Cold leads. New tips. Escobar slipping away again and again. This book reads like a chase because it was one.
#books #bookreview #KillingPablo #manhunt
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/killing-pablo/

VESSELARIA SEEKERIUM: A Primary Document of Seeker James Publishing by Seeker James is a new release on Leanpub!

VESSELARIA SEEKERIUM is not a press kit. It is a primary document — a permanent, timestamped record of Seeker James Publishing: who built it, how it was built, and why every decision carries the full weight of intentional human authorship.

Link: https://leanpub.com/vesselaria-seekerium

#Books #eBooks #NewReleases #LeanPublishing #SelfPublishing

Before Silicon Valley had a name, a group of obsessed coders at MIT stayed up all night building things nobody asked for. This is their story.
#books #bookreview #Hackers #techhistory
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/hackers/

Some people died within sight of the West. Taylor does not spare the reader from that truth. This book hits hard and stays with you.
#books #bookreview #ColdWarHistory #BerlinWall
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/berlin-wall-frederick-taylor-review/

One author worked for the Diplomatic Security Service. He was there in spirit. This book shows what that insider knowledge adds to the Benghazi story.
#books #bookreview #Benghazi #nonfiction
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/benghazi-book-review/

He tried to keep the peace. When war came anyway, King Cetshwayo fought it with a plan that broke the British line.
#books #bookreview #Isandlwana #history
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/isandlwana-battle-book-review/

Early internet security was dangerously weak. Simple passwords. Open accounts. No locks. The Cuckoo's Egg shows what that cost and why it still matters today.
#CuckoosEgg #EarlyInternetSecurity #ColdWarSpying #books #bookreviews
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/cuckoos-egg-book-review/

11 athletes killed at the Munich Olympics. Golda Meir gave the order. The Mossad hunted every person responsible for 30 years.
#books #bookreview #Munich1972 #Mossad
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/striking-back/

A tender, cozy novel about finding family, healing, and home for fans of healing stories like Before the Coffee Gets Cold and Days at the Morisaki Bookshop.

Readers say: “What a sweet book! Of course I am nuts about cats so I knew I’d enjoy it, but I love the found family aspect.” – Kitty

“This book made me smile many times, it is so lovely and heartwarming. I loved every minute of it. Highly recommended!” – Ann

https://storyoriginapp.com/universalbooklinks/019de5ca-5d2b-79b4-b365-2510e9b0c1f8

#NewRelease #catsofMastodon #caturday #books

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The book cover for The Magical Cat Café and Tea Shop has a watercolor painting of two cats, a café table, and a chair. The background has a wooden table, a coffee mug with latte art, and some flowers. Five stars in a row are followed by text: “This book made me smile many times, it is so lovely and heartwarming. I loved every minute of it. Highly recommended!” – Ann – Reader Review

"Even though the United States had been the world’s top crude-oil and liquefied natural gas producer for several years, on Inauguration Day Trump had declared an “energy emergency,” saying, “We have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have—the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on earth—and we are going to use it.”

Regime Change
Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan
#regimeChange #maggieHaberman #jonathanSwan #books #nonfiction #chevron #conocophilips #exxonmobile

#QuestionOfTheDay who is a fictional character whose fan interpretation you accept over the canon?

#fiction #writing #anime #manga #comics #comicbooks #superheroes #TV #television #movies #film #videogames #ttrpg #ccgs #books

What Is The Meaning Of Humpty Dumpty? Inside The Origins Of The Popular Nursery Rhyme, From Rude Slang Words To King Richard III

By Kaleena Fraga

The meaning of Humpty Dumpty has remained mysterious for centuries, but there are some possible historical explanations for the nursery rhyme.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/humpty-dumpty-meaning

Humpty Dumpty at PG:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Humpty+Dumpty+

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A cover of the book "Denslow's Humpty Dumpty," adapted and illustrated by W.W. Denslow. G. W. Dillingham Co., Publishers, New York. A large, egg-shaped Humpty Dumpty character stands in a dancing pose. He has clown-like red facial markings, a joyful expression, and wears a small, pointed white hat with a red brim. His body is covered in a white-and-red polka-dot pattern. He dances on a wall made partly of bricks.

Puffin and Pabu want to know if they can interest you in a sci-fi thriller series on this fine #Caturday

Book 1 is out now, and book 2 is available for pre-order!

