Reading Professor Anna Whitelock's The Sun Rising, and finding the chapter on the anticipation of Elizabeth I passing after such a long rein, then James succeeding, feels slightly peculiar after our own era experiencing the passing of her namesake and her remarkably long rein.
Regardless of my thoughts on monarchy, it had the feel of history passing through us.
History is never just the past...
#LunchtimeReading : starting The Sun Rising by Prof Anna Whitelock.
Confused our poor Bloomsbury Books rep when he told us they had a new book about James I, and I asked which, Jimmy I, or Jimmy VI & I? 
(9/9)
#livres #Terres de #sang : l' #Europe entre Hitler et Staline de #TimothySnyder
« Le chef de #LaFranceInsoumise, #JeanLucMélenchon, s’arrête au #Québec avant de se rendre aux États-Unis pour faire la promotion de son livre #FaitesMieux! Vers la révolution citoyenne. Au micro de Patrick Masbourian, l’homme politique français dénonce les menaces du président américain Donald Trump d’annexer le Canada et plaide pour une #gauche assumée, quitte à être accusé d’intransigeance. »
#Mélenchon #JLM #polFr #gaucheFrançaise #livres @bookstodon @MusiqueNow
Beer and book time, into the last third of @scalzi 's When the Moon Hits Your Eye (the Moon has unexpectedly turned into cheese), I'm assuming a couple of Wensleydale references are nods to Wallace and Gromit.
Which, of course, makes me love it all the more. I may be forced to order more ale while finishing the book...
“It’s vital that libraries feel able to provide access to a wide range of perspectives if they are to facilitate the free exchange of ideas.”
Exactly. Back our librarians against those attempting to ape the trend in the US to demand censorship. I understood this concept when I was just a child, first using libraries.
« Ce qui m'a troublé autour du 13 avril, c'est le fait que c'est à la fois l'un des événements les plus connus du #Liban, ou du moins de la #guerreDuLiban, et en même temps un événement assez mal connu et très peu documenté »
#MarwanChahine, auteur de #Beyrouth13avril1975. Autopsie d’une étincelle
#massacreDuBusDeBeyrouth #Palestiniens #13avril1975 #EnCeJour #ProcheOrient #livres @histodons @bookstodon @lebanon @palestine
' “In #France,” Diamond said, “she is mainly known as a music-hall star, and in the US as a civil rights activist.” A whole chapter – the spying missions, the concerts that raised large sums for the #resistance, her subsequent uniformed service in the French air force – was far less familiar.'
on #HannaDiamond's #JosephineBakersSecretWar
#JoséphineBaker #BlackHistory #histFr #résistantes #FranceLibre #FreeFrench #DeuxièmeBureau #livres #books @histodons @bookstodon
I think I've found my alter ego in the Discworld: Ponder Stibbons 
(Cogite Stibon in French)
Otherwise, Australia, er.... XXXX, it's really a very weird place 
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It's the last day of sunshine! 
So I'm taking the opportunity to start reading The Last Continent 
Good morning, #Edinburgh !
The sunlight is streaming in the windows, the books are blooming like spring flowers. A perfect day to browse a book or two, then sit under a tree on #Bruntsfield Links and read.
#iReMMO | Présentation du livre de #PierreBlanc et #JeanPaulChagnollaud,
"#AtlasDesPalestiniens. Itinéraire d'un peuple sans État" (Éditions Autrement, 2025)
#Palestiniens #Palestine #ProcheOrient #tpo #questionPalestinienne #histoireDeLaPalestine #PalestineOttomane #PalestineMandataire #résistancePalestinienne #cartographie #cartes #infographies #livres @palestine @bookstodon @histodons
Our friends at #Edinburgh 's SF lit festival, Cymera, have just posted this year's programme, lots of fabulous authors and events to look forward to! https://www.cymerafestival.co.uk/
Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad.
Comme je voulais regarder la série, mais que je comptais d'abord lire le livre, alors donc je l'ai acheté il y a... ho ben deux ans quand même, et il m'a fidèlement attendu depuis.
#Mastolivre
#bookstodon #livres #Books #bookstodon #history #slavery
#BlackHistory #Blackwriters
#WhatWereReading : a few of the recent books our biscuit-munching bookshop band have enjoyed - https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/book-reviews
#WhatTheGruffalosReading : today the G-Man is delighting in the fabulous rhyming of The Football Fairy, by Ellie Wollard & Irina Avgustinovich, from Magic Cat Publishing.
This one made us smile, we ended up reading it to each other - pretty sure we'll use that one at a future Under Five's Storytime.
Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Uncharted Island, by our dear chum Olga Wojtas has just arrived from Saraband Books.
Olga will be here on Wednesday 16th to celebrate the launch of her latest book https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/events-1/olga-wojtas-miss-blaines-prefect-and-the-uncharted-island-book-launch
#LunchtimeReading : new John Scalzi, When the Moon Hits Your Eye, which deals with an almost Wallace and Gromit scenario of the Moon being transformed into cheese. Looking forward to this!
Lovely visit from Lucy Mangan today! Signed copies of Bookish: How Reading Shapes Our Lives available now!
