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1547 died Vittoria Colonna Italian noblewoman and poet.

The marquise of Pescara was one of the most fascinating and important women of the Italian Renaissance: in fact, around her and thanks to her, a real cultural and artistic circle was created that boasted some of the greatest names of the period such as Michelangelo Buonarroti, Ludovico Ariosto, Jacopo Sannazzaro, Bernardo Tasso and many others.

Books about Vittoria Colonna at PG:
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Vittoria Colonna, drawing by Michelangelo. Colonna was approximately 50 and Michelangelo 65 at the time of the drawing.
The title page of a 1559 edition of Colonna's poetry.

German author and anthropologist Wilhelm Grimm was born in 1786.

Jacob's and Wilhelm's work culminated in the book Kinder-und Hausmärchen, the first volume of which was published in 1812. A second volume followed in 1815. The collection would later come to be known as Grimms' Fairy Tales, with famous stories that include Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, The Golden Goose, Little Red Riding Hood and Cinderella.

Books by Wilhelm Grimm at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/972

Wilhelm Grimm
Cover of Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm

in 1632. Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, the dedicatee, receives the first printed copy of Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems.

In this book, Galileo compares the Copernican system with the traditional Ptolemaic system. The Dialogue was published in Florence under a formal license from the Inquisition. In 1633, Galileo was found to be "vehemently suspect of heresy" based on the book.

Galileo Galilei at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/39014

Frontispiece (by Stefan Della Bella) and title page of Galileo Galilei's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, published by Giovanni Battista Landini in 1632 in Florence.

Italian poet, writer and literary critic Giosuè Carducci died in 1907. While "Inno a Satana" had quite a revolutionary impact, Carducci's finest poetry came in later years. His collections Rime Nuove (New Rhymes) and Odi Barbare (Barbarian Odes) contain his greatest works. He was the first Italian to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1906. via @wikipedia

Books by Giosuè Carducci at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/43982

Carducci, c. 1900 By R. Borghi
Title page of Poems of Giosuè Carducci, Translated with two introductory essays: by Carducci

German philosopher Immanuel Kant died in 1804. Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics have made him one of the most influential and controversial figures in modern Western philosophy, being called the "father of modern ethics", "father of modern aesthetics" and, by bringing together rationalism & empiricism, the "father of modern philosophy". via @wikipedia

Immanuel Kant at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1426

Immanuel Kant, painted portrait, c1790. Kant (1724-1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers.
Cover of The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant.

Extremely in love with my next book's cover, illustrated by Rebecca Burgess (a fellow autistic) 💕

This book explains what it means to be autistic to kids (and adults!!) in a neuroaffirmative and fun way, and I can't wait for it to hit shelves in June 🎉

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Yellow book cover with 3 kids on it. Background of cover has numerous items such as fidgets, ear defenders, lava lamp etc. Book Title: "Being Autistic (and what that actually means)" by Niamh Garvey (me) Illustrated by Rebecca Burgess

¿Se expresan los jóvenes de ahora peor que los de antes? Lo que dice un informe de la RAE

La Academia llama a la mejora de la enseñanza de la lengua en un informe muy crítico con su conocimiento y uso por parte de los jóvenes. ¿En qué se basa, y qué conclusiones podemos sacar?

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American novelist, journalist and activist Jack London was born in 1876.

His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay", and "The Heathen". via @wikipedia

Books by Jack London at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/120


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Title page of The call of the wild by Jack London. The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London, published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck. The story opens at a ranch in Santa Clara Valley, California, when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. He becomes progressively more primitive and wild in the harsh environment, where he is forced to fight to survive and dominate other dogs. By the end, he sheds the veneer of civilization, and relies on primordial instinct and learned experience to emerge as a leader in the wild.
Jack London in 1903. The photo is of a man in a suit. It is a black and white portrait of Jack London wearing a collar and necktie.

The Detection Club: la misteriosa sociedad secreta que popularizó las novelas de detectives

Fundado en los años 30, con Agatha Christie o John le Carré como miembros ilustres, el Detection Club sigue en activo. Sus socios deben realizar un juramento sobre una calavera llamada Eric… o Erica

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