Book of the Month

The titles selected for discussion for fall 2010 are:

September 17:  The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper (920 Coo)

October 15:   The Help  by Kathryn Stockett (Fiction StoHel)

November 19:   The Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet     by Jamie Ford (Fiction ForHot)

December 17: On My Own at 107  by Sarah Delaney (920 Del) with Having Our Say; the first 100 years (920 Dek)

The group meets from 10:30—11:30 a.m.

Titles to be discussed are selected by the participants, and are subject to change based on availability in paperback.

Everyone is welcome to attend these informal discussions. For questions about this program, contact Janet Neese.

From the Library

New titles added to the library include:

Children’s Letters to God Compiled by Stuart Hample and Eric Marshall (j816 Chi 2)

Christ the Lord; the road to Cana by Anne Rice (Fiction RibChs)

The Cross and the Prodigal; Luke 15 through the eyes of Middle Eastern peasants by Kenneth E. Bailey (226.8 Bah2)

Earthspirit; a handbook for nurturing an ecological Christianity by Michael Dowd (261.8 Dow)

God Knows; (a novel about King David) by Joseph Heller (Fiction HdhGod)

Joseph and the Prodigal; how Jesus retold  Israel’s story, by Kenneth E. Bailey (226.8 Bai)

Prayer: my soul’s adventure with God by Robert H. Schuller (285.7 Sch)

The Shaking of the Foundations by Paul Tillich (252 Tis)

Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder (920 Niy)

Winter Garden  by Kristin Hannah (Fiction HanWin)

For questions about the library, contact Janet Neese.

From the Library

The PW Reading List: 2010-2011

Acts of Faith: the story of an American Muslim; the struggle for the soul of a generation by Eboo Patel (305.6 Pat)

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: creating currents of electricity and hope by William Kamkwamba (920 Kam)

Brother, I’m Dying by Edwidge Danticat (920 Dan)

Half the Sky: turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide by Nicholas Kristof (362.8 Kri)

A People’s History of Christianity: the other side of the story, by Diana Bass (270 Bas)

Stones Into Schools; promoting peace with books, not bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Greg Mortenson (371.8 Mop)

The Rapture Exposed: the message of hope in the Book of Revelation by Barbara Rossing (236.9 Ros)

Rediscovering Values: on Wall Street, Main Street, and your street; a moral compass for the new economy, by Jim Wallis (174.4 Wal)

Strength In What Remains by Tracy Kidder (920 Niy)

Zeitoun, by Dave Eggers (363.3 Egg)

FICTION

Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls (Fiction WallHal)

The Help, by Kathryn Stockett (Fiction Stoltel)

Journey Home, a passage to womanhood by Toni Eubanks (Fiction EsuJoo) Local Author

Remnants, by Kiki Swanson (Fiction SwaRem) Local Author

Still Alice, by Lisa Genova (FICTION GdeSti) Endorsed by the Alzheimers Association