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Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

“I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why.” They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. But George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. While the powerlessness of the laboring class is a recurring theme in Steinbeck's work of the late 1930s, he narrowed his focus when composing Of Mice and Men, creating an intimate portrait of two men facing a world marked by petty tyranny, misunderstanding, jealousy, and callousness. But though the scope is narrow, the theme is universal: a friendship and a shared dream that makes an individual's existence meaningful. A unique perspective on life's hardships, this story has achieved the status of timeless classic due to its remarkable success as a novel, a Broadway play, and three acclaimed films.

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The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

In a house full of sadness and secrets, can young, orphaned Mary find happiness? Mary Lennox, a spoiled, ill-tempered, and unhealthy child, comes to live with her reclusive uncle in Misselthwaite Manor on England’s Yorkshire moors after the death of her parents. There she meets a hearty housekeeper and her spirited brother, a dour gardener, a cheerful robin, and her wilful, hysterical, and sickly cousin, Master Colin, whose wails she hears echoing through the house at night. With the help of the robin, Mary finds the door to a secret garden, neglected and hidden for years. When she decides to restore the garden in secret, the story becomes a charming journey into the places of the heart, where faith restores health, flowers refresh the spirit, and the magic of the garden, coming to life anew, brings health to Colin and happiness to Mary.

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what are you dream quests?

if you could pick any quest theme, what would it be? bonus points if you have a list you want to promote in anticipation of the next community quest vote! i would really love the following: • an anti ai/big tech quest! i feel like it makes sense for pagebound to have one, given its anti ai values. i've seen a couple lists about this nominated for the community vote and i'm always sad when they don't win! • a "books about books" nonfiction quest! the history of the book, books on libraries, books on writing and language and storytelling, etc etc. also very appropriate for the pagebound community! • a drama quest. like actual dramas, plays, theatrical scripts, the like. it's the only main literary form (prose, poetry, drama) we don't have a quest for yet!

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ani24

How do you organize non-series books by the same author?

At work we're having a discussion at our staff meeting today on how to shelve non-series books by the same author...

I shelve my personal collection by release date if it's not a series but my coworker says they do it all alphabetically by title.

So I'm curious what your thoughts are?

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Men Who Hate Women: From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How It Affects Us All

Laura Bates

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potato_person

What’s a book you wish more people would read?

A place I guess to recommend underrated, little known books. For me I love Pobby and Dingan (aka Opal Dream) by Ben Rice. It’s a short story about imaginary friends and childhood and I want everyone to read it.

What are some books you’ve read that you feel no one else has heard of but is worth the read?

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slodka_truskaweczka

The amount of books you are currently reading

Hi!! I was wondering if you too like to have more than 1 book on the currently reading list or maybe you prefer to fully commit to only one?

For me it has to be more than one but less than three (yeah very specific haha) because when there’s only one book I tend to either lose interest or get so emotional that I keep putting it away. But on the same time if I have more than 3 books I get overwhelmed by the amount of them and end up not reading any. Once it’s 2 or 3 books I feel like I have the ability to choose what I want to read right now without the feeling like there’s too much to choose from and the feeling of stagnation bc of not completing any or being forced to read only one and no more like it’s a task or assignment (which I always hated).

Anyway I’m curious how you guys like to read your books, how many on the currently reading list do you have?

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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

Ursula K. Le Guin

Some inhabitants of a peaceful kingdom cannot tolerate the act of cruelty that underlies its happiness. The story 'Omelas" was first published in 'New Dimensions 3' (1973), a hard-cover science fiction anthology edited by Robert Silverberg, in October 1973, and the following year it won the prestigious Hugo Award for best short story. The work was subsequently printed in Le Guin's short story collection 'The Wind's Twelve Quarters' (1975). Ursula K Le Guin (1929–2018) was an American writer who published twenty-two novels, eleven volumes of short stories, four collections of essays, twelve books for children, six volumes of poetry & four of translation, and has received many awards: Hugo, Nebula, National Book Award, PEN-Malamud, and more. She was known for her treatment of gender ('The Left Hand of Darkness' (1969), 'The Matter of Seggri' (1994)), political systems ('The Telling' (2000), 'The Dispossessed' (1974)) and difference/otherness in any other form.

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The Language Puzzle: Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved

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Aug 03, 2026

The Language Puzzle: Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved

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an interesting book that explores a variety of different aspects of linguistics and provides a comprehensive history of language development and description of how language works. the author includes includes enough detail in accessible language to make the book compelling for both passionate linguists and those new to the subject.

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The Language Puzzle: Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved

Steven Mithen

A top scholar reveals the most complete picture to date of how early human speech led to the languages we use today  The invention of language began with the apelike calls of our earliest ancestors. Today, the world is home to thousands of complex languages. Yet exactly how, when, and why this evolution occurred has been one of the most enduring—and contentiously debated—questions in science.  In The Language Puzzle , renowned archaeologist Steven Mithen puts forward a groundbreaking new account of the origins of language. Scientists have gained new insights into the first humans of 2.8 million years ago, and how numerous species flourished but only one, Homo sapiens , survives today. Drawing from this work and synthesizing research across archaeology, psychology, linguistics, genetics, and more, Mithen details a step-by-step explanation of how our human ancestors transitioned from apelike calls to words, and from words to language as we use it today. He explores how language shaped our cognition and vice versa; how metaphor advanced Homo sapiens ’ ability to formulate abstract concepts, develop agriculture, and—ultimately—shape the world. The result is a master narrative that builds bridges between disciplines, stuns with its breadth and depth, and spans millennia of societal development. Deeply researched and brilliantly told, The Language Puzzle marks a seminal understanding of the evolution of language. 

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Men Who Hate Women: From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How It Affects Us All

Laura Bates

An explosive book examining the rise of secretive, extremist communities who despise women. In this ground-breaking investigation, Laura Bates traces the roots of misogyny across a complex spider's web of groups extending from Men's Rights Activists and Pick up Artists to "Men Going their Own Way" trolls and the Incel movement, in the name of which some men have committed terrorist acts. Drawing parallels with other extremist movements around the world, Bates seeks to understand what attracts men to the movement, how it grooms and radicalizes boys, how it operates, and what can be done to stop it. Most urgently of all, she traces the pathways this extreme ideology has taken from the darkest corners of the internet to emerge covertly in our mainstream media, our playgrounds, and our parliament. Going undercover online and off, Bates provides the first, comprehensive look at this hitherto under-the-radar phenomenon, including fascinating interviews with trolls, former incels, the academics studying this movement, and the men fighting back.

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tech nonfic for beginners?

hey all! i’ve been steadily amassing a collection of nonfiction books on the subject of Big Tech and the democratisation of media and AI, the problem is i really don’t know a lot about these topics or where to start? gonna list some below and hopefully any pointers as to which one(s) would be a good entry level

• The People vs. Tech by Jamie Bartlett • The New Age of Sexism by Laura Bates (i’ve heard her views on GenAI are… questionable but i bought it a while ago and i’ve heard her other takes are worth examining so im still gonna try it) • Zucked by Roger McNamee • Code Dependent by Madhumita Murgia • Supremacy by Parmy Olson • Internet for the People by Ben Tarnoff • Battle of the Titans by Fred Vogelstein