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G. Lawrence 📚💙📚💙📚 @glawrence.bsky.social · 1d

#NewRelease!

January 1536
The King is dead... but who will live long now?

A fateful accident on the jousting field leaves Henry VIII dead and his country trembling on the edge of chaos...

All the King's Bastards $4.99 #Free #KU!
#Histfic #SpeculativeFic #Booksky 📚💙📚
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All the King's Bastards: A Succession of Chaos

Amazon.com: All the King's Bastards: A Succession of Chaos eBook : Lawrence, G. , Design, Warren: Kindle Store

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Sue Wilkes @suewilkesauthor.bsky.social · Oct 12

A reminder that my latest release is now in stock on Amazon, too! www.amazon.co.uk/Young-Worker... #childlabour

Young Workers of the Industrial Age: Child Labour in the 18th and 19th Centuries: Amazon.co.uk: Sue Wilkes: 9781036113834: Books

Buy Young Workers of the Industrial Age: Child Labour in the 18th and 19th Centuries by Sue Wilkes (ISBN: 9781036113834) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

www.amazon.co.uk

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Lucy Paquette @hammockauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Autumn Oaks (c. 1878)

by George Inness (American, 1825-1894)

@metmuseum.org

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lisettebrodey @lisettebrodey.bsky.social · 2d

@tonyapenrose.bsky.social and @davidbazomusic.bsky.social

Present...

🎭 V E N E T I A N R H A P S O D Y 🎭

Venice, The City of Love,💜 beckons Sofia and Eduardo’s grand love.

💿 davidbazo.bandcamp.com
📘 mybook.to/YzPYEgl

#RomCom 💕 #directors #producers #filmmakers

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lisettebrodey @lisettebrodey.bsky.social · 2d

🔶 WHAT THE YEARS REMEMBER 🔶

A Novel of Psychological #Suspense

"A gripping tale of damage, jealousy and reluctant reunion, and as always has a few surprises in store." 💥

"The conflict, twists, turns, array of emotions, and surprises were plentiful."

mybook.to/WTYR 📙

#KindleUnlimited 🌆 #Booksky

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Clayton Graham @claytongrahamscifi.bsky.social · 1d

MULTI-AWARDED HIGHLY RATED SPACE OPERA 'SAVING PALUDIS'
A remote planet. A groundbreaking discovery. A tension that could ignite a cosmic war.
A groundbreaking saga.
bookgoodies.com/a/B07CZBTKZX
Amazon eBook, Print, and Audible

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Natalie Alleyn @nataliealleyn.bsky.social · 1d

♥️A reluctant spinster.
♥️A weary duke drowning his sorrows in meat pies.
♥️A house party filled with unwanted suitors and matchmaking mamas.
Must Love Dukes by Kathleen Ayers
Click here for more ➡️ books.bookfunnel.com/WaywardDukes...
#RegencyRomance #HistoricalRomance #Bookboost #Romance

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G. Lawrence 📚💙📚💙📚 @glawrence.bsky.social · 2d

#NewRelease!

January 1536
The King is dead... but who will live long now?

A fateful accident on the jousting field leaves Henry VIII dead and his country trembling on the edge of chaos...

All the King's Bastards £3.99 #Free #KU!
#Histfic #SpeculativeFic
#Booksky 📚💙📚
amzn.eu/d/5wpjqZU

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Linda/Melinda Huber @lindahuberauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Winter break in Switzerland, anyone? Just #99p to start out...
You get sunshine, fresh air, lovely scenery…
What could possibly go wrong???
mybook.to/LakesideseriesDP #KindleUnlimited
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘Armchair travel at its best!’
#booksky #travel #discountbooks #holidays #Switzerland #romancelandia

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lisettebrodey @lisettebrodey.bsky.social · 1d

FINDING FRANKIE by Michelle Kidd

Escape to the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains for a page-turning story of love, revenge, and redemption.

