Staff Development Day,
Spring 2008
BOOK CLUB SUGGESTIONS
| FICTION | NON-FICTION |
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The Footprints of God, Greg Isles ●Presents a possible future (present?!) involving how our brains and selves are evolving |
Alphabet vs the Goddess, Leonard Schlain ●Examines the connection between the use/construction of alphabets and its social effects. |
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The Yiddish Policeman's Union, Michael
Chabon ● a brilliantly written detective novel in an alternative world where Israel doesn't exist, but exiled Jews have made a community in Alaska. |
The Power of Now and A New Earth, Eckhart Tolle
● how to live in the present ● applications, evolution leading to change...& enlightenment, who we are; religion and spirituality |
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The Eight, Katherine Neville ● like the DaVinci code but complex |
The Singularity is Near, Ray Kruzwill ● how tool-making changes our spirituality |
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Halloween Party, Agatha Christie ● oldie but goodie |
Justice for All, Jim Newton ● biography of Prosecutor/Governor/Justice Earl Warren; intense and thought-provoking! |
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Master and Commander, Patrick O'Brien ● relive how they really talked back then! |
Mating in Captivity, Ester Perel ● examines through case-studies how long-term relationships can affect your sexual relationship |
| Away, Amy
Bloom ● a compelling migrant story, witty, compelling and compassionate |
Match to the Heart, Greta Erlich ● recovery from being struck by lightning, goes to nature to heal |
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Tenderness of Wolves, Stef Penney ● The Glasgow Herald: "...a highly-assured debut...Stef Penney has written an absorbing and stylish mystery." |
The Bookseller of Kabul,
Åsne Seierstad ● the Norwegian journalist provides a portrait of a committed Muslim man and his family living in post-Taliban Kabul, Afghanistan. |
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Big Mouth and Ugly Girl, Joyce Carol Oates ● middle school fiction that received thumbs up from a 12 year old |
Family Romance, John
Lanchester ● one man's discovery of the lives of his parents and what made them who they were (for example, his mother had been a catholic nun for over 10 years, but she kept it secret from everyone) |
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The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan ● examines the food we eat and the framework that supports it's production - be it industrial, organic, sustainable - or some combination of them all. |
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Animal, Vegetable...Barbara Kingsolver: ● sustainability, buying local, living that way for a year |
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| Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson ● how one man attempts to bring peace to Pakistan and Afghanistan, one school at a time. |
Attendees: Gilda Feldman, Peggy Kline, Debbie Schwyter, Janice Udell, George Marcopulos, Mario Semere, Wendi Demorst, Denise Cavenner, Ken Geddes, Jackie Lanum, Jim Martin, Peter Morse