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On This Day

1792 – Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Puget Sound (/ˈpjuːdʒɪt/ PEW-jit) is a sound of the Pacific Northwest, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and part of the Salish Sea. It is located along the northwestern coast of the U.S. state of Washington. It is a complex estuarine[3] system of interconnected marine waterways and basins, with one major and two minor connections to the open Pacific Ocean via the Strait of Juan de Fuca—Admiralty Inlet being the major connection and Deception Pass and Swinomish Channel being the minor.

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Born On This Day

1394 – Philippa of England, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (d. 1430)[9]
Philippa of England (mid-1394 – 5 January 1430), also known as Philippa of Lancaster, was Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden from 1406 to 1430 by marriage to King Eric of the Kalmar Union. She was the daughter of King Henry IV of England by his first spouse Mary de Bohun and the younger sister of King Henry V. Queen Philippa participated significantly in state affairs during the reign of her spouse, and served as regent of Denmark from 1423 to 1425.[2]

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FYI

 
 
NASA: Astronomy Picture of the Day
 
 
EarthSky News
 
 
This Day in Tech History
 
 
Interesting Facts
 
 
Word Genius: Word of the Day
 
 

By Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone: Cynthia Weil, Storied Songwriter With Decades of Hits, Dead at 82 With her husband/creative partner Barry Mann, Weil wrote classics like “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’,” “Somewhere Out There,” and “We Gotta Get Out of This Place”

 
 
Cynthia Weil (October 18, 1940 – June 1, 2023) was an American songwriter who wrote many songs together with her husband Barry Mann. Weil and Mann were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.[1] In 1987, she was inducted with her husband into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and in 2011, they jointly received the Johnny Mercer Award, the highest honor bestowed by that Hall of Fame.

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By Whitson Gordon, Popular Science: How to Deal With Movies That Bounce From Too Quiet to Too Loud There’s no need to have your finger constantly hovering over the volume buttons.

James Clear: 3-2-1: Losing time, perspective, and a more poetic way to say I love you
 
 
 
 

The Hustle: One man’s quest to make pickleball quiet America’s fastest-growing sport has a noise problem. Can the solution be found in a makeshift lab outside Pittsburgh?
 
 
 
 
Wickersham’s Conscience: Evolution Is Amazing: The American Bittern

 
 
 
 
Gastro Obscura: How hot dogs became Norway’s national snack; Saluting the military with curry and cocktails and more ->
 
 
 
 
Linda Ronstadt on Her Diverse and Meaningful Music Career | The Big Interview
 
 
 
 

Recipes

My Recipe Treasures: Mountain Man Crock Pot Breakfast
 
 
By Alicia W,. Food Talk Daily: Campbell Soup Hacks
 
 

Michelle, Our Crafty Mom: The BEST air fryer recipes!
 
 
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Welcome to the Stump the Bookseller blog!

Stump the Bookseller is a service offered by Loganberry Books to reconnect people to the books they love but can’t quite remember. In brief (for more detailed information see our About page), people can post their memories here, and the hivemind goes to work. After all, the collective mind of bibliophiles, readers, parents and librarians around the world is much better than just a few of us thinking. Together with these wonderful Stumper Magicians, we have a nearly 50% success rate in finding these long lost but treasured books. The more concrete the book description, the better the success rate, of course. It is a labor of love to keep it going, and there is a modest fee. Please see the How To page to find price information and details on how to submit your Book Stumper and payment.

Thanks to everyone involved to keep this forum going: our blogging team, the well-read Stumper Magicians, the many referrals, and of course to everyone who fondly remembers the wonder of books from their childhood and wants to share or revisit that wonder. Isn’t it amazing, the magic of a book?

On This Day

455 – Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome.
Petronius Maximus (c. 397 – 31 May 455) was Roman emperor of the West for two and a half months in 455. A wealthy senator and a prominent aristocrat, he was instrumental in the murders of the Western Roman magister militum, Aëtius, and the Western Roman emperor, Valentinian III.

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1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed king of Castile and León.
Alfonso X (also known as the Wise, Spanish: el Sabio; 23 November 1221 – 4 April 1284) was King of Castile, León and Galicia from 30 May 1252 until his death in 1284. During the election of 1257, a dissident faction chose him to be king of Germany on 1 April. He renounced his claim to Germany in 1275, and in creating an alliance with the Kingdom of England in 1254, his claim on the Duchy of Gascony as well.

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1676 – Franco-Dutch War: France ensured the supremacy of its naval fleet for the remainder of the war with its victory in the Battle of Palermo.[5]
The Battle of Palermo took place on 2 June 1676 during the Franco-Dutch War, between a French force sent to support a revolt in the city of Messina against the Spanish rule in Sicily, and a Spanish force supported by a Dutch maritime expedition force.

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350 – The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators.[1]
Flavius Julius Nepotianus (died 30 June 350), sometimes known in English as Nepotian,[1] was a member of the Constantinian dynasty who reigned as a short-lived usurper of the Roman Empire. He ruled the city of Rome for twenty-eight days, before being killed by his rival usurper Magnentius’ general Marcellinus.[1]

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Born On This Day

1443 (or 1441) – Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby (d. 1509)[19]
Lady Margaret Beaufort (usually pronounced: /ˈboʊfərt/ BOH-fərt or /ˈbjuːfərt/ BEW-fərt; 31 May 1443 – 29 June 1509) was a major figure in the Wars of the Roses of the late fifteenth century, and mother of King Henry VII of England, the first Tudor monarch.[1]

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1134 – Geoffrey, Count of Nantes (d. 1158)[14]
Geoffrey VI (1 June 1134[1] – 27 July 1158)[2][3] was Count of Nantes from 1156 to 1158. He was also known as Geoffrey of Anjou and Geoffrey FitzEmpress. He was the son of Geoffrey Plantagenet and Empress Matilda. His brothers were Henry II of England and William FitzEmpress.

