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2026-07-11 08:05:23 UTC

Up to 60% of medieval texts and 95% of manuscripts have vanished, study finds
by Dario Radley
Many stories from the Middle Ages never reached the present. A new study suggests the loss was far greater than scholars once thought. Researchers estimate that up to 60% of medieval literary works and more than 95% of the manuscripts that once carried them have disappeared over time.
https://archaeologymag.com/2026/07/medieval-texts-and-manuscripts-have-vanished/
Original article:
https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/5/7/pgag207/8724046?login=false
#books #literature #old_Manuscripts
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2026-04-20 08:21:58 UTC

You’ve lived this life before
The mystical insight came to Nietzsche like a lightning flash: time eternally recurs – and life must be lived accordingly
by Mark Higgins
https://aeon.co/essays/the-mysticism-of-nietzsches-doctrine-of-the-eternal-return?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=823c9d5cab-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_04_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972
Nietzsche at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/779
#books #literature #philosophy
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2026-04-19 13:01:54 UTC

What Are the Routines of So-Called Super-Readers?
Kelsey Rexroat Investigates the Mindsets of People Who Read Hundreds of Books a Year
https://lithub.com/what-are-the-routines-of-so-called-super-readers/
#books
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2026-04-18 12:38:17 UTC

The Cutest Spider in the World
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EQeWMnuZVPQ
#arachnids

2026-04-18 08:52:26 UTC

Before Computers Were Machines, They Were Women. Here Are Six Places Where Human Computers Built Modern Science
From AT&T to NASA, women working as computers performed the calculations that made modern science possible. In the early 1900s, computing joined teaching and nursing as one of the few careers open to college-educated women, and it opened doors that few other professions could
by Diana Turnbow
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-womens-history-museum/2026/04/06/before-computers-were-machines-they-were-womenhere-are-six-places-where-human-computers-built-modern-science/
#womeninstem #computerscience
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2026-04-18 08:39:51 UTC

Lost Federico García Lorca verse discovered 93 years after it was written
Eight-line poem found on the back of a manuscript sheds light on Spanish poet’s preoccupation with time
by Sam Jones
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/apr/18/lost-federico-garcia-lorca-verse-discovered-93-years-after-it-was-written
Lorca at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/56772
#books #literature #poetry
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2026-04-15 09:34:37 UTC

Wit, unker, git: The lost medieval pronouns of English intimacy
Tales of love and adventure from 1,000 years ago reveal a dazzling range of now-extinct English pronouns. They capture something unique about how people once thought about "two-ness". But why did they die out in the first place?
By Sophie Hardach
https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20260408-the-extinct-english-words-for-just-the-two-of-us
#books #literature #language
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2026-04-12 12:10:28 UTC

Doing Impressions: Monet’s Early Caricatures (ca. late 1850s)
"At the age of fifteen, Claude Monet was, by his own account, one of the most successful artists in Le Havre. Crowds would gather in the Norman port city to gawk at the pictures he sold through a framing shop: not paintings of haystacks or of the sea or water lilies, but slightly cruel caricatures of local bigwigs and minor celebrities."
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/claude-monet-caricatures/
#art #caricatures
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2026-04-08 13:35:45 UTC

Today is (the very first) National Black Bookstore day!
Celebrate with a treat from a Black-owned indie bookstore.
Brittany Allen
https://lithub.com/today-is-the-very-first-national-black-bookstore-day/
#books #literature #blacklivesmatter #NationalBlackBookstoreDay

2026-04-07 08:38:47 UTC

The ancient reason there are 60 minutes in an hour
A mysterious 5,000-year-old decision led directly to how we still count time today.
By Jocelyn Timperley
https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20260320-the-ancient-reason-there-are-60-minutes-in-an-hour-and-60-seconds-in-a-minute
Books about Time at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/16707
#books #science #time
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2026-04-07 08:19:28 UTC

Apollonius of Rhodes: The Man Who Changed Ancient Greek Literature for Ever
Few figures in Ancient Greek literature have been as consequential and enigmatic as Apollonius of Rhodes.
By Nick Kampouris
Apollonius at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/433
#books #literature #philosophy
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2026-04-03 08:40:41 UTC

"Only if we understand can we care. Only if we care will we help. Only if we help shall they be saved."
First-Ever ‘Jane Goodall Day’ Will Take Place on April 3 To Honor the Late Conservationist’s Mission
By Regina Sienra
https://mymodernmet.com/jane-goodall-day/
#books #nature #animal_welfare
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2026-03-28 12:47:42 UTC

9 Women Who Were Written Out of History Books
From female scientists whose work was credited to men to ancient high priestesses, these women changed history—but were also often overlooked by it.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/history/women-who-were-written-out-of-history-books?utm_source=RSS
Fanny Mendelssohn
#womenshistorymonth #history
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2026-03-28 10:07:46 UTC

