Born this day: 1956
Robert A. Metzger is an American electrical engineer and science fiction author. Picoverse (2003) was nominated for the Nebula Award. Metzger began writing science fiction stories as a child, but it was not until 1987 that he sold his first science fiction short story.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Metzger

#Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
#RobertAMetzger @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

https://astralcomputing.com

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The book cover for "PICOVERSE" features a sci-fi theme. At the top, the title "PICOVERSE" is displayed in large, bold, white, all-caps sans-serif typography across the width. Behind the title is a dark reddish grid pattern resembling a wireframe lattice. The center is dominated by a glowing cyan and electric blue field. Centered in this radiant field is a prominent, luminous cyan abstract icon resembling an elongated, interlocking knot or a twisted figure-eight loop. Two straight, thick beams of light project upward and outward diagonally from the top of this knot, forming a "V" shape that extends toward the title. The lighting radiates from this central neon-blue loop, casting bright horizontal flares and geometric highlights across the composition. On the left side, two promotional quotes are printed in black sans-serif font. The top quote reads, “Physics hasn't been this much fun since Timescape.” credited to —Robert J. Sawyer. Directly underneath, the second quote states, “A hard SF read at high velocity.” credited to —Gregory Benford. The bottom third transitions into a dark silhouette resembling an uneven, abstract landscape, with subtle highlights of yellow and green light emanating from small, vertical slit apertures near the base. The author's name, "Robert A. Metzger", is displayed at the bottom right in clean, white, sans-serif typography. Faint "Copyrighted Material" text appears at the very top and bottom borders. Cover artist credit is not visible on the cover.

Meet-up with some bookcrossing friends today. One of them was visiting from another town and we met for the first time. Today we also had a non-bookcrosser spontaneously joining in with us. Nice encounters and great talk. Sometimes when the world feels ugly meeting other people and connecting this way restore my hope.
#Books #Bookcrossing #Bookstodon #Bücher #Livres #Böcker #Reading #Läsa #Litterature #Literature

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Three levels of a book shelf, steel frame and wooden shelves, with some books on each shelf.

Für die letzten Tage meines Urlaubs noch ein Graphic Novel ausgeliehen: "Die Frau als Mensch. Am Anfang der Geschichte." Von Ulli Lust @Ullilust

Ein wichtiges Sachbuch! Es sollte in allen Bibliotheken stehen.

@reading
@bookstodon
@comics

#IAmReading #Books #GraphicNovel #Literature #bookstodon #history

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The cover of the book "Die Frau als Mensch" by Ulli Lust shows two figures entering a large, vulva-like opening, with the title and author text above on a wooden surface. Foto by Ronja Biernat

"Do you think they know we are here, Tom?" asked Mr. Whitford, as he stood at the side of the young inventor in the motor room.
"I don't believe so, as yet. They can't hear us, and, unless they have pretty powerful glasses, they can't pick us up. We can soon tell however, if they are aware that we are following them."
"Have you made any plan about capturing…

— Victor Appleton
https://palimpseste.vercel.app/#text/81a785c1-1cac-4a00-9fb6-21f5fb682d0d
#lit #bookstodon #books #literature

Yes...and that's why I'm back on Arch Linux.

"Everything happens to every man as if the entire human race were looking at him and measuring itself by what he does." — Jean-Paul Sartre, Existentialism is a Humanism (1945)

(Yes, it's an install requirement to mention it.)

#books #bookstodon #linux #existentialism #philosophy

https://www.wacoca.com/media/662457/ 県の事業 “描いてみんね！長崎”から誕生「県内ゆかりの本」直木賞作家の作品も多数《長崎》（2026年5月21日掲載）｜NIB NEWS NNN #book #books #日テレNEWSNNN #日本テレビ #書籍

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共有

https://www.wacoca.com/media/662459/ 「つまらない人生」から抜け出すために「行動」よりも大切なこと・ベスト1 | 人生は気づかぬうちにすぎるから。「自分第一」で生きるための時間術 | ダイヤモンド・オンライン #book #books #書籍

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「つまらない人生」から抜け出すために「行動」よりも大切なこと・ベスト1

#WordWeavers 21 May
Making your MC likeable/relatable in 1st chapter

Standard operating procedure. Sometimes their lighter or darker side is more to the fore. They have to be interesting and not actively repulsive.

#amwriting #writingcommunity #books #reading

55: The Man with a Golden Gun features a Bond who returns brainwashed by the Soviets to MI6 and struggling with his next mission to take out a dangerous hitman tied to Soviets, Cuba, and the Mob. Bond reckons with his training and instincts to kill and what they have cost him. #books #JamesBond

Debuting at No. 2 is Tensei Kizoku no Isekai Bokenroku Vol. 15, a manga adaptation of the popular fantasy novel series.

