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#Book

Stephen Sekula
33 minutes ago

@sjsekula This was the lecture (topic selected by my students at the time) that led to the first #book in my series of #physics e-texts for undergraduates who (a) survived introductory physics and (b) forgot why they loved the subject.

“The Friend Physics Guide to Nuclear and Particle Physics in Modern Medicine” only happened because of my awesome students.

https://steve.cooleysekula.net/books/

Next book should be out in 2024.

#YBKPublishers #medicine #NuclearPhysics #PETScan #UniversityPhysics

unlibroprestado
1 hour ago

Iconographie des champignons de Paulet, recueil de 217 planches dessinées d'après nature by Léveillé, Joseph Henri, 1796-1870; Paulet, Jean-Jacques, 1740-1826 ~ https://archive.org/details/iconographiedesc00lv #fungi #butterflies #birds #nature #book #archive #scientificillustration

MattiePav
3 hours ago

Dammit this #book is so good. I read chapter 8 and I'm literally gripping the cover harder because the tension is so good. Then chapter 9 gives me chills. God.

Athena
5 hours ago

#Book of the Week

Crack-Up Capitalism by Quinn Slobodian is a fascinating book that explores the phenomenon of “crack-up” capitalism, the fracturing of conventionally understood national power and boundaries into distinct zones.

Slobodian cexamines the
authoritarianism and exploitation that often masquerades as “liberty” within conservative think tanks and online discourse.

More 👇

https://marginalspace.substack.com/p/crack-up-capitalism-by-quinn-slobodian

#reading #books

"inside infinity" by Vinh Quyen seems interesting. The way of narrative in this novel aounds touchy and tricky.

https://www.vietnam.vn/en/tieu-thuyet-trong-vo-tan-dat-giai-thuong-van-hoc-asean/

although i couldn't find a website of ASEAN literature prize, it's same as SEA Write Award..?There are many names of southeast asian writers and I'm curious.

Vinh Quyen was born in 1951 Huế, lives in Da Nang, Vietnam
#vietnameseliterature #asianliterature #southeastasianliterature #book #literature #読書 #vietnam #danang #insideinfinity #vinhquyen
#yhamemo

Ozzy
7 hours ago
Nichola Scrutton
10 hours ago

I’m thrilled to have two drawings and a micro-essay included in a new book Radio Art Zone, curated and edited by Sarah Washington following the Radio Art Zone 100-day broadcast in 2022.🙏🙌 This experimental publication contains a stunning selection of visual and textual contributions from artists worldwide. Available online, and direct from the publishers👇 #radio #art #book #drawing #visual #writing #listening #experimental #publication
https://www.hatjecantz.com/products/65229-radio-art-zone

Brian Hartgen
10 hours ago

#Book I've just pre-ordered Martina Cole's new book, Loyalty, out on 10 October.

Susam
12 hours ago

Mastering Emacs Book Club meetup is now live. The meetup begins at 09:00 UTC (i.e., 20 minutes from now).

Today, we will discuss cross-referencing with Xref and dumb-jump (an external package). We will see how to search definitions, references, symbols, etc. with Xref. Additionally, we will also see how to use Xref with Dired.

Meetup link: https://meet.jit.si/emacs-meetup-20230924

#emacs #book #club

unlibroprestado
15 hours ago

Pilze der Heimat ; eine Auswahl der verbreitesten, essbaren ungeniessbaren und giftigen Pilze unserer Wlder -1913- ~ https://archive.org/details/pilzederheimatei00gram #fungi #butterflies #birds #nature #book #archive #scientificillustration

Elle Q Sabine
22 hours ago

Got this #free kindle #read of Cupcakes for my Orc Enemy by Honey Phillips. She can write some scary-AF aliens, but this is a cute #monster #orc #romance #book. It is in KU, but also it’s free right now to non-KU customers. There’s a bit of #spanking play for my kinky friends. #reading #books #romancebooks #romancelandia #bookstodon

https://amzn.to/3LBLlIZ

Book cover of Cupcakes For My Orc Enemy by Honey Phillips
Little bit of spanking with sex.

