#Books

A book and reading thread ... I see a few people sheepishly admitting they didn't read any books last year or read very few. I'm here to say that this
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Look, I know being a librarian doesn’t mean I get to read all day, but...why is it so important that I never read at the desk? Does the existence of
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The Law of SpeedSpeed has become an important element of strategy.     Regis McKennaI got there as they were opening the door at 8am yesterday Friday. I wanted to send copies of
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I’ve basically collected the white supremacist infinity stones. There probably isn’t a better endorsement for my new book lmao:https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670206/the-black-friend-on-being-a-better-white-person-by-frederick-
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My kid struggles w/ anxiety. Covid made it worse. We read a lot to open convos about it & wanted to share some of our faves that are great read
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Aww, look who’s a legal adult in the U.S. now! Crossroads of Twilight, the 10th book in the #wheeloftime, was released in this day 18 years ago in 2003 from
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Romance is one of EXTREMELY few genres where marginalised authors can build careers without the support of a publisher/agent (and it's damn hard work). Everyone else is at the mercy
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If you buy books about prisons, buy some books for prisoners. We have a spreadsheet with addresses and books needed, DM us for a link if you have a spare
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Choosing books for my fifth grader for the fall, and have noticed that so much of today's kid lit almost fetishizes social/cultural problems. Seems the message adults want to send
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The collection of books that is the Bible isn’t inherently bad or good. Like any other collection of books it is words on paper. We all get to choose if
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Good point. Which language do we use? Sanskrit? Good luck with that in TN (that is 60M people) .. Hindi? Again - that loses about 30% of the country. Don't
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2021 will be the year I'm not afraid to say I dislike a book for fear of offending those who did like it. I know I'm definitely a people pleaser
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Joke aside, the ethnicization of the name "Macedonian"&its confinement only to (a part of) the Slavs in geographic Macedonia has caused problems.Original vision 19/early 20th c. revolutionaries was that Macedonian
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A thread on Roman cheese presses, to be updated as and when I encounter more of them.To start, my local.Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, originally found in Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent.#cheese
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As a kind of advent calendar, I'm sharing the books that helped me write my upcoming book. Day 1: Buildings and Power #bookworm #research #books #innovation https://youtu.be/DoIhhdpZ8Ak  Day 2: Visualisierung
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Coming into the end of the year and seeing all the "best" of the year lists starting, I thought it would be a good idea to remind you that in
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