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Suu Morishita’s ‘Yubisaki to Renren’ Vol. 14 Tops Billboard Japan Book Hot 100

@NatureNewsteam What O'CLOCK is it? - WE ARE LIVING IN PERPENDICULAR TIMES - Time Waves come in at right angles - A New Reality - Pls Retweet-RePost-Review - Amazon.com #books #science

Humble Tech Book Bundle: Programming with AI and GPT Prompts by Mammoth

Get 101 OpenClaw Prompts - Automate with AI, 101 AI Agent Skills - Automate with OpenClaw, Ace the Digital SAT with AI: Boost Your Score with ChatGPT & Smart Tools Without Cheating, and more!

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/programming-with-ai-and-gpt-prompts-mammoth-books

#humblebundle #humblebooksbundle #books

I'm getting all my old #rare #books relisted at #eBay this year, and I've got a fun one for you today, a #FirstPrinting of #JosephHeller's 1974 black comedy #SomethingHappened, his long-awaited follow-up to 1961's surprise hit "Catch-22." Considered a disappointment by contemporary critics, it's gone on to to be thought of as the best book of his career by many, including author Jonathan Franzen and comedian Richard Lewis. Just $30 or your best offer!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/157930079555

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The first printing of Joseph Heller's "Something Happened" I currently have for sale at eBay.

https://www.wacoca.com/media/662489/ 頭のいいマッチョが「朝起きたら必ずやること」ナンバー1 | 筋肉が全て | ダイヤモンド・オンライン #book #books #書籍

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頭のいいマッチョが「朝起きたら必ずやること」ナンバー1

https://www.wacoca.com/media/662491/ 【京都 蔦屋書店】おれちょ本多の個展「煌めきの点を繋ぐ 2026」を6月5日（金）より開催。箔のように貼ったホログラムと絵具の層が、反射と透過で多彩な表情を生み出す。 | Digital PR Platform #book #books #書籍

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【京都 蔦屋書店】おれちょ本多の個展「煌めきの点を繋ぐ 2026」を6月5日（金）より開催。箔のように貼ったホログラムと絵具の層が、反射と透過で多彩な表情を生み出す。 | Digital PR Platform

https://open.substack.com/pub/seharinsights/p/stuck-in-my-dreams?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5po7zb
#writing #blog #writingcommunity #books #author #newmusic #newyork #newsletter #substack #writers #trend #FollowFriday

https://open.substack.com/pub/seharinsights/p/stuck-in-my-dreams?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5po7zb

#newyork #trend #mastodon #viral #post #blog #love #books #author #substack #medium

#Linux #books

@neonbubble Looks like it could be the cover of the book “Theo of Golden”! Beautiful!
#books

If possible, please try and go to this site of mine for ebooks I wrote and tried to self published.

https://kaizaki-x-aoi.itch.io

#itch #itchio #books #writing #selfpublished

Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain by Portia De Rossi #books #literature #dedication

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To Ellen, for showing me what beauty is

In a house down a back street not very far from the Leyden prison, a man
and a woman sat at breakfast on the morning following the burning of the
Heer Jansen and his fellow martyr. These also we have met before, for
they were none other than the estimable Black Meg and her companion,
named the Butcher. Time, which had left them both strong and active, had
not, it…

— H. Rider Haggard
https://palimpseste.vercel.app/#text/5b3e8e46-4098-405c-aa00-92d1caf2501a
#lit #bookstodon #books #literature

Born this day: 05/21/1903 (d. 04/05/1986)
Manly Wade Wellman was an American novelist. Nine Yards of Other Cloth (1959) was nominated for the Hugo Award

Weird Tales vol 36 number 6 (July 1942) - featured story: COVEN by Manly Wade Wellman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manly_Wade_Wellman

#Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
#ManlyWadeWellman @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

https://astralcomputing.com

Art by Brundage

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Weird Tales vol 36 number 6 (July 1942) - featured story: COVEN by Manly Wade Wellman. The cover art is signed by Brundage in the bottom right. The illustration depicts a supernatural scene against a dark blue background featuring a large, glowing moon with a halftone dot pattern. A muscular, dark-skinned demonic figure with large bat wings, curved horns, and pointed ears flies through the air. The demon's skin has deep blue and teal undertones, with glowing green eyes, looking down at the woman he carries. In his arms, the demon cradles an unconscious blonde woman. Her eyes are closed, and her head hangs back. She wears a long-sleeved, floor-length gown of a rich reddish-brown fabric that drapes dramatically. The dress features white cuffs at the wrists. Her pale lower legs and black shoes extend from the right side of the gown. Text on the cover includes "SEABURY QUINN Asks . . . 'Is the Devil a Gentleman?' —Enthralling Witchcraft Novelette!" across the top. The main title "Weird Tales" is rendered in a large, stylized, three-dimensional white font with a pinkish drop shadow. To the right is the price "15¢". On the left, white text reads "FRANK GRUBER'S Incredible Auction Sale!". At the bottom right, a text block reads "The Gates of Hell Are Open . . . !", followed by "COVEN" in bold black letters inside a solid white rectangular box, subtitled "—Menacing Drama" and "By MANLY WADE WELLMAN" in white capital letters.

What am I reading and do you care?

- Not finished the Heythwaite series by Annie Rogers yet... the antics of a Yorkshire town.

- All at Sea by Johnathan Whitelaw, cosy crime, quite light as I wanted some easy reading to counter the heavy topics of late.

- Time for Ursula by Lorna Foyle, paranormal about Mother Shipton of Knaresborough in North Yorkshire.

#Reading #AmReading #Reading #Books #Novels #Yorkshire

FASTNESSES. Bogs.

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

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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons

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

Save the #humanities
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/opinion/ai-liberal-arts-education.html Let alone #writing my take here https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2026/03/09/writing-critical-thinking-and-ai-where-are-we-headed/ #tech #ai #books #literature #philosophy #psychology #politics #trump #education

https://naomivalkyrie.kaleidoscoperomance.com/jerichofree
Free download, anyone?

#romancereaders #bookish #readingcommunity #readerscommunity #kaleidoscoperomance #readersofmastodon #whattoread #bookstoread #readers
#books #romancebooks #romancereads #booklover #bookrecs #Bookstodon #romancelandia #writersofmastodon

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A blue graphic with a book cover on the right. Title: The Cursed, Jericho by Naomi Valkyrie. Other text: Fated mates, Cursed wolf, Protective Alpha, Unexpected love, MF Romance

In an otherwise uninteresting post, I find a link to some awards lists, & this:

https://www.locusmag.com/2012/CompleteResultsNovels.html#20thsf

Which is a pretty damned good "read the classics, you philistines!" list to hand someone. Some of my favorites are in the very long tail, but I'm aware I'm out there, too.
#books #bookstodon #scienceFiction

"I'm sure I'd roll my eyes at the gentrification, but listen, honey, I'm old and I've seen a lot of sh--, and I'm telling you, let's enjoy it while it lasts. Because this isn't Mother May I. You're not always advancing. I know it feels that way right now, but it's fragile. You might look back in 50 years and say, 'That was the last good time.'"

-The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

#Reading #Bookstodon #Fiction #Books

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Cover of the 2018 novel The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

https://naomivalkyrie.kaleidoscoperomance.com/norestforthewickedfree
Free download, anyone?

#romancereaders #bookish #readingcommunity #readerscommunity #kaleidoscoperomance #readersofmastodon #whattoread #bookstoread #readers
#books #romancebooks #romancereads #booklover #bookrecs #Bookstodon #romancelandia #writersofmastodon

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A red graphic with a book cover on the right. Title: No Rest for the Wicked by Naomi Valkyrie. Other text: Demon romance, Revenge, Reluctant heroine, Secrets, MMF Romance

Ebook and paperback: https://books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon

On a world long thought to have no moon, its sudden appearance inspires wonder and terror. Hasty research links the full moon and catastrophe, revealing the existence of the so-called ‘Harbingers of Doom’, creatures from the moon that harvest souls. Can everyone survive or will they become part of the dark harvest?

@bookstodon
#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #sff #sciencefantasy #scifi #actionadventure #fiction #books

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(Left) The cover of dark moon, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson. In the foreground, a redheaded witch and a dark haired wizard fight back to back, holding some rather large pistols. The witch is in a black dress and the wizard is in a black robe with golden decorations. Both looked a bit purple, due to the lighting. The witch's hair blows on the wind and she wears a necklace of bone beads. Behind them, there's dust, mist and fog lit by twilight as a moon rises, framing their heads. Objects that look like shooting stars fall from the moon and there's a few visible impacts. (Right) A white moon, on a background of the stars of space, with the following quote over the top of it: “Idiot! You’ve likely killed us both, leaving us stuck out in the open like this.” “We’ve got incoming. I know you’re angry and I suppose you’ve got every right to be, but we need to defend ourselves.” “ ‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend’, for now, and then we decide what to do about the conflict between us.” (Bottom) https://books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon

Intrusions by Robert Aickman

https://betweendrafts.com/justdrafts/2026/05/21/intrusions-by-robert-aickman/

#books #horror

#Question
Do you know any recent non-fiction pagan publication about the Greek god Apollo?
I started a search online in my favourite book store, but most results were either fiction (for instance by Rick Riordan), or about the various Apollo space programs.