Happy early birthday present to myself! 💜💙

Got the Zelda encyclopedia and I love it so much! Gonna take me a while to flip through this thing!

#Zelda #TheLegendOfZelda #LegendOfZelda #Nintendo #videogame #videogames #gaming #gamer #retro #book #books

The cover of the Zelda encyclopedia. There's a triforce on the front. The book is a large hardcover book.
The Zelda encyclopedia is open. The pages show a history of Zelda, the princess.
The Zelda encyclopedia is open. The pages show a history of the Zora aquatic fish people.
The Zelda encyclopedia is open. The pages show many of the animals in the games such as cuccos.
Paul Nix
1 day ago

@9pfs @Ve3ldj An update to the #coffee logged #library #book saga. (For those interested.)

I bought a replacement and gave it up as an offering when returning the original. After some back room ISBN and publishing date checking (I checked when I bought it too. Pretty sure they have to be the exact same to be considered a true replacement) the nice lady came out, scribbled over the library code and slid the stained copy over to me. “We’re good. This one’s all yours.” I promised to stay away for a while, thanked her and ran off into the night.

Kind of a round about way of buying a used book (for full price) but stuff happens. 🤷‍♂️

Paperback book sits skewed on the armrest of a grey-blue couch. The book is “The Handbook for Highly Sensitive People” by Mel Collins. There is a library code stuck to the cover which has been scribbled over with a permanent marker.

And to finally rub some extra salt on the hurt egos of #Christofacists, the current #book they offer in lieu of a #Toy is about #Dinos...

https://mstdn.social/@kkarhan/111116441230842167

Jan Höglund
1 day ago

I hope to…distinguish fact from speculation and intellectual fad.
—Lee Smolin, The Trouble with Physics #book

unlibroprestado
1 day ago

Iconographie des champignons de Paulet, recueil de 217 planches dessinées d'après nature by Léveillé, Joseph Henri, 1796-1870; Paulet, Jean-Jacques, 1740-1826 ~ https://archive.org/details/iconographiedesc00lv #fungi #butterflies #birds #nature #book #archive #scientificillustration

Mark Allard-Will
1 day ago

. @elainemwill and I are all set-up and ready to go at Winnipeg's Prairie Comics Festival 2023!

We hope to meet all of you lovely Winnipeg comics fans there.

Admission is free at the West End Cultural Centre!

#Comics #ComicBooks #Comix #GraphicNovel #GraphicNovels #ComicCon #YWG #Winnipeg #PrairieComicsFestival #MarkAllardWill #ElaineMWill #Book #Books

A photo depicting Mark's table set-up at Prairie Comics Festival 2023
A photo depicting Elaine's table set-up at Prairie Comics Festival 2023
Darrell Z. Grizzle
1 day ago

This is a picture from a Tor Books ad on Tumblr for Starter Villain, the new novel by John Scalzi.

I’m pretty sure I should hide this book from my cats.

#cat #book #JohnScalzi #TorBooks

A white cat with grey markings sits on a sofa, reading the novel Starter Villain, by John Scalzi.
Wulf Krueger
1 day ago
Susam
2 days ago

Mastering Emacs book club meetup is now live! The meetup will begin at 09:00 UTC (i.e., in about 10 minutes from now).

Today we will be looking at the section "Project Management". We will do demos of project.el features and commands.

Meetup link: https://meet.jit.si/emacs-meetup-20230923

#emacs #book #club

Lhaulde
2 days ago

Hello les piailloux et autres mastodontes !
Nous sommes spamedi et il y a des nouveautés au rayon protège-livre !
Et comme l'automne est là, je vais rappeler encore et encore qu'il faut penser aux commandes personnalisées/sur mesure pour nowel
✨maintenant✨

Ou au moins m'en parler pour connaître les délais !

https://lhaulde.com/categorie-produit/protege/

#handmade #faitmain #livre #books #book

capture d'écran de la page de ma boutique dédiée au protège-livres
Ils sont tous décrits sur le site, si le texte alternatif ne marche pas, n'hésitez pas à me le signaler merci !
Empiricism
2 days ago

Abstract from the #book 'Understanding #marxism' authored by R.Wolff.

