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Books for Book Clubs June 2019
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Did you know? The High Plains Library District offers many services to support you and your book club! Book Club Bags: Each book club bag includes 12 copies of the book and a discussion guide, and best of all it comes with a 6-week checkout period! Book-a-Librarian for Book Clubs: Set up a face-to-face appointment for your book club with a librarian. From tips on running a successful discussion to presentations on hot new books, we're here to help! Just follow the link and select "Reading Advice" from the list of options. Personalized Reading Lists: If you'd like the personalized help from a librarian without the face-to-face meeting, this is the option for you! Simply fill out the survey, letting us know about the books your group loved (and loved to hate), and we'll send you a list of suggestions picked just for you! Books for Book Clubs Newsletter: Subscribe to this newsletter for monthly picks that are great for discussion, as well as notification of upcoming events and programs suited for book clubs.
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Fiction - American Classics
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The flood of new and exciting books being released every month can distract us from the tried-and-true classics of decades past. Take an opportunity to look back at the literary giants that influenced today's best sellers!
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The Jungle: The Uncensored Original Edition
by Upton Sinclair
The horrifying conditions of the Chicago stockyards are revealed through this narrative of a young immigrant's struggles in America, including five chapters omitted from the original edition.
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O Pioneers!
by Willa Cather
After her father dies, Alexandra courageously maintains the family farm and raises her young brother, who is eventually killed by a jealous husband, throwing Alexandra into despair until she meets the strapping Carl Linstrum.
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The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
Complemented by a reproduction of Elmer Hader's original Viking first edition cover illustration and other enhancements, a 75th anniversary edition of Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression shares insights into its influence and reflection of period politics.
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The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
The lives of two sisters--Nettie, a missionary in Africa, and Celie, a southern woman married to a man she hates--are revealed in a series of letters exchanged over thirty years.
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Non-Fiction - Microhistories
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Many of the most popular book club choices follow sweeping periods in history, or the span of an incredible life. Sometimes narrowing that focus can draw attention to how much one small thing can affect human existence. Concentrate on something small with one of these microhistories.
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The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
by Niall Ferguson
Chronicles the human drama behind the evolution of finance from its origins in Mesopotamia to the modern world's most recent upheavals, in an account that covers such topics as the stock market bubble that prompted the French Revolution, the theories behind common investment vehicles, and the reasons why the free market is failing to protect Hurricane Katrina victims.
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At Home: A Short History of Private Life
by Bill Bryson
The award-winning author of A Short History of Nearly Everything explores the ways in which homes reflect history, from a bathroom's revelations about medicine and hygiene to a kitchen's exposure of the stories of trade and nutrition.
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