The Jagged, Monstrous Function That Broke Calculus
In the late 19th century, Karl Weierstrass invented a fractal-like function that was decried as nothing less than a “deplorable evil.” In time, it would transform the foundations of mathematics.
by Solomon Adams
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-jagged-monstrous-function-that-broke-calculus-20250123/
Theorie der Abel'schen Functionen at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29780
#books #mathematics
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2026-03-27 10:31:29 UTC

"My painting is what I have to give back to the world for what the world gives to me."
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Unveils Digital Archive of the Artist’s Entire Body of Work
You can now browse over 2,000 of Georgia O’Keeffe’s works by theme, timeframe, or medium.
By Emma Taggart
https://mymodernmet.com/georgia-okeeffe-museum-digital-archive/
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum:
https://access-ok.okeeffemuseum.org/
#art #culture #womenhistoryMonth
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2026-03-26 10:57:29 UTC

Meet Esther Jones, The Black Performer Who Inspired 'Betty Boop'
In the 1920s and '30s, Esther Jones toured throughout the U.S. and Europe, delighting audiences with her singing, dancing, and signature phrase: "Boop, Boop-a-Doop."
By Bernadette Giacomazzo | Edited By John Kuroski
https://allthatsinteresting.com/esther-jones?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atinewsletter&[email protected]
Patent's description of Betty Boop´s character design:
https://patents.google.com/patent/USD86224S/en
#womenhistoryMonth #publicdomain
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2026-03-21 11:24:14 UTC

Is Math Art? Werner Herzog Says Yes
The German filmmaker spoke about math and the sublime at Brooklyn Public Library's Pi Day celebration.
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/werner-herzog-brooklyn-public-library-pi-day-2754957
Art + Mathematics at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=art+%2B+mathematics
#art #culture #mathematics
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2026-03-21 11:13:47 UTC

Radcliffe Acquires a Black Feminist’s Archive
An architect of Black women’s studies, Barbara Smith introduced the concepts of “identity politics” and “intersectionality.”
by Lydialyle Gibson
https://www.harvardmagazine.com/museums-collections/barbara-smith-papers-harvard-radcliffe-institute?utm_source=email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_term=weekly&utm_content=one-of-harvards-oldest-structures-is-hiding-behind-a-beer-garden&utm_campaign=032026
Black fiction & Feminism at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=black+fiction
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=feminism
#books #literature #womenhistoryMonth
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2026-03-19 11:53:29 UTC

The Real Count of Monte Cristo Was Alexandre Dumas’ Father, a Trailblazing Black General
Ahead of the March 22 premiere of a new TV adaptation, learn about the life of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, the French Army officer who inspired the beloved novel
by Joel Sams
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-real-count-of-monte-cristo-was-alexandre-dumas-father-a-trailblazing-black-general-180988347/
The Count of Monte Cristo at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1184
#books #literature
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2026-03-17 10:12:36 UTC

Oops, Typo! A New Exhibition Embraces 500 Years of Printed Mistakes
The show at Yale Library explores the printing errors, blunders, and gaffes that made literary history.
by Min Chen
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/yale-errata-exhibition-2751007
#books #literature
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2026-03-16 11:27:17 UTC

Unbounded
In the early 20th century, Emmy Noether’s mathematics transcended the physical world. She longed to do the same herself
by Julia Ravanis
https://aeon.co/essays/she-freed-physics-but-emmy-noether-couldnt-escape-herself?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=ad82296e0c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_02_23_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972
About Emmy Noether via @npub1enq…ycu8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Noether
Mathematics at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/102
#books #mathematics #womeninstem #womenhistoryMonth
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2026-03-13 09:40:38 UTC

‘The Tibetan Book of the Dead’ is actually not just about death
The Tibetan Book of the Dead,” arguably is the most well-known Tibetan Buddhist text outside Tibet.
by Jue Liang
https://theconversation.com/the-tibetan-book-of-the-dead-is-actually-not-just-about-death-247174
Buddhist literature at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/37455
#books #literature #buddhism
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2026-03-11 10:52:33 UTC

The deaf blacksmith who married in 1576 – and the history of sign as a legal language
The medieval church’s acknowledgement that signs were equivalent to a spoken language was transformative for deaf people.
by Rosamund Oates
https://theconversation.com/the-deaf-blacksmith-who-married-in-1576-and-the-history-of-sign-as-a-legal-language-276686?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%209%202026%20-%203699037833&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%209%202026%20-%203699037833+CID_4dad2f3a225cc1558f32f04d20318006&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=The%20deaf%20blacksmith%20who%20married%20in%201576%20%20and%20the%20history%20of%20sign%20as%20a%20legal%20language
Sign language at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=sign+language
#books #literature #history
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2026-03-08 09:35:42 UTC