The more surplus the #capitalist can get from the surplus-producing laborers, the more funds the capitalist has to consume, grow, compete and secure the system that puts the capitalist on top. Productive
laborers will likewise always seek higher wages as their standard of living (and that of their family) usually depends on those wages

Class struggle is the unavoidable result of capitalism"

#economy #economics #money #work

Damon Young
2 days ago

I’ve a review in today’s Saturday Paper: THE SEVENTH SON, by Sebastian Faulks. Here’s the beginning:

‘“Madness … is the salt,” novelist Nikos Kazantzakis once wrote, “which prevents good sense from rotting.” Seth – the protagonist of Sebastian Faulks’s new novel The Seventh Son – has only good sense, and this is his vulnerability.” https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/books/2023/09/30/the-seventh-son #bookreview #review #book #review #books #reading #faulks #sebastianfaulks #theseventhson #fiction #scifi #sciencefiction #genetics

"Madness ... is the salt," novelist Nikos Kazantzakis once wrote, "which prevents good sense from rotting." Seth — the protagonist of Sebastian Faulks's new novel The Seventh Son — has only good sense, and this is his vulnerability. Seth is a Neanderthal, born to Londoners Mary and Alaric in the near future. The parents have no idea. Neither does their surrogate, Talissa. They're all part of a tycoon's decades-long experiment. Seth is a person but he's not homo sapiens. He lacks our sense of consequences, he loves less attentively and he isn't as prone to mental illness…
Julie R
2 days ago

#Book mail day!

Emily Wilson's new book, a translation of The Iliad.
The Video Game Library 📚
2 days ago

Big thanks to Adam in the Discord for shedding some light on "Gadget: Past As Future"🙏

I'd never heard of this game, let alone the 3 books written about it! 📚

Now all catalogued in #TheVideoGameLibrary!

👉https://thevideogamelibrary.org

#PCGaming #PC #Game #Gaming #Gamer #VideoGame #VideoGames #GadgetPastAsFuture #Gadget #PlayStation #PS1 #Book #Bookstodon @bookstodon #Books #ArtBook #Novel #StrategyGuide #RetroGaming #90s

The cover of 3 books, all based on Gadget: Past As Future. There's a Japanese Guide Book, an Art Book and a Novel.
Kit Irving
2 days ago

trying to talk myself out of revising/trying to cut 50 pages from my #book that has been professionally edited in response to continued form rejections while #querying-- it's like saying no to bangs after a breakup... 😅

#WritingCommunity #writing #writers #AmQuerying #query

Gif of Brad Mondo saying "Don't do that"
Lukas VF Novak
2 days ago

Helen Scales: An ocean of opportunity https://geographical.co.uk/wildlife/helen-scales-on-the-blue-economy #DeepSea

"‘To me, the #eel is a wonderful symbol of how our lives are connected to these very distant parts of the #ocean,’ says Scales, whose new illustrated #book, Around the Ocean in 80 #Fish & Other Sea Life, reveals many of the surprising ways in which the lives of humans and marine species are intertwined."

illustration of european eel underwater
Neve Maslakovic
2 days ago

I'm reading a general audience #science #book and I so wish it had illustrations in the section on early life on Earth. I'm having trouble picturing the various creatures that lived millions of years ago! Sketches or actual photos of fossils would have been so helpful.

Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson
2 days ago

@ErgonWolf ooooohhhhhhh, thank you!!!
:success:

In case that one disappears, here's a backup of the #Surrealist #Games #Book

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sDZoNCOra58zkOMcfe8WHbCfW4rHaluw/view?usp=drivesdk

A Book of Surrealist Games
Hermetic Library
2 days ago

"…The aspirant should discover for himself what elements are lacking to the perfection of his being are required to make him a complete expression of the Universe. … infiltrate himself in all possible ways with this complementary idea so that there is ultimately no element of his being which is not completely satisfied by intimate union with each & every other idea conceivable." https://library.hrmtc.com/2023/09/22/the-general-method-of-attainment-is-explained-by-the-word-abrahadabra-its-virtue-may-be-thus-described-the-aspirant-should-discover-for-himself-what-elements-are-lacking-to-the-perfection-of-his-b/

#book #quote #AleisterCrowley #TheCommentK #LiberLegis #TheBookOfTheLaw #thelema

Alex Nedelcu
3 days ago

"Rust Atomics and Locks"

A book on low-level concurrency in Rust. Explains atomics, mutexes, memory ordering, integration with OS APIs.

#Link #Book #Concurrency #Programming #Rust

https://marabos.nl/atomics/

Tim Richards
3 days ago

Now free for all to read... In a guest post @NarrelleMHarris writes about a side-trip she took to Oakland, USA - to discover the fascinating things left behind in library books:

Found in an Oakland library https://www.patreon.com/posts/found-in-oakland-87872358

#USA #Books #Book #Library #Libraries #Exhibition

Display case of items found in library books.
Patrick Stewart
3 days ago

A #friend of mine suggested I should write a #book today. I actually had planned to self-publish one this #summer, but I didn't anticipate that @thetaoistonline would grow so big so fast. Maybe that will be a 2024 #goal instead. Or, perhaps I'll take 3 weeks of #vacation and just power write as much as I can.

Kay :heart_bi:
3 days ago

@paulinporirua I have now finished KSR's Ministry For The Future. A good but not great book. Actually two books.

One, follows people affected by and trying to do something about the #ClimateEmergency in the near future. The other is theories and how to's on economic ideas like a carbon coin, and science of refreezing seawater. I'd probably have enjoyed more of the 1st book with less of the 2nd.

Matt Winning's Hot Mess is now on my TBR #book pile.
#books #bookstodon
https://www.treehugger.com/hot-mess-book-review-matt-winning-5496861

Jane Rosenberg LaForge
3 days ago

Public #libraries are increasingly the target of #book #bans, representing a shift in #censorship efforts in U.S. This revelation comes as PEN America issues new report that shows 33 percent increase in bans, & Florida as the top state in banning books. #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreePress #FreedomToRead https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/books/book-ban-rise-libraries.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Yahia Lababidi
4 days ago

I feel privileged to be invited back on ABC #Radio National/ #Religion & #Ethics to celebrate 💯 year anniversary of Khalil Gibran’s ‘The Prophet’ — a #book I encountered as a young teenager & which shaped the person/ #writer I am, today.

(My section begins at 18 minute mark).

Big Thanks, to sensitive host Meredith Lake of Soul Search for this gift 🙏🏼✨

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/soul-search/khalil-gibrans-the-prophet-at-100/102814068

#australia #media #interview #poetry #philosophy #WritingCommunity #wisdom #Syria #culture @bookstodon

Julia S.
4 days ago

IF THE DEAD RETURNED suddenly, would we welcome them? An unsettling question lies at the heart of this insightful, imaginative novel. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-returned-jason-mott/1114035042?ean=9781460330081

@bookstodon

#Books #book #novel #novels #fiction #supernatural #afterlife #bookreview #bookreviews

de Blois, L., and Rich, J. (eds) (28 May. 2019). The Transformation of Economic Life under the Roman Empire, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. Available From: Brill https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004401624 [Accessed 20 September 2023]. #OpenAccess #OA #History #Histodon #Histodons #Econhist #Economics #Roman #RomanEmpire #Empire #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon @histodon
@histodons @economics @econhist @bookstodon (62)

Radice, R., and Runia, D. (. (22 Dec. 2015). Philo of Alexandria, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. Available From: Brill https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004312753 [Accessed 20 September 2023]. #OpenAccess #OA #Biography #Philosophy #Philosopher #Bible #Religion #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon @philosophy @philosophyofreligion @bookstodon (61)

CKMo
4 days ago

Hey there!

