Events and Programs: LBPD Book Lovers Club

This program is open to all LBPD consumers and guests of consumers.  Participants enjoy lively discussion about selected books during sessions held at LBPD, prompting new friendships and support.  Sessions are held six times a year.  Each session lasts two hours.  Two titles are usually selected per session (one Fiction, one Non-Fiction title).  Participants are encouraged to read the selected titles, although it is not necessary.  Light refreshments are served.  Contact LBPD to recieve copies of the book(s) in advance.

2008 LBPD Book Lovers Club Dates (Thursdays, 1:00pm - 3:00pm)

November 20, 2008  CANCELLED

September 25, 2008
Einstein: His Life and Universe (RC 64501) by Walter Isaacson
Biography of Albert Einstein, who won the 1921 Nobel Prize for physics.  Discusses Einstein's private and public life, including his years in America, work that led to the development of the atomic bomb, commitment to Zionism and Pacificism, familial relationships, and love of playing the violin.  Bestseller.  2007.  Narrated by Ralph Lowenstein.  6 cassettes.

Everyman (RC 62522) by Phillip Roth
An aging advertising man confronts his philandering and other faults and ponders his failing sexual and physical self.  He reviews his life chonologically and feels sorry for hurting those he loved, including his estranged sons and three ex-wives.  Strong language.  Bestseller.  2006.  Narrated by Richard Davidson,  1 cassette.
 

July 31, 2008
All the King's Men (RC 53553) by Robert Penn Warren
Recreates the world of a corrupt southern politician of the 1920s and 1930s.  Country boy Willie (Stark) Talos rises to become governor of his state only to be brought down by his personal failings.  Strong language.  Pulitzer Prize Winner.  1946.  Narrated by Steven Carpenter.  4 cassettes.

Too Soon to Say Goodbye (RC 63829) by Art Buchwald
Octogenarian humorist Art Buchwald recounts his days in a Washington, D.C. hospice entertaining his many friends, including Tom Brokaw, Ben Bradlee, and Ken Starr, and reminisces about his life and the American way of death.  2006.  Narrated by Ray Hagen.  1 cassette.
 

May 29, 2008
The Road (RC 63649) by Cormac McCarthy
A father and his young son journey south after the destruction of the civilized world.  Their survival kit consists of a few blankets, a pistol, a cart of scavenged food, and their love for each other.  Pulitzer Prize Winner.  Bestseller.  2006.  Narrated by Michael Kramer.  2 cassettes.

A Sense of the World (RC 62707) by Jason Roberts
Biography of Englishman James Holman, who was blinded at age 25 after serving in the Napoleonic wars and who then achieved fame as a world traveler.  2006.  Narrated by James Holman.  3 cassettes.
 

March 27, 2008
Pillars of the Earth (RC 30999) by Ken Follett
Historical novel set in twelth century England.  Philip, prior of the monastery at Kingsbridge, and Tom, a master mason, would like to build a new cathedral.  They are helped along when Tom's stepson torches the current cathedral.  They are hindered, however, by a powerful and jealous bishop and Ellen, who witnessed an ancient treachery.  Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex.  An Oprah Book.  Narrated by Merwin Smith.  7 cassettes.
 

January 31, 2008
Glass Castle: A Memoir (RC 61540) by Jeanette Walls
Reporter from msnbc.com looks back on her unsettled life.  She recalls her father's dream of building a "glass castle", and relates how she and her siblings escaped to make lives of their own.  Strong language.  2005.  Narrated by Martha Harmon Pardee.  2 cassettes.

Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance (RC 63462) by Ian Buruma
Van Gogh, a provacative media personality in the Netherlands, was shot and stabben on an Amsterdam street in November 2004 by a young radical who accused him of blasphemy against Islam.  When Buruma returned to his homeland in an effort to make sense of the brutal murder, he quickly realized there was more to the story than a terrorist lashing out against Western culture.  Strong language and some violence.  Narrated by Jack Fox.  2 cassettes.
 

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