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Are You Not Entertained?: Mapping the Gladiator Across Visual Media (Lindsay Steenberg)
Really fun read with all the gladiator stuff coming out this year. The author explores the gladiator as an archetype, and the arena fight as a trope, across various movies and TV shows (even outside historical movies, e.g. Hunger Games, Gamer, Fight Club etc). Lots of good insight into gender, nostalgia etc.
https://www.amazon.com/Are-You-Not-Entertained-Gladiator/dp/1350120073
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The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier (April White)
In the late 19th century, traveling to Sioux Falls was the easiest way to get a divorce - after only 90 days of residency. So the city's largest hotel turned into a "divorce colony" of women (and some men) waiting for their freedom. The book is an awesome read, full of personal stories.
https://www.amazon.com/Divorce-Colony-Revolutionized-Marriage-American/dp/0306827662
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The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession (Allison Hoover Bartlett)
The story of a man who used credit card scams to buy extremely expensive rare books and hoard them. The author explores the world of rare book collecting, buyers and sellers and scammers alike. 📚
https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Loved-Books-Much/dp/1594484813
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The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them (Elif Batuman)
Shorter essays about people who engage with Russian literature, including the author herself. Stories like organizing a Russian literature conference in California, or her summer study in Uzbekistan, or the history of the Ice Palace. Interesting read, although I didn't always like the author's personal attitude.
https://www.amazon.com/Possessed-Adventures-Russian-Books-People/dp/0374532184
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Sparks: China's Underground Historians and their Battle for the Future (Ian Johnson)
Highly recommended read. The author traces the work of underground historians, archivists, and documentary filmmakers in China who try to keep records of history that has been erased or changed by the party. They often literally risk their life and freedom to do it.
https://www.amazon.com/Sparks-Chinas-Underground-Historians-Battle/dp/0197575501
#history #China #nonfiction #bookstodon #books
The Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies (Richard Hamblyn)
The story of how cloud types were named by Luke Howard at the turn of the 19th century. The book gives great historical context starting from the 1600s, about the birth of meteorology and the difficulties of cloud classification. I finally learned how the categories work.
https://www.amazon.com/Invention-Clouds-Amateur-Meteorologist-Language/dp/0312420013
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The Land Where Lemons Grow (Helena Attlee)
The author travels across Italy, exploring the history of various citrus fruits. I never knew citrus could be such a fascinating topic, but the book was an amazing read. From the connections of lemons to the Sicilian mafia, through the orange-throwing carnival of Ivrea, all the way to Renaissance hybrid citrus collections. 🍋 🍊
(Sorry for the Amazon links)
https://www.amazon.com/Land-Where-Lemons-Grow-Citrus/dp/0241952573
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It was exciting as usual, and led me to some great #nonfiction books. So, I'm going to share my reading list. No one asked, but here it is.
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By "fantasy" I mean post-apocalyptic western with mutant superpowers :D
This series does diversity right. It's part of the setting. The story also features a very cute throuple, a demisexual main character, and realistic depiction of PTSD. And yes, it's well written and exciting. Final book out in October.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0753KXMV3?binding=kindle_edition&qid=1718896357&sr=1-1&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tkin
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I loved the idea of making a classic historical romance with a nonbinary/ transmasc romantic hero - inspired by real queer history, but still a comfort read.
Think: Gentlemanly manners you can read as butch chivalry, repressed longing that's also about their own body and presentation, difference that puts them at odds with high society and leads them to question it.
More info: https://www.hari-illustration.com/-i-shall-never-fall-in-love
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[Stolen from @ilanderz on FB.]
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Happy launch day to my dear friend and coauthor @jesse and thanks to the @themitpress team for all the support.
Buy it here: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048811/the-secret-life-of-data/
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The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier - by April White
This book needs to be a high budget HBO show.
At the end of the 19th century, Sioux Falls was known for its lax divorce laws: if someone resided there for 90 days, they could file for divorce. The town's main hotel fast became a "divorce colony" of desperate women (and some men) and their own private dramas.
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The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II - by Svetlana Alexievich
Alexievich is a Nobel Laureate mostly known for "Voices from Chernobyl", but her other books are great too. In this one she interviewed hundreds of women who fought in WWII in the Soviet army, or as partisans.
This one a difficult read, with a lot of dark stories. But it is very much worth reading.
#WomensHistoryMonth #nonficion #books #bookstodon #women #war
Dorothy Parker: What fresh hell is this? - by Marion Meade
I really enjoyed the collection of Dorothy Parker's short stories, so I decided to read her biography. It was fascinating and often amusing, although in a slightly different way than I'd expected.
Dear Dorothy was a hot mess. In all the best and worst ways possible.
#WomensHistoryMonth #books #bookstodon #nonfiction
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The fossil hunter: Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World - by Shelley Emling
This is a biography of pioneering paleontologist and fossil hunter Mary Anning, who is credited with discovering the first complete ichthyosaur and plesiosaur skeletons. Her discoveries contributed a lot to the science of paleontology - and her life was fascinating in all kinds of ways.
