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“There's organized confusion on African roads while driving in the cities. If you want to mess up Afican Cities very easy, just fly in 100 Americans put them on the road and tell them to drive.”
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“..high resolution and a faith equal to belief in the liquefaction of St. Januarius’ blood are needs to drop the protective routine of years, to sheer off the dear and warm entanglements of home and friendships; to shut the front door one bleak winter evening when the hiuse smells comfortable and secure, and the light on the hearth, under such circumstances, is ironic in its bright revelation of years of ease and stability till then not fully appraised;”
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“I myself learned that the treasures found in travel , the chance rewards of travel which make it worth while, cannot be accounted for beforehand, and seldom are matters a listener would care to hear about afterwards; for they have no substance. They are no matter. They are untranslatable from their time and place;”
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“The public-private partnership at the core of sustainable development seems to work well for the most privileged.”
― Unnatural Disasters: Why Most Responses to Risk and Climate Change Fail but Some Succeed
― Unnatural Disasters: Why Most Responses to Risk and Climate Change Fail but Some Succeed
“We must consider the disproportionate number of resources devoted to finding innovative postdisaster solutions, against those used to prevent them. Minimizing people’s vulnerabilities through measures that favor social justice requires less money than rebuilding after disasters.”
― Unnatural Disasters: Why Most Responses to Risk and Climate Change Fail but Some Succeed
― Unnatural Disasters: Why Most Responses to Risk and Climate Change Fail but Some Succeed
Great African Reads
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— last activity Feb 13, 2026 12:39PM
Here is an overview of the group reads & activities: Regional reads Nominations and Book discussions. Buddy Reads Find someone to read along with!. Sh ...more
The History Book Club
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— last activity 17 hours, 7 min ago
"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more
Travel Literature Makes My Heart Beat Faster..
— 1109 members
— last activity Aug 29, 2025 08:23PM
Do you adore a good piece of travel literature/travelogue? Than this is the group for you!
Classics and the Western Canon
— 4944 members
— last activity Feb 14, 2026 12:12AM
This is a group to read and discuss those books generally referred to as “the classics” or “the Western canon.” Books which have shaped Western though ...more
Victorians!
— 3779 members
— last activity Feb 13, 2026 06:54PM
Some of the best books in the world were written and published in Great Britain between 1837 and 1901. What's not to love? Dickens, the Brontes, Co ...more
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