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Our books are available from Amazon, Ingram, Kobo, Bookshop.org & many more worldwide.... Ask your local bookseller to order our books.
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Stanford scientists just reprogrammed cartilage cells to act young again by blocking an age-related protein.
In mice, it rebuilt worn knee 1/
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Stanford scientists just reprogrammed cartilage cells to act young again by blocking an age-related protein.
In mice, it rebuilt worn knee 1/
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January 5, 2026 at 4:16 AM
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Welcome to the Public Domain, THE MALTESE FALCON (1930) 🦅💎
🕵️ Sam Spade is on the Case of the Disappearing Copyright as The Maltese Falcon novel joins the public domain.
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🕵️ Sam Spade is on the Case of the Disappearing Copyright as The Maltese Falcon novel joins the public domain.
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January 1, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Welcome to the Public Domain, THE MALTESE FALCON (1930) 🦅💎
🕵️ Sam Spade is on the Case of the Disappearing Copyright as The Maltese Falcon novel joins the public domain.
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🕵️ Sam Spade is on the Case of the Disappearing Copyright as The Maltese Falcon novel joins the public domain.
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#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
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HAPPY PUBLIC DOMAIN DAY! And Happy New Year!
Books published in 1930 will enter the U.S. public domain, such as:
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
#books #literature #publicdomain
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Books published in 1930 will enter the U.S. public domain, such as:
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
#books #literature #publicdomain
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December 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
HAPPY PUBLIC DOMAIN DAY! And Happy New Year!
Books published in 1930 will enter the U.S. public domain, such as:
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
#books #literature #publicdomain
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Books published in 1930 will enter the U.S. public domain, such as:
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
#books #literature #publicdomain
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Happy Public Domain Day!
See what's entering the public domain this year:
https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2026/01/public-domain-day-2026/
More about PDD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Domain_Day
#publicdomain #publicdomainday #pdd #publicdomainday2026 #copyright
See what's entering the public domain this year:
https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2026/01/public-domain-day-2026/
More about PDD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Domain_Day
#publicdomain #publicdomainday #pdd #publicdomainday2026 #copyright
Happy Public Domain Day 2026!
Each January 1st is Public Domain Day, when a new crop of works have their copyrights expire and become free to share and reuse for any purpose. Here's our highlights for 2026.
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January 1, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Happy Public Domain Day!
See what's entering the public domain this year:
https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2026/01/public-domain-day-2026/
More about PDD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Domain_Day
#publicdomain #publicdomainday #pdd #publicdomainday2026 #copyright
See what's entering the public domain this year:
https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2026/01/public-domain-day-2026/
More about PDD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Domain_Day
#publicdomain #publicdomainday #pdd #publicdomainday2026 #copyright
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Same is true of a publisher. Both should be confident enough in the sales of your book to accept it on spec and be compensated from a portion of the income.
December 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Same is true of a publisher. Both should be confident enough in the sales of your book to accept it on spec and be compensated from a portion of the income.
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Ok, since this has come up four times in the last three days:
REPUTABLE LITERARY AGENTS WILL NOT CHARGE YOU MONEY.
IF A LITERARY AGENT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR AN "EXPEDITED ACCESS PACKAGE" THIS IS A SCAM.
REPUTABLE LITERARY AGENTS WILL NOT CHARGE YOU MONEY.
IF A LITERARY AGENT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR AN "EXPEDITED ACCESS PACKAGE" THIS IS A SCAM.
December 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Ok, since this has come up four times in the last three days:
REPUTABLE LITERARY AGENTS WILL NOT CHARGE YOU MONEY.
IF A LITERARY AGENT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR AN "EXPEDITED ACCESS PACKAGE" THIS IS A SCAM.
REPUTABLE LITERARY AGENTS WILL NOT CHARGE YOU MONEY.
IF A LITERARY AGENT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR AN "EXPEDITED ACCESS PACKAGE" THIS IS A SCAM.
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In easy state upon this couch, there sat a jolly Giant, glorious to see:, who bore a glowing torch, in shape not unlike Plenty's horn, and held it up, high up, to shed its light on Scrooge, as he came peeping round the door.
December 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
In easy state upon this couch, there sat a jolly Giant, glorious to see:, who bore a glowing torch, in shape not unlike Plenty's horn, and held it up, high up, to shed its light on Scrooge, as he came peeping round the door.