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Where You End by Abbott Kahler #books #literature #dedication

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For my Philly and Norristown jawns And for twins everywhere, especially Judith and Katherine

New-to-me from Boing Boing: Verba Prima collects thousands of literary opening lines. “Verba Prima is a website dedicated to the opening lines of books. Its archive contains thousands of first sentences from notable literary works. It’s a simple way to explore how famous authors chose to begin their stories.”

Book Review: Oddbody by Rose Keating

Rose Keating’s debut short story collection, Oddbody features macabre body horror tales with funny, dark and unexpected twists and turns.

Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Genre: Simon & Schuster

Publisher: Short Stories, Horror, Literary Fiction, Speculative Fiction

Review in one word: Macabre

The title Oddbody is a strong signal about what lies between the covers as this collection of short stories: macabre body horror with funny and unexpected twists and turns. In the title story, a woman navigates a codependent relationship with a ghost. In “Squirm,” a daughter must tend to her father who is a man-sized squishy worm devouring himself from the inside out. If this sounds super weird…well it really is…but in a fascinating kind of way I can guarantee you!

“Pineapple” introduces a woman who makes the startling choice to have feather wings surgically attached to her back. In “Eggshells,” a waitress gives birth to an egg during her breakfast shift. These narratives are weird, fun, playful forms of body horror that anyone who loves weird fiction will savour and really love. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book quite like this, and it’s a unique and fresh take on the weird that draws me in here.

The overarching theme of Oddbody is the body itself—as a corporeal site of horror, desire, transformation, and liberation. Keating puts a powerful lens on the body anxieties that women and men have and she’s brutally honest and creepy in a way about it all. The stories are vividly rendered and enjoyable. I found this collection to be masterfully crafted, funny and so much fun to read! I would highly recommend you read it.

Rose Keating is a writer from Waterford, Ireland. She is a recipient of the Curtis Brown Prize and the Marian Keyes Young Writer Award. This collection Oddbody is a bold and surreal descent into a strange netherworld with characters who are grotesque, strange and the tender all at once. I highly recommend this collection if you want to disappear into strange corporeal places you never imagined existed!

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💊 «Vanitas 15 mg», un relato ejemplar por Aniceto Valverde Conesa
👉 https://margencero.es/margencero/vanitas-15-mg-aniceto-valverde-conesa/
🕒 Tiempo aprox. de lectura: 7 min
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💊 «Vanitas 15 mg», un relato ejemplar por Aniceto Valverde Conesa 👉 https://margencero.es/margencero/vanitas-15-mg-aniceto-valverde-conesa/ 🕒 Tiempo aprox. de lectura: 7 min

https://www.wacoca.com/media/708322/ 『HUNTER×HUNTER』39巻、ワンピや村上春樹の新刊を抑えて書籍ランキング1位に – KAI-YOU #book #books #HUNTERu00d7HUNTER #ONEPIECE #u51a8u6a2bu7fa9u535a #u6f2bu753b #書籍

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『HUNTER×HUNTER』39巻、ワンピや村上春樹の新刊を抑えて書籍ランキング1位に - KAI-YOU

The Survivor’s Inheritance

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I am a volunteer with the rape hotline. I answer calls and texts and generally spend between twenty and thirty hours every week talking to people who have been impacted by sexual violence. I am passionate about it because I have the power that being heard and being witnessed can bring. Freedom rarely starts with fireworks; freedom usually starts with an uncomfortable decision, like I’ll just see what they say and dialing a hotline number. Although I’d argue that that’s just the first observable manifestation of freedom, not its origins. For the origin, I’d scour the hours, days, weeks before the I’ll just see what they say thought to find the person, event, place or object that interrupted the numbness caused by the trauma.

For example, we recently took a trip to D.C. to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. As we were headed back home, I went to the bathroom in BWI airport. On the back of the stall was a sticker that said, “You are in restroom BG414882, stall 4.” And, sitting on the toilet after a long and, in some ways, challenging trip, I felt the backs of my eyes sting with tears. Because someone thought of putting that sign, took the idea to others to get it approved, spent funds printing the signs and then spent time and labor to install them in every bathroom in that airport so that, in the event of a catastrophic event, I would be able to tell someone where I was. It would be one less thing I’d have to worry about. These were ordered in December 2019 and the first ones opened in Concourse A in May 2021. It was part of a $55 million restroom overhall. I was in Concourse B, which means the sign I saw was likely installed between 2022 and 2024.

