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Read the book and come for a lively discussion. Copies, provided by The Friends of BTL, are available at the Adult Circulation desk one month prior to the meeting. New members are always welcome! No registration required.
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Daytime Book Discussion - 3rd Wednesday of the month: 10:00 - 11:00am
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Wednesday, January 17 @ 10:00 am A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. MillerFirst published in 1959 to critical acclaim and enduring popularity, a new edition of the landmark novel follows the struggle of the Monks of the Order of Saint Leibowitz to preserve the remnants of civilization after a nuclear war and to protect them against tyranny.
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Wednesday, February 21 @ 10:00 am The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix SweeneyGathering to confront their older brother, who has recently been released from rehab after a drunk driving accident, the Plumb siblings watch as the trust fund left by their father rises and falls according to self-inflicted problems.
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Wednesday, March 21 @ 10:00 am
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Wednesday, April 18 @ 10:00 am The Underground Railroad : a novel by Colson WhiteheadThe award-winning author of The Noble Hustle chronicles the daring survival story of a cotton plantation slave in Georgia, who, after suffering at the hands of both her owners and fellow slaves, races through the Underground Railroad with a relentless slave-catcher close behind.
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Wednesday, May 16 @ 10:00 am
What is Not Yours is Not Yours: Stories
by Helen Oyeyemi Oyeyemi’s tales span multiple times and landscapes as they tease boundaries between coexisting realities.
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Wednesday, June 20 @ 10:00 am The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John Le CarréSecret agent Alex Leamas is on a mission in Cold War East Berlin, but the disillusioned operative for British Intelligence is beginning to have doubts about the organization he serves.
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Wednesday, July 18 @ 10:00 am The quintessential memoir of the generation of Englishmen
who suffered in WWI is among the bitterest autobiographies ever written. Robert Graves's stripped-to-the-bone prose seethes with contempt for his class, his country, his military superiors & the civilians who mindlessly cheered the carnage from the safety of home.
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Wednesday, August 15 @ 10:00 am A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceStephen Dedalus, a sensitive and creative youth, rebels against his family, education, and country by committing himself to the artist's lifestyle.
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Wednesday, September 19 @ 10:00 am The Orphan Master's Son : a novel by Adam JohnsonThe son of a singer mother whose career forcibly separated her from her family and an influential father who runs an orphan work camp, Pak Jun Do rises to prominence using instinctive talents and eventually becomes a professional kidnapper and romantic rival to Kim Jong Il.
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Wednesday, October 17 @ 10:00 am Hillbilly Elegy : A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J. D. VanceShares the poignant story of the author's family and upbringing, describing how they moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan that included the author, a Yale Law School graduate, while navigating the demands of middle-class life and the collective demons of the past.
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Wednesday, November 21 @ 10:00 am Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope"Thanks to the extraordinary storytelling gifts of Anthony Trollope, a tale of trifling power struggles among the clergy in a fictional cathedral town is transformed into a hilarious romp. One of the most popular of the prolific Victorian author's novels, Barchester Towers abounds in lively characterizations and ironic observations that combine comedy with keen social and psychological insights"
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Wednesday, December 19 @ 10:00 am
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Evening Book Discussion - 1st Tuesday of the month: 7:30 - 9:00pm
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Tuesday, January 2 @ 7:30 pm The Wright Brothersby David G. McCulloughChronicles the story-behind-the-story about the Wright brothers, sharing insights into the disadvantages that challenged their lives and their mechanical ingenuity.
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Tuesday, February 6 @ 7:30 pm Jane Eyreby Charlotte BronteIn early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall, a country estate owned by the mysteriously remote Mr. Rochester.
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Tuesday, March 6 @ 7:30 pm Alexander Hamilton (Chapters 21 - end)by Ron ChernowThe personal life of Alexander Hamilton, an illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean who rose to become George Washington's aide-de-camp and the first Treasury Secretary of the United States, is captured in a definitive biography by the National Book Award-winning author of The House of Morgan.
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Tuesday, April 3 @ 7:30 pm The Spy Who Came In from the Coldby John Le CarréSecret agent Alex Leamas is on a mission in Cold War East Berlin, but the disillusioned operative for British Intelligence is beginning to have doubts about the organization he serves.
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Tuesday, May 1 @ 7:30 pm Encounters with the Archdruidby John McPheeDepicts the problems which ensue when a mining engineer, a resort developer, and a civil engineer alternately confront a militant conservationist.
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Tuesday, June 5 @ 7:30 pm The Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadThe award-winning author of The Noble Hustle chronicles the daring survival story of a cotton plantation slave in Georgia, who, after suffering at the hands of both her owners and fellow slaves, races through the Underground Railroad with a relentless slave-catcher close behind.
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Tuesday, July 3 @ 7:30 pm
What is Not Yours is Not Yours: Stories
by Helen Oyeyemi Oyeyemi’s tales span multiple times and landscapes as they tease boundaries between coexisting realities.
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Tuesday, August 7 @ 7:30 pm A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisisby J. D. VanceShares the poignant story of the author's family and upbringing, describing how they moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan that included the author, a Yale Law School graduate, while navigating the demands of middle-class life and the collective demons of the past.
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Tuesday, September 4 @ 7:30 pm The Buried Giantby Kazuo IshiguroA tale of lost memories, vengeance and war by the award-winning author of The Remains of the Day follows the experiences of a couple who journeys across a troubled land of mist and rain the hope of finding a son they have not seen in years.
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Tuesday, October 2 @ 7:30 pm Station Eleven : a novelby Emily St. John MandelThe sudden death of a Hollywood actor during a production of King Lear marks the beginning of the world's dissolution, in a story told at various past and future times from the perspectives of the actor and four of his associates.
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Tuesday, November 6 @ 7:30 pm West with the Nightby Beryl MarkhamDescribes growing up in an Africa that no longer exists, training and breeding race horses, flying mail to Sudan, and being the first woman to fly the Atlantic, east to west.
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Tuesday, December 4 @ 7:30 pm Simpatico : a play in three actsby Sam ShepardThe netherworld of thoroughbred racing, this hair-raisingly funny new play by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of True West explores the classical themes of memory, loyalty, and restitution.
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