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Book Group: Past books
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Tue, 01/15/2013 - 5:34pm — Sandra.CoynerA list of books selected and read by this book group from 2008 to 2013 can be found here. For recent books, see below.
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| 07/17/2017 - 2:00pm | Jeff Ctr Book Grp: "In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey... |
In this stunningly written book, a Western trained Muslim doctor brings alive what it means for a woman to live in the Saudi Kingdom. I've rarely experienced so vividly the shunning and shaming, racism and anti-Semitism, but the surprise is how Dr. Ahmed also finds tenderness at the tattered edges of extremism, and a life-changing pilgrimage back to her Muslim faith." - Gail Sheehy The decisions that change your life are often the most impulsive ones. |
| 06/19/2017 - 2:00pm | Jeff Ctr Book Grp: "Cleopatra: A Life" |
Her palace shimmered with onyx and gold but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Above all else, Cleopatra was a shrewd strategist and an ingenious negotiator. She was married twice, each time to a brother. She waged a brutal civil war against the first and poisoned the second; incest and assassination were family specialties. She had children by Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, two of the most prominent Romans of the day. With Antony she would attempt to forge a new empire, in an alliance that spelled both their ends. |
| 05/15/2017 - 2:00pm | Jeff Ctr Book Grp: "The Moral Arc: How Science Makes Us Better People " |
Bestselling author Michael Shermer's exploration of science and morality that demonstrates how the scientific way of thinking has made people, and society as a whole, more moral |
| 04/17/2017 - 2:00pm | Jeff Ctr Book Grp: "The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery . . ." |
The Half has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by Edward Baptist (2014, 2016). This prize-winning book claims “The expansion of slavery drove the evolution and modernization of the United States. . . . Told through intimate slave narratives” and other historical documents. “A radical new interpretation of American history.” |
| 03/20/2017 - 2:00pm | Jeff Ctr Book Grp: "The Girl with Seven Names" |
The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee (2015, 2016). Story of a girl who lived in and escaped from North Korea, then returned to rescue her family. March 20, 2017, 2-4 pm, at the Jefferson Center in the Old Ashland Armory |
| 02/20/2017 - 2:00pm | Jeff Ctr Book Grp: "Faith No More" |
Faith No More: Why People Reject Religion by Phil Zuckerman (2011, 2015). Based on in-depth interviews. |
| 01/23/2017 - 2:00pm | Jeff Ctr Book Grp: "The Muslim Next Door" |
The Muslim Next Door: the Qur’an, the Media, and That Veil Thing by Sumbul Ali-Karamali (2008). |
| 12/19/2016 - 2:00pm | Book Group:"The Inconvenient Indian" |
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America (2013) |
| 11/21/2016 - 2:00pm | Book group: Seven Brief Lessons on Physics |
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics , by Carlo Rovelli (2016) |
| 10/17/2016 - 2:00pm | Book Group: "Pacific" |
Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers, by Simon Winchester (2015) |