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1305 – Abu Sa’id Bahadur Khan, ruler of Ilkhanate (d. 1335)
Abu Sa’id Bahadur Khan (June 2, 1305 – December 1, 1335) (Persian: ابو سعید بهادر خان ), also spelt Abusaid Bahador Khan, Abu Sa’id Behauder (Modern Mongolian: Абу Саид Бахадур хан,[2] Abu sayid Baghatur Khan, [ˈabusæt ˈbaːtər xaːŋ] in modern Mongolian), was the ninth ruler (c. 1316 – 1335) of the Ilkhanate, a division of the Mongol Empire that encompassed the present day countries of Iran, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia, as well as portions of Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

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1139 – Conon of Naso, Basilian abbot (d. 1236)
Conon (3 June 1139 – 28 March 1236) was a Basilian abbot at Naso, Sicily.

Religious life
A famous tale from the life of Conon tells that he made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and whilst there he received a vision. In this vision, Conon witnessed a priest he knew being suffocated by a snake. Having returning from the Holy Land, he went directly to this priest and told him what he had seen. The priest at once confessed to Conon that he was taking church funds and keeping them for himself. Conon then persuaded his fellow priest to change his ways. Another tale tells of how Conon healed a Sicilian boy of his apoplexy.

Legacy and veneration
In 1571, Naso was in the midst of a dire famine. The people of the city prayed for the intercession of Conon, their patron. Conon then appeared to a ship captain, who brought grain to Naso, and thus the people of Naso survived the famine.

FYI

 
 
NASA: Astronomy Picture of the Day
 
 
EarthSky News
 
 
This Day in Tech History
 
 
Interesting Facts
 
 
Word Genius: Word of the Day
 
 

By Ernie Smith, Tedium: Manufactured Gloss Our continuing journey to write a Tedium glossary takes us through the manufacturing process—and the weird products it sometimes led to.
 
 
 
 
Literary Hub: Weekly: The Ethics of Family Memoir, the Power of “The Charioteer,” and the Glory of the Park Bench

 
 
Literary Hub: More for readers and writers from our friends at Five Things I’ve Learned! [sponsored]
 
 
 
 

By Colin Marshall, Open Culture: The 100 Greatest Children’s Books of All Time, According to 177 Books Experts from 56 Countries
 
 
By Colin Marshall, Open Culture: The Map of Medicine: A Comprehensive Animation Shows How the Fields of Modern Medicine Fit Together

Variety: ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic on Outlasting the Stars He Parodies, Why He’s Not Making New Music and the Truth About His Torrid Affair With Madonna
 
 
 
 
Anthony Brian Logan: Amazon Pays $30 MILLION To Settle Ring Camera, Alexa Privacy Lawsuit!
 
 
 
 

Full Press Conference: Grady Judd on ‘horrific’ child porn bust

Recipes

Angelica Cataldo, Taste of Home: The Best Recipes Our Community Cooks Made Last Month

 
 
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Love Swept & The Smitten Word

Mystery & Thriller Most Wanted

Pixel of Ink

The Rock Stars of Romance

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Stacy, Carol RT Book Reviews

Welcome to the Stump the Bookseller blog!

Stump the Bookseller is a service offered by Loganberry Books to reconnect people to the books they love but can’t quite remember. In brief (for more detailed information see our About page), people can post their memories here, and the hivemind goes to work. After all, the collective mind of bibliophiles, readers, parents and librarians around the world is much better than just a few of us thinking. Together with these wonderful Stumper Magicians, we have a nearly 50% success rate in finding these long lost but treasured books. The more concrete the book description, the better the success rate, of course. It is a labor of love to keep it going, and there is a modest fee. Please see the How To page to find price information and details on how to submit your Book Stumper and payment.

Thanks to everyone involved to keep this forum going: our blogging team, the well-read Stumper Magicians, the many referrals, and of course to everyone who fondly remembers the wonder of books from their childhood and wants to share or revisit that wonder. Isn’t it amazing, the magic of a book?

On This Day

1416 – The Council of Constance, called by Emperor Sigismund, a supporter of Antipope John XXIII, burns Jerome of Prague following a trial for heresy.
Jerome of Prague (Czech: Jeroným Pražský; Latin: Hieronymus Pragensis; 1379 – 30 May 1416) was a Czech scholastic philosopher, theologian, reformer, and professor. Jerome was one of the chief followers of Jan Hus and was burned for heresy at the Council of Constance.[1]

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Born On This Day

1201 – Theobald IV, count of Champagne (d. 1253)
Theobald I (French: Thibaut, Spanish: Teobaldo; 30 May 1201 – 8 July 1253), also called the Troubadour and the Posthumous, was Count of Champagne (as Theobald IV) from birth and King of Navarre from 1234. He initiated the Barons’ Crusade, was famous as a trouvère, and was the first Frenchman to rule Navarre.