Check out this recent review of my novel, Below the Heavens - JiangXi.

I have the entirety of the novel published on Royal Road for free. I'm actively publishing the second novel of the series as well! You can find the link to both in my bio.

#indieauthor #indiebooks #indiefantasy #fantasy #selfpublished #webnovelist #writing #novel #fantasyauthor #taiwanese #asian #eastasian #asiancreator #writers #book #books #fantasybook #bookstodon #webnovel #highfantasy @bookstodon

A book review graphic created using an illustration of a dark landscape with a castle on it. 

The title on the graphic reads "Proper Epic Fantasy - Malory, Royal Road". Below it is a detail depicting 5 out of 5 stars. The body text of the graphic reads:

“The real joy in reading this is that the author spends lots of time carefully confronting the world around you, without infodumping on the reader from a great height. We are dropped smack into the world of Molam as they are being chased and the context around that situation is slowly filled in for us. It is done with a lovely lightness of touch that becomes the hallmark of the wider piece. It's early stages of what will clearly be a much longer tale here, but I already can feel the quality of the plotting shining through.”
Dadaph
4 days ago

Got a story in the Norwegian manga anthology book Rakkan 5!

Fun to finally see it in print!

#art #book #comic #漫画

Book cover Rakkan 5:
A very eye grabbing magical girl in a pink dress, sparkling up the place during a tranformation sequence.
Spread of my comic inside Rakkan 5: a girl looking through the window of a shady looking cabin, seeing a ton of weird bird creatures.
My three main characters sitting on a small island, looking for the weird dumb seabird creature who nests on top of one of them.
My version of the cover, same sparkly looking magical girl, but I added some of my dumb seabirds.
Gay Old Time
4 days ago

They only have eyes for each other. That's why they're walking into a wall.
#vintage #book #gay

The cover of an old pulp novel called Kept Boy. An illustration shows an older man and a young one walking with their eyes locked and arms around each other. They're supposed to be walking into an interior decoration shop, but the way it's drawn, they're actually walking into a wall.
Jon Juarez
4 days ago

Some of the covers I did at the beginning of my career, with a slightly more punk drawing style.

#mastoart #manga #anime #bd #illustration #art #music #conceptart #punk #jonjuarez #mastodon #fediverse #harriorrihar #book

the first illustrations I made more than a decade ago
the first illustrations I made more than a decade ago
PaulaToThePeople :VeryQueer:
5 days ago

As many of you know I'm writing a #book, an #AutoBiography.
I'd like to protect it from eventualities. Not that it's any good - at least not yet - but I'd still like to release it one day and not loose it.

So what I'm looking for is some setup, where I can store it online, work on it, have backups and have someone else have access to it in case I die from suicide or something. Oh and I shouldn't be able to delete it and the backups either.

That someone should be a person I can trust and that would be interested in doing something with the unfinished book if it came to it. Oh and the person should ideally know German, or know a good translator, because for now the book only exists in German (I'd like to translate it myself to English one day, but it might never come to that).

And the setup shouldn't cost too much and of course be FLOSS.

Any ideas?

🎙️ ✨ A new episode has been published on @ITSPmagazine

Show: Redefining CyberSecurity With @seanmartin

Episode: Book | Irreducibly Complex Systems: An Introduction to Continuous Security Testing

Guest: David Hunt

Podcast format: Video & Audio

Enjoy!