Happy International Women's Day! To celebrate it, Project Gutenberg created a new bookshelf titled Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/706
More information about these magnificent women can be foud in PG´s March Newsletter:
https://www.gutenberg.org/newsletter/
#books #literature #womeninstem #womenhistoryMonth
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2026-03-07 13:20:23 UTC

The Short But Magical Life of John Keats
Poet John Keats, in his short life, wrote some of the most beloved poems in the English language.
https://www.thecollector.com/john-keats-english-poet/
Books by Keats at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/935
#poetry #books #literature
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2026-03-07 11:44:07 UTC

The great, forgotten Wolff
Written for laymen, read by women and kings, Christian Wolff’s mathematical method made him a key Enlightenment philosopher
by Michael Walschots
https://aeon.co/essays/why-we-should-recover-the-philosophy-of-christian-wolff?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=794fa77cce-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_03_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972
#books #mathematics #philosophy
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2026-03-07 11:33:02 UTC

Female writers and readers have been challenging the patriarchy for more than 200 years
by Roberta Garrett
https://theconversation.com/female-writers-and-readers-have-been-challenging-the-patriarchy-for-more-than-200-years-276231
Suffrage at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/72
#books #literature #womenhistoryMonth
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2026-03-06 12:54:33 UTC

8 Badass Librarians We Need to Celebrate This International Women’s Day
https://lithub.com/8-badass-librarians-we-need-to-celebrate-this-international-womens-day/
Obras Selectas de la Celebre Monja de Mejico, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz" at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74087
Dorothy B. Porter
#womenhistoryMonth #librarians #library
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2026-03-03 11:38:28 UTC

How Einstein revolutionized the meaning of “where” and “when”
Even space and time are relative in Einstein's universe. That means our old notions of "where" and "when" no longer apply on cosmic scales.
by Ethan Siegel
https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/einstein-revolutionized-where-when/?utm_source=nautilus.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=are-we-all-doomed-to-develop-ai-psychosis&_bhlid=c8e74783f471d1d0672424048a5359c94a883770
Einstein at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1630
#books #science #physics
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2026-03-02 08:49:58 UTC

The archivist preserving decaying floppy disks
It's a race against time (and magnetic decay) to preserve decades of cultural history stored on obsolete hardware.
by Mack DeGeurin
https://www.popsci.com/technology/floppy-disk-archivist-project/?utm_source=nautilus.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=where-to-see-the-total-lunar-eclipse&_bhlid=52ff749846d631cfc15924ca032510c3a9e130dd
#computerscience #publicdomain
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2026-02-23 12:37:40 UTC

This Week in Literary History: The Gutenberg Bible is Published.
“Previously, manuscripts had to be printed and copied laboriously, by hand, making them rare objects for the wealthy and important.”
https://lithub.com/this-week-in-literary-history-the-gutenberg-bible-is-published/
"Gutenberg, and the Art of Printing" at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51358
#books #literature #printing
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2026-02-20 14:33:52 UTC

The Shocking History Of Aqua Tofana, The 17th-Century ‘Blemish Serum’ That Killed Hundreds Of Unwanted Husbands
By Kaleena Fraga
"In the 1600s, many Italian housewives had no hope of escaping bad marriages. So hundreds of them turned to poison to kill their husbands — and collect their inheritance."
https://allthatsinteresting.com/aqua-tofana
#history
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2026-02-19 13:36:08 UTC

A Stop On The Underground Railroad Has Been Discovered Hidden Inside New York’s Historic Merchant’s House
By Cara Johnson
"The Merchant's House Museum in Manhattan was built by abolitionist Joseph Brewster in 1832 — and a secret passage behind its walls now appears to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad."
https://allthatsinteresting.com/new-york-merchants-house-underground-railroad-stop
Books about the Underground Railroad at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=underground+railroad
#blackhistorymonth #ushistory
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2026-02-19 10:33:25 UTC

How reading books regulates your nervous system
Books don’t just stimulate the mind — they trigger physiological changes throughout the body.
by Anne-Laure Le Cunff
https://bigthink.com/mind-behavior/how-reading-books-regulates-your-nervous-system/
#books #literature
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2026-02-18 11:31:51 UTC

“I think the driving thing was curiosity about the universe. That fascinated me. I didn't think anything about being famous or anything like that, I was just interested in the concepts involved.”
Pluto was discovered #OTD in 1930 by Clyde W. Tombaugh, making it the first known object in the Kuiper belt. It was immediately hailed as the ninth planet. However, its planetary status was questioned when it was found to be much smaller than expected. via @npub1enq…ycu8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Tombaugh
#science
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2026-02-18 11:11:54 UTC

Bruno the brave
For anyone who dares to voice dangerous ideas and risk imprisonment or exile, Giordano Bruno remains a hero
by Stephanie Merritt
https://aeon.co/essays/why-giordano-bruno-is-still-a-free-speech-hero-today?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=5751d1b9e0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_02_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972
About Giordano Bruno at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/7069
#books #literature #philosophy
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2026-02-16 12:17:42 UTC

