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The Wisdom of the Beguines: The Forgotten Story of a Medieval Women's Movement

by Laura Swan (Goodreads Author)

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The Iliad

by Homer

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QUICHOTTE ET MOI: The Sorcières Trilogy (Novice Mid "Sorcières" Trilogy) (French Edition)

by Constanza Ontaneda

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“But realize this: we are living through writing’s Cambrian explosion, not its mass extinction. Language is more varied than ever before, even if some of it is directly copied from the clipboard—variety is the preservation of an art, not a threat to it.”
― Christian Rudder, Dataclysm: Love, Sex, Race, and Identity--What Our Online Lives Tell Us about Our Offline Selves

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“If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men’s cottages princes’ palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions: I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.”
― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

tags: good-acts, good-intentions, goodness

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“Reflection must be reserved for solitary hours; whenever she was alone, she gave way to it as the greatest relief; and not a day went by without a solitary walk, in which she might indulge in all the delight of unpleasant recollections.”
― Jane Austen

tags: reflection

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“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: books, mind

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“There will be more words written on Twitter in the next two years than contained in all books ever printed.”
― Christian Rudder, Dataclysm: Who We Are

tags: books, printed, twitter, words, written

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Nonfiction November — 2622 members — last activity Oct 12, 2025 12:31PM
**Note** This event is no longer active. Thank you for 10 wonderful years! Please feel free to keep using this page as a resource. Welcome to Nonfict ...more

The History Book Club — 26522 members — last activity Sep 17, 2026 05:10AM
"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more

Ancient & Medieval Historical Fiction — 6223 members — last activity Sep 18, 2026 07:03AM
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

The Feminist Orchestra Bookclub — 4576 members — last activity Jul 01, 2026 02:00PM
Discover and recommend more feminist reads here: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/96419.The_Feminist_Orchestra_Potential_Reading_List We're also o ...more

Our Shared Shelf — 222905 members — last activity Sep 21, 2026 08:47AM
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more

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