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Adult Book Discussion Group 2023-2024 |
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The Shadowy Horses by Susanna KearsleyRoman Legion marches from York to fight the Northern tribes, and then vanishes from the pages of history. When Verity Grey goes looking for them in modern-day Scotland, she may find more than she bargained for.
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The Big Burnby Timothy EganTimothy Egan turns his historian's eye to the largest-ever forest fire in America and offers an epic, cautionary tale for our time. Egan recreates the struggles of the overmatched rangers against the implacable fire with unstoppable dramatic force, and the larger story of outsized president Teddy Roosevelt and his chief forester, Gifford Pinchot, that follows is equally resonant.
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November AM: November 14 PM: November 15 |
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The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse
by Charlie Mackesy
From British illustrator, artist, and author Charlie Mackesy comes a journey for all ages that explores life’s universal lessons, featuring 100 color and black-and-white drawings. Mackesy offers inspiration and hope in this beautiful book, following the tale of a curious boy, a greedy mole, a wary fox and a wise horse who find themselves together in sometimes difficult terrain.
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January AM: January 16 PM: January 17 |
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The murmur of bees
by Sofâia Segovia
When an old woman returns from an unexpected absence with an unusual infant and a swarm of bees, and insists on keeping both, her family adopts the child, and Simonopio grows up surrounded by bees and brings change to the entire region
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February AM: February 20 PM: February 21 |
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March AM: March 19 PM: March 20 |
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The violin conspiracy
by Brendan Slocumb
Ray McMillian is a Black classical musician on the rise—undeterred by the pressure and prejudice of the classical music world—when a shocking theft sends him on a desperate quest to recover his great-great-grandfather’s heirloom violin on the eve of the most prestigious musical competition in the world.
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Inside Comedy : The Soul, Wit, and Bite of Comedy and Comedians of the Last Five Decades
by David Steinberg
In this entertaining history of comedy, Steinberg shares amusing and often hilarious stories and anecdotes from some of the most legendary comedians in the industry―from Groucho Marx, Carol Burnett, Mel Brooks, and Richard Pryor to Lily Tomlin, Robin Williams, Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Tina Fey.
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My remarkable journey : a memoir
by Katherine G. Johnson
The remarkable woman at the heart of the smash New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film Hidden Figures tells the full story of her life, including what it took to work at NASA, help land the first man on the moon, and live through a century of turmoil and change.
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West with giraffes : a novel
by Lynda Rutledge
It’s 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to deliver Southern California’s first giraffes to the San Diego Zoo.
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August AM: August 20 PM: August 21 |
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Joliet Public Library
Ottawa Street Branch: 150 N Ottawa St
Black Road Branch: 3395 Black Rd
Joliet, Illinois 60432
815-740-2660www.jolietlibrary.org |
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