In #NewJersey, Governor Murphy signed a new law in December, the Freedom to #Read Act, to circumvent #book banning shenanigans in our public schools and #libraries. It’s based on a similar law already on the books in Illinois.

whyy.org/articles/new-jersey-b…

A new law in N.J. limits the banning of books in schools and public libraries

A new law enacted in New Jersey will limit how a book can be banned in schools and public libraries, and protect librarians from lawsuits.

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I think you would be interested in a book that came recently to mind: Anne Wilson Schaef's When Society Becomes an Adddict.

I read it shortly after it was published in 1988, and at the time it was eye-opening about the problems in the company in which I worked. But in rereading it now, it has a much broader reach.

Here are inexpensive copies:

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#book #psychology #sociology #society #culture #addiction

@RhiMG Ha! There's actually a whole chapter on that in the book called, "There Are Such Things As Cooties."

The Science of Kissing is primarily a #science #book.

Thank you, for this tremendous #photo — like a waking #dream or #time #travel.

Which is how I feel about the #desert in general & I’m fortunate to have visited this one, in particular: White Desert (aka ‘Farrafra’) in #Egypt .

Here’s a #book I wrote about my transporting desert experiences— with #photography 🙏🏼✨

theculturium.com/yahia-lababid…

@bookstodon #books #bookstodon #culture #mysticism #poetrycommunity #poetry #writing #Morocco

Yahia Lababidi: Desert Songs - The Culturium -

Yahia Lababidi shares his latest volume of mystical poetry, "Desert Songs", exquisitely illustrated by the photography of Zakaria Wakrim.

^{Yahia Lababidi (The Culturium)}

Box of #books
Box of #cat

#booksodon
#catsodon
#mastocats

#catsofmastodon
#caturday

#booklover #booklovers
#book #love

Today is #InternationalChildrensbookDay! You can download a PDF of my book „The Fox of Friendship“ for free here:

jfml.eu/en/2015/09/fox-of-frie…

Contact me if you're interested in a physical copy, they're out of print but I'll do another edition if there's interest ^_^

#MastoArt #Illustration #VectorIllustration #Kidlit #Childrensbooks #Art #Digitalart #Book #Comic #Characterdesign #Fantasy #Childrensillustrators #Storybook #Childrensillustration #DigitalIllustration #PicturebookArtist #FantasyArt

A 1606 print of Pliny the Elder. Carefully boxed up of course.

#book #history #library

Carefully boxed up, a Survey of the cities of London and Wedtminster, Borough of Southwark. 1733-35

#maps #book #library #history

A 5d (5 pence) romance from the 1890’s. Very Victorian.

#book #library #history

Here are some saucy tomes!

The Universal Magazine of Knowledge & Pleasure. 1766/7

#book #library #history

Inside this much more modern box is a book in Latin, published in 1553!

#book #history #library

Ha! They’ll let anything get in here. Aleister Crowley: Confessions. 1929

#book #library #history

I’m in the rare books repository at work and there are books here that were printed before Australia was colonised by the europeans.

#book #old #library