This Week in Literary History: Malcolm X was Assassinated in New York City
“Whatever hand pulled the trigger did not buy the bullet.”
https://lithub.com/this-week-in-literary-history-malcolm-x-was-assassinated-in-new-york-city/
#blackhistorymonth #ushistory #books
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2026-02-12 13:27:20 UTC

Why Do We Keep Telling the Same Stories? Archetypes in Pop Culture
"Archetypes aren't just storytelling tools—they're reflections of us. We keep retelling them because they help us feel understood."
https://www.thecollector.com/archetypes-pop-culture/
Books by Jung at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/44679
Odysseus und Nausicaa
#books #literature #psychology
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2026-02-11 10:07:55 UTC

A White Historian Claimed That Black People ‘Had No History.’ This Trailblazing Scholar Dedicated His Life to Proving Otherwise
Carter G. Woodson, the “father of Black history,” founded the celebration now known as Black History Month in 1926. A prolific writer and activist, he viewed his efforts to educate the public as a “life-and-death struggle”
by Meilan Solly
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/a-white-historian-claimed-that-black-people-had-no-history-this-trailblazing-scholar-dedicated-his-life-to-proving-otherwise-180988144/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550
Carter G. Woodson at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3835
#books #literature #blackhistorymonth
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2026-02-04 17:37:50 UTC

"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear."
Quiet Strength (2000)
~Rosa Parks born #OTD in 1913
She is best remembered for her refusal on December 1, 1955 to obey bus driver James Blake's demand that she relinquish her seat so a white man could sit in the row.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks
#civilrights #blackhistorymonth
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2026-02-01 13:15:07 UTC

4 Powerful Black Queens From History
"From ancient Egypt to Jamaica, meet four powerful black women who led their communities, embodying the traits of courage and independence."
https://www.thecollector.com/powerful-black-queens/
#history #blackhistorymonth
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2026-01-30 11:57:15 UTC

X-rays from SLAC's synchrotron reveal star maps in a centuries-old manuscript
Pages from the Codex Climaci Rescriptus palimpsest from the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC, were brought to the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource to recover erased astronomical text, especially fragments from Hipparchus' star catalog.
https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2026-01-29-x-rays-slacs-synchrotron-reveal-star-maps-centuries-old-manuscript
Hipparchus at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Hipparchus
#books #old_manuscripts #astronomy
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2026-01-30 10:47:55 UTC

Over 32,000 medieval manuscripts transcribed in four months using AI
Medievalists can now access automated transcriptions of 32,763 digitised medieval manuscripts, produced in just four months as part of a project called CoMMA—a large-scale corpus designed to make manuscript texts searchable and analysable at a scale that would be impossible to tackle by hand.
https://www.medievalists.net/2026/01/32000-medieval-manuscripts-transcribed-using-ai/
Original paper:
https://inria.hal.science/hal-05299220
The CoMMA website:
https://comma.inria.fr/homepage
#books #old_manuscripts
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2026-01-30 10:36:16 UTC

A History of Existential Anxiety
From medieval theology to modern philosophy, dread has long been a guide for living ethically.
By: Livia Gershon
https://daily.jstor.org/a-history-of-existential-anxiety/
Original article:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/44017151?mag=a-history-of-existential-anxiety&seq=1
Kierkegaard, Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/46682
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/47157
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Margery+Kempe
#books #literature #philosophy #religion
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2026-01-29 13:11:49 UTC

The Complete Story of the Epic of Gilgamesh (Overview & Analysis)
"The Epic of Gilgamesh, recounting the adventures of the semi-divine Sumerian king, may be the world’s oldest literary work. What does the narrative say?"
https://www.thecollector.com/epic-gilgamesh-overview/
Gilgamesh at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11000
#books #literature
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2026-01-24 09:50:13 UTC

Gladys West, mathematician whose work paved the way for GPS, dies at 95
She navigated segregation to become an esteemed mathematician — and today, her work helps billions of people navigate the world.
By Bill Chappell
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/23/nx-s1-5685027/gladys-west-gps-mathematician
#science #technology #womeninstem
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2026-01-21 12:26:39 UTC

How America’s First Nonbinary Minister Created True Equality in the Newly Born United States
"Nina Sankovitch on “Universal Friend,” the Genderless Messenger of God Who Aimed to Save Lost Souls and Preach Universal Salvation"
https://lithub.com/how-americas-first-nonbinary-minister-created-true-equality-in-the-newly-born-united-states/
#lgbtqia #religion #books
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2026-01-18 10:49:01 UTC

Before Newton: How the Islamic Golden Age Shaped the Physics We Know
Remarkable discoveries were made during the Islamic Golden Age, which laid the foundation for the study of physics as we know it.
by Matt Whittaker
https://www.thecollector.com/how-did-physics-begin-islamic-golden-age/
Books in Physics at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/103
#books #science #physics #history
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2026-01-15 10:11:26 UTC

