#Books

Whores of Yore

WhoresofYore

Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, Countess of Landsfeld (1821-61), known to the world as Lola Montez ‘the Spanish dancer’ was a celebrated courted & mistress of King Ludwig I of

Growth = Discipline + Consistency

GrowHighHQ

We've all heard the saying: "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit"But how can we put this into practice?(Thread) • Accountability Always

Brandon Stanton

humansofny

(1/11) “There is a moment I’ll never forget. My mother was teaching a class at our home, and my father hit her in front of the students. It was humiliating..."

Mira Rapp-Hooper

MiraRappHooper

In the early days of the Cold War, the United States built an unprecedented system of alliances. In part because of its successes, that system now finds itself in peril.Some

Laura Portwood-Stacer, PhD (she/her)

lportwoodstacer

Because this is always a burning question for first-time academic book authors, here are some red flags that the book you’re proposing hasn’t yet evolved away from the dissertation:

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

Publishing works on long schedules, which means that long-planned books can be overtaken by events...like covid. 2020 was tough for those of us with books in trail, especially nonfiction. But

Róisín Astell

roisin_grace

I've just successfully had my first research trip to the @britishlibrary & thought I would help prepare others for their venture back into the library. So, you managed to book

Kevin Farnsworth

Dr_K_Farnsworth

Academia is a bizarre world. Like all academics, I am often asked do work for free. But today I received the worst offer yet! Review 10 chapters for an upcoming

Gwen C. Katz

gwenckatz

In light of the "catfishing author" incident, a thread on pen names, their history, conventions, and courtesy.This is my personal perspective. Other people may disagree, but from my perspective this

IndianFootball_History

IndianfootballH

Thread: A list of books on #IndianFootball. To be gradually updated. Will include books written in English & regional languages like Bengali. Please reply to this thread with details about

Jessica Gardner

CamUniLibrarian

So what does it take behind the scenes to restart the physical library? It should be easy, right? Well... it’s complicated, because we are doing everything in a new way

Matt

mwcox53

How To Never Run Out of Content To Tweet About:Writer's block absolutely sucks.Here's the cold truth: you have endless amounts of content to write about but you're just ignoring all

Even the Trunchbull Podcast

TrunchbullPod

Afternoon, #kidlit fans! @gourenina here to talk to you about fat representation in children's books, how pervasive fatphobia is even now, and asking for your recommendations as I'm trying to

Justin Muschong

JustinMuschong

I could not get worked up about JOJO RABBIT, pro or con. Obviously it's as phony as a $3 bill. That didn't bother me. What struck me is that it's

Jim OShaughnessy

jposhaughnessy

1/ Some book recommendations:Rules of the game: many people are asking me for investing book recommendations and I finally felt guilty enough to actually put together a list. BUT--this is

Arti Agarwal

parantapah

The WOKE Hindus who argue that fireworks are not as per "Shaastras" -1) Have you even read Shaastras?2) Do you know how much of Hindu literature was BURNT by Islamic

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