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Happy National Library Week!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_Week

Some things you can do this week to celebrate:

- Get yourself a library card, if you haven't already, or help someone else sign up!
- Check out your library's free resources and services, or attend an event!
- Donate to your local library, if you have the means!
- Call your elected representatives' offices, and tell them why libraries are important to you and your community: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative and https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

A two-panel Charlie Brown comic. In the first panel, three young children (Charlie Brown, Lucy, and Linus) stand outside. One of the children, Linus, approaches the other two children, holding a library card, and says: "Look! Library card! I've taken out a library card!" He stands proud, holding his library card to his chest, and continues: "I have been given my citizenship in the land of knowledge!"

A special shoutout to The New York Review of Books which has just started using the Fediverse:

➡️ @nybooks

The NYRB is a celebrated magazine on literature, politics, arts, ideas & current events.

They've just started posting, so their profile may look blank to your server. Follow them and their posts will start showing up on your server too 🙂

(By the way, NYRB has no connection to the New York Times Book Review, they just have similar names.)

London Rules

I recently watched an intriguing series on Apple TV titled Slow Horses. Spanning four seasons, the show features a stellar cast led by Gary Oldman, who delivers a compelling performance as Jackson Lamb, a seasoned yet shrewd MI5 agent in charge of a team of misfit spies. The series masterfully blends humor with thrilling espionage, making it irresistibly engaging—I was hooked from the very beginning. Each season is adapted from one of Mick Herron's novels in the Slough House series, with the first season closely mirroring the events of the first book, and so forth. After finishing the final season, I craved more and decided to delve into the books. I recently completed the fifth installment, London Rules, and highly recommend adding it to your reading list. Needless to say, Mick Herron has firmly secured a spot on my list of must-follow authors.

"This novel is part of the Slough House series, which follows a group of disgraced British intelligence agents. In London Rules, a terror plot threatens the country, and the "slow horses" of Slough House find themselves unexpectedly thrust into action. Led by their irascible boss, Jackson Lamb, the team must navigate political machinations, personal vendettas, and deadly stakes to uncover the truth. The story blends espionage, dark humor, and sharp commentary on the modern intelligence world." - summary by Copilot
"The book cover belongs to "London Rules" by Mick Herron. It features an aerial view of London with the iconic Shard building standing out at the center. The title, "LONDON RULES", is boldly written in large red letters at the top, while the author's name, "MICK HERRON", is displayed prominently in white at the bottom. Above the title, there's an intriguing quote by Val McDermid, calling Herron "the John le Carré of our generation". It also highlights that this is "A Slough House Novel" and mentions Herron's accolades as a Crime Writers' Association Gold and Steel Dagger Winner. A striking cover that teases intrigue and recognition!" - Copilot

in 1818.

Percy Bysshe Shelley, his wife Mary and her stepsister Claire Clairmont leave England for Italy (to escape its "tyranny civil and religious"), intending to take Claire's illegitimate child Alba to her father, Lord Byron.

Over the next four years produced what Zachary Leader and Michael O'Neill call "some of the finest poetry of the Romantic period".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley

Shelley at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1529

Posthumous Portrait of Shelley Writing Prometheus Unbound in Italy-painting by Joseph Severn, 1845. Oil on canvas. Keats-Shelley Memorial House, Rome, Italy. This romantic and idealized portrait shows the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley seated among the ruins of an ancient structure. Shelley is portrayed in a contemplative and slightly melancholic posture, with his hand resting on his face, gazing into the distance.

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Banner of the social media platform BookWyrm showing their logo: A dragon-like creature holding a book.

Amazon ha decidido que a partir de hoy los libros que compran sus clientes sean un poquito menos suyos (no es que antes lo fuesen mucho, tampoco), y yo he decidido que no voy a vender ni un libro más allí 🤷‍♂️

Además, como intento ser consecuente conmigo mismo, he retirado los tres libros que he escrito de su catálogo, y siguiendo el espíritu colaborativo del Fediverso, los comparto ahora con vosotros de forma gratuita. A continuación os dejo un enlace a disroot para su descarga directa en epub (no hace falta que tengáis cuenta para bajarlos). Cada libro está en una carpeta que contiene el epub, la portada y un pdf con la sinopsis:

https://cloud.disroot.org/s/YdbStYSNMHAjkWd

Si alguno de los libros os gusta estaré encantado de leer vuestras impresiones. Y si queréis invitarme a un café podéis hacerlo en mi página de Ko-fi ☕:

https://ko-fi.com/karurosu

Dadme una …

In February to March 1893.

The 22-year-old Stephen Crane pays for publication of his first book, the Bowery novella Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, under the pseudonym "Johnston Smith", in New York City. Later considered a pioneering example of American literary realism, its first trade edition (rewritten) comes out in 1896 after Crane has attained fame with The Red Badge of Courage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie:_A_Girl_of_the_Streets

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/447

Cover of the 1896 first trade edition of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane. The book was published by D. Appleton & Company in 1896. The cover is yellow or mustard-colored cloth, typical of many late 19th-century book bindings. The title "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" is displayed in bold, dark-colored lettering on the front cover. The author's name, Stephen Crane, appears below the title. The design is relatively simple, without elaborate illustrations or artwork, emphasizing its status as a serious literary work.