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“There was one other distraction on the island of Gomera: Doña Beatriz de Bobadilla. Or, as she was known in the Canaries, “Bobadilla the huntress, a woman of rare distinction.”
― Columbus: The Four Voyages, 1492-1504
― Columbus: The Four Voyages, 1492-1504
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”
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The History Book Club
— 25848 members
— last activity 9 hours, 30 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
Reading the Classics
— 4048 members
— last activity May 10, 2025 07:28AM
This is a group for people who want to read the classics and discuss them as a group. Each month we will choose as a group a book to read. Everyone is ...more
Around the World in 80 Books
— 30906 members
— last activity 55 minutes ago
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
Ancient & Medieval Historical Fiction
— 6140 members
— last activity Jan 13, 2026 10:23AM
The focus of this group is historical fiction set in Ancient and Medieval eras(with some post Medieval), in any geographical location. Preference is g ...more
Pulp Fiction
— 1912 members
— last activity Jan 22, 2026 11:22AM
Hard Boiled detective novels, noir, and great crime novels (old and new)
Jim’s 2025 Year in Books
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