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If you’re looking to make your knowledge of the world more well rounded, the Oxford University Press’ Very Short Introduction series is a great place to start. The books are written by experts, usually 120-160 pages long (3-5 hours in audio) and generally at roughly a first year university subject level. They have books on an astounding range of subjects. I’m trying to read as many of them as possible, I’ve finished 25 so far

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Joanna Holman

@joannaholman@aus.social · 14 hours ago

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Robert Kingett

@WeirdWriter@caneandable.social · 17 hours ago

The Death of Sherlock Holmes: a dated uprising https://sightlessscribbles.com/writing/nonfiction/20250915/ #Essay #Books #Book

The Death of Sherlock Holmes: a dated uprising, Sightless Scribbles

A fabulously gay blind author.

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Omar Moore

@popcornreel@mas.to · 20 hours ago

Please read this book. Now more than ever.

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Ami Angelwings

@ami_angelwings@urusai.social · 17 hours ago

#QuestionOfTheDay What's something (a trope, plot point, character type, twist, technology, magic, decision, conceit of the genre/world, whatever) in fiction that you just can't buy.

i.e. you get that it's fiction, & that it's a thing that happens, or that in the fictional world it's accepted, justified, or explained, or fans love it, etc. It's not that you don't understand it, it's just that you don't buy it, it doesn't work for you, you just can't accept it or take it seriously, etc...

This is a judgement free zone (at least from my end) so if you're like "when space magic shows up I can't take it seriously" or "ppl being able to fly makes no sense to me" etc that's totally fine.

#fiction #Television #TV #manga #anime #film #movies #books #CCGs #ttrpg #videogames #comics #comicbooks

Robert Kingett

@WeirdWriter@caneandable.social · 17 hours ago

The Death of Sherlock Holmes: a dated uprising https://sightlessscribbles.com/writing/nonfiction/20250915/ #Essay #Books #Book

The Death of Sherlock Holmes: a dated uprising, Sightless Scribbles

A fabulously gay blind author.

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Kristie

@kristiedegaris@mastodon.scot · yesterday

Knowing has a terminal limit, beyond which it becomes part of the harm...

#Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #News #Scotland #UK #Books

Screenshot of a Substack post titled 'There Is Nothing More to Know.'

The post reads: 'Knowledge has a terminal limit, beyond which it becomes part of the harm. Spare facts already make things clear. Reading every detail will not meaningfully expose those responsible to consequence. Instead, it is assimilated, made part of us. I refuse that. There is so much we have no choice in. This is a choice. I do not need to know everything. I already know enough. I am unequivocally against genocide without witnessing it. The sexual abuse of children does not require further description to be abhorrent and condemned. My resolute opposition to state violence does not increase the longer I look. My position does not depend on the details.'

Beneath the text is a black and white photograph showing a narrow stream running through rough grassland, leading toward distant hills beneath a cloudy sky. — Screenshot of a Substack post titled 'There Is Nothing More to Know.' The post reads: 'Knowledge has a terminal limit, beyond which it becomes part of the harm. Spare facts already make things clear. Reading every detail will not meaningfully expose those responsible to consequence. Instead, it is assimilated, made part of us. I refuse that. There is so much we have no choice in. This is a choice. I do not need to know everything. I already know enough. I am unequivocally against genocide without witnessing it. The sexual abuse of children does not require further description to be abhorrent and condemned. My resolute opposition to state violence does not increase the longer I look. My position does not depend on the details.' Beneath the text is a black and white photograph showing a narrow stream running through rough grassland, leading toward distant hills beneath a cloudy sky.

Omar Moore

@popcornreel@mas.to · 20 hours ago

Please read this book. Now more than ever.

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Project Gutenberg

@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social · 23 hours ago

Black History Month: What is it and why is it important?

Black History Month is an opportunity to understand Black histories.

By Alem Tedeneke (from the archives)

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/02/black-history-month-what-is-it-and-why-do-we-need-it/

Index of Project Gutenberg Works on Black History by Various edited by David Widger is available online:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58975

#books #literature #blackhistorymonth

Photograph of Frederick Douglass, circa 1879.