👉https://www.itspmagazine.com/redefining-cybersecurity-podcast

#cybersecurity #book #datasecurity #infosec #security #technology #tech

bananabob
5 days ago

@paulhellyer I have been enjoying the Slow Horse series. Also read a short story called The List. Recommend that book too. I see the BBC are carrying a reading of The Secret Hours by Mick Herron. You can get it here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001qmbg

#Book #Books

My first book is out! Well, I edited, coordinated and wrote much of a #book on the #history of the Science Writers & Communicators of Canada/Canadian #Science Writers Association. :"From Typewriters to Twitter". It is 92 pages long with lots of fun photos, and may be the only book about science #writing in #Canada. It covers 50 years of the association, and profiles a number of big name Canadian science #journalists - including some eccentric ones. Controversies the association has faced in the past are included. Romance! Serious stuff! Humor! Short bios!
A digital copy is available on the SWCC and is free to members -- available on the link below.
*IF* there is interest in getting digital copy and you're NOT a member, send a note to the SWCC office (office@sciencewriters.ca). I think it's still free.

If you are interested in a possible soft-cover #print version, contact the SWCC office and let them know. They're gauging interest.
A print version will only happen if enough people are interested - and would pay to get a copy to cover costs. It would probably be about $30 (plus or minus) plus shipping -- and you wouldn't need to be a member.
And ask them to let me know.
#scicomm #journalism #press

https://sciencewriters.ca/50th-Anniversary-Yearbook

Kay :heart_bi:
5 days ago

@paulinporirua Have you read The Ministry For The Future by Kim Stanley Robinson? Near future #CliFi #book. It starts with a #HeatWave in India killing millions and moves on to international responses, including India's next steps and those of other nations. Worth reading if you have the concentration. #bookstodon
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/nov/20/the-ministry-for-the-future-by-kim-stanley-robinson-review-how-to-solve-the-climate-crisis

🇳🇱 van Lohuizen, J. (22 Oct. 2014). The Dutch East India Company and Mysore 1762-1790, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. Available From: Brill https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004286559 [Accessed 19 September 2023] #OpenAccess #OA #History #Histodon #Netherlands #Europe #India #Mysore #Dutch #C18th #18thCentury #EarlyModern #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon @histodon @histodons @earlymodern @bookstodon (60)

Chris Baldie
5 days ago

Thoroughly enjoying the Farseer trilogy. Gonna see if the library has the last book tomorrow!

Recommended for those who like Gormenghast/a little bit of Earthsea magic/espionage of GoT/etc…
#bookreview #books #book #fiction #fantasy #bookstodon

Front cover of the Farseer trilogy book “Royal Assassin”. A dog is asleep and very cute beside the book. The book pales in comparison to her beauty.
Sjn
5 days ago

@hari 's choose-your-own-path book came out so good and is HEFTY (demonstration pictured.) Another instance of featuring alongside other illustrators I really like.

it's available US/internationally, but on the 28th for the UK

#creativetoots #mastoart #book

Me pointing at Hari's INTO THE TOWER book. It is perpendicular to my toy tray (which contains a small wooden ship and a felt cat by my friend alex) as well as my sketchbook with Lucian's "Trans Rights or else" sticker on it
holy shit, both the cat and boat sit COMFORTABLY on the edge of the book.
top down view of an illustration i did in greyscale - an impossible house that sparkles, its angles askew, interior indistinguishable from exterior. The felt cat is also looking at the picture
The Video Game Library 📚
5 days ago

Blown away by how many books there are about #VideoGame LAW! Another one was just catalogued.

From classic titles to modern giants like #Nintendo and #PlayStation, explore the legal challenges of this booming industry.

⚖️
https://thevideogamelibrary.org/book/computer-and-video-game-law-cases-statutes-forms-problems-materials

#Law #Xbox #Microsoft #Sony #NintendoSwitch #PCGaming #VideoGames #Gaming #Gamer #Games #Book #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon

A basic red book cover with white text. Computer and Video Game Law. Cases, Statutes, Forms, Problems & Materials.
Juan Miguel Guhlin (tceajmg)
5 days ago

Do you enjoy listening to audiobooks? Take advantage of FREE open audiobooks available online through Project Gutenberg read by Microsoft AI! https://blog.tcea.org/ai-powered-open-audiobooks/ #tcea #tceajmg #book #audio #tcea #edtech #education

Screenshot of Project Gutenberg Audiobook Collection website
Things I do in my spare time…read, buy, research, review, smell, rearrange books
Peter Amthor
5 days ago

Totally mesmerized by Werner Herzog's memoir "Every Man for Himself and God Against All". Entertaining and inspiring book, especially with Werner's hypnotic voice narrating in your head.