What that sign meant was that someone cared about whoever was in that stall enough to anticipate a need that statistically most travelers would never need. That sign isn’t there for all of the 25.22 million people who pass through BWI airport annually–it’s there in the event of an attack. Do you know how many attacks took place at BWI last year (the year 25.22 million people passed through)? Zero. I also dug hard for records to see how many times those placards have been used to help someone, but I couldn’t find that granular data without a records request from the state but, suffice to say, very little.

Now I know that the placards are not installed only for attacks. Airports are human trafficking hubs; someone being trafficked may go pee and see that sign just when she’s at her breaking point and reach out. Or maybe someone has a medical emergency–a heart attack, say, or panic attack–and needs assistance while alone. Far more mundane purpose for the signs: maintenance. If a toilet clogs, they know exactly where to send repair. I get it. But my point remains: having visible signs that provide strangers with their exact location is a protective detail most will never need… but that could save somebody’s life. I was not in an emergency situation and did not need help… and it still impacted me enough that I went on a quest to find out how much it cost the airport and when they installed it.

Because I felt seen. Thought of.

Being seen or thought of provides freedom by alleviating, or at least challenging, the idea that you are alone. I’ve spent most of my life–since I was a twelve-year-old researching the Holocaust–looking for the thing that keeps some of us getting up in the mornings and some of us deciding we can’t. Surviving. What’s the thing that keeps us here when we don’t have to be, when the world seems to crash and the floor drops from beneath us? To answer that, I first wanted to understand the etymology of the words survive and survivor.

The word survive originally comprised two Latin words, super, which means “over” or “beyond” and vivere which means “to live”. Together the word was supervivere: the live beyond. Interestingly, it was a legal term that referred to descendants or things that lived on after someone else’s death. It showed up first in mid-15th century in documents that talked about the inheritance due to those who lived after someone else’s death. It wasn’t until 1971 when the word started to be more broadly applied to emotional and psychological things: she survived that break-up. The idea of living past something and of it being in reference to an inheritance intrigued me. For survivors of trauma, what is the inheritance due after a crisis? To answer that, I wanted to understand what “inheritance” really means. Inheritance can be traced back to Latin (can’t everything?) hereditare which means “to appoint as heir.” Heir can be traced back to mean to grasp or to hold. So…. upon a death, someone who remained living was given something she could hold or grasp. But why leave an inheritance at all? The most logical answer to that was to help ease the burden of life for the one(s) left behind. An inheritance, then, allows the living to feel that they mattered at one point–enough that they are still seen and thought of even after death.

I mulled on this during the flight home. Took random notes on my phone so I wouldn’t lose some of the very disorganized thoughts. The thing I kept coming back to was how it connected to my survivors–and to me.

Because there have been moments where I understood not wanting to be here. Sometimes pain is an ache and other times it’s a volcano spewing lava hot enough to incinerate motivation. The ash left behind in that kind of heat can blind you to perfectly sound reasons for getting up the next day. Especially when you feel as though nothing you say or do matters and no one would notice if you were gone. The sign in the BWI bathroom stall told me someone cared enough to spend labor and money and time to put up a helpful sign statistically very few of the millions passing by would ever need. They weren’t doing it for the millions. They were doing it for the one: the one trafficked survivor who might take a chance after an unbearable flight, the one diabetic collapsed on the floor in an unfamiliar airport with no one else to call but 911, the one hiding terrified because gunshots are going off in the concourse. Any one of those three individual people were worth the investment made a really hard decision even a little easier. And what sparked the idea? I work in corporate America; I know all about administrative decisions. Assigning specific locations for maintenance workers is one thing; putting those locations in view of the public is another.

The signs became part of the plan in December 2019 and installed beginning in 2021.

From 2017-2020, the Gun Violence Archives shows 1,710 mass shootings (defined as four or more people shot, inured or killed excluding the shooter). And the number rose from 2018 to 2019 by 81. From 2019 to 2020 the number rose by 194. So, the American people – including decision makers from BWI – survived deadly assaults that were rising. The inheritance for decision makers of that survival was increased responsibility to make their space safer. Increased safety leads to increased sense of freedom–even if that newfound freedom is subconscious.

