With a special dedication to my mom who the other day told me she didn't sleep well. In the course of the conversation it turned out that she simply went to sleep at 5am after having finished it.
What can I say? I've been there too. I guess it's in the genes.
What about you? Do you read till late?

#books #bookstodon #amreading

“What an astonishing thing a book is… one glance at it & you’re inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, an author is speaking clearly & silently inside your head, directly to you.

Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. #Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic.”

- Carl Sagan

"The past is but the beginning of a beginning, and all that is or has been is but the twilight of the dawn."
The Discovery of the Future (1901)

Herbert George Wells died #OTD in 1946. Prolific in many genres, he wrote more than fifty novels and dozens of short stories. His non-fiction output included works of social commentary, politics, history, popular science, satire, biography, and autobiography. via @wikipedia

Books by H.G. Wells at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/30

#books #literature

Secret Life of H.G Wells
By Sometimes Interesting

Despite his fame as a distinguished man of letters, the secret life of HG Wells, particularly his erotic liaisons with a coterie of women, is both controversial and shocking.

https://sometimes-interesting.com/secret-life-of-hg-wells/

The secret loves of H.G. Wells unmasked
By Amelia Hill

A cache of previously suppressed material gives new details on the affairs of an unlikely Don Juan of the literary Thirties

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/jan/07/books.booksnews1

#books #biography

And here's another book I’ve just finished, for anyone who has studied (or is studying) maths. It’s a lovely gallop through the parts of mathematical history that we don’t hear about, steering away from the stories that focus on the “Great Men” of the white western world, and digging around in a far more global and diverse view of how mathematics was developed. Especially highly recommended for anyone teaching maths at any level. It’s out in a couple of weeks. #maths #books #history

A book on compilers. Free for personal use:

http://compilerbook.org

I would also like to share Compiling with Continuations, but it's not free available.

#book #books #compiler #compilers #llvm #gcc

Done, finally.

Fuck Kujen, seriously.

#books #aurareads

Book Review: Eberhard Weber: A German Jazz Story

There are many musicians whose playing we can recognise in an instant; something about their phrasing, note choice and tone combine to give an unmistakable flavor to their playing which means we know them immediately…However, there are comparatively few bass players who, the moment we hear a phrase, we recognise. Eberhard Weber is one.
#jazz #bass #books

https://www.allaboutjazz.com/eberhard-weber-a-german-jazz-story

🎙 New podcast episode!

In episode 49 we speak to anarchist activist Gregor Kerr about the Dublin Anarchist Bookfair.

The Dublin Anarchist Bookfair was first held in 2006. After a few years' hiatus, the bookfair will be taking place again this month on Saturday the 20th May, organised by @IrishAnarchistNetwork@kolektiva.social and independent anarchists.

https://podcast.leftarchive.ie/@ILAPodcast/episodes/dublin-anarchist-bookfair-with-gregor-kerr

You can follow the Irish Left Archive Podcast on the Fediverse @ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ie

#Anarchism #Books #Dublin #IrishPolitics #Activism #IrishPodcast