Rights of Nature: A Reading List
What would it mean for rivers, forests, and animals to have legal rights? A global movement is rethinking law’s relationship to nature.
By: Sam Firman
https://daily.jstor.org/rights-of-nature-a-reading-list/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KEYB46PN6NMF8X3GYBW3ZKEX&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER
#books #literature #environment
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2026-01-14 12:37:00 UTC

8 Black Inventors Who Changed the World
"African American inventors and their revolutionary ideas have shaped technology and society throughout history."
https://www.thecollector.com/black-inventors-who-changed-the-world/
Elijah McCoy the inventor of the moveable ironing board.
#history #inventor
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2026-01-12 12:27:25 UTC

Hear Debussy Play Debussy: A Vintage Recording from 1913
https://www.openculture.com/2025/12/hear-debussy-play-debussy-a-vintage-recording.html
#music
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2026-01-12 11:27:48 UTC

The Puzzling Genius of Albrecht Dürer’s “Melencolia I”
Melencolia I is one of the undisputed masterpieces of the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer, which still fascinates and puzzles with its complex symbolism.
by Anastasiia Kirpalov
https://www.thecollector.com/melencolia-i-durer-engraving-comprehensive/
More about Melencolia I:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melencolia_I
Albrecht Dürer at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1135
#art #history
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2026-01-07 13:33:07 UTC

Dictionary of the Oldest Written Language–It Took 90 Years to Complete, and It’s Now Free Online
https://www.openculture.com/2026/01/dictionary-of-the-oldest-written-language-free-online.html#google_vignette
#books #literature #language
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2026-01-05 09:26:32 UTC

The Hidden Aesthetics of Early Astrophotography
Behind the transformative star photographs of the 1880s lay a complex collaboration between astronomers and engravers.
By: Danny Robb
https://daily.jstor.org/the-hidden-aesthetics-of-early-astrophotography/
Astronomy at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/101
#books #astronomy #photography
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2026-01-04 10:37:40 UTC

Why René Descartes Believed That Machines Will Never Be Able to Genuinely “Think”
According to René Descartes, no matter how advanced or sophisticated, machine intelligence remains fundamentally inferior to the complexity and depth of human intelligence.
by Scott Mclaughlan
https://www.thecollector.com/descartes-paradox-artificial-intelligence/
Descartes at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/44
#books #literature #philosophy
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2026-01-04 09:50:34 UTC

Project Gutenberg News - Jan. 2026
—Enjoy these eBooks. Share them. Celebrate them.—
New Executive Director announced; 2025 milestones reached; Public Domain Day 2026 celebrated with more eBooks released; legal updates on eBook lending; The Digital Renaissance of the Public Domain; December's top 10 downloads shared.
https://www.gutenberg.org/newsletter/
#ebooks #publicdomain

2025-12-31 16:35:30 UTC

HAPPY PUBLIC DOMAIN DAY! And Happy New Year!
Books published in 1930 will enter the U.S. public domain, such as:
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett: This novel introduced the world to the famous detective Sam Spade.
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner: A masterpiece of American literature.
The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie: This was the first novel to feature the beloved character Miss Marple.
#books #literature #publicdomain
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2025-12-29 13:45:28 UTC

Science history: Richard Feynman gives a fun little lecture — and dreams up an entirely new field of physics — Dec. 29, 1959
By Tia Ghose
https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/particle-physics/science-history-richard-feynman-gives-a-fun-little-lecture-and-dreams-up-an-entirely-new-field-of-physics-dec-29-1959
#science #physics #history #otd
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2025-12-29 10:44:38 UTC

Gorgeous Illustrations from Pantheon in Egyptien by Jean-Francois Champollion and Léon-Jean-Joseph Dubois, 1823
Published in Paris, the book takes a look at ancient Egyptian mythology
by Sheldon D.
https://flashbak.com/ancient-egypt-gods-by-jean-francois-champollion-and-leon-jean-joseph-dubois-480629/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ancient-egypt-gods-by-jean-francois-champollion-and-leon-jean-joseph-dubois
Pantéon égyptien at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74228
#books #egyptology #illustrations
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2025-12-29 10:18:18 UTC

Tintin, The Wayback Machine, and The Public Domain
by Sterling Dudley
What do a Belgian boy reporter, a forgotten 2008 webpage, and the Wayback Machine have in common? They all played a role in uncovering Tintin the Belgian detective’s earliest adventures as part of Public Domain Day 2025.
https://blog.archive.org/2025/12/26/wayback-machine-and-public-domain-research/
#books #publicDomainDayCountdown
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2025-12-26 11:35:50 UTC