#book #bookstodon #memoir #werner_herzog #wernerherzog #readingnow

Curious Loth-cat
6 days ago

In the "Tales of Light and Life" story "The Queen's Bloom", the phrase "liberate some excess" is used as a euphemism for "stealing". I think it would be a good term for taking back some of the obscene wealth hoarded by the rich.

#TheHighRepublic #StarWars #Anthology #ShortFiction #ShortStories #Book #Books #Capitalism #EatTheRich

Robert Kingett
1 week ago

A short memoir, Banking Bungles, has been accepted to the Bad Day Book Special Needs and Disability. To get review copies or, well, put in a interview request, see the bottom FAQs on this page. Mention my name and the Banking Bungles story if you wanna get me exclusively but this should be a fun anthology overall! https://thebaddaybook.com/faq/#about-us #Reviews #Books #Book

petersuber
1 week ago
Brian Hartgen
1 week ago

#Book Today I've read Meet Me At the Savoy by Jean Nicol. I'm sure L will like that. @lulu_bear

Nick East (Indie Writer)
1 week ago

Libraries are one of the few public spaces where people are allowed to exist without money in our capitalist hellscape 🤔😇

@bookstodon @libraries @librarians @publiclibraries

#Book #Books
#Public #Library #PublicLibrary #For #Everyone
#Bookworm #Bookwyrm #Bookstodon #BookLove #BoostingIsSharing

Brian Hartgen
1 week ago

#Book Completed reading the Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman. An excellent book, fourth in the Thursday Murder Club series. While the reading of the book was superb, the interview between the narrator and author on the Audible book was incredibly fluffy. The content was interesting but that could have done with some serious editing.

Leisureguy
1 week ago

@kottke I think you would be interested in a book that came recently to mind: Anne Wilson Schaef's When Society Becomes an Adddict.

I read it shortly after it was published in 1988, and at the time it was eye-opening about the problems in the company in which I worked. But in rereading it now, it has a much broader reach.

Here are inexpensive copies:

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&cm_sp=SearchF-_-home-_-Results&ref_=search_f_hp&tn=When%20Society%20becomes%20an%20addict&an=anne%20wilson%20schaef

#book #psychology #sociology #society #culture #addiction

Ondrej Sevcik
1 week ago

My notes from The Pragmatic Programmer book.

One of the best books about building software.

https://ondrejsevcik.com/blog/the-pragmatic-programmer

#book #software

Letterform Archive Images
1 week ago

Bauhausbauten Dessau (Bauhausbücher 12)
László Moholy-Nagy
Item date: 1930.
Courtesy #LetterformArchive
#book #graphicdesign
highres: https://oa.letterformarchive.org/item?workID=lfa_bauhaus_0012&targPic=lfa_bauhaus_0012_040.jpg

das-g
1 week ago

If anyone wants to know even more about this: Have a look at chapter 10 "Git Internals" of the #book "Pro Git". It's available for free online on the official Git website: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2

@b0rk #GitInternals #ProGit #GitPackfiles #GitObjects

Gay Old Time
1 week ago

Not a novel about homosexuality among the British gentry, unfortunately 🧐
#vintage #book #gay

The cover for a book called The Toff Goes Gay by John Creasey. An illustration shows a woman fleeing through the dark streets on a town at night.
Robert @ Tech Addressed
1 week ago

As I've mentioned a number of times now - I'm extremely proud of my wife for pursuing her dream of being an author. She's just released her 2nd book. If you're into "spicy books" or know someone who is, perhaps give it a read? If you're so inclined, a boost for visibility would be appreciated.

https://www.amazon.com/Unrealized-Unrelenting-Book-Jayne-Katway-ebook/dp/B0CJ27P5Q3/

#books #indie #author #kindle #kindleunlimited #book #booktodon

Brian Hartgen
2 weeks ago

#Book Pre-ordered Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night by Sophie Hannah, released 26 October.

