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michael<p>I discovered a book about 8 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FemaleComposers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FemaleComposers</span></a> including 5 I wasn't aware of before: <a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/04/eight-women.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2</span><span class="invisible">025/04/eight-women.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookReview</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClassicalMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicalMusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/composers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>composers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a></p>
The Inquisitive Biologist<p>Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life is now out in paperback! An epic history of taxonomy across three centuries, this book charts the lives, works, and legacy of Linnaeus and Buffon.</p><p><a href="https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2024/12/24/book-review-every-living-thing-the-great-and-deadly-race-to-know-all-life/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquisitivebiologist.com/2024/</span><span class="invisible">12/24/book-review-every-living-thing-the-great-and-deadly-race-to-know-all-life/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookReview</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Taxonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taxonomy</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Linneaus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linneaus</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Buffon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Buffon</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Biography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biography</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/HistoryOfScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfScience</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ScienceHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceHistory</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/HistSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistSci</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scicomm</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
JuneSim63<p>"One of Graydon’s wizard wheezes at Spy was to send extremely small cheques to extremely rich people to see who would bother to bank them. The first cheques were for $1.11 and half the recipients succumbed. So then Spy sent cheques for $0.64, and 13 people, including Rupert Murdoch, banked them. The next cheques were for $0.13 and only two people banked them. One was Adnan Khashoggi, a notorious arms dealer; the other was Donald Trump"</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GraydonCarter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GraydonCarter</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Biography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biography</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/06/when-the-going-was-good-by-graydon-carter-review-all-the-fun-of-the-fair" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/2025/apr</span><span class="invisible">/06/when-the-going-was-good-by-graydon-carter-review-all-the-fun-of-the-fair</span></a></p>
Will 🏳️‍🌈<p>It was incredible to watch this biography of this amazing woman that just happens to be a trans woman. Without her, today's music landscape would be vastly different.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39qwQbGBDR8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=39qwQbGBDR</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Biography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biography</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trans</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/WendyCarlos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WendyCarlos</span></a></p>
Mark Tedesco, author<p>Now on sale for $2.99: "Onward: A Life on a Sailboat" <br><a href="https://a.co/d/3hhJkxE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">a.co/d/3hhJkxE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/adventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adventure</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/biography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biography</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/memoi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memoi</span></a></p>
Julia S.<p>ENTERTAINING BIOGRAPHY OF PIONEERING stunt performer and silent film action star Helen Gibson combines solid research on the early days of Hollywood with a breezy, chatty tone. B PLUS</p><p><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/daughter-of-daring-mallory-omeara/1144495393?ean=9781335007933" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">barnesandnoble.com/w/daughter-</span><span class="invisible">of-daring-mallory-omeara/1144495393?ean=9781335007933</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bookreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookreview</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bookreviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookreviews</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonfiction</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/biography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biography</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/biographies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biographies</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/silentfilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>silentfilm</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/womenshistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womenshistory</span></a></p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today In Labor History March 26, 1918: American anarchist Philip Grosser wrote about being tortured in the prison on Alcatraz Island, while serving time there for refusing to serve in World War I. By 1920, he was the only draft resistor still serving time at Alcatraz. Alexander Berkman referred to him as "one of [my] finest comrades."</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/philipgrosser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philipgrosser</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/alexanderberkman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alexanderberkman</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/alcatraz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alcatraz</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/torture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>torture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarResistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wwi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wwi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antiwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiwar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/biography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biography</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstadon</span></a></span></p>
earthling<p>Becoming Beauvoir by Kate Kirkpatrick, 2019</p><p>A symbol of liberated womanhood, Simone de Beauvoir's unconventional relationships inspired and scandalised her generation. A philosopher, writer, and feminist icon, she won prestigious literary prizes and transformed the way we think about gender with The Second Sex. But despite her successes, she wondered if she had sold herself short.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonfiction</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biography</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Beauvoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beauvoir</span></a></p>
Flipboard Culture Desk<p>Maria Shriver is opening up about loss and grief in a big way. In her new book I Am Maria — a collection of poems and reflections by the author — Shriver, 69, revealed she was unable to get off the floor of her hotel room after learning of her husband Arnold Schwarzenegger’s infidelity. The news came soon after the deaths of both of her parents. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@usweekly" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>usweekly</span></a></span> reports: <br><a href="https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/maria-shriver-was-consumed-with-grief-after-husbands-affair/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/</span><span class="invisible">news/maria-shriver-was-consumed-with-grief-after-husbands-affair/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ArnoldSchwarzenegger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArnoldSchwarzenegger</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/MariaShriver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MariaShriver</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Celebrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Celebrity</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Infidelity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Infidelity</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Book</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Biography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biography</span></a></p>