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FYI

 
 
NASA: Astronomy Picture of the Day
 
 
EarthSky News
 
 
This Day in Tech History
 
 
Interesting Facts
 
 
Word Genius: Word of the Day
 
 

By MessyNessy 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 651): Food styling really has come a long, long way; The Realist Paintings of a Forgotten 19th Century Artist; The Art Collection of David Bowie; Helen Keller Writes a Letter to Nazi Students Before They Burn Her Book, 1933; One of the last veterans of the American Civil War, posing in front of a fighter jet (1955) and more ->

 
 
 
 
By Jaya Saxena, Eater: The Next Generation of American Cheese The founders of New School cheese say they are making the first “quality” American cheese

 
 
 
 
By Corrie Evanoff, Pocket Collections: Rethinking Loneliness: Singledom and the Stigma of Solitude How the rise of single Americans is reshaping society—and the way we view and experience solitude.

By Rich Hobson ( Classic Rock ): Revisiting the seven weeks in 1991 that changed music history forever

By Ernie Smith, Tedium: Reviving a Dinosaur Nearly two decades after its final version, the Silicon Graphics community has deep hopes for bringing the platform’s operating system back to life—the hard way.
 
 
 
 

By Mike McGroarty: Easy Summertime Propagation Techniques You Can Do at Home

 
 
 
 
The WASP: In Observation of Memorial Day by Sarah Byrn Rickman
 
 
 
 
Alen AxP Budgie Cookie Song
This is just beautiful lyrics.

Here is a lyrics of a Cookie song
(Verse 1) In a world of wonder, where dreams take flight, There’s a friend so special, a beacon of light. Budgie Cookie, with feathers so bright, A loving companion, soaring day and night.

(Chorus) Oh, Budgie Cookie, you bring joy to our days, With your wings of freedom, you show us the way. Through the endless sky, you dance and you play, Our precious friend, we’ll never let you stray.

(Verse 2) Your tiny beak and your gentle voice, Filling our hearts with a melodious choice. You perch on our shoulders, a colorful display, In your presence, worries simply fade away.

(Chorus) Oh, Budgie Cookie, you bring joy to our days, With your wings of freedom, you show us the way. Through the endless sky, you dance and you play, Our precious friend, we’ll never let you stray.

(Bridge) Together we’ll soar, high above the land, In harmony, our friendship will forever stand. Through sunny skies and clouds so grand, Budgie Cookie, we’ll journey hand in hand.

(Verse 3) You teach us to embrace the winds of change, To spread our wings, to reach for the range. With each graceful flight, our spirits arise, In the boundless sky, we find paradise.

(Chorus) Oh, Budgie Cookie, you bring joy to our days, With your wings of freedom, you show us the way. Through the endless sky, you dance and you play, Our precious friend, we’ll never let you stray.

(Outro) Budgie Cookie, our loving friend so true, We’ll cherish the moments we’ve spent with you. Fly high, dear budgie, in the heavens above, Forever grateful for your friendship and love.
 
 
 
 
Kid Rock for President
 
 
 
 

NBC News Tries to Blame Target Boycott on This | DM CLIPS | Rubin Report
 
 
 
 

The Target Boycott’s about to Hit INSANE New Levels! | Buddy Brown

Recipes

By Lisa Kaminski, Taste of Home: The Best Air Fryers of 2023, According to Kitchen Pros
 
 
Kim the Kickass Baker: Baked Chocolate Donut Recipe (in 30 minutes!)
 
 
Kristin Sutter, Taste of Home: 80 Classic Diner Desserts
 
 
Just the Recipe: Paste the URL to any recipe, click submit, and it’ll return literally JUST the recipe- no ads, no life story of the writer, no nothing EXCEPT the recipe.
 
 
DamnDelicious
 
 

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Love Swept & The Smitten Word

Mystery & Thriller Most Wanted

Pixel of Ink

The Rock Stars of Romance

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Stacy, Carol RT Book Reviews

Welcome to the Stump the Bookseller blog!

Stump the Bookseller is a service offered by Loganberry Books to reconnect people to the books they love but can’t quite remember. In brief (for more detailed information see our About page), people can post their memories here, and the hivemind goes to work. After all, the collective mind of bibliophiles, readers, parents and librarians around the world is much better than just a few of us thinking. Together with these wonderful Stumper Magicians, we have a nearly 50% success rate in finding these long lost but treasured books. The more concrete the book description, the better the success rate, of course. It is a labor of love to keep it going, and there is a modest fee. Please see the How To page to find price information and details on how to submit your Book Stumper and payment.

Thanks to everyone involved to keep this forum going: our blogging team, the well-read Stumper Magicians, the many referrals, and of course to everyone who fondly remembers the wonder of books from their childhood and wants to share or revisit that wonder. Isn’t it amazing, the magic of a book?

On This Day

1176 – Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.
The Battle of Legnano was a battle between the imperial army of Frederick Barbarossa and the troops of the Lombard League on May 29, 1176, near the town of Legnano in present-day Lombardy, in Italy.[7][8] Although the presence of the enemy nearby was already known to both sides, they suddenly met without having time to plan any strategy.[9][10]

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Born On This Day

1421 – Charles, Prince of Viana (d. 1461)
Charles, Prince of Viana (Basque: Karlos IV.a) (29 May 1421 – 23 September 1461), sometimes called Charles IV of Navarre, was the son of King John II of Aragon and Queen Blanche I of Navarre.[1]

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FYI

 
 
NASA: Astronomy Picture of the Day
 
 
EarthSky News
 
 
This Day in Tech History
 
 
Interesting Facts
 
 
Word Genius: Word of the Day
 
 

By Richard Gardiner, The Conversation: The Forgotten History of Memorial Day Memorial Day was born out of generous gestures after the Civil War: Southerners decorated graves of Confederate soldiers as well as those of former Union enemies.
 
