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    I called my recipe book Sabzi – vegetables. But the name was trademarked. And my legal ordeal beganThe granting of patents and trademarks to foods and words from the global south is part of a long colonial grab. It’s time to realise we share what we cook, and what we call it Vegetables, in my experience,…https://www.theguardian.com/food/commentisfree/2025/dec/04/recipe-book-sabzi-vegetables-yasmin-khan-trademark#Food #Books #Foodanddrinkbooks #Culture #Publishing
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    Halloween StoriesWhy are Victorians the default haunted house, what do ghosts have to do with the imagination, and why do we like to be scared?By The Editorshttps://daily.jstor.org/editors-picks-halloween/?utm_source=mcae&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=jstordaily_10302025Halloween at PG:https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=halloween#books #literature
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    Oh hey a couple of my books are discounted for another week.I write about hope, love, and loyalty in the face of fear and seismic change, all wrapped up in space stuff.ARKHANGELSK - mystery/thriller set on a lost colony hiding a corrosive secret, £/€/$2.99 through November 6CONDITION OF WAR - milSF (ish) with a rebel starship crew and a galactic government focused on the wrong enemy, £/€/$1.99 through November 6Links to Amazon US, but they're discounted everywhere:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NML4V97/https://www.amazon.com/Condition-War-Central-Corps-Novel-ebook/dp/B0F368YJMT#WritingCommunity #sff #ebook #books
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    Looseleft is the feeling of sadness, loss, or being slightly adrift after finishing a particularly good book, according to the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. I try to prevent it by ordering more good books in advance; not just useful books but something in the same vein or with a similar vibe. Whether they prove to be such will remain to be seen but it counteracts the worry of getting looseleft.#books #reading #goodbooks #goodbook