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From my recent #poetry #reading #books

Everything except language
knows the meaning of existence.
Trees, planets, rivers, time
know nothing else. They express it
moment by moment as the universe.

First verse of "The Meaning of Existence" by Les Murray, 2002.


What is a #book character you wish were real or you could talk to?

I've always wanted to have a chat with Cyrus from the Mysterious Island by Jules Verne!

#reading


Another random question: have you ever read a book published after the author died?
A: I'm reading a book where the author died before finishing so the daughter finished it and got it published.

And more pics of my books cos I've got bills to pay ;)

#authors #reading #writing #books #bookstodon #booksofmastodon


Hardback version of Jungle-tastic Tales and Inca-tastic Tales! Head to: http://books2read.com/jungle-inca

The Amazon Region for kids like never before.

The Inca Empire brought to life for kids.

#writersofmastodon #bookstodon #books #reading #writing #indieauthors #amazon #jungle #inca #kidslit #historyforkids #excited #books


The #Incas called the month of May "Zara Muchuy Quilla" or "Aymoray Quilla".

It was the time when dry corn was stored.

The corn goddess, Saramama, features in Intrepid Dudetres of the Inca Empire & Inca-tastic Tales. Both out now!

#books #writer #histodon #bookstodon #book #history #reading #corn

Corn cobs


Alright, here is my #MonthlySummary for April, full of #gaming #anime #reading #scifi #manga and other fun stuff.

This is day 46 of #100DaysToOffload

https://joelchrono12.xyz/blog/april-2023-summary


⚪ Ein praktisches ...
Lieblingsfoto.
🟤 A practical ... Favorite
photo.
📷 and Art by Artist: #BradDowney 🇺🇸/🇩🇪 in Loc.: unknown, 2017 - Title: "L'Uso Di Libri – The Use of Books" (Die Verwendung von Büchern) - #Streetart #Art 📖 #Mastoart #PhotoArt #Books #Reading #FunArt #Fotografie
#Photography ➡️ #APhotoLove
Photography and Art. A man in shorts and a white T-shirt stands on a stack of books about 2 meters high and looks over a beige wall. Behind it, tall green trees can be seen.
Info: Downey creates mostly three-dimensional objects in public space. He himself describes these works as sculptures. His art also has a strong performative character.


Good Evening. The Penguin book armada faithfully presses on #books #reading
Penguin Books are everywhere!


"The Internet #Archive has transformed thousands of references to books in #Wikipedia into live links to digitized books, allowing users to link book references directly into Internet Archive #books. Diving deeper into a subject will be a single click and readers may preview the book and, if they want to read further, they can borrow the digital copy in a way that’s analogous to how they borrow physical books from their local library"

#reading #knowledge #learning
https://blog.archive.org/2019/10/29/weaving-books-into-the-web-starting-with-wikipedia/
Screenshot of the page showing how Wikipedia is now citing sources digitized by the Internet Archive (read page for content of the image)


¿Qué es BookWyrm?: Presentamos ComeLibros Club


BookWyrm es una red social para llevar un registro de tus lecturas, hablar sobre libros, escribir reseñas y descubrir qué leer a continuación. La federación permite a les usuaries de BookWyrm unirse a comunidades pequeñas y de confianza que pueden conectarse entre sí y con otros servicios de ActivityPub como Mastodon y Pleroma.


Boosting this with alt-text because #librarians rule! 💪

I love the last panel. 😊

#Libraries #NoLimits #Books #Reading
Four three-panel comics together in one block.  The comic is "Unshelved" by Gene Ambaum & Bill Barnes, the first scenes are all in front of a very large bookcase and the last have a plain background.

The first series is a young black boy talking to a white male librarian:

Boy: Can I check out this book?
Librarian: Yes you can check out ANY book.
B: ANY book?
L: If you can reach it, you can check it out.
B: What if I can't reach it?
L: Then I'll do it for you.

2nd panel
B: My teacher says I need to return this book.  It's above my reading level.
L: So?
B: So I can't read it.
L: Maybe you CAN.  Maybe you can't.  Maybe you can read part of it.  Maybe you just want to look at the pictures.  You can still keep it.
B: Forever?
L: No.
B: Worth a shot.

Third panel, now including a white teacher
T: Did you tell this student he could check out this book?
L: Yes.
T: Are you aware that it's well above his reading level?
L: Don't care.
T: We have A POLICY!
L: I love the sound policy makes when I break it.

Fourth panel:
T: I'm very disappointed you let kids check out just ANY book.
L: Why, which books did you want to censor?
T: What?  No!  I just want to make sure they read within their capabilities!
L: And I want them to know they have no limits.


