Entries Tagged as 'The Library'

January 7, 2008

Bookclub News

Hi all,
Hope everyone had a good holiday season. The book group info is listed below. I just finished the books by Karin Slaughter. They are not for the faint of heart. Lot’s of graphic detail and she deals mostly with crimes against children and women.
Laurie King’s newest book, “Touchstone”, is out [...]

September 10, 2007

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein

Below is an excerpt from an article called The Shock Doctrine written By Naomi Klein in The Guardian UK. I found it posted at truth out
It’s very enlightening and explains the Milton Friedman style of reshaping economies, societies while they are still reeling from natural disaster. MANY right wingers are students of Friedman and implementing [...]

September 8, 2007

Outloud! Book Clubs

OutLoud! Book Clubs
Don’t forget about our meetings…
All Book Club meetings are free and open to the public. Both Men’s and Women’s Groups are also open to anyone of any gender.
Men’s Group meetings are the 3rd Sunday and Women’s Group meetings are the 4th Tuesday of each month.
SEPTEMBER 2007
Men’s Group - Sunday, Sept. 16th at [...]

August 29, 2007

Val’s List

Emily Suggested that I compile a list of where I’ve been getting my news, information and opinion. For the last few years I have turned on TV news mostly with the sound off just to confirm my guesses of what they may be reporting on at the time. Reporting for the most part is gone [...]

July 11, 2007

tales of the city

Hi All,
I just wanted to say that this “Tales of the City” series is a great read!
Brenda B.

June 26, 2007

Tales of the City

June 26th, 2007 at 10:06 am ·
Do you want to take part in a BBC radio programme with Armistead Maupin? Please email us with questions for Armistead about Tales of the City. They can be on plot, characters, themes, writing style or really anything you wanted to know about the book.
Email: worldbookclub@bbc.co.uk as soon as [...]

June 20, 2007

Some things worth reading…

The U.S. Constitution
http://www.constitution.org/constit_.htm
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
please feel free to add to this list

June 20, 2007

Lambda Book Club

Hi All,
Sorry I’m late getting this out. Here’s the info on this month’s book group meetings. I just finished reading “Tales of the City” and I enjoyed it thoroughly! Remember, you don’t have to read the book to join us for our next meeting!
Brenda B.
Lambda Book Group
The Lambda Book Group will next [...]

June 2, 2007

June book club meetings at Outloud Books

Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 6:11 PM
Subject: OutLoud Women’s Book Group - June Meeting
Hi All,
Here’s info on the next three book group meetings at OutLoud. Remember, you don’t have to read the book to come to the meeting.
Brenda B.
Hi everyone. Sorry for the delay in getting this out; it’s been a little crazy [...]

May 5, 2007

May book club news…

Hi Everyone–
The Lambda Book Group will next meet on Wednesday, May 16 at 7PM. The group will feature the classic book Empathy by Sarah Schulman.
First published in 1992, Empathy is a provocative, daring, and moving book about finding personal truths in an age of cynicism and lies. Anna O. is a loner in [...]