Know

                                                                                    Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was a Spanish painter who cofounded Cubism and revolutionized modern art through iconic works like Guernica and Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.

                                                                                    by Anastasiia Kirpalov

                                                                                    thecollector.com/pablo-picasso

                                                                                    Books illustrated by Picasso at PG:
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                                                                                    Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, by Pablo Picasso. Five nude female figures with fragmented, angular forms—two with African mask-like faces—rendered in pink, blue, and earth tones.

                                                                                    Alt...Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, by Pablo Picasso. Five nude female figures with fragmented, angular forms—two with African mask-like faces—rendered in pink, blue, and earth tones.

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                                                                                      Libraries are a lifeline, new research finds

                                                                                      Public libraries play a vital role in communities, helping people connect, access support and improve wellbeing through everyday interactions.

                                                                                      gla.ac.uk/news/headline_129082

                                                                                      Books about Public libraries at PG:
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                                                                                      ONE OF THE SPECIAL READING ROOMS (Genealogy and Local History) Title: Handbook of The New York Public Library Author: New York Public Library Interior view of a large library reading room, early 20th century. Long tables with individual lamps line the space, patrons reading and a librarian standing near a card catalog. Bookshelves fill the walls, with a skylight ceiling and hanging chandelier illuminating the room.

                                                                                      Alt...ONE OF THE SPECIAL READING ROOMS (Genealogy and Local History) Title: Handbook of The New York Public Library Author: New York Public Library Interior view of a large library reading room, early 20th century. Long tables with individual lamps line the space, patrons reading and a librarian standing near a card catalog. Bookshelves fill the walls, with a skylight ceiling and hanging chandelier illuminating the room.

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                                                                                        “Devour” from Threnody, my second volume of poetry, available for pre-order at nihtgengapress.com

                                                                                        Thank you for supporting an independent poet 🖤✨

                                                                                        A page of a book called Threnody by Michelle Joy Gallagher Soffe. It contains a poem that reads: Devour Pick my Bones clean, Hope's gleaming Teeth, And devour All doubt.

                                                                                        Alt...A page of a book called Threnody by Michelle Joy Gallagher Soffe. It contains a poem that reads: Devour Pick my Bones clean, Hope's gleaming Teeth, And devour All doubt.

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                                                                                          Study Uses Mathematics to Reveal When Homer Wrote the Iliad

                                                                                          Scholars study when Homer composed the Iliad using pottery art, contemporary texts, and internal poem clues, with one recent study even applying mathematics to pinpoint the date.

                                                                                          By Caleb Howells

                                                                                          greekreporter.com/2026/09/11/m

                                                                                          Original article is available online:
                                                                                          onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/fu

                                                                                          The Iliad by Homer at PG:
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                                                                                          Triumphant Achilles dragging Hector’s body around Troy, from a panoramic fresco of the Achilleion. by Franz Matsch. Achilles rides a chariot pulled by black horses, dragging Hector's body around the walls of Troy, while soldiers and onlookers watch from the ramparts.

                                                                                          Alt...Triumphant Achilles dragging Hector’s body around Troy, from a panoramic fresco of the Achilleion. by Franz Matsch. Achilles rides a chariot pulled by black horses, dragging Hector's body around the walls of Troy, while soldiers and onlookers watch from the ramparts.

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                                                                                            Ancient Rome’s Largest Fresco and Mosaic Complex, Featuring Depictions of a Mysterious Maritime City, Opens to the Public After 2,000 Years

                                                                                            The massive artworks, created in the first century C.E., were discovered in the 1990s during excavations of the Baths of Trajan

                                                                                            by Sarah Kuta

                                                                                            smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/

                                                                                            Books about Ancient Rome at PG:
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                                                                                            (inside front and back covers) of the book The Mute Stones Speak The Story of Archaeology in Italy by Paul Lachlan MacKendrick. A sepia reproduction shows the famous frescoes of the Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii, depicting figures in a Dionysian ritual scene along a decorated frieze band, with a checkered tile floor below.

                                                                                            Alt...(inside front and back covers) of the book The Mute Stones Speak The Story of Archaeology in Italy by Paul Lachlan MacKendrick. A sepia reproduction shows the famous frescoes of the Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii, depicting figures in a Dionysian ritual scene along a decorated frieze band, with a checkered tile floor below.

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                                                                                              Communication Has Taken Flight Since The Days of Carrier Pigeons

                                                                                              Science and technology have transformed the world with a global network that relays information at the speed of light.

