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“The librarian isn't a clerk who happens to work in a library. A librarian is a data hound, a guide, a sherpa and a teacher. The librarian is the interface between reams of data and the untrained but motivated user.”
― Seth Godin, The Library Book

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“It seems more than a little patronizing for Westerners to lament the loss of the good old days when life in the Khumbu was so much simpler and more picturesque. Most of the people who live in this rugged country seem to have no desire to be severed from the modern world or the untidy flow of human progress. The last thing Sherpas want is to be preserved as specimens in an anthropological museum.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

tags: colonialism, culture, culture-and-imperialism, modernity, progress, sherpas

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South Asian Literature — 1240 members — last activity Jul 22, 2024 08:37AM
For readers around the world interested in literature from or about South Asia! Countries of interest include India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhut ...more

Bookreaders of the Pacific Northwest — 230 members — last activity Apr 03, 2023 10:01PM
This is a group for people who live in or around the Pacific Northwest! Share what you are reading, discuss recent books or local authors, whatever yo ...more