{"id":3134462,"date":"2026-01-01T00:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T05:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/book\/en-breve-trabajando-en-la-mancomunidad-de-libros-1960-2025-una-memoria-cultural\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T14:44:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T19:44:40","slug":"en-breve-trabajando-en-la-mancomunidad-de-libros-1960-2025-una-memoria-cultural","status":"publish","type":"fpb_book","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/book\/en-breve-trabajando-en-la-mancomunidad-de-libros-1960-2025-una-memoria-cultural\/","title":{"rendered":"EN BREVE: Trabajando en la Mancomunidad de Libros, 1960\u20132025: Una Memoria Cultural"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Por Keith Helmuth. Chapel Street Editions, 2025. 240 p\u00e1ginas. $23\/tapa blanda.   <\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/lists\/friends-journal-selections-january-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Comprar en QuakerBooks<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En 1960, Keith Helmuth, Amigo de toda la vida, que entonces ten\u00eda unos 20 a\u00f1os, eligi\u00f3 aceptar un trabajo en una librer\u00eda en la ciudad universitaria de Iowa City, Iowa, en lugar de obtener un t\u00edtulo de posgrado, y nunca se ha arrepentido. No estoy seguro de haberme encontrado alguna vez con alguien que se tome los libros tan en serio, que los aborde con tanta reverencia, que los vea tan claramente como gu\u00edas para la comprensi\u00f3n y, por lo tanto, para la acci\u00f3n. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esta memoria traza su viaje desde esa librer\u00eda en Iowa hasta una similar en Syracuse, N.Y.; a la construcci\u00f3n de una biblioteca para el naciente Friends World College (FWC) en Long Island; a una temporada como profesor y bibliotecario en el campus de FWC en Kenia. Sigue la lectura que hizo durante 30 a\u00f1os como horticultor en New Brunswick, Canad\u00e1, hasta diez a\u00f1os en el Penn Book Center en Filadelfia, Pa. La memoria culmina con sus incursiones en la publicaci\u00f3n a trav\u00e9s de su creaci\u00f3n, el Instituto Cu\u00e1quero para el Futuro, y, de vuelta en New Brunswick, una editorial centrada en la literatura del lugar.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Levanta la sabidur\u00eda de tantos pensadores profundos en este libro que estamos inundados de riquezas. Ofrezco las palabras de Aldo Leopold como un solo ejemplo: \u201cUna cosa est\u00e1 bien cuando tiende a preservar la integridad, la estabilidad y la belleza de la comunidad bi\u00f3tica. Est\u00e1 mal cuando tiende a lo contrario\u201d. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Estoy agradecido por la vida de Keith Helmuth: por sus contribuciones a Friends World College y al Instituto Cu\u00e1quero para el Futuro, y por escribir que ha profundizado mi comprensi\u00f3n de la relaci\u00f3n entre el ser humano y la tierra. En este volumen, absorb\u00ed un amor por los libros, una mente y un coraz\u00f3n abiertos a la gu\u00eda, y un o\u00eddo para el anillo de la verdad. <\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pamela Haines es miembro del Meeting Central de Filadelfia (Pensilvania).<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5090,"featured_media":3134459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[25288],"fpb_issue_category":[25285],"class_list":["post-3134462","fpb_book","type-fpb_book","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-libros-de-enero-de-2026","fpb_issue_category-pueblos-indigenas-y-los-amigos"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trabajar en la Mancomunidad de los Libros - Rese\u00f1a de un libro<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lee nuestra rese\u00f1a de la fascinante memoria cultural de Keith Helmuth que narra la venta de libros, la biblioteconom\u00eda y la publicaci\u00f3n a lo largo de seis d\u00e9cadas de vida y aprendizaje.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/book\/en-breve-trabajando-en-la-mancomunidad-de-libros-1960-2025-una-memoria-cultural\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RESE\u00d1A: EN BREVE: Trabajando en la Mancomunidad de Libros, 1960\u20132025: Una Memoria Cultural\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lee nuestra rese\u00f1a de la fascinante memoria cultural de Keith Helmuth que narra la venta de libros, la biblioteconom\u00eda y la publicaci\u00f3n a lo largo de seis d\u00e9cadas de vida y aprendizaje.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/book\/en-breve-trabajando-en-la-mancomunidad-de-libros-1960-2025-una-memoria-cultural\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Friends Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/friendsjournal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-30T19:44:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Working_FBcrop.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@friendsournal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minuto\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/book\\\/en-breve-trabajando-en-la-mancomunidad-de-libros-1960-2025-una-memoria-cultural\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/book\\\/en-breve-trabajando-en-la-mancomunidad-de-libros-1960-2025-una-memoria-cultural\\\/\",\"name\":\"Trabajar en la Mancomunidad de los Libros - 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