Archimedes Manuscript Yields Secrets under X-ray Gaze
For five days in May, the ancient collided with the ultra-modern at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), bringing brilliant, long-hidden ideas to light with brilliant X-ray light.
By Heather Rock Woods (from the archives)
https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2005-06-16-archimedes-manuscript-yields-secrets-under-x-ray-gaze
Archimedes at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=archimedes
#books #science #xray_imaging
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2025-12-24 13:50:41 UTC

A Forgotten Louisa May Alcott Story Showcases the Author’s Twist on Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’
"Written in 1882, “A Christmas Dream, and How It Came True,” covered many of the same themes as Dickens’ classic, albeit with a different audience in mind"
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-forgotten-louisa-may-alcott-story-showcases-the-authors-twist-on-charles-dickens-a-christmas-carol-180987898/
This story is in "Lulu's LIbrary, Volume I" at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40682
#books #literature #Holida
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2025-12-21 17:22:28 UTC

Physicists and philosophers have long struggled to understand the nature of time: Here’s why
The nature of time has plagued thinkers for as long as we’ve tried to understand the world we live in. Intuitively, we know what time is, but try to explain it, and we end up tying our minds in knots.
By Daryl Janzen
https://theconversation.com/physicists-and-philosophers-have-long-struggled-to-understand-the-nature-of-time-heres-why-269762
Time measurements at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/27824
#books #philosophy #physics
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2025-12-16 11:14:14 UTC

Kafka becomes more accessible
Soon the first English Kafka books will enter the US public domain. The Castle, one of several Kafka works translated by Willa and Edwin Muir, gets there in 17 days.
By John Mark Ockerbloom
https://everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/15/kafka-becomes-more-accessible/
At PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1735
#books #publicDomainDayCountdown
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2025-12-12 10:08:35 UTC

1066 and still all that
Few humor books from 1930 still get laughs from many people now, but 1066 and All That does. W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman don't just send up English history: they also satirize how history is often taught and remembered, where what really matters, whether Bad Kings or Good Things, is the story of whoever's on top.
By John Mark Ockerbloom
https://everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/11/1066-and-still-all-that/
#books #publicDomainDayCountdown
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2025-12-11 11:30:47 UTC

In Praise of E. H. Shepard’s Illustrations
What makes Pooh Pooh? The answer lies not only in author A.A. Milne’s prose, but also in the quiet genius of E. H. Shepard’s original illustrations. With Shepard’s work now in the public domain, it’s the perfect opportunity to revisit how these deceptively simple drawings became cultural touchstones.
by Sterling Dudley
https://blog.archive.org/2025/12/10/e-h-shepards-illustrations/
At PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67098
#books #literature
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2025-12-10 10:29:34 UTC

Belle da Costa, the woman who concealed her origins in 1905 and ended up running New York’s most legendary library
The Morgan Library in New York pays tribute to its first director, who navigated a racist society and went on to lead the cultural institution for over two decades
by Use Lahoz
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-12-09/belle-da-costa-the-woman-who-concealed-her-origins-in-1905-and-ended-up-running-new-yorks-most-legendary-library.html
#books #librarians #publiclibrary
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2025-11-30 10:17:44 UTC

Esther Lederberg (December 18, 1922 – November 11, 2006) pioneered bacterial genetics, discovering lambda phage and F factor, inventing replica plating and furthered the understanding of the transfer of genes between bacteria by specialized transduction. She founded Stanford's Plasmid Reference Center. Despite groundbreaking work, she never got tenure and her discoveries are often credited to her Nobel laureate husband.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Lederberg
#microbiology #womeninStem

2025-11-29 13:21:16 UTC

Great Women of Science: Dr. Esther Lederberg –The Forgotten Heroine of Genetic Discovery
Joshua Lederberg is well known in biology circles. Not so his wife, Dr. Esther Lederberg – whose name was drowned in the annals of the history of biology. And yet her work is critical to the practice of cutting-edge medicine and serves as a scaffold for modern genetic discoveries.
By Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
https://www.acsh.org/news/2025/11/28/great-women-science-dr-esther-lederberg-forgotten-heroine-genetic-discovery-49845
#womeninStem

2025-11-28 13:43:55 UTC

Explore 1,100 Works of Art by Georgia O’Keeffe: They’re Digitized and Free to View Online
https://www.openculture.com/2025/10/1100-works-of-art-by-georgia-okeeffe.html
#art
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2025-11-27 13:27:39 UTC

Happy Thanksgiving Day to those in the US!
The Illustrated Version of “Alice’s Restaurant”: Watch Arlo Guthrie’s Thanksgiving Counterculture Classic
https://www.openculture.com/2025/11/the-illustrated-version-of-arlo-guthries-alices-restaurant.html
#holiday
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2025-11-26 13:24:36 UTC

#OTD in 1859, Wilkie Collins’s novel, The Woman in White, begins serialization in the magazine "All the Year Round". This magazine was edited by Charles Dickens.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_in_White_(novel)
The novel at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/583
#books #literature
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2025-11-24 10:27:30 UTC