This kept me thinking about correlations to trauma survivors. I have been raped. What was something I “held” or “grasped” as a result of that trauma that might have helped me continue choosing life? For me, I think the two greatest inheritances were: first, the idea that kindness really is greater than evil and second the idea that connection matters.

I’ve spent my life cataloging kindness.

When I was in the fourth grade, my teacher, Mrs. Krutsinger, let me read my stories aloud to my classmates which told me she thought writing was a worthwhile thing to do. My mother bought me baby name books to help me name my characters and my blind grandfather bought me a tape recorder for me to record the books so he could listen to them. My sixth-grade teacher let me take the same math test six times because she said she knew I was trying and that was the most important thing: she saw me failing and didn’t call me a failure. A homeless man at a gas station asked me if I’d make him a promise to help three homeless people in my life and reminded me that joy had nothing to do with how much I had or didn’t have. My daughters’ pediatrician gave me a spontaneous hug when he saw shame bloom on my face after I asked him if he thought “everything” looked “okay” on my daughter and had to tell him why I worried. A stranger at a gas station offered to fill my tank up for absolutely no reason, another one told me to take my time choosing a drink, a couple have held doors open for me on days when I felt utterly invisible. Kindness has never once been as bold or as loud as trauma… but it has been consistently present when I’ve taken the time to look for it.

Trauma told me that I was alone, that no one cared, that I was different; connection filled my universe with stories that said ‘you matter.’ Every time I speak in front of an audience about my past–every single time–there is at least one person with whom I feel an authentic, deep connection or understanding. I may never see the person again but I leave the event telling anyone who will listen, that person was why I did this event. Trauma says you are shameful; connection offers a chance to recognize myself in someone else, someone I’d never label as shameful. Trauma says alienate yourself; connection says I’ll follow you into that corner because when you recognize yourself in someone else’s story lies become harder to believe.

And it’s a cycle: connection is kindness, so finding connection gives me another line item to prove kindness is greater than evil.

There’s a little girl who sits in the corner of my mind. I can see her. I know what she looks like. She does not cry. She does not speak. And she does not move. How clear she is in my head depends on how emotionally okay I am. If I am doing well, then she fades. She doesn’t leave, but she’s a lot more shadowy. If I start to feel stressed or vulnerable, she becomes crystal clear and pushes to the forefront of every thought. If I type an email to a coworker, I consider whether the tone of that email might trigger her. If I don’t want to do something, I consider if not doing it is stealing a chance to do something she didn’t get to do. What she went through was debilitating; it impacts me every day. When I get close to a breaking point, I still dream of Kid–nightmares that leave me shaking and crying. There were many nights I genuinely believed I was dying and the fear of that can be paralyzing. I promised her she doesn’t have to be quiet ever again. I promised her no one would hurt her like that again. Trauma devasted me.

But…

It also taught me to see the beauty in the tiny things in life–a flower growing in concrete, blowing dandelion wishes, the smell of honeysuckle, the taste of peaches, the sound of my daughters laughing, talking about yet another character in yet another book. Strangers. These are more than pretty moments, they are the survivor’s inheritance – a survivor knows terror, so a survivor recognizes peace. Deep in her marrow, a survivor understands shame, so she knows how to cultivate a confidence she might not admit to having. A survivor knows the shape of hopelessness, so like a researcher she collects and catalogs things that build hope. The survivor knows trust is foolish, and also she spends a lifetime offering all she can when she can. The survivor knows her own limits, so she doesn’t fight back when she can’t win the battle, and also, when the night is over, she’ll create her own safety plan for next time. The survivor knows she might not win, but she can’t stay still, either, so she’ll run the first chance she gets and, also, even as she runs, she does it not knowing what she’s running to. A survivor scratches, kicks, bites because, if she don’t, she’ll die and, also, when the fight is over, she crashes, wondering why just like other survivors. The point is: however she reacts to the trauma, a survivor’s instincts are survival instincts and they are always the right choice for her. Proof is that she outlives the trauma.

