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Readers' Night Out
Monday, March 4, 7:00 pm
Quigley's Irish Pub 43 E. Jefferson Ave.
Socialize with other readers at Quigley's Irish Pub in downtown Naperville and share recent reads and favorite titles. Arrive at 6:15 p.m. to purchase dinner or join the group at 7 p.m. for the discussion only. *Registration required
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Readers' Rendezvous Daytime Book Club (NIC)
Tuesday, March 5, 11:00 am
Program Room
"Mess: One Man's Struggle to Clean Up His House and His Act" by Barry Yourgrau
Millions of Americans struggle with severe clutter and hoarding. New York writer and bohemian Barry Yourgrau is one of them. Behind the door of his Queens apartment, Yourgrau’s life is, quite literally, chaos. Confronted by his exasperated girlfriend, a globe-trotting food critic, he embarks on a heartfelt, wide-ranging, and too often uproarious project—part Larry David, part Janet Malcolm—to take control of his crammed, disorderly apartment and life, and to explore the wider world of collecting, clutter, and extreme hoarding.Encounters with a professional declutterer, a Lacanian shrink, and Clutterers Anonymous—not to mention England’s most excessive hoarder—as well as explorations of the bewildering universe of new therapies and brain science, help Yourgrau navigate uncharted territory: clearing shelves, boxes, and bags; throwing out a nostalgic cracked pasta bowl; and sorting through a lifetime of messy relationships. Mess is the story of one man’s efforts to learn to let go, to clean up his space (physical and emotional), and to save his relationship.
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Out of This World Book Club (NIC)
Wednesday, March 6, 7:00 pm
Program Room
"Parable of the Sower" by Octavia Butler
When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions.
Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith . . . and a startling vision of human destiny.
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Great Decisions Discussion Group (NBL)
Thursday, March 7, 14, & 21, 7:15 pm
Conference Room
This national program reviews current foreign policy issues. Each week a different topic will be discussed, providing historical background, examining the subject impartially, exploring options facing citizens and policymakers, and debating the implications. To purchase the required book and to get a detailed list of topics, visit www.fpa.org.
For more information and to register contact Becky Glimco at beckyglimco@aol.com or 630-881-4948. Sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association.Thursdays, Jan. 24 - March 21
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Read Aloud Book Club (95th)
Thursday, March 14, 10:00 am
Lookout Room
Reading aloud is a long-standing social tradition. This club is for those who wish to enjoy and explore the written word in this historical format. Open to all adult readers, especially those who are learning English. Short stories will be read at a pace determined by the group.
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Criminal Spines Book Club (NBL)
Thursday, March 14, 7:00 pm
Program Room
"Dark Sacred Night" by Michael Connelly
Detective Renée Ballard is working the night beat -- known in LAPD slang as "the late show" -- and returns to Hollywood Station in the early hours to find a stranger rifling through old file cabinets. The intruder is retired detective Harry Bosch, working a cold case that has gotten under his skin.
Ballard can't let him go through department records, but when he leaves, she looks into the case herself and feels a deep tug of empathy and anger. She has never been the kind of cop who leaves the job behind at the end of her shift -- and she wants in.
The murder, unsolved, was of fifteen-year-old Daisy Clayton, a runaway on the streets of Hollywood who was brutally killed, her body left in a dumpster like so much trash. Now Ballard joins forces with Bosch to find out what happened to Daisy, and to finally bring her killer to justice. Along the way, the two detectives forge a fragile trust, but this new partnership is put to the test when the case takes an unexpected and dangerous turn.
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Great Books Reading and Discussion Group (NBL)
Tuesday, March 19, 7:00 pm
Conference Room
"Of Civil Government" by John Locke from "The Great Books Reading and Discussion Program, Second Series, Volume 3."
As one of the early Enlightenment philosophers in England, John Locke sought to bring reason and critical intelligence to the discussion of the origins of civil society.
Endeavoring to reconstruct the nature and purpose of government, a social contract theory is proposed. The Second Treatise sets forth a detailed discussion of how civil society came to be and the nature of its inception. Locke's discussion of tacit consent, separation of powers, and the right of citizens to revolt against repressive governments, has made The Second Treatise one of the most influential essays in the history of political philosophy.
For more information contact Les Pierce at les.pierce2484@yahoo.com.
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Readers' Choice Book Club (95th)
Wednesday, March 20, 10:30 am
Lookout Room
"The Paris Architect" by Charles Belfoure
In 1942 Paris, gifted architect Lucien Bernard accepts a commission that will bring him a great deal of money ? and maybe get him killed. But if he's clever enough, he'll avoid any trouble. All he has to do is design a secret hiding place for a wealthy Jewish man, a space so invisible that even the most determined German officer won't find it. He sorely needs the money, and outwitting the Nazis who have occupied his beloved city is a challenge he can't resist.
But when one of his hiding spaces fails horribly, and the problem of where to hide a Jew becomes terribly personal, Lucien can no longer ignore what's at stake. "The Paris Architect" asks us to consider what we owe each other, and just how far we'll go to make things right.
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