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  Halloween is almost here! Why not pick up one of our horror classics? Check out the 10 most downloaded books from our catalog. Happy reading! https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/84 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/345 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5200 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8492 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41445 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2148 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6087 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10007 https://www.gutenb...

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  Seven mulberry leaves, silk, and a surprise in the stacks A fragile 18th-century curiosity on the subject of sericulture, or silk farming, contained delicate botanical specimens. It can now be widely studied and viewed as a result of our conservation treatment and imaging work. by Ayse Kaya https://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/seven-mulberry-leaves-silk-and-a-surprise-in-the-stacks #books #sericulture #botany #preservation #herbarium

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  12 of Theodore Roosevelt’s Favorite Books He swore there was no such thing as a list of the best books, and yet never stopped telling people which ones he loved! By Matt Hoffman https://www.mentalfloss.com/literature/books/theodore-roosevelt-favorite-books Some of Roosevelts' favorite books at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5999 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1468 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37106 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/580 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1129...

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  3 Zen Lessons From Nishida Kitarō to Overcome Existential Dread Nishida Kitarō, founder of the Kyoto School, offers three Zen-inflected philosophical lessons for facing existential dread without falling into despair. by Giorgi Vachnadze https://www.thecollector.com/existential-dread-zen-lessons/ #philosophy #kyotoschool #existentialism #zenphilosophy

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  Were Two Ancient Chinese Astronomers Beheaded for Failing to Predict an Eclipse in 2134 B.C.E.? The Story May Be a Myth, but It Underscores the Real Risks of Interpreting Celestial Events Experts say that an oft-circulated anecdote about two royal astronomers drunkenly failing to foresee an eclipse thousands of years ago contains hints of truth by Georgia Michelman https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/were-two-chinese-astronomers-were-beheaded-for-failing-to-predict-an-eclipse-2134-bce-the-...

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  10 Great Books That Are Hard To Read Today By Diego Pineda Pacheco https://collider.com/best-books-hard-to-read-today/ You can download all of these books on our website: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/521 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/219 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/82 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2701 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/203 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2600 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6593 https://www.gutenberg.org/eb...

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  Gulliver’s Travels at 300: a satire of the Anglo-Irish and the folly of allegiance to empire by Clíona Ó Gallchoir Travel to England made Swift feel like an oppressed Irish colonial subject while at home he felt like a powerful civilising cog of that same empire. https://theconversation.com/gullivers-travels-at-300-a-satire-of-the-anglo-irish-and-the-folly-of-allegiance-to-empire-295211?utm_campaign=the-daily-40115&utm_content=the-daily-40115_uk%7C2%7C40115%7C0547a0c9&utm_medi...

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  An Abbey in France Discovered Previously Unknown Wall Sketches by Odilon Redon by Maximilíano Durón https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/abbaye-de-fontfroide-rediscovered-odilon-redon-sketches-1234803456/ Books illustrated by Odilon Redon at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/44994 #books #literature #books_illustration #art #culture

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  NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory reveals its first dwarf planet candidate in our solar system The candidate orbits our sun beyond Pluto, and may be among the largest and brightest objects discovered in this region of the solar system. https://rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-first-dwarf-planet-candidate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlLapqfOqyM&t=3s #astrophysics #cosmology #physics #darkmatter #earlyuniverse

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  World-famous or local legend? New study investigates global and local forms of collective memory and group identity by Adrian Chalifour https://phys.org/news/2026-10-world-famous-local-legend-global.html Original article: https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/5/10/pgag308/8825253?login=false Books about Political science at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/800 #books #history #socialsciences #politicalsciences

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  The hidden hornbook: a handy educational tool from the Middle-Ages by Ken Gibb https://scolarcardiff.wordpress.com/2026/10/19/the-hidden-hornbook-a-handy-educational-tool-from-the-middle-ages/ Books about Education in middle ages at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=education+%2B+middle+ages #books #history #hornbooks #education #rarebooks

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  The Colour That Revolutionized Chemistry William Henry Perkin's discovery of mauve had an impact far beyond the fashion industry. by Joe Schwarcz https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical-history-general-science/colour-revolutionized-chemistry Books about Color (including Goethe's Theory of Colours) at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/3066 #books #colours #chemistry #science #syntetic_dyes #historyofscience

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  A forgotten 1890 first edition of Sherlock Holmes novel The Sign of Four arrived among ordinary charity-shop donations in England; staff spotted its significance and it sold for £11,520 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/a-forgotten-1890-first-edition-of-sherlock-holmes-novel-the-sign-of-four-arrived-among-ordinary-charity-shop-donations-in-england-staff-spotted-its-significance-and-it-sold-for-11520/articleshow/135117224.cms The Sign of Four at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2...

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  She Painted the First Known Self-Portrait of an Artist at Work—and Signed It—Nearly 500 Years Ago. Who Was Catharina van Hemessen? Few women worked as professional artists in the 16th century. A new exhibition in Antwerp, Belgium, seeks to restore this Flemish painter to the pantheon of art history giants by Meilan Solly https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/she-painted-first-known-self-portrait-an-artist-at-work-and-signed-it-nearly-500-years-ago-who-was-catharina-van-hemessen-180989724/...

