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Literary ElementsJanuary 2020
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Busy Person's Book Group Thursday, January 2, 7-8:30 pm Socialize, mix and mingle at this evening book discussion of The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion. Registration is underway.
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English Conversation Group Monday, January 6, 6-7 pm Join librarians Jill and Tara for this conversation group intended for English language learners of all levels. Learn to speak in English with greater confidence. Quiet activities for young children, run by teen volunteers, will be available for those who need to bring their children. No registration required. Meetings will be held on a monthly basis.
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WBPL Writer's Club Tuesday, January 14, 1:30-3 pm Writers, join others as you share creative ideas. No experience necessary. Check out Thoughts on Paper, the Writer's Club Quarterly Journal. Registration is underway.
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Books and Bites Monday, January 27, 7-8 pm Are you in your 20s or 30s and looking for a book group geared just for you? Join us at the Library where you can grab a snack, some tea, & discuss the book The Alice Network by Kate Quinn. Registration is underway. 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. Newcomers welcome!
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Let's Talk about Books Thursday, January 30, 1:30-3:30 pm The West Babylon Literary Club will meet to discuss A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. Registration is underway.
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January Book Display: The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2019
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The British Are Comingby Rick AtkinsonThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the Liberation Trilogy presents the first volume in a new series on the American Revolution that draws on perspectives from both sides to chronicle the first 21 months of America's violent war for independence.
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Exhalation: Stories by Ted ChiangA long-awaited latest collection by the Arrival-inspiring author of "The Story of Your Life" explores revelatory ideas and second chances in such tales as, "In the Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate," "Exhalation" and "The Lifecycle of Software Objects."
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Full Throttle: Storiesby Joe HillThe best-selling author of Strange Weather presents 13 short stories of supernatural suspense, including “Throttle,” co-written by Stephen King, in which a trucker is caught in a sinister dance with motorcycle outlaws in the Nevada desert.
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Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Surviveby Stephanie LandAn economic-hardship journalist describes the years she worked in low-pay domestic work under wealthy employers, contrasting the privileges of the upper-middle class to the realities of the overworked laborers supporting them.
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The Dutch House by Ann PatchettA tale set over the course of five decades traces a young man’s rise from poverty to wealth and back again as his prospects center around his family’s lavish Philadelphia estate.
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The Needby Helen PhillipsA woman grapples with the complex dualities of motherhood—joy and dread, tenderness and anxiety—after confronting a masked intruder in her home.
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The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir by Samantha PowerThe Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.N. Ambassador traces her journey from an Irish immigrant to a human rights activist, sharing insights into her career as a war correspondent and her influential views on foreign policy.
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The Grammariansby Cathleen SchineA comic love letter to sibling rivalry and the English language by the author of The Three Weissmanns of Westport follows the experiences of identical twins whose respective literary careers are upended by their battle to claim an heirloom dictionary.
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