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But without trust there was no hope, and without hope, what was there?
“You know the greatest lesson of history? It’s that history is whatever the victors say it is. That’s the lesson. Whoever wins, that’s who decides the history. We act in our own self-interest. Of course we do. Name me a person or a nation who does not. The trick is figuring out where your interests are.”
― All the Light We Cannot See
― All the Light We Cannot See
“I don’t know that I’ve ever been properly happy. I simply careen between moments of intense buoyancy and moments of intense misery. Only my anxiety is constant: When I hope, I’m anxious that my hopes will come to nothing; when I fear, I’m anxious that my fears will all come true.”
― The Art of Theft
― The Art of Theft
“Part of the problem is that we tend to think that equality is about treating everyone the same, when it’s not. It’s about fairness. It’s about equity of access.”
― Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
― Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
“We elicit from the world what we project into the world; but what you project is based upon what happened to you as a child.”
― What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
― What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
“A world built on speed, productivity, more, more, more! and far too few bathrooms (and bathroom breaks) does not consider or care for the actual bodies we live in. In other words, ableism affects all of us, whether we consider ourselves disabled or not.”
― Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body
― Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body
The Next Best Book Club
— 25918 members
— last activity 14 hours, 57 min ago
Are you searching for the NEXT best book? Are you willing to kiss all your spare cash goodbye? Are you easily distracted by independent bookshops, bi ...more
Productivity Book Group
— 38 members
— last activity Oct 28, 2016 11:59AM
A virtual, personal productivity book discussion podcast. All are invited to read along and discuss these personal productivity and related books with ...more
Diversity in All Forms!
— 1971 members
— last activity Jul 10, 2025 12:53PM
This book club will engage participants on a variety of culturally relevant topics that have included (but are not limited to): ethnicity/race, countr ...more
Great Lakes LEND
— 107 members
— last activity Jan 21, 2018 04:05PM
LEND training programs in the Great Lakes region will be reading and discussing a common book: For 2017-2018 year, the book is: What Matters: Reflect ...more
Newberry & Caldecott Reading Group
— 79 members
— last activity Jan 30, 2021 01:14PM
Newberry Medal Winner and Honor books will be read as well as Caldecott Medal Winner and Honor books. Each month, there will be four books voted on on ...more
Kara’s 2025 Year in Books
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Children's, Crime, Fiction, Graphic novels, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Psychology, Suspense, and Thriller
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