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33 New Deal Posters That Helped Lift America Out Of The Great Depression

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The WPA poster called “Work With Care” features a stylized worker dressed in green overalls. Created in the Art Deco style, it shows the worker leaning forward and holding what appears to be an industrial tool or hose. In the background, abstract swirling circles appear.
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Robert Louis Stevenson’s essay collection “Virginibus Puerisque” can be downloaded free from @gutenberg.org
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Virginibus Puerisque, and Other Papers by Robert Louis Stevenson
Virginibus Puerisque, and Other Papers by Robert Louis Stevenson. Free eBook digitized and proofread by volunteers.
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September 17, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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"I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint."

#OTD in 1925, 18-year-old Frida Kahlo forgot her umbrella. This tiny oversight changed the trajectory of her life.

Frida Kahlo’s Life-Changing Accident:
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Frida photographed in 1932 by her father, Guillermo. She wears a plaid shawl over a white blouse, statement earrings, and a carved pendant necklace, hair parted center and pulled back, gazing directly at the camera with a serious expression.
September 17, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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The Unsung Female Authors of English Romantic Literature

Read about the remarkable women who took part in the Romantic movement and challenged male-dominated narratives.

by Dr. Victoria C. Roskams

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Engraving of Mary Tighe. She's shown with long loose brown hair, a white turban-style headwrap, and a flowing white/cream gown, against a warm reddish background. Accusa segreta by Francesco Hayez, c. 1847-48. A woman in a green gown and black veil stands on a Venetian loggia holding a letter, a worried expression on her face, with the Venetian lagoon and Santa Maria della Salute visible behind her.
September 17, 2026 at 9:12 AM
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At once both achingly sad & unsentimental, “A Hegira” is included in THIRTEEN STORIES by R.B. Cunninghame Graham, which can be downloaded as a free ebook from @gutenberg.org
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Thirteen Stories by R. B. Cunninghame Graham
Thirteen Stories by R. B. Cunninghame Graham. Free eBook digitized and proofread by volunteers.
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September 16, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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How Did Gutenberg's Printing Press Work?

It's one of the most famous inventions of all time: Johannes' Gutenberg's printing press, which birthed the Gutenberg Bible and inspired book-makers around the world. But how did it work?

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September 16, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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Agatha Christie's 11-Day Disappearance May Not Be Such a Mystery After All

Christie herself explained the circumstances behind her legendary disappearance in an interview.

By Eden Gordon

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Daily Herald, 15 December 1926, announcing that Christie had been found. Newspaper front page: "Mrs. Christie Found at Harrogate," reporting Agatha Christie's dramatic 1926 reunion with husband Colonel Christie after her famous 11-day disappearance. Headlines cite claimed memory loss; includes photos of both and a quote from him.
September 16, 2026 at 10:05 AM
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Jonathan Swift v. AI

Three hundred years ago, the satirist warned of a world in which reading and writing are replaced by the flashy simulation of human knowledge. Can he help us fix it?

by Dónal Gill

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The title page to Swift's 1735 Works, depicting the author in the Dean's chair, receiving the thanks of Ireland. The Horatian motto reads, Exegi Monumentum Ære perennius, "I have completed a monument more lasting than brass." The "brass" is a pun, for William Wood's halfpennies (alloyed with brass) lie scattered at his feet. Cherubim award Swift a poet's laurel.
September 16, 2026 at 9:40 AM
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"I can't imagine why everybody is always so keen for authors to talk about writing. I should have thought it was an author's business to write, not talk."

Dead Man's Folly.

~Dame Agatha Christie #BOTD in 1890.

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Illustration from The American Magazine March 1933 printing of 13 For Dinner, a novel by Agatha Christie; this is the first of six issues that serialized the novel Lord Edgware Dies under this alternate title. The illustration presents a notable early depiction of Hercule Poirot, in the only Agatha Christie novel first printed in serialized form in The American Magazine. Magazine page from The American Magazine, March 1933, featuring "13 for Dinner" (a.k.a. Lord Edgware Dies) by Agatha Christie, a Hercule Poirot mystery. Illustrations show a mustached Poirot, a woman in an orange gown, and a man in evening dress—colorful period illustrations by "W·T."
September 15, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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Is Edward Gibbon Still Accurate on the Fall of Rome?

Edward Gibbon published his iconic history in 1776, but what do modern archaeologists and historians think of his core thesis on Rome's collapse.

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This photo captures the Colosseum in Rome from a low, close-up angle. You can see its weathered stone arches, with blue sky and white clouds above.
September 15, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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"No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law."

The American Democrat (1838)

~James Fenimore Cooper #BOTD in 1789

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JAMES FENIMORE COOPER. In: American Men of Letters. Steel engraving portrait of James F. Cooper, seated, with receding gray hair, wearing a dark double-breasted coat with velvet collar, cravat, and holding a walking cane.
September 15, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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We recently received an inquiry about World War I books (1914–1918) related to YMCA war work. Using a clever combination of keywords, our senior cataloger pulled the following results:

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AMBULANCES HELD UP BY THE HIGH TIDE. Title: Eighteen months in the war zone the record of a woman's work on the western front Author: Kate John Finzi Author of introduction, etc.: Sir Alfred Edward Turner Two Red Cross ambulance vehicles on a beach with figures gathered around them in the fog or mist. People stand near the vehicles amid a medical transport scene.
September 15, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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#OTD in 1321, Dante Alighieri dies. He "was an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher."

