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2013 Book Discussions
Evening Book Discussion
Meets the first Tuesday of the month from 7:30 - 9 p.m.  New members are always welcome!  Simply read the book and come for the discussion.  Multiple copies of the books will be available near the Circulation Desk.
 
January 08        The Inferno by Dante Alighieri
February 5          The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
March 5             Plays [Electra, Bacchae, etc] by Euripides
April 2                Emma by Jane Austen
May 7                 The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
June 4                Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
July 2                 Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
August 6            The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
September 3       Adjustment Team [and other stories] by Philip K. Dick
October 1          The Swerve:  How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
November 5       Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland
December 3       The Sportswriter by Richard Ford
 
The divine comedy : the inferno, the purgatorio, and the paradiso - 1265-1321 Dante Alighieri and John Ciardi
Publisher: New American Library
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/01/2003
Share The divine comedy %3a the inferno, the purgatorio, and the paradiso ISBN-13: 9780451208637
 ISBN-10: 0451208633
The house of the seven gables : authoritative text, contexts, criticism - Nathaniel Hawthorne and Robert S. (Robert Steven) Levine
Publisher: W.W. Norton
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/01/2005
Share The house of the seven gables %3a authoritative text, contexts, criticism ISBN-13: 9780393924763
 ISBN-10: 0393924769
Electra, Phoenician women, Bacchae, Iphigenia at Aulis - Euripides, C. A. E. Luschnig, Paul Woodruff, Euripides, Euripides, Euripides and Euripides
Publisher: Hackett Pub., Co.
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/11/2011
Share Electra, Phoenician women, Bacchae, Iphigenia at Aulis ISBN-13: 9781603844604
 ISBN-10: 1603844600
Emma : an authoritative text, contexts, criticism - Jane Austen and George Justice
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/08/2011
Share Emma %3a an authoritative text, contexts, criticism ISBN-13: 9780393927641
 ISBN-10: 0393927644
The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins
Publisher: Dover Publications
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/29/2002
Share The Moonstone ISBN-13: 9780486424514
 ISBN-10: 0486424510
The sense of an ending - Julian Barnes
Publisher: Vintage Books
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/29/2012
Share The sense of an ending ISBN-13: 9780307947727
 ISBN-10: 0307947726
Follows a middle-aged man as he reflects on a past he thought was behind him, until he is presented with a legacy that forces him to reconsider different decisions, and to revise his place in the world.
Love in the time of cholera - Gabriel García Márquez and Edith Grossman
Publisher: Vintage International
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/05/2007
Share Love in the time of cholera ISBN-13: 9780307389732
 ISBN-10: 0307389731
Set on the Caribbean coast of South America, this love story brings together Fermina Daza, her distinguished husband, and a man who has secretly loved her for more than fifty years.
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot
Publisher: Broadway Paperbacks
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/08/2011
Share The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks ISBN-13: 9781400052189
 ISBN-10: 1400052181
Documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling discoveries in such areas as cancer research, in vitro fertilization and gene mapping. Includes reading-group guide. Reprint. A best-selling book.
Selected stories of Philip K. Dick - Philip K. Dick
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/16/2013
Share Selected stories of Philip K. Dick ISBN-13: 9780544040540
 ISBN-10: 0544040546
Features twenty-one tales from the American science fiction novelist who inspired Steven Spielberg with “The Minority Report” as well as formed the basis for the film Total Recall with his story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale.” 10,000 first printing.
The swerve : how the world became modern - Stephen Greenblatt
Publisher: W.W. Norton
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/04/2012
Share The swerve %3a how the world became modern ISBN-13: 9780393343403
 ISBN-10: 0393343405
A humanities professor describes the impact had by the translation of the last remaining manuscript of On the Nature of Things by Roman philosopher Lucretius, which fueled the Renaissance and inspired artists, great thinkers and scientists. Reprint. 60,000 first printing.
Luncheon of the boating party - Susan Vreeland
Publisher: Penguin Books
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/26/2008
Share Luncheon of the boating party ISBN-13: 9780143113522
 ISBN-10: 0143113526
Meeting his closest friends for a summer lunch on a café terrace along the Seine, master Impressionist painter Auguste Renoir undertakes the most challenging project of his career while struggling with the issues that are polarizing post-Franco-Paris War France. Reprint.
The sportswriter - Richard Ford
Publisher: Vintage Books
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/01/1995
Share The sportswriter ISBN-13: 9780679762102
 ISBN-10: 0679762108
At the beginning of his career, Frank Bascombe gives up his chance to become a successful novelist in order to work as a sportswriter. By the author of A Piece of My Heart. Reissue.
7:00 Club
Meets the first Thursday of the month to discuss books related to career and personal development.  Past titles have focused on leadership, communication, defining success, and garnering life lessons from pop culture.  Members are invited to take turns facilitating discussions.

If  you would like to hone your leadership skills by facilitating this or a future discussion of the 7:00 Club please contact Jacqui Ridzy at jridzy@bernards.org or 908-204-3031 ext. 116
 
February 7       Steal Like an Artist:  10 Things Nobody Ever Told You                                        About Being Creative by Austin Kleon
March 7             The Art of Selling Yourself by Adam Riccoboni and Daniel                                   Callahan
April 4                Leading so People will Follow by Erika Anderson
May 2                  Law of Connection by Lichael Losier
June 6                Resilience:  Why Things Bounce Back by Andrew Zolli and                                   Ann Marie Healy
September 5   The Power of Habit: What We Do in Life and Business by                                   Charles Duhigg
Daytime Book Discussion
Meets the third Wednesday of the month at 10:00 a.m.  New members are always welcome!  Simply read the book and come for the discussion.  Books are distributed at the previous month's meeting and will also be available near the Circulation Desk. 
 
 
February 20         The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
March 20            The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
April 17               Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
May 15               Still Alice by Lisa Genova
June 19               The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
July 17                 Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
August 21            The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
September 18      Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly
October 16         Sense of and Ending by Julian Barnes
November 20      TBA
December 18      TBA
 


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