The only book I found about the Greek god is "The Golden God: Apollo" by Doris Gates, but it's from the mid 1980ies and I am looking for a more recent publication.

#greekGod #Apollo #paganism #pagan #books #reading #paganbooks

New book klaxon 🚨

Fred Mills, who presents the fascinating #architecture series The B1M on YouTube, has a new book, Mega Builds, a dive into ten enormous projects. Perfect for anyone interested in architecture & #engineering

Out now from W.H. Allen/Penguin

#books #livres #bookstodon #FredMills #B1M #MegaBuilds

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jardback book, top half sky blue, with a construction crane lowering the E into the Mega Builds sign, lower half orange with the subtitle "ten colossal construction projects that will change our world"

Book Review: Cahokia: Ancient America’s Great City on the Mississippi by Timothy R. Pauketat

Author: Timothy R. Pauketat
Title: Cahokia: Ancient America’s Great City on the Mississippi
Narrator: George K. Wilson
Publication Info: Recorded Books, Inc., 2010
Summary/Review:

I’ve long been fascinated by Cahokia, the name give to a series of mounds constructed by prehistoric indigenous people in the vicinity of modern day St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois.  Archaeologists have determined that culture thrived at Cahokia circa 1050–1350 CE  with 120 earthworks constructed within a 6 square mile area.  Between 15,000 and 20,000 people inhabited Cahokia.

The unfortunate part of the Cahokia story is that it’s been overlooked due prejudice and stereotypes of indigenous North Americans.  Even more positive traits such as the assumption that indigenous people were stewards of the environment and peaceful people so that researchers assumed they would never build a large city.  As a result many of the mounds were destroyed for highway building and other developments.

Pauketat, a former Illinois State Archaeologist, spent much of his career researching Cahokia.  Early in this work he creates a narrative of what it may have been like to walk through Cahokia at its peak.  Much of the rest of the work is the history of archaeological research at the site going back to 19th century settlers.  From the archaeological work at Cahokia, researchers have learned not only about the activities at the site but also Cahokia’s cultural influence elsewhere in North America and modern descendants of the Cahokians.

Recommended books:

• Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age by Annalee Newitz
• 1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus by Charles C. Mann

Rating: ****

#Archaeology #Audiobooks #BookReviews #Books #IndigenousPeoples #NativeAmericans

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler #books #literature #dedication

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In memory of the wonderful Wendy Weil, champion of books, animals, and, in both categories, me

The sins of all the war-lords burn his heart,
He sees the dreadnoughts scouring every main.
He carries on his shawl-wrapped shoulders now
The bitterness, the folly, and the pain.

— George Herbert Clarke
https://palimpseste.vercel.app/#text/e1b837d1-3b30-4596-ba41-8f66b4296e05
#love #epic #bookstodon #books #literature

The Johns Hopkins University Press Memorial Day Sale is happening - 30% on books w/free shipping on your $50+ order w/code HMOR26 @ checkout.

If you or a loved one are dealing w/a #dementia diagnosis & are looking for #books on the topic, the press has a strong Health & Wellness list, esp. w/books on #Alzheimer's. I am very proud that my #memoir, written w/Dr. Bruce Miller, is among them. Here is a link to it (& you can read the preface if you click "look inside."

https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/12605/finding-right-words

Yay it’s new book day. Didn’t realize at the time but it’s also Muppet’s birthday (At least the one we gave him when we met him).

Still miss him terribly.

#books #dogs

RE: https://taonaw.com/2026/05/19/any-recommendations-for-a-good.html

Hi there, friendly #books bubble. 👋🏻 Does anyone happen to have a good recommendation for JTR?

@bookstodon #bookstodon #darkcyberpunk #cyberpunk #literature #askfedi

Planning a doll's house size version of Crowley's *The Book of The Law* for an (adult!) friend.

The binding is proving a bit of a conundrum. The book is to be about 1in x 1in, 4.5pt, 80 pages (5x4-sheet signatures), typsetting done..

Because I want it readable, I really need to use Coptic binding. Tape-spine bound or perfect binding will break if opened. So it needs to lie flat.