#FamilySaga 🔸🔶🧡🔶🔸 #suspense

mybook.to/FindingFrankie 📙

#Booksky

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Joy Mutter @joymutter.bsky.social · 1d

NURU AND HIS CROWS is 99p/c on Amazon until 8th Oct. It’s book 1 of The Nuru and His Crows Series of erotic thrillers.
Cara and Elke’s lives spiral out of control after meeting Nuru and his talkative crows. Explicit content.
“An interesting and enjoyable read.”
amzn.to/2UbSubv

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lisettebrodey @lisettebrodey.bsky.social · 1d

HOTEL OBSCURE: A Collection of Short Stories 🌆

Aiden's world is rocked when he meets a young prostitute.

Evan says goodbye to a cruel aunt. ⚱

Ellmore has a life-altering experience at the diner. 💥

mybook.to/HotelObscure 📙

#LitFic ✨ #KindleUnlimited ✨ #Booksky

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Lucy Paquette @hammockauthor.bsky.social · 1d

A Forest Walk in Autum (1892)

by Carl Carlsen (Danish, 1855-1917)

Private collection

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Anna M. Thane @annamthane.bsky.social · 1d

this carriage is driven by bike-power instead of horse-power 🙂

(Stage prop, Centre national de costume et de la scène)

..at the back, there is a bike attached to move the box forward

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Sue Wilkes @suewilkesauthor.bsky.social · 3d

#childlabour

Bertrom. @bertrom.bsky.social · 3d

Lewis Hine captured photographs for the National Child Labour Committee from 1908 to 1924 of young workers and the conditions under which they worked.
They had names.

Sam.
Rosy.
Ronald and Frank.
Maud and Grace.
Dovey and Ertle.

From 6 to 11 years old, working from 3:00 A.M. to 5 P.M. daily.

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Jon.B @jonbright.bsky.social · 3d

Archaeologists have unmasked Colombian mummies and digitally reconstructed their faces,shedding more light on the cultural practices of South America’s indigenous people.The masks cover the faces and jaws of a child, a woman in her 60s and two young adult males www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

Death masks ‘removed’ from Colombian mummies for first time to reveal faces

Researchers digitally reconstruct likenesses of four individuals based on anatomical standards

www.independent.co.uk

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admirablewomen.bsky.social @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Ellen Ochoa | Engineer & Astronaut

In 1993, Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman in the world to go to space and, in 2013, became the first Hispanic director of NASA's Johnson Space Center. #WorldSpaceWeek 🚀 #WomenInSTEM

nasa.gov/centers/john...

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Carol Hedges @riotgrandma.bsky.social · Mar 25

🎩📚🎩📚🎩📚🎩📚🎩
Join Scotland Yard’s Detective Division as they hunt down criminals through the murky gaslit streets of 1860s London!

THE VICTORIAN DETECTIVES
Author.to/Victoriancrime

11 books, over 2,000 reviews. Pure unadulterated escapism!

#booksky #historicalfiction #books #crimefiction

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Lucy Paquette @hammockauthor.bsky.social · 4d

Lady with Flowers, Garden of the Tuileries

by Fernand de Launay (French, 1855-1904

Unlocated

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Lucy Paquette @hammockauthor.bsky.social · 3d

Still Life with Fruit (1871)

by William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916)

Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York

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Rachael Gray @rachaelgray.bsky.social · 3d

Get cosy with a cosy this autumn 🍂

A murder in a quiet village is causing anxiety for a psychologist — who must face her fears to find the killer . . .

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A must read for cosy crime fans"

geni.us/ALittleBird 📖📱🎧
💙📚⚡ #autumnvibes #murdermystery

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Linda/Melinda Huber @lindahuberauthor.bsky.social · 3d

It should have been the perfect place to start again -
But secrets can come back to haunt you...
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "A compelling page-turner"
mybook.to/TRdp25 #KindleUnlimited
#suspense #thriller #booksky #familydrama #murder? 😱

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 4d

History repeats.

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Lynn🇨🇦 @gerridog.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks for the adorable photo, Lisette!🤗😘🐿️

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Linda/Melinda Huber @lindahuberauthor.bsky.social · 4d

Weekend reading for just #99p!
Nina's mother took a terrible secret to her grave...
What happened in the attic room, all those years ago?
mybook.to/TAR-DP24 #KindleUnlimited
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “a real sense of foreboding”
#thriller #booksky #secrets #revenge #relationships #discountbooks #kindledeals

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