I do not use the word “victim” because originally that word came from the Latin (seriously, don’t they all?) word victima and that word referred to a person or animal sacrificed to a god. “Sacrifice” originally came from sacrificium which meant “to make” or “to perform”. So “victim” then was an animal or person made to perform for a god. This one hurts and it hurts a lot. Some survivors of rape prefer the word “victim” because it correctly places the blame away from them; it implies that something was done to them, intentionally. But for me…the thought of being made to “perform” or being “made for” make the shame much worse. The idea of being “sacrificed” to a “god” means I’d have to assign him more power and give him more control than I ever did. Protecting a little girl buried in me means I cannot do that. What I can do is wake up each morning and spend the day collecting small things–my daughters’ smile, a stranger’s wink, a stadium of singing Scots in America, using my voice through writing, noticing the deer that come into our backyard or a flower growing in concrete, a sign on the back of an airport bathroom stall–and claim my “inheritance” by grasping with my whole self the knowledge of something precious. I did live on past the trauma to find something beautiful in life, even when I wasn’t supposed to.

Game store and thrift shop haul today. #physicalmedia #books #dvds #film

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Left stack is from a used game etc store, 9 DVDs; right stack is from a couple thrift shops, two VHS movies, 10 DVDs of which 8 are individual DVD movies, one documentary and one a BBC show that may be too damaged to play. Plus a Chuck Wendigo novel. All with spines showing. You can also see my wall where I project movies, and a hint of my tbw at the edges.

Dear #kobo, i appreciate the "series" view of My #Books. But could you...put them in order maybe?

The publish by date and series order are known on the backend...

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A view of Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time novel series in Kobo e reader. The app's "series" view is great for grouping books, but doesnt display them in any kind of order.

Some close ups ✨🍓

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Pattern square of the gourmand bandana repeat pattern I created for author Idris Grey. Pattern is in tones of muted deep lavender, dark navy, warm blue and creamy beige taupe. The pattern is a mosaics of tiles in alternating colours with vignettes of abstract botanics and fruit illustrations. Fruit illustrations include a pear, a strawberry, a pair of cherries and a pair of peaches. The botanic abstracts are symmetrical and inspired by tin tile ceilings and florals including daisies. The tiles create a border along and diamond within a secondary light creamy white and pale blue fruit and botanic floral pattern. Together they form a 90s inspired bandana pattern.

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Close up of the gourmand bandana repeat pattern I created for author Idris Grey. Pattern is in tones of muted deep lavender, dark navy, warm blue and creamy beige taupe. The pattern is a mosaics of tiles in alternating colours with vignettes of abstract botanics and fruit illustrations. Fruit illustrations include a pear, a strawberry, a pair of cherries and a pair of peaches. The botanic abstracts are symmetrical and inspired by tin tile ceilings and florals including daisies. The tiles create a border along and diamond within a secondary light creamy white and pale blue fruit and botanic floral pattern. Together they form a 90s inspired bandana pattern.

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Close up of the gourmand bandana repeat pattern I created for author Idris Grey. Pattern is in tones of muted deep lavender, dark navy, warm blue and creamy beige taupe. The pattern is a mosaics of tiles in alternating colours with vignettes of abstract botanics and fruit illustrations. Fruit illustrations include a pear, a strawberry, a pair of cherries and a pair of peaches. The botanic abstracts are symmetrical and inspired by tin tile ceilings and florals including daisies. The tiles create a border along and diamond within a secondary light creamy white and pale blue fruit and botanic floral pattern. Together they form a 90s inspired bandana pattern.

Died this day: 07/11/1971 (b. 06/08/1910) John W. Campbell was an American science fiction writer & editor of Astounding Science Fiction. His novella Who Goes There? (1938) was adapted as the films The Thing from Another World (1951) and The Thing (1982).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Campbell

#Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
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Book Art: Hannes Bok
Poster Art: Drew Struzan