 
 
 
By Benjamin Weiser, The New York Times: Here’s What Happens When Your Lawyer Uses ChatGPT A lawyer representing a man who sued an airline relied on artificial intelligence to help prepare a court filing. It did not go well.
 
 
 
 

By Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Harvard Business Review: How to Spot an Incompetent Leader If you want to understand why some companies have a toxic culture, look no further than the quality of their leadership teams.
 
 
 
 
The Marginalian by Maria Popova: Alain de Botton on the challenge of closeness, John Steinbeck on what we look for when we are looking, Ada Limón’s stunning love poem to life
 
 
 
 
Terry Soloman: MILITARY Memes Jokes Cartoons TWO — Veterans Only!
 
 
Terry Soloman: FUNNY Laugh Out Loud Hilarious MILITARY Memes Jokes Cartoons
 
 
 
 
Book Cave: Answering All Your Questions about Free Ebooks
 
 

Book Cave: James Patterson Books
James Patterson was born March 22, 1947, in Newburg, New York. He is a bestselling author who is mainly known for mysteries and thrillers, but he has also written historical fiction, romance, nonfiction, young adult fiction, middle grade, and picture books. He’s won many awards, including National Book Foundation’s 2015 Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community, American Library Association “Teens Top Ten” Pick, and Children’s Choice Book Awards.

Patterson desires to prove with his writing “that there is no such thing as a person who doesn’t like to read, only people who haven’t found the right book.” He’s backed up his mission by giving over a million books to school children, over $40 million to support education, and over 5,000 college scholarships to teachers.

Here is a list of James Patterson’s books, first by series, then the standalone books in each genre.

Recipes

Taste of Home: We Tried the Viral Chicken Cobbler Recipe—and It’s Ridiculously Good
 
 
Taste of Home: 46 Recipes That Start with a Packet of Ranch Seasoning
 
 
Just the Recipe: Paste the URL to any recipe, click submit, and it’ll return literally JUST the recipe- no ads, no life story of the writer, no nothing EXCEPT the recipe.
 
 
DamnDelicious
 
 

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BookBub

The Book Junction: Where Readers Go To Discover Great New Fiction!

Books A Million

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eBooks Habit

FreeBooksy

Indie Bound

Love Swept & The Smitten Word

Mystery & Thriller Most Wanted

Pixel of Ink

The Rock Stars of Romance

Book Blogs & Websites:

Alaskan Book Cafe

Alternative-Read.com

Stacy, Carol RT Book Reviews

Welcome to the Stump the Bookseller blog!

Stump the Bookseller is a service offered by Loganberry Books to reconnect people to the books they love but can’t quite remember. In brief (for more detailed information see our About page), people can post their memories here, and the hivemind goes to work. After all, the collective mind of bibliophiles, readers, parents and librarians around the world is much better than just a few of us thinking. Together with these wonderful Stumper Magicians, we have a nearly 50% success rate in finding these long lost but treasured books. The more concrete the book description, the better the success rate, of course. It is a labor of love to keep it going, and there is a modest fee. Please see the How To page to find price information and details on how to submit your Book Stumper and payment.

Thanks to everyone involved to keep this forum going: our blogging team, the well-read Stumper Magicians, the many referrals, and of course to everyone who fondly remembers the wonder of books from their childhood and wants to share or revisit that wonder. Isn’t it amazing, the magic of a book?

On This Day

1153 – Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland.
Malcolm IV (Medieval Gaelic: Máel Coluim mac Eanric; Scottish Gaelic: Maol Chaluim mac Eanraig), nicknamed Virgo, “the Maiden” (between 23 April and 24 May 1141 – 9 December 1165) was King of Scotland from 1153 until his death. He was the eldest son of Henry, Earl of Huntingdon and Northumbria (died 1152) and Ada de Warenne. The original Malcolm Canmore, a name now associated with his great-grandfather Malcolm III (Máel Coluim mac Donnchada), succeeded his grandfather David I, and shared David’s Anglo-Norman tastes.

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1644 – English Civil War: Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby.
The Storming of Bolton, sometimes referred to as the “Bolton massacre”, was an event in the First English Civil War which happened on 28 May 1644. The strongly Parliamentarian town was stormed and captured by Royalist forces under Prince Rupert. It was alleged that up to 1,600 of Bolton’s defenders and inhabitants were slaughtered during and after the fighting. The “massacre at Bolton” became a staple of Parliamentarian propaganda.[2]

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Born On This Day

742 – Emperor Dezong of Tang (d. 805)
Emperor Dezong of Tang (27 May 742[2] – 25 February 805),[3] personal name Li Kuo, was an emperor of the Chinese Tang dynasty and the oldest son of Emperor Daizong. His reign of 26 years was the third longest in the Tang dynasty (surpassed only by Emperor Xuanzong and Emperor Gaozong). Emperor Dezong started out as a diligent and frugal emperor and he tried to reform the governmental finances by introducing new tax laws. His attempts to destroy the powerful regional warlords and the subsequent mismanagement of those campaigns, however, resulted in a number of rebellions that nearly destroyed him and the Tang dynasty. After those events, he dealt cautiously with the regional governors, causing warlordism to become unchecked, and his trust of eunuchs caused the eunuchs’ power to rise greatly. He was also known for his paranoia about officials’ wielding power, and late in his reign, he did not grant much authority to his chancellors.

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1140 – Xin Qiji, Chinese poet, general, and politician (d. 1207)
Xin Qiji (28 May 1140 – 3 Oct 1207) was a Chinese poet, calligrapher, and military general during the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279).

