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4th Tuesday Evening Book Discussion
Tuesday June 25, 2013
7:30 PM - 8:45 PM
Main Library
In the Garden of Beasts
by Erik Larson
This is the true story of Germany in the early years of Hitler’s regime, as reflected in the experiences of William Edward Dodd, the United States Ambassador to Germany, and his daughter, Martha.
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Book Buzz
Tuesday July 09, 2013
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Main Library
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
by Candice Millard
This narrative account of the 20th president`s political career offers insight into his background as a scholar and Civil War hero, his battles against the corrupt establishment, and Alexander Graham Bell`s failed attempt to save him from an assassin`s bullet.
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Book Buzz
Tuesday August 13, 2013
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Main Library
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
by Katherine Boo
A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist spent years researching her book on life in a Mumbai slum. Her narrative nonfiction offers a dramatic and heartbreaking story of families struggling for a better life in one of the 21st century`s great, but unequal cities.
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Mystery Book Discussion
Tuesday September 10, 2013
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Main Library
Before the Poison
by Peter Robinson
When Chris Lowndes returns to the Yorkshire Dales after many successful years abroad as a Hollywood composer, he discovers that his newly purchased home was the site of a brutal murder.
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Book Buzz and Author Visit
Tuesday September 10, 2013
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Main Library
The Red Chamber
by Pauline Chen
This epic reimagining of the Chinese classic Dream of the Red Chamber is set against the backdrop of 18th century Beijing and follows the intersecting lives of three women who become tangled in a web of intrigue with ties to the Emperor’s Palace.
This discussion features a visit with the author!
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Book Buzz
Tuesday October 08, 2013
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Main Library
The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes
In this Man Booker Prize-winning novel, an unexpected bequest causes a man in his 60s to reconsider his decisions and to revise his place in the world.
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Mystery Book Discussion
Tuesday October 08, 2013
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Main Library
A Simple Murder
by Eleanor Kuhns
Former soldier-turned-traveling weaver Will Rees tracks down his mistreated son to a Shaker settlement in late 18th century Maine, where his efforts to reconcile are challenged by the murder of a young woman.
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Book Buzz
Tuesday November 12, 2013
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Main Library
The Buffalo Soldier
by Chris Bohjalian
When their twin daughters are killed in a flash flood, a Vermont couple takes in a 10-year-old African-American foster child in an attempt to rekindle their failing marriage. Amidst their turmoil and the child`s wariness, older and caring neighbors introduce the boy to the story of the Buffalo Soldiers.
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Mystery Book Discussion
Tuesday November 12, 2013
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Main Library
Talking to the Dead
by Harry Bingham
Investigating a double murder in South Wales, rookie DC Fiona Griffiths is on the cusp of breaking her first big case. In the process, she discovers a dire conspiracy that leads her into an underworld where she must face her own dark past.
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Mystery Book Discussion
Tuesday December 10, 2013
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Main Library
Bleed for Me
by Michael Robotham
When the rebellious best friend of British psychologist Joe O`Loughlin’s daughter appears on his doorstep covered in the blood of her dead father, Joe sets out to prove the police are wrong in believing she is the murderer.
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Book Buzz
Tuesday December 10, 2013
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Main Library
Reading Jackie: Her Autobiography in Books by William M. Kuhn
This book, based on archives and interviews with authors, collegues and friends of Jackie Kennedy Onassis during her tenure as an editor, reveals both the serious and the mischievous woman behind the glamorous public image.
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