Douglass is dressed formally in a dark suit with white shirt and bow tie, with his distinctive wild gray hair and beard. The dignified portrait captures him at approximately age 61, during the period when he served as U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia and continued his work for civil rights and social justice.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass#/media/File:Frederick_Douglass_(circa_1879)_(cropped).jpg — Photograph of Frederick Douglass, circa 1879. Douglass is dressed formally in a dark suit with white shirt and bow tie, with his distinctive wild gray hair and beard. The dignified portrait captures him at approximately age 61, during the period when he served as U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia and continued his work for civil rights and social justice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass#/media/File:Frederick_Douglass_(circa_1879)_(cropped).jpg

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Index of Project Gutenberg Works on Black History by Various

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Kristie

@kristiedegaris@mastodon.scot · 5 days ago

Just a reminder that if you like my writing on Substack, it’s very likely that you will also like my book ‘Drystone - A Life Rebuilt’

If you buy it on bookshop.org you support me and indy bookshops.

https://uk.bookshop.org/a/15919/9781846976469

#Books #Book #Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Scotland #UK

Book cover for Drystone: A Life Rebuilt by Kristie De Garis. The design shows a stack of abstract, stone-like shapes in green, yellow, blue, black and purple on a pale background. The title ‘DRYSTONE’ appears at the top, with the subtitle ‘A LIFE REBUILT’ arranged across the stone shapes, and the author’s name at the bottom. The cover is set against a mustard-yellow background.

Project Gutenberg

@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social · 23 hours ago

Black History Month: What is it and why is it important?

Black History Month is an opportunity to understand Black histories.

By Alem Tedeneke (from the archives)

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/02/black-history-month-what-is-it-and-why-do-we-need-it/

Index of Project Gutenberg Works on Black History by Various edited by David Widger is available online:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58975

#books #literature #blackhistorymonth

Project Gutenberg

Index of Project Gutenberg Works on Black History by Various

Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.

Matt

@matt@oslo.town · 24 hours ago

Ngl, chapter one was a tough read but I'm enjoying learning about Ukraine's history. 🇺🇦

#Ukraine #YaroslavHrytsak #History #Bookstodon #Books #NowReading

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Matt holds a blue book titled "Ukraine: The Forging of a Nation" by Yaroslav Hrytsak in a café setting, with a coffee cup and saucer on a wooden table.

An open book showing Chapter 3 titled "Cossack Ukraine," held in a café with a coffee cup and saucer on a wooden table.

Bookhouse Institute

@BOOKHOUSE@mas.to · yesterday

Fancy a little puzzle to solve?

Work this out and i shall send you a little something. hi[at]bookhouse.uk if you have the solution.

Please feel free to share it with a friend who likes puzzles. Or a lover you have lost contact with. Or even a relative that you still speak to.

#puzzlebook #treasurehunt #books #reading #puzzles

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An open book. A hand drawn map. Nowhere that you know.

A series of puzzles. Written with a typewriter. Probably pertains to the map in the other photos.

An open book. You can see a hand drawn map and a list of puzzle clues written with a typewriter. You probably need to solve something here.

An open book. You can see a hand drawn map and a list of puzzle clues written with a typewriter. Looks like a great thing to get annoyed at on a rainy afternoon.

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EveryLibrary

@everylibrary@mastodon.social · 2 days ago

We’re here to support libraries. Take action at action.everylibrary.org.

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Kristie

@kristiedegaris@mastodon.scot · yesterday

Knowing has a terminal limit, beyond which it becomes part of the harm...

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Marthe Küster

@marthe_kuester@fedihum.org · 2 days ago

Ich bin eher neu auf Mastodon und hier um #Wissenschaftkommunikation zu stärken. Für mein Forschungsfeld, die #DigitalHistory funktionieren je nach Thema diese #Hashtags am besten. Ein großes Dankeschön an die Newsmast-Channels. Wie sind eure Erfahrungen?

#socialmedia #DigitalHumanities #programming #history #books #AI #EarlyCareer #OpenScience #OpenAccess