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Endling

by Maria Reva

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Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

by Cal Newport

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A Flower Traveled in My Blood: The Incredible True Story of the Grandmothers Who Fought to Find a Stolen Generation of Children

by Haley Cohen Gilliland (Goodreads Author)

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Deb’s Quotes

“that mothers’ and daughters’ hearts can be crushed so repeatedly without learning to defend themselves.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Unsheltered

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“Open a book this minute and start reading. Don’t move until you’ve reached page fifty. Until you’ve buried your thoughts in print. Cover yourself with words. Wash yourself away. Dissolve.”
― Carol Shields, The Republic of Love

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“History is not just facts and events. History is also a pain in the heart and we repeat history until we are able to make another's pain in the heart our own.”
― Julius Lester

tags: empathy, history

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“White is not an origin. It’s a mental construct of privilege.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Unsheltered

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“A mother’s unfulfilled ambitions lie heaviest on her daughters.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Unsheltered

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Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more

Oh Canada — 468 members — last activity Jun 30, 2025 10:45AM
Canadians, please come and share your favourite national literature on the group bookshelf... whether it's books by Canadian authors, those featuring ...more

Leadership for Librarians — 20 members — last activity Jan 21, 2016 09:39AM
This book club is just a great place to discuss leadership and librarianship. The idea is based off of Ken Haycock's lecture on Leadership Bestsellers ...more

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Group of good-natured peeps who want to talk about books.

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Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

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