Brian Hartgen
2 weeks ago

#Book New book released today, the fourth in the Thursday Murder Club series, the Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman. There are some good books being released in the last part of this year and this should be one of them.

Ria Kovbasa
2 weeks ago

Finished reading Gabrielle Zevin’s “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” and now all I want to do is ditch my job and hobbies and start making video games with my best friend (who, incidentally, is literally studying video games for his PhD)

#Book #reading #AmReading #Bookstodon #videoGames

LA Legault
2 weeks ago

The site of the Nazi’s #book burning at Humboldt University in #Berlin, #Germany. Never forget, means never forget, #Ontario.

#Onpoli #Canada

A plexiglass square framed in the ground on the grounds of Humboldt University in Berlin.  Under the glass is bookshelves covered in ash to mark the spot the Nazis burned books.
George Penney
2 weeks ago

It's been a MASSIVE few days. We're saying goodbye to our wee housesitting cat friends here in the #UK on Friday, we've just launched our comic fantasy whoddunit #book, OverLondon and we're headed off to a conference before going to the next stop straight after...

So I'm totally justified in treating myself by playing one of the best RPGs ever made, right?

And if you've never heard of Torment, or haven't played but love rpgs or just excellent storytelling, this is Disco Elysium's great grandaddy. So worth checking out.

And if you haven't played Disco Elysium yet. Please, please do yourself a favour and go check that out too :blobsmilehappyeyes:

#gaming #rpg

You're looking at a poster for Planescape Torment, possibly one of the best rpgs ever to be written. The background is swirly and blue. It features a large scarred blue face of "The Nameless One" the main character and the name of the game in a kind of gold DnD font... All spikey and cool. You are looking at a poster that promises excellence. A game that is so well written that you wonder why the HELL they never got around to another one. Gah! Just make another one already!
Nick East (Indie Writer)
2 weeks ago

I'm always looking for new and innovative wasy to excuse my book hoarding.
I hadn't realised I could use the 'I'll die someday so nothing matters' angle...😜😂

@bookstodon @bookbubble @books
@reading

#Book #Books
#Reading #ReadingCommunity #Hoarding
#Bookworm #Bookwyrm #Bookstodon #BookLove #BoostingIsSharing

(MEP) aka M.E. Purfield
2 weeks ago

When you hide from the pain the best way to stop it is to face those who inflict it.

In a vibrant city built on secrets, Miki Radicci is an emancipated teen and the flavor of the art world, struggling to find her place and cope with her psychic ability - one that forces her to experience everyone's pain.

When she accidentally experiences the grisly murder of a young college woman, Miki quickly grabs the attention of the police and the killer, threatening her already fragile family.

Now, Miki must face the one person who inflicted her greatest pain in order to seek justice for the victim.

If you've loved suspenseful thrillers such as "Gone Girl" or "The Girl on the Train", you will be captivated by this fast-paced, psychic mystery series. Buy now for free before the price changes!

https://mepurfield.gumroad.com/l/FreeABlackDeeperThanDeath

#amazonkindle #book #bookaddict #bookaholic #bookblast #bookblog #bookblogger #bookbloggers #bookboost #bookcommunity #booklover #booknerd #bookpromo #bookworms #freebooks #horrorcommunity #kindle #mustreads #mysteryforyou #readingcommunity #shamelessselfpromo

Henrique
2 weeks ago

Does someone have Inorganic Chemistry: Principles of Structure and Reactivity from Huheey to sell? 😁 #book #chemistry