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"Come in!" exclaimed the Ghost. "Come in, and know me better, man."
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
#AChristmasCarol
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December 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"Come in!" exclaimed the Ghost. "Come in, and know me better, man."
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
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It was a blustery day in London on the last day of May. The barometer was dropping, but Sherlock Holmes’ temper was up. He was pacing floor of the sitting room in Montague Street.
“Sit down, Sherlock,” Mycroft said without looking up The
Times. “You are making me dizzy.”
He sat down.
“How could 1/
“Sit down, Sherlock,” Mycroft said without looking up The
Times. “You are making me dizzy.”
He sat down.
“How could 1/
December 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
It was a blustery day in London on the last day of May. The barometer was dropping, but Sherlock Holmes’ temper was up. He was pacing floor of the sitting room in Montague Street.
“Sit down, Sherlock,” Mycroft said without looking up The
Times. “You are making me dizzy.”
He sat down.
“How could 1/
“Sit down, Sherlock,” Mycroft said without looking up The
Times. “You are making me dizzy.”
He sat down.
“How could 1/
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The curtains of his bed were drawn aside; and Scrooge, starting up into a half-recumbent attitude, found himself face to face with the unearthly visitor who drew them: as close to it as I am now to you, and I am standing in the spirit at your elbow.
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
December 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The curtains of his bed were drawn aside; and Scrooge, starting up into a half-recumbent attitude, found himself face to face with the unearthly visitor who drew them: as close to it as I am now to you, and I am standing in the spirit at your elbow.
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
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Scrooge followed to the window: desperate in his curiosity. He looked out.
The air was filled with phantoms, wandering hither and thither in restless haste, and moaning as they went.
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
The air was filled with phantoms, wandering hither and thither in restless haste, and moaning as they went.
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
December 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Scrooge followed to the window: desperate in his curiosity. He looked out.
The air was filled with phantoms, wandering hither and thither in restless haste, and moaning as they went.
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
The air was filled with phantoms, wandering hither and thither in restless haste, and moaning as they went.
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
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December 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Barbara's Desert Cafe - Someone is stealing petroglyphs!
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November 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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It was cold, bleak, biting weather: foggy withal: and he could hear the people in the court outside go wheezing up and down, beating their hands upon their breasts, and stamping their feet upon the pavement stones to warm them.
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
December 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
It was cold, bleak, biting weather: foggy withal: and he could hear the people in the court outside go wheezing up and down, beating their hands upon their breasts, and stamping their feet upon the pavement stones to warm them.
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
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Once upon a time -- of all the good days in the year, on Christmas Eve -- old Scrooge sat busy in his counting-house.
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
December 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Once upon a time -- of all the good days in the year, on Christmas Eve -- old Scrooge sat busy in his counting-house.
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
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Scrooge knew he was dead? Of course he did. How could it be otherwise? Scrooge and he were partners for I don't know how many years. Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend and sole mourner.
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
December 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Scrooge knew he was dead? Of course he did. How could it be otherwise? Scrooge and he were partners for I don't know how many years. Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend and sole mourner.
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
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But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and my unhallowed hands shall not disturb it, or the Country's done for. You will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that Marley was as dead as a door-nail.
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
December 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and my unhallowed hands shall not disturb it, or the Country's done for. You will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that Marley was as dead as a door-nail.
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
#AChristmasCarol
#CharlesDickens
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A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
STAVE I
Marley's Ghost
Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner.
STAVE I
Marley's Ghost
Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner.
December 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
STAVE I
Marley's Ghost
Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner.
STAVE I
Marley's Ghost
Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner.
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PREFACE
I HAVE endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
I HAVE endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
December 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
PREFACE
I HAVE endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
I HAVE endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
Only 30.5 days left....
Call for Submissions: Trifles: a Quarterly for Devotees of Sherlock Holmes will be coming in 2026. Trifles will be a compilation of stories, essays, puzzles, trivia, humor, and art. Trifles will be accepting submissions through December 31, 2025. More details: foolscap-quill.com/trifles.html
December 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Spectral Promises Available from booksellers worldwide #romantasy www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEeE...
Search for the Signet by L. L. Blacke
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November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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OpenLearn offers a FREE ‘Start Writing Fiction’ course that covers characters, settings, story craft and more.
Begin your #writing journey ✍️👇
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