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“If we treat our forests right, we can at least ameliorate the declines in forest extent and diversity and the consequent impoverishment of the aesthetic, economic, climatic, and spiritual benefits we count on from them.”
― Trees in Trouble: Wildfires, Infestations, and Climate Change
― Trees in Trouble: Wildfires, Infestations, and Climate Change
“We have no choice but to scramble to retrace our steps and to try, in a hurry now, to imagine things differently: other worlds, other ways of thinking, living, seeing. Other ways of writing, and of reading.”
― Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End of Time
― Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End of Time
“If Shakespeare was another Barrington—just an allonymous brand, just a gormless frontman—then there had to be a Machiavelli in the background—a cunning architect of an elaborate bibliographical hoax. How could such a thing be done? And what kind of person could pull it off?”
― Shakespeare's Library: Unlocking the Greatest Mystery in Literature
― Shakespeare's Library: Unlocking the Greatest Mystery in Literature
“In planting trees, aim to perpetuate an ecosystem, not a plantation.”
― Trees in Trouble: Wildfires, Infestations, and Climate Change
― Trees in Trouble: Wildfires, Infestations, and Climate Change
“For every species of book person, the idea of Shakespeare’s library—his personal collection of manuscripts, books, letters and other papers—is enticing, totemic, a subject of wonder. How did he write? Who inspired him? Who appalled him? To know Shakespeare’s books is to know Shakespeare the author.”
― Shakespeare's Library: Unlocking the Greatest Mystery in Literature
― Shakespeare's Library: Unlocking the Greatest Mystery in Literature
Q&A with author Susan Sherman
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Join acclaimed author Susan Sherman for a discussion of her novel, The Little Russian . This group will run February 4-February 17. This is a p ...more
Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine
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Hey Y’all, We’ve been reading together for awhile and we don’t know about you, but we’re ready to hear your thoughts and opinions. This group is a pl ...more
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