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[close] A virtual book club to discuss the novels, stories, biographies, poems, and histories that inspired Operas. Zoom meeting on the last Friday of the month.

[close] Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or exploring the world through books, you have come to the right place! ATW80 began in 2009 as a challenge on TNBBC. The separate group was established in 2011. Anyone can join and participate in the challenges or readings at any time. Challenge participation is not a requirement of joining. Anyone who loves reading books from around the world is welcome here. The main purpose of this group is to travel the world through books, experiencing new authors and cultures along the way. Want to read about the world? We have close to 50,000 books cataloged by setting and more are added each week. I personally started reading around the world in 2008. This venture has introduced me to far off lands, fresh viewpoints, and many new authors I might not have discovered otherwise. Here is a record of my travels since 2009: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/18478768-diane-s-world-travels-by-book I have worked very hard gathering resources for others to use and coming up with new activities. Please ask permission before copying and please give appropriate credit. The copycatting is getting ridiculous and tiresome. "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” - Dr. Suess “There are too many books I haven’t read, too many places I haven’t seen, too many memories I haven’t kept long enough.” ― Irwin Shaw Globe Stand Photo: Daniel Loiselle/Getty Images

[close] This group is for anyone who enjoys Non Fiction. Genres discussed here include Histories, Autobiographies, Biographies, Memoirs, Science and Technology, Politics, Nature, Travelogues, True Crime, Health, Gender, and many more. Please join us to find your next great book or to share your thoughts about one that you've enjoyed. No harsh language please and be considerate of others. For Authors: Do NOT create a new thread to promote your book or upload a group photo. There is a specific thread under Author Section where you can post whatever. Thank you and enjoy nonfiction reading with us!

[close] 𝙰 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚋 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚞𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏-𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢, 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚎. 𝙲𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔, 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚓𝚘𝚒𝚗. 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚎 𝚍𝚘... ✍︎︎ 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚜 ✍︎︎𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚜 ✍︎︎ 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