Sign in with Facebook
“The surest way to be happy,” Eleanor wrote in an essay at school, “is to seek happiness for others.”
― Leadership: In Turbulent Times
― Leadership: In Turbulent Times
“From his early twenties, Lyndon Johnson had operated upon the premise that if “he could get up earlier and meet more people and stay up later than anybody else,” victory would be his.”
― Leadership: In Turbulent Times
― Leadership: In Turbulent Times
“Avoid dull facts; create memorable images; translate every issue into people’s lives; use simple, everyday language; never use big words when small words will do. Simplify the concept that “we are trying to construct a more inclusive society” into “we are going to make a country in which no one is left out.”
― Leadership: In Turbulent Times
― Leadership: In Turbulent Times
“The longer I live, the more I read, the more patiently I think, and the more anxiously I inquire, the less I seem to know...Do justly. Love mercy. Walk humbly. This is enough.”
― The Letters of John and Abigail Adams
― The Letters of John and Abigail Adams
“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life:
The Lord of the Rings
and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."
[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]”
―
[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]”
―
Carmichael's Bookstore
— 115 members
— last activity Feb 23, 2015 01:13PM
Louisville's Independent Bookstore ...more
Workplace Democracy Reading Group
— 29 members
— last activity Oct 01, 2022 01:20PM
Reading group on the relationship between worker cooperatives and unions as both means of creating workplace democracy
Anarchist & Radical Book Club
— 2736 members
— last activity Apr 30, 2026 09:35PM
This is a group to read and discuss anarchist practice and theory, by gathering a large body of anarchist literature, non-fiction, and theory, as well ...more
Richard’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Richard’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
10,132 books
|
470 friends
1,206 books
|
99 friends
622 books
|
72 friends
846 books
|
217 friends
390 books
|
219 friends
908 books
|
253 friends
1,991 books
|
165 friends
220 books
|
70 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Richard
Lists liked by Richard