                                                                                              by Joe Schwarcz

                                                                                              mcgill.ca/oss/article/technolo

                                                                                              There is an interesting book on this subject (The Homing Pigeon by United States. Army. Signal Corps et al.) at PG:
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                                                                                              Figure 24. Message holder attached to pigeon’s leg. Title: The Homing Pigeon Author: United States. Army. Signal Corps United States. War Department Photo of a homing pigeon, labeled "TL 70193," with mottled brown, black, and white plumage. A leg band with a number is visible on one leg, and another metal ring on the other.

                                                                                              Alt...Figure 24. Message holder attached to pigeon’s leg. Title: The Homing Pigeon Author: United States. Army. Signal Corps United States. War Department Photo of a homing pigeon, labeled "TL 70193," with mottled brown, black, and white plumage. A leg band with a number is visible on one leg, and another metal ring on the other.

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                                                                                                Twain’s Patriotism

                                                                                                On Tom Sawyer and the challenge of loving America

                                                                                                by Ivan Kenneally

                                                                                                hedgehogreview.com/web-feature

                                                                                                The Adventures of Tom Sawyer at PG:
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                                                                                                The search fro the drowned. Title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 4. Author: Mark Twain Three boys watch from a bushy riverbank as a small boat with smoke/cannon fire searches the water in the distance.

                                                                                                Alt...The search fro the drowned. Title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 4. Author: Mark Twain Three boys watch from a bushy riverbank as a small boat with smoke/cannon fire searches the water in the distance.

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                                                                                                  day 44

                                                                                                  20260911Fri


                                                                                                  (not a movie sketch) more than 2 decades ago we stopped at a mall in timmins to go pee &a few were gathered around the t.v. store "what movie is this" "it's not a movie"

                                                                                                  Alt...(not a movie sketch) more than 2 decades ago we stopped at a mall in timmins to go pee &a few were gathered around the t.v. store "what movie is this" "it's not a movie"

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                                                                                                    An untitled poem from Disremembering, my very first volume of poetry, now available for pre-order at nihtgengapress.com

                                                                                                    Thank you for supporting an independent poet! 🖤✨

                                                                                                    A poem from Disremembering by Michelle Joy Gallagher soffe. It reads: The gaps within atoms Vast oceans where Electrons spin and Waves upon waves crash, The trick to make it matter. All that you've ever Touched Were simply phantoms Created in this space And oh, my love I'd rather I'd never.

                                                                                                    Alt...A poem from Disremembering by Michelle Joy Gallagher soffe. It reads: The gaps within atoms Vast oceans where Electrons spin and Waves upon waves crash, The trick to make it matter. All that you've ever Touched Were simply phantoms Created in this space And oh, my love I'd rather I'd never.

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                                                                                                      The best books on Entomology
                                                                                                      recommended by Dino Martins

                                                                                                      Many people are leery of creepy crawlies—but insects are critical to the functioning of the planet, says Dino Martins, the entomologist, evolutionary biologist and author of Hidden Creatures. We asked him to recommend five entomology books that seek wonder in unexpected places, including bee colonies and termite mounds.

                                                                                                      fivebooks.com/best-books/entom

                                                                                                      "The Life of the Bee" at PG:

                                                                                                      gutenberg.org/ebooks/4511

                                                                                                      A close-up of a red ant on a bright yellow dandelion.

                                                                                                      Alt...A close-up of a red ant on a bright yellow dandelion.

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                                                                                                        The Legend of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”

                                                                                                        Phillip Lopate on the Enduring Legacy of Washington Irving’s Most Famous Short Story

                                                                                                        lithub.com/the-legend-of-the-l

                                                                                                        The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at PG:
                                                                                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/41

                                                                                                        The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane by John Quidor. Ichabod flees on a white horse, arm raised in fear, while the headless horseman gives chase on a dark rearing steed through a moonlit forest.

                                                                                                        Alt...The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane by John Quidor. Ichabod flees on a white horse, arm raised in fear, while the headless horseman gives chase on a dark rearing steed through a moonlit forest.