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FYI

 
 
NASA: Astronomy Picture of the Day
 
 
EarthSky News
 
 
This Day in Tech History
 
 
Interesting Facts
 
 
Word Genius: Word of the Day
 
 

By Michael Levenson, The New York Times: Fixer-Uppers With Waterfront Views: The U.S. Is Unloading Lighthouses The General Services Administration said it was offering six to nonprofits or government agencies that promise to maintain them, and selling four others at auction.
 
 
 
 

By Christian Cooper, The New York Times: Three Years After a Fateful Day in Central Park, Birding Continues to Change My Life
Christian Cooper is an American science writer and the author of the forthcoming book “Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World,” from which this essay is adapted.
 
 
 
 

By Jessica Hamzelou, MIT Technology Review: A brain implant changed her life. Then it was removed against her will. Her case highlights why we need to enshrine neuro rights in law.
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

Ideas

By makedo-able: Cardboard UFO Costume
 
 
By bekathwia: Mermaid LED Hair
 
 
By christophersfactory: How to Recycle Soda Cans Into a Wind Turbine! (Generates Electricity!)
 
 
 
 

Recipes

 
 
By Corey Valley, Betty Crocker Kitchens: Dill Pickle-Ranch Pasta Salad

By Amy Maoz, Pocket Collections: 13 Delicious Sandwich Recipes Make lunch the most exciting time of the day with a baker’s dozen of mouthwatering sandwich recipes, from muffulettas to cubanos to MLTs (and BLTs, too).
 
 
By Jenna Noel, Glendale, Arizona, Taste of Home: Chinese Chicken Spaghetti
 
 
By Sheela Prakash, The Kitchn: 10 Easy Dinners the Kids Can Make Themselves
 
 
By In The Kitchen With Matt: 3-Ingredient Cookies and Cream Ice Cream Sandwiches
 
 
Just the Recipe: Paste the URL to any recipe, click submit, and it’ll return literally JUST the recipe- no ads, no life story of the writer, no nothing EXCEPT the recipe.
 
 
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BookBub

The Book Junction: Where Readers Go To Discover Great New Fiction!

Books A Million

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eBooks Habit

FreeBooksy

Indie Bound

Love Swept & The Smitten Word

Mystery & Thriller Most Wanted

Pixel of Ink

The Rock Stars of Romance

Book Blogs & Websites:

Alaskan Book Cafe

Alternative-Read.com

Stacy, Carol RT Book Reviews

Welcome to the Stump the Bookseller blog!

Stump the Bookseller is a service offered by Loganberry Books to reconnect people to the books they love but can’t quite remember. In brief (for more detailed information see our About page), people can post their memories here, and the hivemind goes to work. After all, the collective mind of bibliophiles, readers, parents and librarians around the world is much better than just a few of us thinking. Together with these wonderful Stumper Magicians, we have a nearly 50% success rate in finding these long lost but treasured books. The more concrete the book description, the better the success rate, of course. It is a labor of love to keep it going, and there is a modest fee. Please see the How To page to find price information and details on how to submit your Book Stumper and payment.

Thanks to everyone involved to keep this forum going: our blogging team, the well-read Stumper Magicians, the many referrals, and of course to everyone who fondly remembers the wonder of books from their childhood and wants to share or revisit that wonder. Isn’t it amazing, the magic of a book?

On This Day

451 – Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empire takes place. The Sasanids defeat the Armenians militarily but guarantee them freedom to openly practice Christianity.[2]
The Battle of Avarayr (Armenian: Ավարայրի ճակատամարտ Avarayri čakatamart) was fought on 2 June 451 on the Avarayr Plain in Vaspurakan between a Christian Armenian army under Vardan Mamikonian and Sassanid Persia. It is considered one of the first battles in defense of the Christian faith.[8] Although the Persians were victorious on the battlefield, it was a pyrrhic victory as Avarayr paved the way to the Nvarsak Treaty of 484, which affirmed Armenia’s right to practise Christianity freely.[4][5]

The battle is seen as one of the most significant events in Armenian history.[9] The commander of the Armenian forces, Vardan Mamikonian, is considered a national hero and has been canonized by the Armenian Apostolic Church.[10][11]

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Born On This Day

1264 – Koreyasu, Japanese prince and shōgun (d. 1326)
Prince Koreyasu (惟康親王, Koreyasu Shinnō, 26 May 1264 – 25 November 1326; reigned 1266 – 1289), also known as Minamoto no Koreyasu (源 惟康), was the seventh shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan.[1] He was the nominal ruler controlled by the Hōjō clan regents.

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FYI

 
 
NASA: Astronomy Picture of the Day
 
 
EarthSky News
 
 
This Day in Tech History
 
 
Interesting Facts
 
 
Word Genius: Word of the Day
 
 

By Victoria Petersen, High Country News: Bringing fast, reliable broadband to rural Alaska could cost $1.8 billion
“When the Secret Service detail came up here ahead of her, their phones didn’t work,” said Bo Foley, the IT director for the city of Bethel, where only two cellphone carriers operate. “I actually had to somehow drum up 12 cellphones to loan to them.”

 
 
 
 
By Hannah Howe: Dear Reader #194 Research for Sunshine, book two in my Golden Age of Hollywood series.
 
 
 
 
By Pauline Gagnon, Scientific American: The Forgotten Life of Einstein’s First Wife She was a physicist, too—and there is evidence that she contributed significantly to his groundbreaking science.
 
 
 
 

Smithsonian Magazine: Cicadas Are Delightful Weirdos You Should Learn to Love Cicada lovers have their ears open for this springtime guest.
 
