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This month's Distributed Proofreaders' (DP) blog is about Dutch Advertising Picture Albums blog.pgdp.net/2026/08/01/d... At PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje... #dp #dpBlog #books

Ars Notoria and the Promise of Instant Knowledge By Anne Lawrence-Mathers via @publicdomainrev.bsky.social publicdomainreview.org/essay/ars-no... #books #old_Manuscripts

1,300+ Hand-Colored Wildlife Illustrations Now Available in The Naturalist’s Library Digital Archive By Linnea Pejcha mymodernmet.com/naturalists-... The Naturalist's Library: www.c82.net/naturalists-... Books in Zoology at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books... #books #wildlife

Banshees Were the Notorious Wailing Horrors of Celtic Myth A common legend in Celtic folklore, the banshee is a frightening spirit whose wailing signifies death. www.thecollector.com/banshees-cel... Banshees at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc... #mythology

How Shakespeare and his contemporaries used music to rouse emotions by Shirley Bell theconversation.com/how-shakespe... Books by Shakespeare at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #literature #music

DNA and Archeological Research Reveal the Overlooked History of Japan’s Women Warriors By Sage Helene mymodernmet.com/japan-women-... Books about Japanese fiction at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje... #books #literature #history

Bending Toward Justice Rejecting the “race riot” myth means facing the ugly truth theamericanscholar.org/bending #history #USHistory

The 32 Most Iconic Poems in the English Language Plus Some Bonus Poems, Because We Love You by Emily Temple (from the archives) lithub.com/the-32-most-... Books in Poetry at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books... #books #literature #poetry

Seven Brilliant Black Inventors You Never Learned About In History Class By Natasha Ishak From George Washington Carver to Madam C.J. Walker to Lonnie Johnson, meet some of the most iconic African American inventors who shaped history. allthatsinteresting.com/black-invent... #culture #history

7 People Who Saved the Most Lives in History While tyrants may dominate public memory, there are many heroes who helped mankind and saved millions of lives. www.thecollector.com/people-saved... #history Florence Nightingale

Beatrix Potter was obsessed with fungi – and she was quite the naturalist by Joni Wildman theconversation.com/beatrix-pott... Books by Beatrix Potter at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #literature #bookillustration

Christopher Marlowe: alienated skeptic, government spy, counterfeiter, dead at 29. Shakespeare's debt to the man was simply inestimable. By Brooke Allen hudsonreview.com/2026/07/rena... Books by Christopher Marlowe at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #literature #literaryCriticism

Fun fact: Salvador Dalí designed a tarot deck for the film Live and Let Die. lithub.com/salvador-dal... #art #film

Beyond Greece and Rome A dramatic shift in perspective is producing a much bigger, broader and more exciting view of ‘the ancient world’ by Carlos Noreña aeon.co/essays/uncov... Books about Ancient World at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc... #books #literature #history

What Barriers Do Women in Science Face When Trying to Publish? Jennifer Rubin Grandis on Confronting Systemic Bias in Academic Publishing lithub.com/what-barrier... Books in Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books... #books #WomenInStem

19 Famous American Paintings Everyone Should Know Each of these 19 famous American paintings is iconic for its own reasons and showcases a vast range of styles, history, and artistic beauty. www.thecollector.com/famous-ameri... #art "Red Canna" by Georgia O’Keeffe

The Secret Lives of Insects Can fruit flies have dialects? Can dung beetles navigate by the stars? By: The Editors daily.jstor.org/the-secret-l... La vie des abeilles & The Life of the Bee by Maurice Maeterlinck www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38527 www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4511 #books #literature

On the Duplicitous Heroine in Wilkie Collins’s No Name Is Magdalen Vanstone a Detective Using Her Acting Skills or, by Victorian Standards,... a Criminal? by Olivia Rutigliano lithub.com/on-the-dupli... No Name by Wilkie Collins at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1438 #books #literature

8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms www.thecollector.com/famous-women... 6 of these writers are at PG: www.gutenberg.org #books #literature George Eliot

An Integral Part of the Story: A Short History of Short Fiction by American Women by Arielle Zibrak (from the archives) lithub.com/an-integral-... Books in Short Stories at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books... #books #literature