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Playful: How Play Shifts Our Thinking, Inspires Connection, and Sparks Creativity

by Cas Holman

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Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

by Ibram X. Kendi (Goodreads Author)

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Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent

by Eduardo Galeano

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Allison’s Notes & Highlights

Educated by Tara Westover

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I realize now that that night I was seeing her for the first time, the secret strength of her.

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Allison’s Quotes

“Courage faces fear and thereby masters it”
― Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love

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“Too unconcerned to love and too passionless to hate, too detached to be selfish and too lifeless to be unselfish, too indifferent to experience joy and too cold to express sorrow, they are neither dead nor alive; they merely exist.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love

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“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love

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ANF Book Hoard — 56 members — last activity Oct 10, 2024 04:07PM
Goodreads group to compliment the Adult Nerdfighters Facebook page

Our Shared Shelf — 222830 members — last activity May 16, 2026 12:04AM
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

Philadelphia Book Club — 131 members — last activity Apr 25, 2017 06:46AM
seeking slightly sarcastic witty philadelphians who wish to read voraciously and perhaps indulge in cups of coffee or bottles of wine while discussing ...more

NerdFighters Book Club — 2477 members — last activity Nov 07, 2022 09:56AM
NerdFighters Book Club - Each month we read either a book recommended by John Green or we vote on a book recommended by one of our members - feel fr ...more

Philadelphia Book Club — 83 members — last activity May 29, 2025 12:10PM
Hi! Welcome to the new Goodreads page for the Philadelphia Book Club! We are just a group of people who love good books, good company, and a good atmo ...more

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