Sign in with Facebook
346 books
—
99 voters
to-read
(717)
currently-reading (15)
read (303)
did-not-finish (3)
non-fiction (107)
20th-century (88)
history (73)
cultural-studies (52)
american (46)
mysteries (46)
cultural-history (45)
nature (33)
currently-reading (15)
read (303)
did-not-finish (3)
non-fiction (107)
20th-century (88)
history (73)
cultural-studies (52)
american (46)
mysteries (46)
cultural-history (45)
nature (33)
war
(32)
european (30)
essays (27)
criticism (24)
fiction (22)
science-fiction-fantasy (22)
travel-and-adventure (22)
animals (20)
french (20)
british (19)
natural-history (19)
children-young-adult (16)
european (30)
essays (27)
criticism (24)
fiction (22)
science-fiction-fantasy (22)
travel-and-adventure (22)
animals (20)
french (20)
british (19)
natural-history (19)
children-young-adult (16)
“To be confronted with a simple and unqualified evil is no doubt a kind of luxury....”
― Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
― Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
“For this is what it means to be a king: to be first in every desperate attack and last in every desperate retreat, and when there’s hunger in the land (as must be now and then in bad years) to wear finer clothes and laugh louder over a scantier meal than any man in your land.”
―
―
“God offers to every mind a choice between repose and truth. take which you please--you can never have both. [Essay on Intellect]”
― The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
― The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
“It's important to understand that while honor is an entitlement to respect--and shame comes when you lose that title--a person of honor cares first of all not about being respected but about being worthy of respect.”
― The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen
― The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen
“Poetry or science, what matters is saying it how you see it. Saying precisely what and how you saw, and no more. In science, poetry or describing a journey, accuracy is all you can do. Saying it as you saw.”
― Tigers In Red Weather: A Quest for the Last Wild Tigers
― Tigers In Red Weather: A Quest for the Last Wild Tigers
KCTCS Readers
— 19 members
— last activity Oct 18, 2017 10:07AM
Open to anyone in the Kentucky Community & Technical College System, whether you are a student, or work for one of the colleges. ...more
Lexington Reads
— 648 members
— last activity Jan 16, 2025 08:54AM
For readers from Lexington, Kentucky. Discuss what you're reading with your neighbors! ...more
Mark’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mark’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
586 books
|
84 friends
2,189 books
|
164 friends
1,113 books
|
5,096 friends
374 books
|
45 friends
0 books
|
40 friends
246 books
|
7,525 friends
86 books
|
2,609 friends
1 book
|
33 friends
More friends…
Polls voted on by Mark
Lists liked by Mark
