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Twain's Feast: Searching for America's Lost Foods in the Footsteps of Samuel Clemens

by Andrew Beahrs (Goodreads Author)

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Woodswoman I: Living Alone in the Adirondack Wilderness

by Anne LaBastille

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Up in the Air

by Walter Kirn

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Billy’s Quotes

“Plants and Books are silent Friends to Mankind.
The former grows silently to let you live.
The later grows you silently to 'live”
― Sridhar Movva

tags: books, inspirationl, love, mankind, nature, plants

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“Every book begins and ends with other people- the readers who suggest the book to us and encourage us to read it, the talented author who crafted each word, the fascinating individuals we meet inside the pages- and the readers we discuss and share the book with when we finish.”
― Donalyn Miller, Reading in the Wild

tags: authors, books, characters, quotes-about-books, readers, reading, reading-as-art, reading-community, reading-quotes, sharing-books

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“We sometimes eclipse our own dreams with reality.”
― Patti Smith, M Train

tags: m-train, patti-smith

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“I do not just buy books; I collect them with the idea that they fit into a pattern of knowledge.”
― Omar Saif Ghobash, Letters to a Young Muslim

tags: bibliophiles, books

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“Poetry isn’t an island, it is the bridge.
Poetry isn’t a ship, it is the lifeboat.
Poetry isn’t swimming. Poetry is water.”
― Kamand Kojouri

tags: art, artist, author, boat, books, bridge, bridge-quotes, canoe, connect, connection, creative-writing, creativity, expression, fiction, harmony, island, kamand, kamand-kojouri, kayak, kojouri, letters, lifeboat, limerick, literature, novelist, poem, poet, poetess, poetry, poetry-poem, poetry-quotes, rhyme, save, ship, spoken-word, stanza, swim, swimmer, swimming, unity, verse, vessel, water, water-is-life, water-quotes, waterfall, what-is-poetry, words, write, writer, writing, writing-quotes, written, yacht

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Reading While Queer - Retired — 124 members — last activity Sep 07, 2023 09:39AM
This group is being retired. Please join us over at LGBTQIAP+ Lit Lovers : https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1225037-lgbtqia-lit-lovers

The Post Card Exchange — 1822 members — last activity 5 hours, 46 min ago
Yay Postcards! We are an International group of people who love reading and mail. Please join our monthly postcard exchange! Newbies Welcome!

PenPal Readers — 1541 members — last activity Sep 20, 2026 03:56AM
CONNECT with people who love to read, and make a new penpal. Our members are ALL ages, from ALL OVER THE WORLD, everyone is welcome! Join, make friend ...more

Art Lovers — 2585 members — last activity 5 hours, 36 min ago
To reciprocate the appreciation of different artists and discuss their lives and works.

Underground Knowledge — A discussion group — 26376 members — last activity 21 hours, 28 min ago
This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underreported issues of our era. All you need is an enquiring ...more

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