AK Press has made the following ebooks available for free for the time being:

- "The Nation on No Map: Black Anarchism and Abolition" by William C. Anderson

- "As Black as Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation" by Zoé Samudzi and William C. Anderson

- "Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America" by Kristian Williams

https://www.akpress.org/featured-products/featured-topic-free-ebook.html

@bookstodon@abolition #abolition #ftp #acab #anarchism #books #reading #bookstodon #BlackAnarchism


Myne
Ebook Downloader, built with Jetpack Compose.

Myne is a FOSS Android application to download ebooks from the Project GutenBerg, it uses GutenDex API to fetch metadata of ebooks in the backend.
Browse and download over 60k free ebooks available in multiple languages and updated daily.

Download: https://github.com/Pool-Of-Tears/Myne/releases

#foss #android #OpenSource #reading #ebooks #JetpackCompose #GutenbergProject


This year, try #indie authors ;)

I loved researching for these books and discovering incredible people from history- the first woman to go down the Amazon River, Inca princesses forced to marry conquistadors, survivors of the rubber boom...

Links are also in my bio.

#indieauthor #reading #histodon #booksofmastodon #authors #writers #readers #history


Napoleon’s #kindle — the traveling #library he took on #military campaigns:

https://www.openculture.com/2017/10/napoleons-kindle-see-the-miniaturized-traveling-library-he-took-on-military-campaigns.html

#mobile #books #bookstadon #history #histodons #reading #culture #fun #facts #thursday #news #life
Looks like a cigar box, full of mini books


Hey everyone. I want to invite you to the newest #Bookwyrm instance, https://Bookwyrm.Tech that I built. I'm now a #fediadmin! It's open to new uses.

The #fediverse community I hope to build is for readers that tend to read technical books more than others. I plan on adding lots of content throughout the year, so please join us to make it a wonderful place for hackers, programmers, system admins, and gamers.

#reading #techincal #technology #infosec #hacking #programming #gaming


Now just read the first story (the main one too, I guess) of the book I'm reading: I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. This thing is crazy!

related: https://bookrastinating.com/user/joel/comment/79175#anchor-79175

#books #booktodon #scifi #reading


Oh yeah lets do this one next. I already loved its first story, this is a collection of short stories, I am liking it so far

(comment on "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream")

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (EBook, 2009, e-reads.com)


Here's the blurb! I'm excited to have all these stories in one book: the kidnapped Inca prince, the last Inca priestess, the first ever "chocolate trees", the first woman to go down the Amazon River, survivors of the rubber industry... and so many more!

For kids who love
Learning
Exploring
Adventuring
and Laughing!

#kidsBook #author #writersLift #readingwithkids #reading


Did my update on what I did during the month of December 2022, will also do an overview of the whole year

https://joelchrono12.xyz/blog/december-2022-summary/

#MonthlySummary #anime #reading #manga #podcasts #blog

This is day 1 of my second try at #100DaysToOffload


I highly recommend supporting the Standard Ebooks project. 📚

«Standard Ebooks is a volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of copyright restrictions, and free of cost.»

👇
https://standardebooks.org/donate

#standardebook #ebook #publicdomain #book #reading


As we prepare to reset our reading challenges for the year, consider doing that on BookWyrm, an anti-corporate, fedi-friendly, human-centric alternative to the Amazon-owned Goodreads.

Find an instance here: https://joinbookwyrm.com/instances/

Oh, and let's be book friends?? I'm at https://bookwyrm.social/user/anaulin

#books #reading #bookwyrm 📚🐉


Did your kids get an #Amazon voucher for Christmas? Or do you need a birthday present for a kid?

Jungle-tastic Tales and Inca-tastic Tales have come together for the first time as a hardback book!

Culture
History
Legends
Archaeology
A touch of humour
And a dash of football!

Head to http://mybook.to/jungle-inca

For the ebook version, head to http://books2read.com/jungle-inca!

#hardcover #kidsBook #gift #present #kidsGift #kidsPresent #reading #history #parenting #giftIdea #AmazonVoucher #shopping #books


When reading up on the #Fediverse recently, I came across https://bookwyrm.social/, which is a decentralised platform for logging and #reviewing books. Anyone here using it? Would love to hear about your experiences!

#bookstodon #books #reading #bookwyrm



I finished my 8th book of the year. (https://bookrastinating.com/user/joel/comment/65075)

I took my time lol. Help me pick one out of these! I will read the others eventually don't worry.

Other suggestions are appreciated too

#scifi #reading #books #literature #sf

  • Notes From Underground - Dostoevsky (7%, 3 votes)
  • Caves of Steel - Asimov (22%, 9 votes)
  • Neuromancer - W. Gibson (55%, 22 votes)
  • The Stars My Destination - A. Bester (2%, 1 vote)
40 voters. Poll end: 5 months ago

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