“The great American novel, and not a word in it- no music, too”
Milt Gross, famed for 1920s comic satire, tackled the wordless novel in 1930. He Done Her Wrong playfully parodied Lynd Ward’s somber style, swapping moody woodcuts for a far sillier, comic storyline.
By John Mark Ockerbloom
https://everybodyslibraries.com/2025/11/23/the-great-american-novel-and-not-a-word-in-it-no-music-too/
#books #publicDomainDayCountdown
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2025-11-21 10:52:36 UTC

Scientists found the key to accurate Maya eclipse tables
Eclipse tables in the Dresden Codex were based on lunar tables and adjusted for slippage over time.
by Jennifer Ouellette
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/11/study-how-the-maya-created-such-accurate-eclipse-tables/
Original article:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adt9039
#books #old_manuscripts #astronomy
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2025-11-21 10:37:31 UTC

The patchwork canon of Oz
Essays highlight Oz’s rich public-domain roots and the new Wicked: For Good. Ruth Plumly Thompson’s The Yellow Knight of Oz enters the public domain soon, a quirky yet delightful outlier in the canon.
By John Mark Ockerbloom
https://everybodyslibraries.com/2025/11/20/the-patchwork-canon-of-oz/
#books #publicDomainDayCountdown
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2025-11-20 12:15:07 UTC

#OTD In 1858, Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf was born.
"She published her first novel, Gösta Berling's Saga, at the age of 33. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, which she was awarded in 1909. In 1914, she was the first woman to be granted a membership of the Swedish Academy"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_Lagerl%C3%B6f
Books by Lagerlöf at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1717
#books #literature
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2025-11-18 13:46:57 UTC

The Wonderful Public Domain of Oz
https://blog.archive.org/2025/11/17/the-wonderful-public-domain-of-oz/
Baum's books at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/42
Ruth Plumly Thompson's books at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/34661
#books #literature
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2025-11-18 09:53:44 UTC

Connecting the Dots
Some linguistics scholars theorize that those born before the advent of texting utilize ellipsis as a space-saving method for informality or shifting sentiment.
by Madeline Cash
https://granta.com/connecting-the-dots/
#books #punctuation #grammar

2025-11-17 10:25:34 UTC

“There is no detective in England equal to a spinster lady of uncertain age with plenty of time on her hands”
Miss Marple’s debut, The Murder at the Vicarage, enters the US public domain in 47 days. Not her most beloved case, but praised by Dorothy L. Sayers, it introduces St. Mary Mead and a sharper early Miss Marple.
by John Mark Ockerbloom
https://everybodyslibraries.com/2025/11/15/there-is-no-detective-in-england-equal-to-a-spinster-lady-of-uncertain-age-with-plenty-of-time-on-her-hands/
#PublicDomainDayCountdown
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2025-11-14 13:55:53 UTC

Mary Wollstonecraft, The Woman Who Laid the Foundation for Feminism
"Think 18th-century feminism must be outdated? Think again—there is still so much to learn from the life and writing of Mary Wollstonecraft."
https://www.thecollector.com/mary-wollstonecraft-woman-laid-foundation-feminism/
Wollstonecraft at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/84
#books #literature
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2025-11-12 14:36:59 UTC

How a Book Marketing Ploy Almost Ruined Edgar Wallace, Literature’s “King of Thrillers”
Edgar Wallace wanted to promote his first novel with more than just traditional ads—but his brilliant idea almost became his downfall.
By Jane Alexander
https://www.mentalfloss.com/literature/authors/edgar-wallace-four-just-men-contest-financial-ruin
Edgar Wallace at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/999
#books #literature
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2025-11-09 10:55:27 UTC

What really happened on Easter Island? Ancient sediments rewrite the 'ecocide' story
edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-easter-island-ancient-sediments-rewrite.html
Easter Island at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/38560
#books #earth #environment
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2025-11-09 10:46:44 UTC

Is This Woman Old Master the Greatest Artistic Rediscovery of the Century?
The forgotten Old Master Michaelina Wautier comes roaring back in a sweeping exhibition at Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum.
by Katie White
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/michaelina-wautier-the-greatest-rediscovery-of-the-century-2697794
#art #history #womeninart
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2025-11-07 12:47:30 UTC

Science history: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses, forcing a complete rethink in structural engineering — Nov. 7, 1940
By Tia Ghose
"One morning, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge began bouncing up and down and twisting to and fro before ultimately collapsing into the Puget Sound."
https://www.livescience.com/technology/engineering/science-history-the-tacoma-narrows-bridge-collapses-forcing-a-complete-rethink-in-structural-engineering-nov-7-1940
#science #engineering
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2025-11-07 10:31:39 UTC

