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Puerto Rico: Historia de una nación

by Jorell Meléndez-Badillo

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The Safekeep

by Yael van der Wouden

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America, América: A New History of the New World

by Greg Grandin (Goodreads Author)

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“In desperate situations, when the normal framework of social order breaks down, ordinary people are rarely as lacking in common sense as those who govern them; the instinct for self-preservation is too strong.”
― A.T.Q. Stewart, The Narrow Ground: Aspects of Ulster, 1609 - 1969

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“Wow. Whoops. Sorry. ... I just lost two hours inside a YouTube kitten warp.”
― Douglas Coupland, The Age of Earthquakes: A Guide to the Extreme Present

tags: humor, technology

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“My geekness is a-quivering.”
― Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

tags: humor, scorpius-malfoy

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“It is a truth universally unacknowledged that when the dead are trying to remember something, the living are trying harder to forget it.”
― Jess Kidd, Himself

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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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**Note** This event is no longer active.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

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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

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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 — 222889 members — last activity Mar 19, 2026 03:23AM
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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