earthling<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: A Biography by Laurie Collier Hillstrom, 2020</p><p>Since mid-2018, when she registered one of the biggest primary election upsets in the nation, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has emerged as one of the most influential voices of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonfiction</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biography</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AOC</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OcasioCortez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OcasioCortez</span></a></p>
earthling<p>AOC: The Fearless Rise and Powerful Resonance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by Lynda Lopez</p><p>In the vein of Notorious RBG, seventeen writers explore the multiple meanings of a young Latina politician who has already made history.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonfiction</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biography</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Latina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Latina</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AOC</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OcasioCortez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OcasioCortez</span></a></p>
Flipboard Culture Desk<p>Award-winning actor Courtney B. Vance will be narrating the first ever audio edition of one of the most acclaimed literary biographies of the past 30 years, David Levering Lewis’ two volume work on the scholar, author and civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@AssociatedPress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AssociatedPress</span></a></span> reports:<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/courtney-vance-du-bois-audio-books-pulitzer-fb4c829602c32d622d6c0e8caff8f972" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/courtney-va</span><span class="invisible">nce-du-bois-audio-books-pulitzer-fb4c829602c32d622d6c0e8caff8f972</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/CourtneyBVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CourtneyBVance</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Biography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biography</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/AudioBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AudioBook</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DavidLeveringLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidLeveringLewis</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/WEBDuBois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WEBDuBois</span></a></p>
earthling<p>The 100 A Ranking Of Most Influential People In History by Michael H. Hart, 2004</p><p>Hart's yardstick is influence- not the greatest people, but the most influential, the people who swayed the destinies of millions of human beings, determined the rise and fall of civilizations, changed the course of history. With incisive biographies, Hart describes their careers and contributions.</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/the-100-michael-hart" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/the-100-mi</span><span class="invisible">chael-hart</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonfiction</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biography</span></a></p>
Fictionable<p>'Here is how the first half of April 1971 went: 1,200; 1,400; 200; 0; 1,000; 1,800; 0 (sick); 1,200; 0 (lazy); 1,000; 0; 1,000; 400 (lazy); 200 (lazy); 1,400.'</p><p>Chris Heath talks to Robert A Caro about his <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> life:</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/rifling-through-archives-legendary-historian-robert-caro-180985956" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smithsonianmag.com/history/rif</span><span class="invisible">ling-through-archives-legendary-historian-robert-caro-180985956</span></a></p><p><a href="https://lor.sh/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/biography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biography</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
earthling<p>Sex on the Moon by Ben Mezrich, 2011</p><p>Thad Roberts lead a pretty good life by his estimation. So how did it come about that this NASA employed genius found himself in one of the most dangerous county prisons in the country, sworn to secrecy by NASA and the FBI, and concocting the next step in universal history?</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonfiction</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biography</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a></p>
michael<p>new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a> for the bsky bridge : I’m a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BioChemist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BioChemist</span></a> turned <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceWriter</span></a>, write a feature for every issue of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentBiology</span></a>, 2/month, mostly about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> also <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>human</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cultural</span></a> things seen thru <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> prism. Plus <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceBooks</span></a>, most recently: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Intertwined" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intertwined</span></a>: From insects to icebergs Also writing a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FamilyHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memoir</span></a> around <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biography</span></a> of our old <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cello</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PirateLuthier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PirateLuthier</span></a> fixing unloved <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/violins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violins</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NoCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoCars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trains</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/liveable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liveable</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/townmouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>townmouse</span></a></p>
aburtch<p>Anyone know of a definitive AC/DC or Bon Scott <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/biography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biography</span></a> that’s been done? I’m interested in reading one. <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a><br><a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/ACDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACDC</span></a></p>
earthling<p>The Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes the Cynic by Jean-Manuel Roubineau, 2023</p><p>An engaging look at the founder of one of the most important philosophical schools of ancient Greece. The ancient philosopher Diogenes--nicknamed "The Dog" and decried by Plato as a "Socrates gone mad"--was widely praised and idealized as much as he was mocked and vilified. </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonfiction</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biography</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosophers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophers</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Diogenes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Diogenes</span></a></p>
TheEdinburghBookshop<p>There has been a whole slew of new non-fiction releases this week, from biography to ancient history to current events to science, all awaiting your browsing pleasure over the weekend.</p><p><a href="https://bookish.community/tags/Edinburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Edinburgh</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/Edimbourg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Edimbourg</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/livres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>livres</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/bookshops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookshops</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/librairies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librairies</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/NonFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NonFiction</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/NewReleases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewReleases</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/histoire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histoire</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/PopularScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopularScience</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/biography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biography</span></a></p>
earthling<p>Child of Light: A Biography of Robert Stone by Madison Smartt Bell, 2020</p><p>The first and definitive biography of one of the great American novelists of the postwar era, author of Dog Soldiers and A Flag for Sunrise, and a penetrating critic of American power, innocence, and corruption.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonfiction</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biography</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RobertStone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertStone</span></a></p>
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