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Movie poster for "THE THING from another world!", presented by Winchester Pictures Corporation and Howard Hawks, with cover art by Drew Struzan. The massive, stylized title "THE THING" dominates the upper and middle sections. The letters possess an organic, fleshy texture with dark brown and tan spots, featuring viscous liquid dripping from their bases. Above the title, a large white question asks, "HOW DID IT GET HERE?" Near the top, "HOWARD HAWKS' Astounding MOVIE" appears in bold white font, while the tagline "from another world!" follows the main title in white, lowercase, italics. The background is a deep blue gradient transitioning to light cyan, with dark, vein-like or tentacle-like lines spreading from the center. The bottom third features photographic montage panels. On the far left, a man and woman in dark clothing look at each other, above a group of men in heavy winter gear. Center-left shows a man in a green military cap and brown jacket leaning toward an obscured face. To the right, a man and woman appear in a medium shot wearing dark coats. The bottom right features a larger close-up of a man in a brown jacket and a woman in a red and white patterned sweater. The lowest panel depicts a group of men in dark, heavy clothing. Bottom text credits: "Directed by CHRISTIAN NYBY", "Producer - HOWARD HAWKS • Associate Producer - EDWARD LASKER", and "Screen Play by CHARLES LEDERER". An "RKO RADIO PICTURES" logo is in the bottom right.

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Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, Jr. Cover Artist: Hannes Bok The cover features a dramatic, high-contrast, vertically split illustration. The title, "WHO GOES THERE?", is printed in large, bold, black, sans-serif capital letters at the top. The author's name, "JOHN W. CAMPBELL, JR.", appears in large, white, sans-serif capital letters in the bottom left and right corners. The scene depicts two large, monstrous humanoid creatures flanking a small, white, robotic figure. The left creature, shown in profile facing right, has pale, blue-tinted skin, dark hair, and a muscular body with a large, bushy, blue-and-white tail curling upward. Its hands are clawed, and its expression is intense. The right creature faces left, mirroring the first. It also has pale, blue-tinted skin but features several large, bulging eyes on its forehead and a wide, toothy mouth. Dark, flowing hair swirl around its head as its muscular arms reach toward the center. In the center, a small, slender, white humanoid robot with a segmented, mechanical appearance stands in a dynamic pose, arms raised upwards. A white, jagged, lightning-like shape strikes from the top center toward the robot's raised hand. The background transitions from vibrant orange at the top to deep purple at the bottom. Harsh lighting creates deep shadows and bright highlights, emphasizing the textured, organic, and metallic surfaces of the figures.

«They don’t want to be informed; they want to be validated in their fears.» Dissecting the 'Pigeon' mentality in Offensive (Ch 8, p. 65). Link in bio! #books

Like, follow, and share if you love libraries, literacy, and books!

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松村北斗「僕は君の運命の人になる」 『告白－25年目の秘密－』次週予告公開 – オリコンニュース

松村北斗「僕は君の運命の人になる」 『告白－25年目の秘密－』次週予告公開  オリコンニュースアルピー平子、ドラマのその後を描くフェイクドキュメンタリーでルポライター役  ナタリー [...]
#MAGMOE #JP #JAPAN #Celebrity #EntertainmentNews #books #entertainment #EntertainmentTopics #KL #repost #starto #エンタメ #エンタメトピック #書籍
https://www.magmoe.com/3091092/entertainment-news/2026-07-11/

Come to this year’s Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity Conference. Learn, meet, talk, get stuff signed. Have fun, or some semblance of the same. I’ll be making a nuisance of myself and giving stuff away
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https://creaturescrimesandcreativity.com/2026-authors/

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Gelesen: The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life after AI, How to think about Artificial Intelligence before it's too late (2026) von Cory Doctorow
Wieder ein sehr lesenswertes Buch. Leben nach der KI sollte heißen, das die Tools für uns arbeiten, nicht wir für sie.
Ich glaube auch, dass die AI bubble platzen wird. Je eher, desto besser
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Cover des Buchs The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life after AI, How to think about Artificial Intelligence before it's too late (2026) von Cory Doctorow

Talking with Tech Leads: From Novices to Practitioners by Patrick Kua 📖 on Leanpub!

A book for Tech Leads, from Tech Leads. Discover how more than 35 Tech Leads find the delicate balance between the technical and non-technical worlds.

Link: https://leanpub.com/talking-with-tech-leads

#Books #eBooks #LeanPublishing #SelfPublishing #Business_and_management

Excerpt From
Regime Change
Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan

#regimeChange #maggieHaberman #jonathanSwan #books #nonfiction #tariffs #claudiaSheinbaum

QSFer Sheila Jenné has a new queer sci-fi romance out: Valet to the Prince.

Prince George Konstantin, second son of the Martian Emprex, is in dire need of some trustworthy help. He’s the family failure, moving from scandal to scandal with the best of intentions.

