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I had to choose these for today's #MurderEveryMonday title with a word denoting finality.
The Portuguese title is an expression used at the end of a theatrical play meaning the curtain drops (although a literal translation would be the cloth drops). The cover uses a Magritte painting and a drawing of Poirot. It seems depicting Albert Finney as Poirot from the 1974 film The Murder in the Orient Express, but I can't be sure. What do you think?
I bought the English edition second hand many years ago and it came with two newspaper clips, there's a date by hand, but no indication of the newspapers titles.
Check Kate's post to know more about the hashtag https://crossexaminingcrime.wordpress.com/murdereverymonday-theme-list/

#agathachristie #poirot #crimefiction #readings #favoritebooks #books

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It's weekend, books you can read for free right now:

If you want to do #JaneAustenJuly, but don't/can't have the books, here are the links to the ebooks thanks to @gutenberg_org

https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2024/07/09/janeaustenjuly-reading-jane-austen-by-publication-date-with-links-to-the-ebooks-thanks-to-project-gutenberg/

#Books #Readings #JaneAusten

For today's #MurderEveryMonday (facial hair)

More or less at the same time #colecçãovampiro there was another collection of crime fiction in Portugal called #ColecçãoXIS and now and then they would published some numbers as anthologies of short stories
While searching for moustaches I found this three books with similar covers. It seems Biggers books were made into movies with Warner Oland as Charlie Chan (depicted in the covers)
Finally, a facsimile of a Poirot (because that's the first I thought of when knowing about today's theme)

Follow Kate's blog to know more about the hashtag https://crossexaminingcrime.wordpress.com/murdereverymonday-theme-list/

#books #readings #crimefiction #EarlDerrBiggers #AgathaChristie #Poirot #ClassicCrime #bookstodon

#BookReview The Piazza Murders by Michael Jecks (out 1st July)

The third instalment of The Art of Murder is out on 1st of July and takes you to Italy. Nick Morris is an artist and amateur sleuth. This time he goes to Italy to teach a course to a group of people that decided to take the art retreat. Of course, there are murders, which Morris starts to investigate. At the same time there is a literary festival in the city with authors and publicists getting involved, meaning that you get themes about books, publishers, and publishing industry, which I never say no to (you also get themes about pens, drawing, painting, as expected :-)).

#Books #Bookstodon #Readings #CrimeFiction

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https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/28/bookreview-the-piazza-murders-by-michael-jecks-out-1st-july/

Were you hoping to see @emilymbender in conversation with @Kobotic in Melbs at #RMIT courtesy of #Readings but they were sold out?

Good news, they've moved to Storey Hall which is 4 x the capacity.

Get your tix

#StochasticParrots #LLMs #BenderRule

https://www.readings.com.au/events/emily-m-bender-and-kobi-leins-discuss-ai

It’s Weekend, #LetsRead! #Books you can read & download for free right now, thanks to Project Gutenberg: Elizabeth and Her German Garden

#bookstodon #NatureWriting #Garden #Readings

I know, I'm repeating an (favorite) author, but it's May and Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth Von Arnim starts at May, 7th. It was published in 1898 and it's a semi-autobiographical novel written in diary form. You can download the book here.

https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2025/05/02/its-weekend-lets-read-books-you-can-read-download-for-free-right-now-thanks-to-project-gutenberg-elizabeth-and-her-german-garden/

April's sun invites #NatureWriting #Readings

#Meadowland #AngelaHarding #TheWildIsles

The damage "education" does
(an interesting read to reflect about the true purpose of education) if you decide to take a look, just analyze it before you come here to say: "Oh! another of your sources of laughter"...

https://expose-news.com/2025/02/21/the-damage-education-does/

#reads #readings #education #society

#ilovefs Thank you Calibre

e-book management and reader: https://calibre-ebook.com/

#FreeSoftware #FLOSS #Books #eBooks #Readings

welcome to 2025: Where your freedoms go to die (an interesting reading in summarized points, about how Govts. have been working not to benefit you but quite the opposite..)

https://off-guardian.org/2025/01/13/welcome-to-2025-where-your-freedoms-go-to-die/

#readings #interestingreadings #articles #readthis #read

The Second Matrix: From Propaganda To Programming 🫧
(an interesting reading about patterns of controlled opposition)

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/second-matrix-propaganda-programming

#interestingreadings #readings #articles

The big story of 2024 that nobody is talking about – (an interesting reading to reflect on what really happened, is still happening and will happen globally, and that may not change much)

https://off-guardian.org/2024/12/18/the-big-story-of-2024-that-nobody-is-talking-about/

#readings #interestingreadings

Inevitable ― (an interesting reading to reflect between insisting against almost everything, or getting carried away as the rest of the flock of sheep... )

https://off-guardian.org/2024/12/14/inevitable/

#readings #interestingreadings

I share air quality readings at airports, planes, ground transportation, a convention center, and my hotel during a trip to Puerto Rico.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/meeting-industry/2022/05/air-quality-readings

#travel #safety #AirQuality #readings #IAQ #plane #airport #bus #ConventionCenter #hotel #flying

Rewriting the script of Life — (an interesting reading to reflect on the established structures to move to new ones.)

https://activistpost.com/2024/11/rewriting-the-script-of-life.html

#interestingreadings #readings

Americans have one very strange cognitive bias (an interesting reading on perceptions about the 'minorities' and 'majorities')

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-have-one-very-strange-cognitive

#intetestingreadings #readings

How to get your tax cattle to love #DigitalID (an interesting reading on the plan of both-wings for the so-called "beast mark")

https://corbettreport.substack.com/p/how-to-get-your-tax-cattle-to-love

#interestingreadings #readings

The dark side of #debt – How debt slavery is ruining lives 🗭 (an interesting reading on what I was thinking when I see crowds at shopping malls...)

https://anthropologyreview.org/anthropology-archaeology-news/debt-slavery-entrapping-workers-in-a-cycle-of-unpayable-debt/

#interestingreadings #readings

China hopes to roll out its smart city model to BRICS nations (on the other hand.. There are No little creatures of kindness either... if this were published there, it would have negative points in the social scoring system)

https://expose-news.com/2024/11/05/china-hopes-to-roll-out-its-smart-city-mode/

#interestingreadings #readings