An elite team of MI6 agents must go undercover to unravel a smuggling network funding violent terror in the second thrilling adventure in the acclaimed Double O series by Kim Sherwood.
Our children's book wizard Fiona was delighted to get an early copy of Rachel Plummer & Forrest Burdett's upcoming The Big Day from Little Tiger, reading it to the Gruffalo in the spring sunshine!
She Campaigned for a #Texas School Board Seat as a #GOP Hard-Liner. Now She’s Rejecting Her Party’s Extremism.
Courtney Gore, a Granbury ISD school board member, has disavowed the far-right platform she campaigned on after finding no evidence that #students were being indoctrinated by the district’s curriculum. Her defiance has brought her backlash.
FTA: "If you’re setting up a liberation library at your Gaza solidarity encampment and you’d like some radical books, please write to us at orders[at]haymarketbooks.org and we’ll send some free books to get you started."
In addition, they are offering four e-books free to pretty much anyone interested.
Liz just wants a happy birthday.
Is that too much to ask?
A beautiful antique bed: her birthday present to herself. The nice delivery men set it up in her bedroom, and then all Hell breaks loose. Literally.
When it turns out the bed's former owner isn't basking in the glow of a happy afterlife, Liz must face some nasty adversaries to help him. Why on earth would she risk her life and her sanity to help a ghost? Certainly not because she’s in love with him.
Heads up that The Khan by Saima Mir is on Kindle for 99p. I loved this thriller about gangland power struggles in the Bradford Pakistani community, just seen there’s a sequel which I will now be buying #AmReading#books
Scottish astronomer Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming was born #OTD in 1857.
Fleming's most significant contributions came in the field of stellar classification. She developed a system for classifying stars based on their spectra, which became known as the Harvard Classification Scheme. In 1890, she published the first catalog of stellar spectra, which contained over 10,000 stars classified according to her system.
"If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain."
Life, p. 6 - Collected Poems (1993)
American lyric poet Emily Dickinson died #OTD in 1888. Although she wrote 1789 poems, only a few of them were published in her lifetime, all anonymously, and some perhaps without her knowledge.
Finding time to read in a busy schedule can be tough. But even 10 minutes a day can take you on incredible journeys. How do you fit reading into your day? #reading#books#bookstodon
Literatura gótica femenina para entender las distopías del presente: de Mariana Enríquez a Liliana Colanzi
Bajo el fenómeno del "nuevo gótico latinoamericano", la "nueva literatura de lo paranormal" y el "realismo macabro", varias escritoras latinoamericanas capturan la realidad desde el asombro y el "unheimlich" (lo aterrador)
Este fue el hombre que prohibió hablar en las bibliotecas (y se negó a prestarle libros al rey)
> Obligó a pasar frío a los lectores y vetó las obras teatrales de Shakespeare. El libro 'Bibliotecas. Una historia frágil' (Capitán Swing) nos descubre a un personaje singular
Anita Botwin: "En la literatura de ficción se habla muy poco del amor en personas discapacitadas"
> La autora presenta 'La fragilidad de los cuerpos, (Ediciones B), su primera incursión en la literatura de ficción. En la obra, Botwin da voz a Salma, una joven que, como ella, se enfrenta a la Esclerosis
#money -- some awesome #books about how fiat money system works … (fiat money is Govt-issued currency that isn’t backed by any #commodity such as #gold)
After a long run of disappointments and a lot of reading in other genres I'm finally hitting a run of good modern #sff#books I can recommend. First across the finish line is The Future by Naomi Alderman. It starts off in a pre-apocalyptic, more hopeful Bill Gibson mode with a highly capable young female protagonist getting dragged into an oligarchic power struggle by means of a Macguffin. Very readable, enjoyable catnip for anyone who despises tech billionaires.
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Following my review of issue 1 from earlier in the week, here’s one for The Savage Sword of Conan #2. Conan shows a different side of his personality and the Solomon Kane story gears up for the finale.