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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
— 25566 members
— last activity Oct 21, 2025 04:29PM
"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
— 4056 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
— 30515 members
— last activity 2 hours, 16 min 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
— 6107 members
— last activity Oct 01, 2025 06:42AM
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
— 1908 members
— last activity 18 hours, 20 min ago
Hard Boiled detective novels, noir, and great crime novels (old and new)
Jim’s 2024 Year in Books
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