40 Adventure Books for Boys 📚 1. Treasure Island 2. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 3. The Wind in the Willows 4. Journey to the Center of the Earth 5. King Arthur (Pyle) A thread 🧵

Tracy and I just had the most fantastic news from our publisher! The Dragonlance Chronicles Omnibus has made the NY Times list! Number 11. You did this, people! You have kept Dragonlance alive for forty years! I am so pleased for all of us!

“Humans have already discovered what happens after Death. It’s only the living who hasn’t.” - Allan Torp Jensen #quotesaboutlife

You’ve probably heard the words “Baroque,” “Gothic,” or “Romanesque” in relation to architecture—but what do these terms actually mean? A guide on the major Western architectural styles🧵 (you’ll want to bookmark this thread)

AI cannot create art, cause without the artistic struggle, it ceases to be so.

Did you know that Shakespeare’s Third Folio is actually rarer than the First Folio? Because most of the Third Folio was destroyed during the Great Fire of London in 1666. #ClassicLiterature #Shakespeare

Satirical japanese fart art from a scroll of the Edo period (1603-1868). When flatulence is used as a weapon. 😅 #japanese #art

Bluesky is great - similar to X but without the negative noise…

Amazing that I used to admire Elon Musk for his achievements. I would like to see him step down from Tesla, SpaceX, X and let the companies continue without his dark unhinged shadow. I can’t do much, but cancelling X premium is the little I can.

The Amazon Vampire Camille Monfort 1869-1896. #history #peopleofthepast

Madame Bovary is getting restless… The rain forms pools on the roof, cracks slither along the walls.

The Secret Garden

Way behind on my reading schedule… time to catch up. Only just starting on the Knight’s Tale. #readerscommunity

Wow, it's here! My new book CRYPTIC has arrived in the post! 🎉 It’s amazing to finally hold a copy after all these years of work! My thanks to Yale University Press London 📖! It’s released on May 27 - why not grab a copy? yalebooks.co.uk/book/978030026… #NewBook #History #NonFiction #Cryptic #amwriting

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