Dusklands
https://longreads.com/2026/09/29/dusklands-coetzee-siccardi/
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📚️ Yiddish: Biography of a Language
"He addresses key aspects of Yiddish as the language of a diasporic population, whose speakers have always used more than one language. As the vernacular of a marginalized minority, Yiddish has often been held in low regard compared to other languages, and its legitimacy as a language has been questioned."
🔗 https://global.oup.com/academic/product/yiddish-9780190651961
#Yiddish #Language #Biography #Linguistics #Reading #UniversityPress #Academia #Nonfiction #Book #Books #Bookstodon
📚️ 🇸🇾 A Primer on Ugaritic: Language, Culture and Literature
"A Primer on Ugaritic is an introduction to the language of the ancient city of Ugarit, a city that flourished in the second millennium BCE on the Lebanese coast, placed in the context of the culture, literature, and religion of this ancient Semitic culture."
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511996962
#AncientNearEast #Syria #Religion #Language #Linguistics #Literature #Culture #Reading #UniversityPress #Academia #Nonfiction #Book #Books #Bookstodon
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A Transnational History of the Australian Animal Movement 1970-2015 by Gonzalo Villanueva, 2017
This book offers the first transnational historical study of the creation, contention and consequences of the Australian animal movement. Largely inspired by Peter Singer and his 1975 book Animal Liberation, a new wave of animal activism emerged in Australia and across the world.
#books#nonfiction#AnimalMovement#AnimalRights#AnimalEthics#Australia
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions 3rd ed. by Thomas Kuhn
Thomas S. Kuhn's classic book is now available with a new index. "A landmark in intellectual history which has attracted attention far beyond its own immediate field. . . . It is written with a combination of depth and clarity that make it an almost unbroken series of aphorisms. . . .
#books#nonfiction#science
The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction
https://lithub.com/the-independent-press-top-40-bestsellers-nonfiction-36/
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📚️ The F-Word: Pound, Eliot, Lewis, and the Far Right
"...it is the first academic study to explore the reception of these Modernist authors by today's far right, seeking to understand in what ways they use strategic readings of Modernist texts to legitimise right-wing ideology."
🔗 https://doi.org/10.18452/20756
#OpenAccess #OA #Politics #Literature #FarRight #Philosophy #Reading #Academia #Nonfiction #Book #Books #Bookstodon
The Renaissance of Astronomy by Noel Swerdlow, 2026
The Renaissance of Astronomy provides a comprehensive, technically grounded account of the works of Regiomontanus, Copernicus, Tycho, Kepler and Galileo. There is nothing comparable to it in scope and detail. It is the fruit of a lifetime of study devoted to the subject.
#books#nonfiction#astronomy#history#Renaissance
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Tara Westover to Publish New Memoir in 2027
Her new memoir, BROTHERS AND SISTERS, will publish in April 2027.
https://bookriot.com/new-tara-westover-memoir-2027/
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Oceans Rise Empires Fall: Why Geopolitics Hastens Climate Catastrophe
"Why do great powers favor competition and rivalry over transnational policies to address the greatest threat humanity has ever faced?"
🔗 https://global.oup.com/academic/product/oceans-rise-empires-fall-9780197693261
#Ocean #Geography #InternationalRelations #Geopolitics #Climate #ClimateChange #Reading #UniversityPress #Academia #Nonfiction #Book #Books #Bookstodon
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The World: A Brief Introduction by Richard Haassm 2020
An invaluable primer from Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, that will help anyone, expert and non-expert alike, navigate a time in which many of our biggest challenges come from the world beyond our borders.
#books#nonfiction#world#history
The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction
https://lithub.com/the-independent-press-top-40-bestsellers-nonfiction-33/
#Books #Publishing #Nonfiction
I work in #infosec and consider myself pretty well educated on what’s happening with #AI.
But I’m about 33% of the way through @emilymbender@dair-community.social and Alex Hanna’s book, “The AI Con”, and I’ve really learned a lot more.
If you’re skeptical or curious about AI, this is a must-read. I’m recommending it to everyone I know.
#books #bookstodon #reading #AI #technology #nonfiction
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Not Built in a Day: How Slavery Made the Roman Empire
"It traces how people entered, experienced, and left slavery, covering the little known story of slave revolts and the complex realities of enslaved people who themselves owned enslaved people."
🔗 https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Not-Built-in-a-Day/Emma-Southon/9781668089552
#Ancient #History #Histodons #Slavery #Reading #Nonfiction #Book #Books #Bookstodon #Booksky
Survival amid chaos: Supreme Court deportation ruling, deadly heat waves, Trump's vision, and queer resistance blueprints for fractured times. #trans #queer #lgbtqia #fiction #nonfiction #author #writing https://thistleandmoss.com/p/what-survives-the-morning-the-lid-lung-donald-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Wendy
Urgent news on Iran tensions and trans rights, woven with survival tactics and herbal remedies for navigating a fractured world with intention. #trans #queer #lgbtqia #fiction #nonfiction #author #writing https://thistleandmoss.com/p/what-survives-the-morning-and-now-we-are-at-war-again-thanks-donnie-poopypants?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Wendy
Wendy's raw analysis of fury, survival, and resistance in May's Atlanta heat. Support independent queer journalism that refuses to starve. #trans #queer #lgbtqia #fiction #nonfiction #author #writing https://bit.ly/4yWTQW6
What survives the morning: empire's pause, political reckoning, and the infrastructure draining our future. Queer analysis meets survival tactics from The Gathering. #trans #queer #lgbtqia #fiction #nonfiction #author #writing https://bit.ly/4fUrPFX