 
 
 

Al Cross and Heather Close at The Rural Blog: Register now for the third National Summit on Journalism in Rural America, set for July 7 in Lexington, Ky., and online . . .
 
 
 
 
By Daniel Sharp, American Grit: Significance of the Battlefield Cross

 
 
 
 
The Cornell Lab: Identify the birds you see or hear with Merlin Bird ID
 
 
 
 
By Matt Goff, Sitka Nature: Sitka Nature Show #288 – Bird Songs
 
 
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There are people who think they have imposter syndrome, yet they’re actually just bad at their jobs.

Instead of watching rich families be rich on reality TV, I’d much rather see a poor family given multigenerational amounts of wealth.

Running out of fuel will become a much bigger problem when we have flying cars.

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On This Day

567 BC – Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans.[1]
Servius Tullius was the legendary sixth king of Rome, and the second of its Etruscan dynasty. He reigned from 578 to 535 BC.[1] Roman and Greek sources describe his servile origins and later marriage to a daughter of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, Rome’s first Etruscan king, who was assassinated in 579 BC. The constitutional basis for his accession is unclear; he is variously described as the first Roman king to accede without election by the Senate, having gained the throne by popular and royal support; and as the first to be elected by the Senate alone, with support of the reigning queen but without recourse to a popular vote.[2]

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1320 – Toghon Temür, Mongolian emperor (d. 1370)
Toghon Temür (Mongolian: Тогоонтөмөр; Mongolian script: ᠲᠤᠭᠤᠨᠲᠡᠮᠤᠷ; Chinese: 妥懽貼睦爾; pinyin: Tuǒhuāntiēmù’ěr; 25 May 1320 – 23 May 1370), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Huizong of Yuan (Chinese: 元惠宗) bestowed by the Northern Yuan dynasty and by his posthumous name as the Emperor Shun of Yuan (Chinese: 元順帝) bestowed by the Ming dynasty, was the last emperor of the Yuan dynasty and later the first emperor of the Northern Yuan dynasty. Apart from Emperor of China, he is also considered the last Khagan of the Mongol Empire.[2][3][4] He was a son of Kusala (Emperor Mingzong).

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By James Clear: 3-2-1: One of the most valuable skills in life, and starting before you feel ready

By Amy Maoz, Pocket Collections: The Grown-Up’s Guide to Making and Keeping Friends The best advice for finding your people, staying close, and getting through the hard parts.
 
 
 
 

High Country News: Landline: Utah’s latest attack on the Antiquities Act

By Julia Diddy, Nice News: Meet Dorothy Waugh: The Artist & Landscape Architect Who Designed 17 Posters for the National Park Service in the 1930s
 
 
 
 
By Emily Bartlett Hines, Narratively: This Novelist’s Female Heroes and Brazen Polyamory Shocked Victorian England Wilkie Collins, inventor of the mystery novel, startled polite society with attacks on the institution of marriage. But it was his own love life that really caused a stir.

 
 
 
 
LZZY HALE on Anxiety and Imposter Syndrome | Unmasked

 
 
 
 
Our Fallen Soldiers Didn’t DIE for a WOKE COUNTRY! | Buddy Brown
 
 
 
 

Gangsters vs. Nazis: How Jewish Mobsters Battled Nazis in WW2 Era America by Michael Benson

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Homemade on a Weeknight: Things I Found on Amazon this Week – #2

 
 
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Welcome to the Stump the Bookseller blog!

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Thanks to everyone involved to keep this forum going: our blogging team, the well-read Stumper Magicians, the many referrals, and of course to everyone who fondly remembers the wonder of books from their childhood and wants to share or revisit that wonder. Isn’t it amazing, the magic of a book?

On This Day

919 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom.
East Francia (Medieval Latin: Francia orientalis) or the Kingdom of the East Franks (Regnum Francorum orientalium) was a successor state of Charlemagne’s empire ruled by the Carolingian dynasty until 911. It was created through the Treaty of Verdun (843) which divided the former empire into three kingdoms.[a]

The east–west division with the Treaty of Verdun in 843, enforced by the Germanic-Latin language split, “gradually hardened into the establishment of separate kingdoms”,[1] with East Francia becoming (or being) the Kingdom of Germany[b] and West Francia becoming the Kingdom of France.[2][3]

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15 BC – Germanicus, Roman general (d. 19)
Germanicus Julius Caesar (24 May 15 BC – 10 October AD 19) was an ancient Roman general and politician most famously known for his campaigns in Germania. The son of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia the Younger, Germanicus was born into an influential branch of the patrician gens Claudia. The agnomen Germanicus was added to his full name in 9 BC when it was posthumously awarded to his father in honor of his victories in Germania. In AD 4 he was adopted by his paternal uncle Tiberius, who succeeded Augustus as Roman emperor a decade later. As a result, Germanicus became an official member of the gens Julia, another prominent family, to which he was related on his mother’s side. His connection to the Julii Caesares was further consolidated through a marriage between him and Agrippina the Elder, a granddaughter of Augustus. He was also the father of Caligula, the maternal grandfather of Nero, and the older brother of Claudius.

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Important
Craig Medred: Dangerous Innocence

A French tour guide demonstrating both how to get into trouble on a quicksand tidal beach and how to get out of trouble/YouTube

 
 
 
 
By William Grimes, The New York Times: Tina Turner, Magnetic Singer of Explosive Power, Is Dead at 83 Hailed in the 1960s for her dynamic performances in a husband-wife duo, she became a sensation as a recording artist, often echoing her personal struggles in her songs.
 