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                                                                                                          The Life of Agatha Christie, the World’s Best-Selling Novelist, Goes Under the Microscope at the British Library

                                                                                                          An upcoming London exhibition will explore the breadth of Christie’s ‘remarkable’ experiences through letters, photographs, a typewriter and a replica of her Hawaiian surfboard

                                                                                                          by Sonja Anderson

                                                                                                          smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/

                                                                                                          Books by Agatha Christie at PG:
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                                                                                                          Agatha Christie as a young woman. Sepia-toned photo of a young Agatha Christie, leaning out through a leaded-glass casement window of a stone building, wearing a striped blouse with a polka-dot cravat, hair styled in a puffed pompadour.

                                                                                                          Alt...Agatha Christie as a young woman. Sepia-toned photo of a young Agatha Christie, leaning out through a leaded-glass casement window of a stone building, wearing a striped blouse with a polka-dot cravat, hair styled in a puffed pompadour.

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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 in 1886.

                                                                                                            Books by H. D. at PG:
                                                                                                            gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/33

                                                                                                            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.

                                                                                                            Alt...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.

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                                                                                                              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

                                                                                                              psyche.co/guides/how-to-be-a-w

                                                                                                              Books about English language -- Etymology at PG:
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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.

                                                                                                              Alt...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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                                                                                                                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

                                                                                                                literaryladiesguide.com/author

                                                                                                                Books about Anne Dacier at PG:
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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.

                                                                                                                Alt...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 nihtgengapress.com

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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.

                                                                                                                  Alt...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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                                                                                                                    From The Lost History of Christianity by Philip Jenkins

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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.”

                                                                                                                      lithub.com/brian-dillon-on-wha

                                                                                                                      Books by Virginia Woolf at PG:
                                                                                                                      gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89

                                                                                                                      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.

                                                                                                                      Alt...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.

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                                                                                                                        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

                                                                                                                        mentalfloss.com/literature/boo

                                                                                                                        A Tale of Two Cities at PG:
                                                                                                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/98

                                                                                                                        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.

                                                                                                                        Alt...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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                                                                                                                          "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 in 1474

                                                                                                                          Orlando Furioso at PG:
                                                                                                                          gutenberg.org/ebooks/615

                                                                                                                          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.

                                                                                                                          Alt...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.

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                                                                                                                            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)

                                                                                                                            knowablemagazine.org/content/a

                                                                                                                            More about Voynich manuscript:
                                                                                                                            en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_

                                                                                                                            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.

                                                                                                                            Alt...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.

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                                                                                                                              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

                                                                                                                              news.artnet.com/art-world/reno

                                                                                                                              Books about/illustrated by Renoir at PG:
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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.

                                                                                                                              Alt...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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                                                                                                                                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

                                                                                                                                spacedaily.com/t-cecilia-payne

                                                                                                                                Stellar atmospheres at PG:
                                                                                                                                gutenberg.org/ebooks/73996

                                                                                                                                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.

                                                                                                                                Alt...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

                                                                                                                                  und kaufen Millionen von Büchern auf um damit ihre KI-Modelle 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….

                                                                                                                                  perspektive-online.net/2026/09

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                                                                                                                                  "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:
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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.

                                                                                                                                  Alt...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.

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                                                                                                                                    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.

                                                                                                                                    theconversation.com/palaces-an

                                                                                                                                    You can find two interesting books on this subject in the PG catalog:
                                                                                                                                    gutenberg.org/ebooks/36817
                                                                                                                                    gutenberg.org/ebooks/69619

                                                                                                                                    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.

                                                                                                                                    Alt...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.

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                                                                                                                                      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:

                                                                                                                                      loc.gov/collections/chroniclin

                                                                                                                                      More information:
                                                                                                                                      blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2026/0

                                                                                                                                      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.

                                                                                                                                      Alt...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.

                                                                                                                                        [?]Michelle » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                        “Fables” from Threnody, now available for Pre-Order on nihtgengapress.com, along with my two other volumes of poetry.

                                                                                                                                        Thank you for supporting an independent poet! 🖤✨

                                                                                                                                        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.

                                                                                                                                        Alt...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.

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                                                                                                                                          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

                                                                                                                                          thecollector.com/decadent-lite

                                                                                                                                          All titles are available at PG:
                                                                                                                                          gutenberg.org/ebooks/56149
                                                                                                                                          gutenberg.org/ebooks/174
                                                                                                                                          gutenberg.org/ebooks/61565
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                                                                                                                                          gutenberg.org/ebooks/36528
                                                                                                                                          gutenberg.org/ebooks/57775
                                                                                                                                          gutenberg.org/ebooks/54272
                                                                                                                                          gutenberg.org/ebooks/74778
                                                                                                                                          gutenberg.org/ebooks/9956

                                                                                                                                          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).