Sagan is a spy, but when they meet the prince on a mission, they decide to become his valet. Deep cover...

https://www.queerscifi.com/new-release-valet-to-the-prince-sheila-jenne/

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Départ vacances demain ! Dans ma valise il y a ... 😸
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Montage présentant une sélection de lectures et d'activités pour les vacances. En haut, un magazine d'enquêtes logiques et un livre illustré sur l'histoire des OVNIs. En bas, le magazine scientifique Epsiloon, un livre de coloriage Little Corner aux illustrations douces et une pile de deux romans de la série Hamish Macbeth. Une sélection éclectique mêlant romans, science, jeux de logique, documentaire, cosy mystery et détente créative.

One Chance

James Chamberlain’s One Chance is a portal fantasy about Charlie Baker, a middle-aged man whose life has become a stack of bad choices, unpaid debts, and missed opportunities. When a strange doorway gives him a way out, Charlie steps into Wisteria, a world of giants, witches, enchanted objects, bounty hunters, dragons, and old grudges. The setup is simple and effective: “He was always in trouble.” From there, the book turns that trouble into a second life, one where Charlie becomes Chance Arizona and has to decide, again and again, what kind of person he’s going to be.

What makes the story easy to settle into is its mix of adventure and playful humor. Chance is rarely the most capable person in the room, and the book gets a lot of mileage out of watching him survive through nerve, luck, and the occasional ridiculous idea. Periwinkle, Indigo, Marigold, the Crimson Blade, and the larger cast give the quest a lively, storybook feel, while Wisteria itself feels built for motion. There’s always another strange path, dangerous creature, magical rule, or hidden history waiting around the corner.

The heart of the book is Chance’s slow movement from self-preservation toward loyalty. Early on, he imagines becoming someone people would admire, someone who doesn’t abandon his friends, and the story keeps testing that wish in practical ways. The line “You only get one chance” becomes more than a portal rule. It’s the moral engine of the book. Chance’s growth works because it doesn’t make him suddenly noble or polished. He’s still funny, impulsive, vain, and scared, but he starts choosing people over escape.

The novel also has a warm sense of compassion for its side characters and even some of its antagonists. Gamboge’s arc, in particular, gives the giant conflict more emotional weight than a simple men-versus-monsters battle. The book is interested in grief, bitterness, courage, and forgiveness, but it handles those themes through action and character rather than slowing down for speeches. Marigold’s sharp wit and fierce independence bring a lot of spark to the story, and her relationship with Chance gives the later chapters a sweet, earned emotional payoff.

One Chance is a fast-moving, funny, and heartfelt fantasy adventure about getting the chance to become better and actually taking it. It has the feel of a classic quest with a modern comic voice, and its best moments come when danger, absurdity, and sincerity all land on the same page. Readers who enjoy portal fantasies with unlikely heroes, magical oddballs, and a strong friendship-driven core will find plenty to enjoy here.

Pages: 304 | ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0GRKGQZ4J

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📅 This Day in Literature — July 11

Born on this day: E. B. White (1899)

Charlotte's Web and The Elements of Style — one book for the heart, one for the mind.

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Ain't I A Diva?: Beyoncé and the Power of Pop Culture Pedagogy by Kevin Allred #books #literature #dedication

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To all the PB students over the years. For being open, fearless, creative, and endlessly curious. To all the Black women writers, artists, and activists mentioned within, and more. For opening my eyes. And, of course, to Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter. For everything.

#OTD July 11, 1960, the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee was first published.

Can you find on a #map the town that Harper Lee modeled the fictional town? Click the link to find out:
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Book cover of To Kill a Mockingbird.

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...And when you're done, you can check out a Banned Book.

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Spiderman bound with ropes and being carried by two villains with swords and turbans down a gray corridor with one round porthole. He is saying Are we going to the sex dungeon? I hope we're going to the sex dungeon

GOODYER'S PIG. Like Goodyer's pig; never well but when in mischief.

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): GOODYER'S PIG. Like Goodyer's pig; never well but when in mischief. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

Mas já não estamos no tempo do fascismo e tenho muitas esperanças, para um Portugal novo, que as pessoas especialmente as que moram em barracas e nas províncias não sintam a miséria, que com o tempo isto melhore, para bem de todos.
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Cartas e poemas ao capitão Paulino
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