 
Tina Turner (November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023) was an American-born and naturalized Swiss[a] singer, dancer, actress and author. Widely referred to as the “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll”, she rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue before launching a successful career as a solo performer.

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ILSR’s Community Broadband Initiative: Recently in Community Networks… Week of 5/22

 
 
 
 
By Ernie Smith, Tedium: Consider the Jackalope How a happy taxidermy accident created the jackalope legend. But it’s a legend that might have some real-world grounding. Jackalopes may have even helped us solve cancer.
 
 
Kinda difficult to take someone seriously who is dressed casually. It also shows a lack of respect. Basketball, board shorts and flipflops??
By Ernie Smith, Tedium: Dress Down Thoughts on dressing up in a world where members of Congress are trying to get away with wearing sneakers inside the Oval Office. Hoodies in the Senate? Sure!
 
 
 
 

By Open Culture: Helen Keller Writes a Letter to Nazi Students Before They Burn Her Book: “History Has Taught You Nothing If You Think You Can Kill Ideas” (1933)
 
 
 
 
Bored Panda: ‘No Context Idiots’: 50 Times People Were So Unbelievably Silly and other rabbit trails ->
 
 
 
 
Ronny Chieng On Why We Need an Asian President
 
 
 
 
Going to The Fair is a Nightmare: Larry The Cable Guy
 
 
 
 
BirdTricks KIDS: We have some sad news
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Food Network: Valerie Bertinelli’s Ranch Chicken and Rice | Food Network
 
 
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Welcome to the Stump the Bookseller blog!

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Thanks to everyone involved to keep this forum going: our blogging team, the well-read Stumper Magicians, the many referrals, and of course to everyone who fondly remembers the wonder of books from their childhood and wants to share or revisit that wonder. Isn’t it amazing, the magic of a book?

On This Day

1568 – Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau, defeat Jean de Ligne, Duke of Arenberg, and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years’ War.
The Battle of Heiligerlee (Heiligerlee, Groningen, 23 May 1568)[4] was fought between Dutch rebels and the Spanish army of Friesland. It was the first Dutch victory during the Eighty Years’ War.

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635 – K’inich Kan Bahlam II, Mayan king (d. 702)
Kʼinich Kan Bahlam II[N 1] (Mayan pronunciation: [kʼihniʧ kan ɓahlam]), also known as Chan Bahlum II, (May, 635 – February, 702) was ajaw of the Maya city-state of Palenque. He acceded to the throne in January, 684, several months after the death of his father and predecessor, Kʼinich Janaab Pakal I and ruled until his death.[N 2][1]

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FYI

 
 
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Interesting Facts
 
 
Word Genius: Word of the Day
 
 
Al Cross and Heather Close at The Rural Blog: Even in death, Rev. Tim Keller challenges Christians; school shootings have risen dramatically and can distract learners from studies . .

 
 
 
 
By Jeanne Timmons, The New York Times: A Saber-Toothed Predator From Long Before Evolution Came Up With Cats As an extinction crisis wiped out species at the end of the Permian Period, a predatory species emerged that dominated Southern Africa’s domain.

 
 
 
 
By Christian Wallace, TexasMonthly: The Jackie Robinson of Rodeo Five decades ago, Myrtis Dightman broke the color barrier in professional rodeo and became one of the best bull riders who ever lived. But his imprint on the sport was only just beginning.
 
 
Myrtis Dightman (born 1935) is an American former professional rodeo cowboy who specialized in bull riding. He is a ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductee. Known as the “Jackie Robinson of Rodeo”, Dightman was the first African-American to compete at the National Finals Rodeo.[1]

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Warrior Poet Society: 5 Reasons EVERYONE Should Own a SHOTGUN

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Catherine’s Plates: French Onion Ground Beef & Rice One Skillet Meal
 
 
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Stacy, Carol RT Book Reviews

Welcome to the Stump the Bookseller blog!

Stump the Bookseller is a service offered by Loganberry Books to reconnect people to the books they love but can’t quite remember. In brief (for more detailed information see our About page), people can post their memories here, and the hivemind goes to work. After all, the collective mind of bibliophiles, readers, parents and librarians around the world is much better than just a few of us thinking. Together with these wonderful Stumper Magicians, we have a nearly 50% success rate in finding these long lost but treasured books. The more concrete the book description, the better the success rate, of course. It is a labor of love to keep it going, and there is a modest fee. Please see the How To page to find price information and details on how to submit your Book Stumper and payment.

Thanks to everyone involved to keep this forum going: our blogging team, the well-read Stumper Magicians, the many referrals, and of course to everyone who fondly remembers the wonder of books from their childhood and wants to share or revisit that wonder. Isn’t it amazing, the magic of a book?

On This Day

996 – Sixteen-year-old Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.[2]
Otto III (June/July 980 – 23 January 1002) was Holy Roman Emperor from 996 until his death in 1002. A member of the Ottonian dynasty, Otto III was the only son of the Emperor Otto II and his wife Theophanu.

Otto III was crowned as King of Germany in 983 at the age of three, shortly after his father’s death in Southern Italy while campaigning against the Byzantine Empire and the Emirate of Sicily. Though the nominal ruler of Germany, Otto III’s minor status ensured his various regents held power over the Empire. His cousin Henry II, Duke of Bavaria, initially claimed regency over the young king and attempted to seize the throne for himself in 984. When his rebellion failed to gain the support of Germany’s aristocracy, Henry II was forced to abandon his claims to the throne and to allow Otto III’s mother Theophanu to serve as regent until her death in 991. Otto III was then still a child, so his grandmother, Adelaide of Italy, served as regent until 994.