#WomensHistoryMonth #nonfiction #books #bookstodon
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands - by Mary Seacole
Mary Seacole was a Jamaican woman, trained in medicine by her doctor mother. She wanted to join Florence Nightingale in nursing soldiers during the Crimean War, but she was not accepted. So instead, she traveled to the front on her own and put up an inn where she made food and sold drinks, and regularly walked to the trenches to tend to the wounded.
#WomensHistoryMonth #books #bookstodon #nonfiction
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The lady and the octopus: How Jeanne Villepreux-Power Invented Aquariums and Revolutionized Marine Biology - by Dana Staaf
A colorful, fascinating book about the French scientist (1794–1871) who invented aquariums. We learn about her experiments in Italy, her inventions to make observations easier, and ther theories about the age-old mystery of the paper nautilus and its self-grown shell.
#WomensHistoryMonth #nonfiction #books #bookstodon
The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun
Le Brun (1755–1842) was a painter whose works still hang in galleries around the world, including the British National Gallery & the Louvre. She was the portrait painter of Marie Antoinette before she fled to Italy and then to Russia from the Revolution, leaving an abusive husband behind.
Her memoirs are entertaining and witty, showing a glimpse at the life of a remarkable woman.
#WomensHistoryMonth #nonfiction #books #bookstodon
The lady and the sharks - by Eugenie Clark
A fun memoir by the famous ichthyologist Eugenie Clark, best known for her work with sharks. I loved reading her memories of establishing a research center, designing experiments to test shark intelligence, and diving in all kinds of places (including sink holes). Also, the details of raising children as a marine scientist.
#WomensHistoryMonth #books #bookstodon #nonfiction
Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis - by Kim Todd
Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717) was a scientific illustrator and naturalist, still known today for her wonderful illustrations of the life cycle of butterflies and other insects. She was the first to draw them in context of their food plants, observing the process of metamorphosis.
The book traces her life and travels, in Europe and in South America.
#WomensHistoryMonth #books #bookstodon
The Search for Omm Sety - by Jonathan Cott
Dorothy Eady fell down the stairs when she was 3 and woke up with memories of her previous life in Ancient Egypt as the lover of Pharaoh Seti I.
She didn't stop there: she threw herself into studying hieroglyphics, moved to Egypt, and became an expert of its history and culture.
Regardless of whether you believe in reincarnation, she was a fascinating, witty woman worth reading about.
#WomensHistoryMonth #books #bookstodon
Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary - by Anita Anand
Princess Sophia Duleep Singh was the daughter of the last Maharaja of the Punjab, born and raised in England as the goddaughter of Queen Victoria. The book traces Sophia's life and that of her siblings, seeking their place between two worlds. Sophia became a suffragist, standing up for women's rights, and caring for war victims, displaced workers and children.
#WomensHistoryMonth #books #Bookstodon
Portrait of Myself - by Margaret Bourke-White
Autobiography from a pioneering photographer who was present, camera in hand, for several important moments of the 20th century. Like honestly, this woman was everywhere, from Black Tuesday to WWII to Gandhi's death. She also writes passionately about industrial photography, which I never thought I'd care about.
Plus she kept alligators on her balcony in the Chrysler Building.
#WomensHistoryMonth #books #bookstodon #photography
A warrior of the people: How Susan La Flesche Overcame Racial and Gender Inequality to Become America's First Indian Doctor - by Joe Starita
In 1889, Susan La Flesche became the first Native American doctor to earn a western medical degree. She spent the rest of her life working for her community and standing up for equality. The book tells her life story, that of her family, and that of American women in medicine.
#WomensHistoryMonth #women #books #bookstodon #Indigenous
Ada Blackjack: A true story of survival in the Arctic - by Jennifer Niven
Ada was an Iñupiaq woman who joined an arctic expedition in the 1920s. The expedition got stranded on Wrangel Island, and slowly all the (somewhat foolishy unprepared) explorers died or disappeared, leaving Ada to fend for herself for almost two years. She survived, and the book uses her diary among other sources to tell her story.
#WomensHistoryMonth #Indigenous #books #bookstodon #nonfiction
The Five: The untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper - by Hallie Rubenhold
In this fascinating book the author researches the lives of Jack the Ripper's five victims. She does so to reframe the whole narrative: why are libraries written by the criminal, but nothing about the women who died? Why is there so much misinformation about who they were and how they lived?
Surprisingly detailed and touching book.
#WomensHistoryMonth #books #bookstodon
Um let's see
I'm reading a book about underground historians in modern day China (Sparks) for a reading challenge
I'm reading Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett for a book club
I'm reading the poem a day book by @brianbilston
I'm reading The flowering wand by Sophie Strand in the evenings because it's enchanting
I'm reading Apollodorus' Library for research
Yes I can keep them straight
I'm a bit book promiscuous?... 😅
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