Naomi Klein and V.V. Ganeshananthan have won the Women's Prize for Nonfiction and the Women's Prize for Fiction, respectively. Klein's "Doppelganger" looks at how online life has distorted reality and is anchored around her experiences of being mistaken for Naomi Wolf, conspiracy theorist and author of "The Beauty Myth." Ganeshananthan's "Brotherless Night" is about an aspiring medic's journey through the brutality of the Sri Lankan civil war. Both authors referenced current international conflicts in their acceptance speeches, with Klein thanking the panel for "not shying away from controversy." She has previously backed calls for festivals to stop taking money from companies with investments in fossil fuels or Israel's defence sector. Here's more from @euronews.

https://flip.it/92MSHQ

#Books @bookstodon #Fiction #NonFiction #NaomiKlein #VVGaneshananthan #WomensPrize

Naomi Klein and V. V. Ganeshananthan win Women's Prize literary awards

Klein thanked the prize for “not shying away from controversy” and continues to back calls for book festivals to stop taking money from companies with investments in fossil fuels or Israel’s defense sector.

^{Euronews (Euronews.com)}

You can read the seminal book "Introduction to VLSI Systems" by Lynn Conway and Carver Mead (1980). They wrote and typeset it with using Xerox PARC technologies such as the Alto computer, the Dover laser printer, and Ethernet as the authors collaborated remotely over the ARPANET at different locations (Conway at PARC where she worked).

https://openlibrary.org/works/OL4625992W/Introduction_to_VLSI_systems?edition=key%3A/books/OL4751708M

#retrocomputing #electronics #books

Introduction to VLSI systems by Carver Mead | Open Library

Introduction to VLSI systems by Carver Mead, unknown edition,

^{Open Library}

Florida school board members supported by Moms for Liberty have banned a book which talks about books that they have banned. Reason? because it talks about book banning and how to push back against it.

No Liberty in #BookBans

Author of #BannedBook "Ban This Book", Alan Gratz said, “It feels like they know exactly what they’re doing and they’re somewhat ashamed of what they’re doing and they don’t want a book on the shelves that calls them out.” #books #bookstodon
https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jun/11/florida-book-bans-book-banned

Book about book bans banned by Florida school board

Ban This Book by Alan Gratz banned in Indian River county after opposition from parents linked to Moms for Liberty

^{Erum Salam (The Guardian)}

Florida school board bans the novel "Ban This Book", which is, as you may infer, about the idiocy of banning books https://boingboing.net/2024/06/11/florida-book-banners-ban-book-on-book-bans.html

#books #livres #FreedomOfSpeech #BannedBooks #bookstodon

Here's my semi-regular reminder of/introduction to the amazing resource that is the OAPEN library. It's tens of thousands of academic books on pretty much every humanities and social science topic imaginable offered for free by their publishers.

https://library.oapen.org/

#books #bookstodon

Is there a good introductory book to AI / ML which doesn't assume the reader has a degree in maths? It is unfortunately starting to creep into my work so I need to learn what things like 'granular gradient boosting machine algorithm' mean.

#books

"When it comes to #queer kid’s #books, though, I’m always happy for an opportunity to buy and read more of these essential stories. When those stories are #Jewish? Even better."

https://www.kveller.com/10-new-ish-jewish-lgbtq-kids-books/

10 Jewish LGBTQ+ Kids Books Worth Reading

Happy June, and happy Pride! Let’s face it: A lot of us have mixed feelings about the commercialization of Pride Month.

^{Lior Zaltzman (Kveller)}

Hi mstdn.games! 👋

I'm Maddy (she/her), German #gamer, #writing enthusiast and #ActuallyAutistic.

My interests include #gaming, #movies, #reading (fictional and non-fictional #books), #history, #mythology, and #science. As for writing, I do everything from #analyses to #reviews to #fanfics.

If you'd like to find out more about what kind of content I'm doing and get an impression of my writing, feel free to check out the links on my profile page!

#introduction #NewHere

"Remember, to the last, that while there is life there is hope."

English novelist and social critic Charles Dickens died #OTD in 1870.

Dickens edited a weekly journal for 20 years; wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and nonfiction articles; lectured and performed readings extensively; was an indefatigable letter writer; and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms.

Charles Dickens at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/37

#books #literature

FANTASTIC #FANTASY MEGASALE

50 titles from #IndieAuthors

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@bookstodon @bookstadon @sffbookclub @fantasy @ttrpg @paranormal

The #Scifi Book Stores in #Stockholm, #Gothenburg and #Malmö are one of Sweden's most profitable businesses in book retail. They sell tabletop games as well. So at their recent equity issuance I did something unprecedented and bought some stock.

https://www.sfbok.se/

#books #ttrpg #boardgames

The Stockholm #Scifi Book Store is bang in the middle of the Old Town's main tourist street, where almost every other shop space offers either tacky souvenirs, meals or snacks. Big shop, hundreds of square metres on two floors. It's amazing that they can make that work!

#books #ttrpg #boardgames

Italian mathematician, astronomer and engineer Giovanni Domenico Cassini was born #OTD in 1625.

His observations & calculations helped to confirm & refine Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. He formulated Cassini’s Law, describing the rotational behavior of the Moon, which was crucial for understanding the Moon's synchronous rotation with the Earth. He was involved in measuring the meridian arc of Paris, contributing to the accurate determination of the shape of the Earth.

#books #astronomy

Älskar den här bilden. Eller kanske böcker?

#books

"Artists are people who are not at all interested in the facts—only in the truth. You get the facts from outside. The truth you get from inside." –Ursula K. Le Guin

How to be a writer:
https://lithub.com/ursula-k-le-guin-on-how-to-become-a-writer/

#writing #writingcommunity #WriteWhatYouKnow #books #book #sciencefiction #fantasy #sff

Czech writer Franz Kafka died #OTD in 1924.