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853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt.[2]
Damietta (Egyptian Arabic: دمياط Dumyāṭ [domˈjɑːtˤ]; Coptic: ⲧⲁⲙⲓⲁϯ, romanized: Tamiati) is a port city and the capital of the Damietta Governorate in Egypt, a former bishopric and present multiple Catholic titular see. It is located at the Damietta branch, an eastern distributary of the Nile Delta, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the Mediterranean Sea, about 200 kilometres (120 mi) north of Cairo. Damietta joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities.

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1497 – Al-Hattab, Muslim jurist (d. 1547)
Muhammad Abu ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad at-Tarabulsi al-Hattab al-Ru’yani (May 21, 1497 – 1547 CE) (902 AH – 954 AH) (Arabic: محمد أبو عبدالله بن محمد الحطاب الرعيني), more commonly referred to in Islamic scholarship as al-Hattab or Imam al-Hattab, was a 16th-century CE Muslim jurist from Tripoli, the capital of modern-day Libya. Al-Hattab was a scholar of the Maliki school of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh). His book Mawahib al-Jalil, which was one of the first major commentaries on Khalil’s Mukhtassar (Concise Text), is considered one of the best and most thorough commentaries in the Maliki school of law.[1]

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1408 – Annamacharya, Hindu saint (d. 1503)
Tallapaka Annamacharya (Telugu : తాళ్ళపాక అన్నమాచార్య) (IAST: taḷḷapāka annamācārya; 22 May 1408 – 4 April 1503), also popularly known as Annamayya, was a 15th-century Hindu saint and the earliest known Indian musician to compose songs called sankirtanas in praise of the Venkateswara, a form of Lord Vishnu.[1] The musical form of the keertana songs that he composed, which are still popular among Carnatic music concert artists,[2] have strongly influenced the structure of Carnatic music compositions.[3] Annamacharya is remembered for his saintly life, and is honoured as a great devotee of Shree Vishnu by devotees and saintly singers.[4]

He is believed to have been the avatar of Nandaka, the sword of Shree Hari Vishnu. He is widely regarded as the Andhra Pada kavitā Pitāmaha (Grandfather of Telugu song-writing).[1]

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FYI

 
 
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Interesting Facts
 
 
Word Genius: Word of the Day
 
 

By MessyNessy 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 650): Luna Luna, the secret art amusement park hidden away for 35 years; Queen Victoria in Ireland in 1900. This is the only existing film of her; Giant ships carrying other giant ships, oil rigs and fish farms; The Kapilikaya Rock Tomb; Daughter brought to life her Dad’s dream for a caravan, taken from plans found in his secret wartime diaries during his time as a Japanese prisoner of War; The Witty Epitaphs of Key West Cemetery; Chicago Gang Business Cards and more ->

Weekly digest for Beyond Bylines, on May 22, 2023: Top Vacation Homes, New Ad-Supported Smart TV, Workplace Progress for Gen Z, Millennials | This Week on PR Newswire and more ->
 
 
 
 
Rare Historical Photos: The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab Kit for Kids that Came with Actual Radioactive Materials, 1950s

 
 
 
 
Cal Newport: On Taylor Koekkoek’s Defiant Disconnection

 
 
Cal Newport: On Kids and Smartphones
 
 
Cal Newport: The End of Screens?

 
 
 
 
Wickersham’s Conscience: A Quick Visit to Malheur
 
 
 
 

By Lisa Milbrand, Real Simple: How to Deal With Your Doom Pile Stop creating a halfway home for wayward items.
 
 
 
 

By Corrie Evanoff, Pocket Collections: Feed the Birds. It Could Boost Your Mood. You don’t need binoculars—or even a backyard—to get to know your neighborhood birds.

DEATH TO STOCK: IRL Escapism
 
 
 
 
Kkakikata: What to do when you’re always longing for the past

By Diana Hubbell, Gastro Obscura: Meet Red Velvet Cake Before It Was Colorful Before the invention of red dye 40, this confection looked very different.

 
 
 
 
The NAACP’s HILARIOUS New Travel Ban for Black People! | Buddy Brown
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

Ideas

By Garbagzebos: Small Arched,steel Shed. Moveable/Transportable. Possible Uses: Car Port for Small Cars or Motorbikes, Garden Shed or Workshop.
 
 
By lonesoulsurfer: Junkbot Made From Typewriter Parts (mostly…)
 
 
 
 

Recipes

By In The Kitchen With Matt: 2-Ingredient Dough Cinnamon Rolls
 
 
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The Rock Stars of Romance

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Stacy, Carol RT Book Reviews

Welcome to the Stump the Bookseller blog!

Stump the Bookseller is a service offered by Loganberry Books to reconnect people to the books they love but can’t quite remember. In brief (for more detailed information see our About page), people can post their memories here, and the hivemind goes to work. After all, the collective mind of bibliophiles, readers, parents and librarians around the world is much better than just a few of us thinking. Together with these wonderful Stumper Magicians, we have a nearly 50% success rate in finding these long lost but treasured books. The more concrete the book description, the better the success rate, of course. It is a labor of love to keep it going, and there is a modest fee. Please see the How To page to find price information and details on how to submit your Book Stumper and payment.

Thanks to everyone involved to keep this forum going: our blogging team, the well-read Stumper Magicians, the many referrals, and of course to everyone who fondly remembers the wonder of books from their childhood and wants to share or revisit that wonder. Isn’t it amazing, the magic of a book?