But, I want it to look like a case bound book which means, first it needs a case, and second it shouldn't have the inter-signature gaps you get with Coptic.

So it's turning into a bit of a Frankenbook. I'll Coptic bind it and then use PVA & gauze on the spine like perfect to remove the gaps between signatures (just as an aesthetic thing so it's "white in the gap" and the signatures are held together).

Then I'll create a "fake" case, wrapped in fabric, without spine card, but maybe somehow stiffened. I'll make the Coptic boards as light as I can get away with and treat them as end-papers for the case.

First prototype went okay, with two problems: I was fiddling with it so much it's enmired in fingerprints and smudges, and I managed to tear the first page by not making sufficient room for slack when adding the case: that pulled the Coptic end piece away from the first signature on opening and tore the stitch. Next prototype incoming, 😄.

While prototyping I'm just using sheets with big numbers on to avoid the hassle of the text until the book is ready.

#bookbinding #books #thelema

_Book Review: A Dash of Demon_ by J-F Dubeau and Amy Frost: In which Our Protagonist inherits a cafe in a strange little town #books #achewillow

https://catchingshadows672971735.wordpress.com/2026/05/21/book-review-a-dash-of-demon-by-j-f-dubeau-and-amy-frost/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🤝📚 Aaron visits his family's local #library and finds James and the Giant Peach missing, along with dozens of others.

He learns about book banning and the principle that people have the right to read widely and form their own opinions. The #FirstAmendment protects authors' rights to write what they want and readers' rights to read those #stories.

👉 Learn more https://seethis.tv/post/book-bans-censorship-first-amendment-kids-video

#animation #books #civics #communication #community #culture #literacy #ethics #government #humanrights #ideas #journalism #literature #kids #reading #religion #school #stopmotion #teaching #writing #constitution #USA #tksst #video

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Two puppet children look at a small talking book puppet with googly eyes in a classroom setting next to a tall stack of books.

my last memory of Itamar Ben-Gvir

https://subspacewagon.systems/my-last-memory-of-itamar-ben-gvir/

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https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Richard+J+Tilley%22
https://www.subspacewagon.io
https://www.selections.directory
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@poetry
@writingcommunity

#Poetry #PoemADay #PoetryCommunity #Poem #TodaysPoem #WritingCommunity #Literature #Songs #books #humanities #amwriting #CreativeWriting #WritersOfMastodon #writing #art #poetics #critcalThinking #community #bookstodon #humanRights #disability #SmallWeb #SupportHumanArtists #FreePalestine

https://www.wacoca.com/media/662113/ ＜インタビュー＞遊びと仕事の間に――chilldspot比喩根＆小﨑の読書と音楽創作【WITH BOOKS】 | Special | Billboard JAPAN #BillboardJAPAN #book #books #chilldspot #アーティスト #チャート #ニュース #ビルボードジャパン #ミュージック #ランキング #書籍 #洋楽 #邦楽 #音楽

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By the way, the book is out now on Leach Press: The New Age Travellers: A History by Dicky Dread

https://www.leach.press/books

The New Age Travellers – A History (1960–1990) traces the rise, everyday life and suppression of Britain’s New Age Traveller movement. From squats, free festivals, punk and peace camps to convoy living, it tells how thousands rejected property, hierarchy and wage labour in favour of communal, mobile lives. Drawing on lived experience and social history, the book captures creativity, hardship and mutual aid on the road, alongside growing media hostility, policing and legal repression. It culminates in the Battle of the Beanfield and its aftermath, arguing that this was not a lifestyle fad but a serious cultural and political challenge – one whose spirit survived long after the crackdowns.

#books #book #NewAgeTravellers #travellers #Britain

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Book cover reading on top "Dicky Dread" and at the bottom "The New Age Travellers - A History". The cover is of an older person with long black hair and a beard standing in a bus converted to a living space, holding a red pot on a fireplace with a chimney.

Available now:
https://www.hhousebooks.com/books/paper-sparrows/

‘Captivating. A subtle, pertinent depiction of civilian life in the midst of bewildering conflict.’
Catherine Taylor, The Guardian.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Paper-Sparrows-Nathalie-Abi-Ezzi/dp/1910688894

#bookstodon #books #musician #straydog #loveandconflict

https://www.wacoca.com/media/662115/ 『サプライズ・エンディングス　罠』ジェフリー・ディーヴァー 池田真紀子 | 電子書籍 – 文藝春秋 #book #books #書籍

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『サプライズ・エンディングス　罠』ジェフリー・ディーヴァー 池田真紀子 | 電子書籍 - 文藝春秋