                                                                                                                                          Alt...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.

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                                                                                                                                            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.

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                                                                                                                                              A list of videos and books that capture a chronology of the history of France from the 770s through the 1940s.

                                                                                                                                              philosophics.blog/2026/09/05/f

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                                                                                                                                                Third Chinese Patriarch of Zen
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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
                                                                                                                                                on.soundcloud.com/nShRs

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                                                                                                                                                Beautiful winter scene of Chinese garden and water

                                                                                                                                                Alt...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)

                                                                                                                                                  --
                                                                                                                                                  @histodons

                                                                                                                                                  Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): 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)

                                                                                                                                                  Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): 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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                                                                                                                                                    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

                                                                                                                                                    aeon.co/essays/neuroqueer-expr

                                                                                                                                                    Books by Andersen and Dickens at PG:
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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.

                                                                                                                                                    Alt...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.

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                                                                                                                                                      "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)

                                                                                                                                                      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_

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                                                                                                                                                        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

                                                                                                                                                        theconversation.com/my-unsung-

                                                                                                                                                        Books by Harriet Mill at PG:
                                                                                                                                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/57

                                                                                                                                                        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.

                                                                                                                                                        Alt...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.

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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)

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                                                                                                                                                          Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): 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)

                                                                                                                                                          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): 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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                                                                                                                                                            "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:
                                                                                                                                                            gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/47

                                                                                                                                                            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.

                                                                                                                                                            Alt...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.

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                                                                                                                                                              "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)

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                                                                                                                                                                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.

                                                                                                                                                                lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n16/ka

                                                                                                                                                                Gulliver's travels (in several languages) at PG:
                                                                                                                                                                gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?q

                                                                                                                                                                "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.

                                                                                                                                                                Alt..."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.

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                                                                                                                                                                  “Rise” from Library on Fire, now available for Pre-Order, along with Disremembering and Threnody at nihtgengapress.com

                                                                                                                                                                  Thank you for supporting an independent poet! 🖤✨

                                                                                                                                                                  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.

                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...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.

                                                                                                                                                                    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.

                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...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.

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                                                                                                                                                                      The Most Remote Place on Earth Has Space Junk and a Sea Monster

                                                                                                                                                                      Eerie things happen at Point Nemo.

                                                                                                                                                                      atlasobscura.com/articles/stra

                                                                                                                                                                      At PG:

                                                                                                                                                                      Jules Verne

                                                                                                                                                                      gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/60

                                                                                                                                                                      H.P. Lovecraft

                                                                                                                                                                      gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/34

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                                                                                                                                                                        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)

                                                                                                                                                                        theconversation.com/why-we-lov

                                                                                                                                                                        Gulliver’s Travels, The Last Man, Winnie-the-Pooh, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd at PG:
                                                                                                                                                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/17157
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                                                                                                                                                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/67098
                                                                                                                                                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/69087

                                                                                                                                                                        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.

                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...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.

                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Chrono » 🌐
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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

                                                                                                                                                                          #ScienceFiction #Reading #Books #Bookstodon #SciFi

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                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Global Museum » 🌐
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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

                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance. The fold-out diorama features a series of illustrations mounted on paper bellows that expands out like an accordion. All of the illustrations except for the one on the very bottom are cut to leave some open space in the middle so that when the book is fully opened, looking into the open space gives a view of a three-dimensional scene with different features at various distances

                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Tim_Eagon » 🌐
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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!

                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Paria sans portefeuille » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                welcomes , Palestinian-American physician, poet and translator, to talk about his book : , , and of .

                                                                                                                                                                                "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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                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]דער קערפער פֿון השם » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                  "For many , the morning of remains seared into memory. In ’s case, it was also the day of his birthday party, which included “as many as Jews,” he told me. Amidst tragedy, 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 journal of his experience after Oct. 7, a reflection of his fierce peace advocacy coupled with a profound connection to . It follows several previous by Sfar, who is a best known for The Rabbi’s Cat. His works touch on his heritage, highlighting a history of friendship and brotherhood between and Jews.

                                                                                                                                                                                  To Life is the of Nous Vivrons, which was in June 2024 as the first of a three-part series."

                                                                                                                                                                                  forward.com/culture/books/8409

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                                                                                                                                                                                    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.

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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.

                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...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.

