Discover new books on Goodreads
See if your friends have read any of Rhoda Brooks's books
more photos (3)
Rhoda Brooks’s Followers (7)
343 books
|
117 friends
2,268 books
|
17 friends
453 books
|
7 friends
129 books
|
47 friends
2,922 books
|
333 friends
3,749 books
|
362 friends
2,386 books
|
237 friends
215 books
|
235 friends
More friends…
Rhoda Brooks
Goodreads Author
Member Since
April 2011
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/rhodapaz
To ask
Rhoda Brooks
questions,
please sign up.
|
The Barrios of Manta: A Memoir of the Peace Corps in Ecuador
by
—
published
1965
—
10 editions
|
|
* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.
A puzzle:How to market an eBook?
When I first thought of bringing out a 48-year-old memoir as an eBook, it seemed like a far-fetched and almost impossible idea. But when it started to take hold of my mind, it seemed like maybe it could become reality. Then I found that working with a New York agent and Untreedreads.com, my idea really came to actuality! Now we have as an eBook "The Barrios of Manta, a Personal Story of the Peace
Read more of this blog post »
Topics Mentioning This Author
| topics | posts | views | last activity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Untreed Reads: THE BARRIOS OF MANTA: Looking at Life in the Peace Corps. | 1 | 3 | Sep 13, 2012 03:09PM | |
| Untreed Reads: Peace Corps Reviews THE BARRIOS OF MANTA by Rhoda Brooks | 1 | 1 | May 16, 2013 02:06PM | |
| Around the World ...: Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands | 26 | 1159 | Sep 20, 2025 09:48PM |
“Christian, Jew, Muslim, shaman, Zoroastrian, stone, ground, mountain, river, each has a secret way of being with the mystery, unique and not to be judged”
―
―
“For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?
And what is it to cease breathing but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?
Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.
And when you have reached the mountaintop,then you shall begin to climb.
And when the earth shal claim your limbs,then shall you truly dance.”
― The Prophet
And what is it to cease breathing but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?
Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.
And when you have reached the mountaintop,then you shall begin to climb.
And when the earth shal claim your limbs,then shall you truly dance.”
― The Prophet
Untreed Reads
— 74 members
— last activity Aug 26, 2023 12:59AM
Come discuss your favorite titles and authors, learn about new books, hear about great deals and maybe even meet the people who write what you read.