"The moment of discovery" does not always exist: the scientist's work is too tenuous, too divided, for the certainty of success to crackle out suddenly in the midst of his laborious toil like a stroke of lightening, dazzling him by its fire.
In: Eve Curie - Madame Curie - Chapter XII (p. 158)
~Marie Curie #BOTD in 1867.
#physics #radioactivity #womeninStem
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2025-11-05 13:49:43 UTC

These Biscuits Reach All the Way Up to Heaven
"The angel biscuits at this Alabama restaurant are a chef’s way of paying tribute to his grandmothers."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/angel-biscuits-recipe
#food #travel
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2025-11-05 10:27:05 UTC

How a misread Arabic tale misled generations of historians about the Black Death's rapid spread
by University of Exeter
by Stephanie Baum & Robert Egan
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-misread-arabic-tale-misled-generations.html
Black death at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/698
#books #archeology #humanhealth
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2025-11-04 12:37:46 UTC

Brewing Controversy: How Coffee Sparked Fierce Debate in the 16th-Century
"A bitter new drink swept through the holy cities of Mecca and Medina in the early 1500s – and ignited one of the fiercest religious debates of the late-medieval Islamic world."
https://www.medievalists.net/2025/09/brewing-controversy-how-coffee-sparked-fierce-debate-in-the-16th-century/
Books about coffee at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/8849
#beverages #history
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2025-11-04 10:35:18 UTC

Plato and the Poets
The centuries-old debate should be settled: an intellectual world bereft of poetry is a damaged one.
by Elaine Scarry
https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/plato-and-the-poets/
Plato at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/93
#books #literature #philosophy
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2025-11-02 10:30:29 UTC

43 of the Most Iconic Short Stories in the English Language
From Washington Irving to Kristen Roupenian
by Emily Temple
https://lithub.com/43-of-the-most-iconic-short-stories-in-the-english-language/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K79MGEGZH9P99XV5TYYXXQ4V&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER
Short stories at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/634
#books #literature
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2025-10-31 12:47:34 UTC

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven,” Read by Christopher Walken, Christopher Lee & Vincent Price
https://www.openculture.com/2025/10/edgar-allan-poes-the-raven-read-by-christopher-walken-christopher-lee-vincent-price.html
The Raven at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17192
#books #literature
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2025-10-30 11:41:07 UTC

“That’s Why We Become Witches”: Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Lolly Willowes (1926)
"A novel about a woman who throws off the yoke of patriarchy to become a witch."
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/lolly-willowes/
The book at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72223
#witches #supernatural #books #literature
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2025-10-29 11:14:49 UTC

The Americas’ oldest book is an intricate work of Maya astronomy
Created in the 11th or 12th century, the Códice Maya de México (the Maya Codex of Mexico) is the oldest of these works and the only one to predate the arrival of the conquistadors in the 16th century.
https://aeon.co/videos/the-americas-oldest-book-is-an-intricate-work-of-maya-astronomy
#books #astronomy
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2025-10-23 09:48:47 UTC

Public Domain Stories
Explore Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s original Sherlock Holmes adventures — preserved and shared by https://www.gutenberg.org/.
https://sherlockholmes.com/pages/public-domain-stories
#books #literature #publicdomain
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2025-10-22 08:25:16 UTC

The Project Gutenberg community mourns the passing of our CEO, Dr. Greg Newby (@npub10zh…l508).
Without his years of leadership, Project Gutenberg wouldn't be what it is today. Learn more about him and his contributions at
https://www.gutenberg.org/about/newby.html

2025-10-18 12:49:31 UTC

7 Facts About The Founding Fathers That’ll Make You Rethink American History
By Marco Margaritoff
https://allthatsinteresting.com/founding-fathers-facts
#history #americanhistory
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2025-10-18 09:48:09 UTC

Internet Archive reaches new 1-trillion page landmark almost 30 years after it started backing up the WWW - and more than 100,000TB of files have been safeguarded since
Internet Archive is still adding about 500 million pages a day
By Wayne Williams
https://www.techradar.com/pro/internet-archive-reaches-new-1-trillion-page-landmark-almost-30-years-after-it-started-backing-up-the-www-and-more-than-100-000tb-of-files-have-been-safeguarded-since
Well done @npub1umd…wfr7 !!
#publicdomain #CulturalHeritage

2025-10-17 09:44:24 UTC

The Globe-Trotting Scholar Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aztecs
Anthropologist Zelia Nuttall transformed the way we think of ancient Mesoamerica
By Merilee Grindle
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/zelia-nuttall-globe-trotting-scholar-unlocked-secrets-aztecs-180983049/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550
Zelia Nuttall at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/35649
#books #Anthropology
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2025-10-14 12:56:55 UTC

From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks.
By Christian Kriticos
https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20251009-rescuing-knowledge-trapped-on-old-floppy-disks
#digital_dark_age
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2025-10-13 10:26:07 UTC

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It is unfortunate that some contemporary authors still underestimate the role Ada Lovelace played in computer science.
Ada Lovelace at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75107
#womenInStem #computerprogramming