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  The lingering legacies of 'The Sun Also Rises' 100 years on Ernest Hemingway's debut novel, about lost and wayward young people after World War I, turned 100 this week. We look at its legacy and how the book has aged. by Andrew Limbong https://www.npr.org/2026/10/23/nx-s1-5974093/the-lingering-legacies-of-the-sun-also-rises-100-years-on The Sun Also Rises at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67138 #books #literature #culture

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  Where Exactly Were the First Humans to Be Captured in a Photograph Standing? Three Obsessed Filmmakers Solved the Nearly 200-Year-Old Mystery The sleuths spent two years digging into archives and building 3D models of 19th-century Paris. The location is now immortalized by a bronze plaque celebrating the historic site and the “poetic” early photograph by Sonja Anderson https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/where-exactly-were-the-first-humans-to-be-captured-in-a-photograph-standing-three-o...

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  Women who changed science missing from GCSE and A-level courses – new study by Stephanie Buttigieg; Gregory Cooke; Skyla White Despite social, economic and institutional barriers limiting women’s formal participation in science, they made numerous key breakthroughs. https://theconversation.com/women-who-changed-science-missing-from-gcse-and-a-level-courses-new-study-294920?utm_campaign=the-daily-40057&utm_content=the-daily-40057_uk%7C2%7C40057%7C4a3c2362&utm_medium=email&utm_sourc...

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  The Man Who Created a Written Language for the Cherokee Did It So Efficiently and Elegantly, His Peers Thought It Was Magic Sequoyah’s syllabary faced suspicion initially, but after a demonstration, his version of “talking leaves” was widely embraced. And then the word spread by Andrew Lawler https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/man-created-written-language-cherokee-did-efficiently-elegantly-peers-thought-magic-180988850/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=...

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  Here’s What Life Was Like in 1776 vs. Today https://www.rd.com/article/life-in-1776-vs-today/ #history #USHistory

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  “Funes the Memorious" and Other Cases of Extraordinary Memory In Jorge Luis Borges's story of barely 12 pages, the celebrated writer plays with the infinite in a context of vast labyrinths of memory and the consequences of having an unlimited capacity to remember. https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/borges-memory-funes-the-memorious/ Books by Pliny, the Elder at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/50041 #books #literature #neuroscience

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  Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90 Over two decades at MIT, Hamilton forged new paths in computer science and engineering. Her groundbreaking work included leading the team that programmed the first computers that took humans to the moon. https://news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-hamilton-computing-pioneer-dies-1007 #womeninstem

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  Exclusive: How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn’t New analysis refutes James Watson’s claim he was first to recognize significance of famed photograph 51 ByTim Appenzeller https://www.science.org/content/article/how-did-rosalind-franklin-miss-helix-her-iconic-dna-image-she-didn-t #womeninstem

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  Nearly Every JPEG on Earth Runs on Math a Reviewer Called Too Simple to Fund in 1972 by Alex Cooke https://fstoppers.com/historical/nearly-every-jpeg-earth-runs-math-reviewer-called-too-simple-fund-1972-904107

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  Remembering Anna May Wong, Hollywood’s First Asian-American Star “Wong provides us with a road map of how to forge ahead even under the most difficult of circumstances.” https://lithub.com/remembering-anna-may-wong-hollywoods-first-asian-american-star/ #AsianAmericans #celebrity #film

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  First women of philosophy Philosophy was once a woman’s world, ranging across Asia, Africa and Latin America. It’s time to reclaim that lost realm by Dag Herbjørnsrud https://aeon.co/essays/before-the-canon-the-non-european-women-who-founded-philosophy?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a39fa187e5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_09_25&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972 Books about or by women philosophers at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=women+philosop...

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  Remembering Grazia Deledda, the Sardinian Nobel Prize-Winner We Should All Be Reading Jeff Biggers on the Legacy of a Little-Known Writer on the 100th Anniversary of Her Prize https://lithub.com/remembering-grazia-deledda-the-sardinian-nobel-prize-winner-we-should-all-be-reading/ Books by Grazia Deledda at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/33472 #books #literature #nobelprize

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  Share books, discover neighbo(u)rhood libraries Book Corners maps book exchange locations internationally. It currently lists 37,229 community libraries and little free libraries, including 15,926 in France. The programmer is Andrea Grandi. https://www.metafilter.com/214595/Share-books-discover-neighbourhood-libraries Books about Library science at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/1350 #books #libraries

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  "The last man! Yes I may well describe that solitary being's feelings, feeling myself as the last relic of a beloved race, my companions extinct before me..." Lessons for the 21st century from a 200‑year‑old book by ‘Frankenstein’ author Mary Shelley by Eileen Hunt https://theconversation.com/lessons-for-the-21st-century-from-a-200-year-old-book-by-frankenstein-author-mary-shelley-291926 The Last Man by Mary Shelley at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18247 #books #literat...

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  Meet Mary Mallon, aka "Typhoid Mary"—an Irish cook who unwittingly infected dozens with typhoid fever in the early 1900s. Her story ignited a lifelong debate over individual liberty versus public health, leaving a legacy that still shapes how we view epidemics today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon #PublicHealth

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  Scientists re-created the Herculaneum scrolls. They found a clue to decoding hidden text https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/22/science/herculaneum-scrolls-lead-ink-experiment #science #archeology