"What made Caesar most openly and mortally hated was his passion to be made king. It was this which made the common people hate him for the first time" - Plutarch, Fall of the Roman Republic (page 311 of this version).
"What made Caesar most openly and mortally hated was his passion to be made king. It was this which made the common people hate him for the first time" - Plutarch, Fall of the Roman Republic (page 311 of this version).
Does anybody have recommendations for books (in English) about French history? I’m interested in pretty much any era but don’t know where to begin. If I had to specify, I’m interested in industrial/economic history and colonial history (which may end up being histories of Algeria/Vietnam/etc.) but truly interested in any topic/general survey from any era. #bookstadon #books #history #france
Pre-order now! Out May 22nd.
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Her Cravings Mastered
Can Jessica allow one man to control her again?
After Jessica Williams, 51, escaped an abusive relationship with a sadistic pretend-Dom in her twenties, she vowed never again to risk getting involved with dominant men.
Estranged from her father, haunted by her past, and filled with fear—can she ever learn to trust again, to love again? But suddenly a decision has to be made.
She’s come face-to-face with Aiden Dowling, 54—a confident, attractive Dom, who looks at her like an apex predator eyeing dessert. And he makes it very clear he wants her as his submissive. However, if she accepts, can she believe he won’t abuse that trust?
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Just finished Shallow Waters by Anita Kopacz yesterday. Ambitious debut novel that combines African myth with historical figures in a unique but familiar story! #bookreview #bookstadon #books #justfinished #diversebooks https://hollysreadingescapades.blogspot.com/2025/05/book-review-shallow-waters-by-anita.html?m=1
Don't you just love it when you finish the first draft and begin on the second?
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I love this little video from Brilliant Books in Traverse city with our Bright Green Futures anthology!
A reminder that indie bookstores rock & there's never a bad time to visit one. And @bookshop.org supports indies online!
Working on a writing piece, and really curious what other's frame of reference is
If I ask you for depictions of "community" in popular media, what first comes to mind?
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Review
‘He tries not to think too much about artificial intelligence turning on us, he has said. But if it does, “I have,” he told The New Yorker in 2016, “guns, gold, potassium iodide, antibiotics, batteries, water, gas masks from the Israeli Defence Force and a big patch of land in Big Sur I can fly to.” He also once said, “AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime there’ll be great companies.”’
Did you know that Dua Lipa is the greatest interviewer of novelists? One of the best literary journalists of our times?
For #Pittsburgh friends, I have two local events coming up where you can find me with all kinds of cool #solarpunk and #book stuff!!
1 - Solarpunk Future! expo May 29th, 1-5 pm
2 - Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books May 31st 10a-5pm
Details below...
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For a short time, this heart-warming #solarpunk story is FREE!
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The theme word for this one is CLIMATE CONNECTIONS and you can hear @daniellearostegui.bsky.social and I discuss it on the latest Bright Green Futures podcast: https://lnk.to/BGFPodEp32
#books #climate #climatefiction #climatechange #bookstadon @bookstodon #freeebook
LAST DAY to grab this #solarpunk story FREE!
I love @daniellearostegui.bsky.social' story in the anthology precisely because it says "do the work, right where you are". On the pod today we talk about Climate Connections and the *very cool* climate board game that's her giveaway item!
https://brightgreenfutures.substack.com/p/ep-32-climate-connections-with-danielle
The stories of the Bright Green Futures anthology each have a theme to go with them, and I've been talking about these themes with the authors in a series of episodes on the pod. A new one drops today!
Check them out: https://brightgreenfutures.substack.com/
Free for only 3 more days: grab this #solarpunk story by @tkrex about clicky space centipedes! Or you can get the anthology w/ a *second* story by T. K. that's actually a prose-poem. Both are amazing!
Free: https://lnk.to/BGF24S3website
Anthology: https://lnk.to/BGF24website
Fellow Readers!
There's a new app to get newly released books in a giveaway! https://booktrovert.com/
Sign up to be a part of the launch!
#3goodthings
(book edition)
Anthony Horowitz's call-to-arms of an introduction to The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2024
the writing invitations in Julia Cameron's book The Right to Write
silent mediation becoming a daily practice, thanks to Jon Kabat-Zinn's Wherever You Go, There You Are
(the 30th anniversary edition is a pleasure to hold)