Kafka's works were not widely known during his lifetime, and he published only a few of his stories. Most of his major works were published posthumously by his friend and literary executor, Max Brod, despite Kafka's instructions to destroy his manuscripts.

Books by Franz Kafka at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1735

#books #literature

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Check out 34 #FreeBook titles to sample new worlds and quests! #EpicFantasy only!

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#Books #Giveaway #BookToot #FantasyBooks

@bookstodon @bookstadon @sffbookclub @sffbipoc @fantasy @horror @ttrpg @lgbtqbookstodon

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Happy Pride!

Searching for new favorite #QueerCharacters #fantasy or #scifi story?

We're #BookFunnel #IndieAuthor banding together to present quite a selection!

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@lgbtqbookstodon @bookstodon @bookstadon @sffbookclub @sffbipoc @fantasy @scifi @horror @ttrpg

I really wish I had started keeping track of the books I've read beginning when I was around ten or twelve, but sadly, it's just for the last few years that I've done that. But this grandmother did do it and a fascinating list it is too.
#reading #books @bookstodon

https://mymodernmet.com/nada-myers-book-log/

94-Year-Old Grandmother Kept Meticulous Book Log for 80 Years

In the end, professor Ben Myers grandmother read 1,658 books, averaging one book for every two weeks of her life.

^{Sarah Currier (My Modern Met)}

This picture was commissioned by the Translators’ Section of the Swedish Writers’ Union. The creator has received fair remuneration and has chosen to remain anonymous. They have given their permission to the Union for unlimited dissemination and downloading of the picture.

So please, post it on Social Media, send to writers, journalists, teachers, publishers, etc.!

Source: https://www.ceatl.eu/writers-of-the-world-ask-for-a-human-translator

#books #writers #translators

“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.”

― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Towel Day artwork by Lemonly: https://lemonly.com/blog/celebrating-douglas-adams-on-towel-day

#TowelDay #TowelDay2024 #DouglasAdams #DontPanic #books #bookstodon #quote

Can You Read a Book in a Quarter of an Hour?

“The most potent enemy of reading, it goes without saying, is the small, flat box that you carry in your pocket. In terms of addictive properties, it might as well be stuffed with meth. There’s no point in grinding through a whole book—a chewy bunch of words arranged into a narrative or, heaven preserve us, an argument—when you can pick up your iPhone, touch the Times app, skip the news and commentary, head straight to Wordle, and give yourself an instant hit of euphoria and pride by taking just three guesses to reach a triumphant guano.”

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/27/can-you-read-a-book-in-a-quarter-of-an-hour

#Read #Reading #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon @bookstodon

This is why I drop books after 50 pages of not being good. From “Big Ideas, Little Pictures” by Jono Hey.

#books #reading

British writer and physician Arthur Conan Doyle was born #OTD in 1859.

Doyle was a prolific writer; other than Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels.

Books by Arthur Conan Doyle at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/69

#books #literature

That's it! ‘The Auroras & Blossoms PoArtMo Anthology: Volume 5’ is available for pre-orders!!!

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@MarjoleinRotsteeg #writing #writingcommunity #bookstodon #books2024 #BooksWorthReading #books #writers @writingcommunity @writing @poetry @photography

‘The Auroras & Blossoms PoArtMo Anthology: Volume 5’ Is Available for Pre-Orders! - Auroras & Blossoms

The Auroras & Blossoms PoArtMo Anthology: Volume 5 can be pre-ordered for $4.99 (regular price: $9.99). (This limited offer ends on June 3, 2024.) Click here to pre-order your copy NB: We do not accept direct payment for the anthology.

^{Auroras & Blossoms}

"There is an ideal standard somewhere and only that matters and I cannot find it. Hence the aimlessness."
The Letters of T.E. Lawrence

British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer T. E. Lawrence died #OTD in 1935.

He is famously known as "Lawrence of Arabia" due to his extraordinary role in the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War I.

T. E. Lawrence as a translator at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65161

#books #literature

English self-taught mathematician and physicist Oliver Heaviside was born #OTD in 1850.

He invented a new technique for solving differential equations, independently developed vector calculus, and rewrote Maxwell's equations in the form commonly used today. He significantly shaped the way Maxwell's equations are understood and applied in the decades following Maxwell's death. His practical experience in telegraphy provided a foundation for his later theoretical work.

#books #science #physics

British mathematician, logician, philosopher, & public intellectual Bertrand Russell was born #OTD in 1872.

One of Russell's most significant achievements is the co-authorship of "Principia Mathematica" (1910-1913) with Alfred North Whitehead. His works, such as "The Problems of Philosophy" (1912) & "Our Knowledge of the External World" (1914), explored issues related to knowledge, perception, & the scientific method.

Books by Bertrand Russell at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/355

#books #literature

"Every so often, a cause ignites a sustained fury on college campuses across the nation. In 2020, it was Black Lives Matter. In 2011, it was Occupy Wall Street. In the 1980s, it was apartheid in South Africa.

Today, it’s the Israeli military campaign in Gaza."

Here are five books that shine light on a rich history of campus protests in the US that goes back to the 1960s – compiled by veteran journalist Steve Friess.

https://theconversation.com/5-books-to-help-you-better-understand-todays-campus-protests-229166

#campusprotests #books #history @histodons

"If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain."
Life, p. 6 - Collected Poems (1993)

American lyric poet Emily Dickinson died #OTD in 1888. Although she wrote 1789 poems, only a few of them were published in her lifetime, all anonymously, and some perhaps without her knowledge.

Emily Dickinson at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/996

#books #literature #poetry