                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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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)

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                                                                                                                                                                                      Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BEAU-NASTY. A slovenly fop; one finely dressed, but dirty. 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): BEAU-NASTY. A slovenly fop; one finely dressed, but dirty. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Michelle » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                        “Wake” from Library on Fire, now available for pre-order, along with my first and second volumes of poetry at
                                                                                                                                                                                        nihtgengapress.com

                                                                                                                                                                                        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.

                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...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.

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                                                                                                                                                                                          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

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                                                                                                                                                                                          Books about Dresden at PG:
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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.

                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...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.

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                                                                                                                                                                                            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

                                                                                                                                                                                            thecollector.com/dante-tuscan-

                                                                                                                                                                                            Books by Dante Alighieri at PG:
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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.

                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...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.

                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Medievalists.net » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                              Here are the new medieval books we have covered this week - check them out at medievalists.net/category/book

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                                                                                                                                                                                                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

                                                                                                                                                                                                thecollector.com/plot-of-lewis

                                                                                                                                                                                                Alice's Adventures in Wonderland at PG:
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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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Michelle » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                  If you can’t wait til the books come in, you can now pre-order your copy at nihtgengapress.com!

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Disremembering, Threnody, and Library on Fire will ship in about 2 weeks 🖤 thank you for supporting an indie poet

                                                                                                                                                                                                  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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...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.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                    Want to support Ukraine? Read its books

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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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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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)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                      Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): 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)

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): 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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                                                                                                                                                                                                        "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

                                                                                                                                                                                                        John Locke, by John Greenhill (died 1676). An oval portrait of Locke that shows him with long curling natural hair and a direct gaze.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...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 , THE BLACK SHIELD:

                                                                                                                                                                                                          longreads.com/2026/08/25/the-b

                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]דער קערפער פֿון השם » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                            "Back in April, bestselling came on —with some reluctance—to talk about what she saw as a growing problem for in mainstream . She spoke about being quietly pressured from agents, and industry insiders to change Jewish characters’ names and hide 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 and an offer from the publishers at to start her own imprint, .

                                                                                                                                                                                                            Now is on a mission to around four Jewish over the next year, from romance to thriller."

                                                                                                                                                                                                            thecjn.ca/arts-culture/meg-kee

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                                                                                                                                                                                                              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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                              thecollector.com/museums-dedic

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Almost all of these authors are at PG:

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                                                                                                                                                                                                              Yasnaya Polyana. Leo Tolstoy's House.

                                                                                                                                                                                                              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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...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.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                medievalists.net/2026/08/medie

                                                                                                                                                                                                                Medieval manuscripts at PG:
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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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...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.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                  “Weird” is a weird word

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  From Beowulf to Shakespeare to you

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  by Colin Gorrie

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  deadlanguagesociety.com/p/weir

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Beowulf & Shakespeare at PG:
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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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...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.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                    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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    theconversation.com/the-law-of

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Books about Medieval Ireland at PG:
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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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...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.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                      This interactive atlas captures more than a thousand literary journeys.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                        “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

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Banned books at PG:
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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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...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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                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                            BOUNG. A purse. CANT.

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

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

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Moby Dick: The 19th-Century novel that challenged our fear of the 'monstrous' whale

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              By Elizabeth Sulis Kim

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              bbc.co.uk/culture/article/2026

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Moby Dick is available at PG:
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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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...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.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                "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: longreads.com/2026/08/25/the-b

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Dolly Parton brought music and books to the world

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  By Courtney Dorning, Lauren Hodges, Ailsa Chang

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  npr.org/2026/08/25/nx-s1-59444

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Her beautiful project will serve her well for years to come:
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Total books gifted (so far): 332,411,218

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  R.I.P. Dolly Parton

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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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)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): 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)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): 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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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      "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: longreads.com/2026/08/25/the-b

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        mpg.de/26871018/the-lost-golde

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Books about Comparative linguistics at PG:
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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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            hedgehogreview.com/issues/the-

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Common Sense by Thomas Paine at PG:
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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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...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...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              featuring barnaby for scale

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...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

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                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.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Banned books at PG:

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Stacks of books bound by string that are haphazardly thrown into a large pile

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...Stacks of books bound by string that are haphazardly thrown into a large pile

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  theconversation.com/what-three

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Books about Bayeux tapestry (including La Tapisserie de la Reine Mathilde by A. Levé) at PG:
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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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...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.

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