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Literary ElementsJanuary 2017
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Tuesday, January 10, 1:30-3 pm Writers, join others as you share creative ideas. No experience necessary. Registration is underway. Check out Thoughts on Paper, the Writer's Club Quarterly Journal.
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Books and Bites Monday, January 23, 7-8 pm Are you in your 20s or 30s and looking for a book group geared just for you? Join us at Panera Bread in West Babylon where you can grab a snack, some coffee & discuss the book Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal. Can’t make it to the Library to register? Find and follow us on Meetup.com/Books-and-Bites-Book-Group and download the book at Live-brary.com. Registration is underway. Newcomers are welcome!
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Let's Talk about Books Thursday, January 26, 1:30-3:30 pm The West Babylon Literary Club will meet to discuss The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Registration is underway.
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January Table Display: New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2016
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All That Man Is: Stories
by David Szalay
In a brilliantly conceived portrait of contemporary life that interrogates the state of modern manhood while bringing to life the physical and emotional terrain of an increasingly globalized Europe, nine men, at different stages in life, strive to understand what it means to be alive, hear and now.
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Behold the Dreamers: A Novel
by Imbolo Mbue
Two marriages, one immigrant working class and the other from the top one percent, are shaped by financial circumstances, infidelities, secrets and the 2008 recession.
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Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy
by Heather Ann Thompson
An all-encompassing account of the infamous 1971 Attica prison uprising, the state's violent response and the victims' decades-long quest for justice draws on previously unreleased information while detailing how the event has influenced civil rights practices in the criminal justice system.
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City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York
by Tyler Anbinder
A richly detailed history of immigration in New York shares the poignant stories of individuals ranging from bodybuilder Charles Atlas to couture artist Oscar de la Renta to trace the essential role of foreign-born innovators and revolutionaries in the city's evolution.
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A Gambler's Anatomy: A Novel
by Jonathan Lethem
An international backgammon hustler, who has amassed a fortune through psychic tomfoolery, develops a large tumor on his face that compromises his vision and eventually threatens his life, forcing him to pursue an experimental surgery and contemplate existential questions.
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The Gene: An Intimate History
by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies presents a history of gene science that examines current debates about gene resequencing, tracing the author's family experiences with mental illness and the contributions of key scientists and philosophers.
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Hot Milk
by Deborah Levy
Driven to cure her mother's inexplicable illness, a young anthropologist seeks the advice of a famous but controversial consultant on the arid coast of southern Spain, where the transient desert environment shapes her own desires.
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Lab Girl
by Hope Jahren
A debut memoir by an award-winning paleobiologist traces her childhood in her father's laboratory, her longtime relationship with a brilliant but wounded colleague and the remarkable discoveries they have made both in the lab and during extensive field research assignments.
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Moonglow: A Novel
by Michael Chabon
A tale inspired by long-buried family history imparts the deathbed revelation of an ancestor's involvement in a mail-order novelty company famed for ads in mid-20th-century periodicals and the family's experiences around World War II and the space program in culturally divided regions of America.
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The Nix
by Nathan Hill
Astonished to see the mother who abandoned him in childhood throwing rocks at a presidential candidate, a bored college professor struggles to reconcile the radical media depictions of his mother with his small-town memories and decides to draw her out by penning a tell-all biography.
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Still Here: A Novel
by Lara Vapnyar
Remaining close throughout the pressures of daily life in their New York City homes, four thirtysomething Russian émigrés balance job and family challenges until a new afterlife-themed app spurs group debates about mortality, memory and legacy.
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The Vegetarian: A Novel
by Kang Han
Deciding to go vegetarian in the wake of violent thoughts, Yeong-hye, a woman from an Asian culture of strict societal mores, is denounced as a subversive as she spirals into extreme rebelliousness that causes her to splinter from her true nature and risk her life.
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West Babylon Public Library 211 Route 109 West Babylon, New York 11704 (631) 669-5445http://wbpl.us |
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