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This engraved, hand-colored portrait shows Dante Alighieri from the waist up. He wears a dark red chaperon hood over his shoulders and a teal-blue garment underneath. A green laurel wreath sits atop the hood. He holds an open book with both hands, as if he has just paused while reading.
September 14, 2026 at 11:35 AM
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12 Pablo Picasso Masterpieces Every Art Lover Should Know

by Anastasiia Kirpalov

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Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, by Pablo Picasso. Five nude female figures with fragmented, angular forms—two with African mask-like faces—rendered in pink, blue, and earth tones.
September 14, 2026 at 9:19 AM
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Libraries are a lifeline, new research finds

Public libraries play a vital role in communities, helping people connect, access support and improve wellbeing through everyday interactions.

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ONE OF THE SPECIAL READING ROOMS (Genealogy and Local History) Title: Handbook of The New York Public Library Author: New York Public Library Interior view of a large library reading room, early 20th century. Long tables with individual lamps line the space, patrons reading and a librarian standing near a card catalog. Bookshelves fill the walls, with a skylight ceiling and hanging chandelier illuminating the room.
September 14, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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As per my earlier blog post, I intend to keep the older Lake Ontario heading in the Online Books Page catalog: https://everybodyslibraries.com/2026/08/28/why-lake-ontario-is-remaining-lake-ontario-in-the-online-books-catalog/

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'PAST, n. That part of Eternity with some small fraction of which we have a slight and regrettable acquaintance. A moving line called the Present parts it from an imaginary period known as the Future'.

- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911 🏺
September 13, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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Unleashing a tiger on the streets of London... 🐯| #SHORTS | National Gallery

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"Tiger in a Tropical Storm or Surprised! is an 1891 oil-on-canvas painting by Henri Rousseau. It was the first of the jungle paintings for which the artist is chiefly known. It shows a tiger, illuminated by a flash of lightning, preparing to pounce on its prey in the midst of a raging gale...." "The tiger's prey is beyond the edge of the canvas, so it is left to the imagination of the viewer to decide what the outcome will be, although Rousseau's original title Surprised! suggests the tiger has the upper hand. Rousseau later stated that the tiger was about to pounce on a group of explorers. Despite their apparent simplicity, Rousseau's jungle paintings were built up meticulously in layers, using a large number of green shades to capture the lush exuberance of the jungle. He also devised his own method for depicting the lashing rain by trailing strands of silver paint diagonally across the canvas, a technique inspired by the satin-like finishes of the paintings of William-Adolphe Bouguereau." - Wikipedia
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Study Uses Mathematics to Reveal When Homer Wrote the Iliad

By Caleb Howells

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Triumphant Achilles dragging Hector’s body around Troy, from a panoramic fresco of the Achilleion. by Franz Matsch. Achilles rides a chariot pulled by black horses, dragging Hector's body around the walls of Troy, while soldiers and onlookers watch from the ramparts.
September 13, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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Ancient Rome’s Largest Fresco and Mosaic Complex, Featuring Depictions of a Mysterious Maritime City, Opens to the Public After 2,000 Years

by Sarah Kuta

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(inside front and back covers) of the book The Mute Stones Speak The Story of Archaeology in Italy by Paul Lachlan MacKendrick. A sepia reproduction shows the famous frescoes of the Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii, depicting figures in a Dionysian ritual scene along a decorated frieze band, with a checkered tile floor below.
September 13, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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To Dismantle the Concept of Separate but Equal, Thurgood Marshall Methodically Devised a Winning Strategy: Divide and Conquer

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This black-and-white photo shows Thurgood Marshall with short, dark wavy hair parted on the right and a thin, trimmed mustache. He wears a dark suit jacket, a light collared shirt, and a patterned necktie.
September 12, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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Communication Has Taken Flight Since The Days of Carrier Pigeons

by Joe Schwarcz

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There is an interesting book on this subject (The Homing Pigeon by United States. Army. Signal Corps et al.) at PG:
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Figure 24. Message holder attached to pigeon’s leg. Title: The Homing Pigeon Author: United States. Army. Signal Corps United States. War Department Photo of a homing pigeon, labeled "TL 70193," with mottled brown, black, and white plumage. A leg band with a number is visible on one leg, and another metal ring on the other.
September 12, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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Twain’s Patriotism

On Tom Sawyer and the challenge of loving America

by Ivan Kenneally

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The search fro the drowned. Title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 4. Author: Mark Twain Three boys watch from a bushy riverbank as a small boat with smoke/cannon fire searches the water in the distance.
September 12, 2026 at 8:26 AM
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The best books on Entomology recommended by Dino Martins

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"The Life of the Bee" at PG:

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A close-up of a red ant on a bright yellow dandelion.
September 11, 2026 at 11:56 AM
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The Legend of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”

Phillip Lopate on the Enduring Legacy of Washington Irving’s Most Famous Short Story

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at PG:
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The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane by John Quidor. Ichabod flees on a white horse, arm raised in fear, while the headless horseman gives chase on a dark rearing steed through a moonlit forest.
September 11, 2026 at 10:26 AM