#Books

Decent @snopes treatment of "shanty" vs. "chanty"/"chantey" by @davidpmikkelson. But the Google Ngrams graph with spelling variants is misleading, since the frequency of "shanty" is significantly boos
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If you're into books, you might know that some books are called "trade paperbacks" and others are called "mass market paperbacks." 1/ These distinctions have their origins in the creation
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A reminded how absurd the very idea that MJ was a serial molester really is. 35 years of media scrutiny, years of multi-million dollar LAPD SBDS FBI DCFS investigations and
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One day I'm going to write a TED talk about the Clone Wars, Disney+, and the renewed accessibility of Star Wars lore, and when I do it'll be over for
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Kirkus has a really weird relationship with books about Black American girls in contemporary fantasy settings, and...I think we need to talk about it. If I'm gonna be frank, Kirkus
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Fellow year 7 teachers. Take care. Many of the books we ‘think’ of as ours actually moved to KS2 a long time ago. Personally I would avoid any Morpurgo for
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It’s not about @D_Roopa_IPS or anyone. It’s about our own education system. Just check history department of any university central or state it’s full of leftists. In the name of
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places to buy books online which aren’t Amazon @hivestores - an an online network of 360 independent bookstores nationwide. A per cent of the profits go back into your nearest
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(1/12)I've seen a lot of posts lately by writers asking why Twitter isn't working to sell their books as they expect and I have no real answer to that question,
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@PENamerica is deliberately misrepresenting the *PAUSING* of these books’ in classrooms until such time as the school can guarantee they will teach them responsibly, ignoring that students & teachers are
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If anybody wonders why I get so pressed about the expectations forced upon queer creators, I just saw a book reviewer on God's internet call-out an established writer for having
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Pandemic was cruel to everyone and it was more than ever not good for brick & mortar bookstores where the foot count have decreased. But they're not stopping and most
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This is a photo of book returns my colleague took at her branch. Each bin gets quarantined for 3 days and then the books get checked in. Each day there
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Today I conducted an experiment. I read DIARY OF A WIMPY KID.The questions to be answered were twofold:1. Could I see why the series is so popular?2. Are they as
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Rant thread.First, I appreciate the frankness and honesty @SarahCrossan has shown in response to this article. It’s not easy to stick your neck out. Check out her thread. 1/14https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/dec/12/famous-first-word
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OOC: A quick thread about D&D and other RPGs in the mid-80s. I’m really interested by the comments going ‘round about people’s first, second, and subsequent RPGs. I want to
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