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Q: What is the etymology of "call number," as in a library book?

QuuxplusoneOver on the Software Engineering SE, folks are wondering about the etymology of "call" as in "call a function, call a subroutine." I believe we've incontrovertibly traced it back to the notion of a "library" of subroutines that can be called up at will by giving their "call number," just like boo...

 
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Q: How to be more better in searching for books about a tipic a care for!

Zeid MahmoudI like searching for books and download them , It could be weird thing to do for some people, but it just one of my hobbies, I look in places like archive or annaliberey or zlib, about a books like "Untangling The Web A Guide To Internet Research National Security Agency NSA" . is there a way a p...

 
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The Invisible Hour, by Alice Hoffman

I didn’t expect The Invisible Hour to be fanfiction, but that’s what it was. Specifically, it’s Alice Hoffman’s fanfic of The Scarlet Letter. The main character, Mia, grows up in a cult with similar to the society in Nathaniel Hawthorn’s novel. Still, she rebelliously sneaks books from the library. Eventually The Scarlet Letter inspires her to run away.

What transpires after that is a chase around time and space. Yes, time. In this book, Mia’s abiding love for Hawthorn’s novel lets her time-travel back to when he was alive. She meets Nathaniel himself
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posted on January 18, 2025

Cinderella is Dead, by Kalynn Bayron Cinderella is Dead has a good premise going for it: lesbian vs. patriarchal society which idolizes Cinderella’s story. Young women dress up for a ball where men select brides. Protagonist Sophia wants to elope with her girlfriend, who refuses. Sophia escapes the ball by herself and meets a descendant of Cinderella. They plot to overthrow the system. That all


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