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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>All are encouraged to join us in the book club on Monday as we will be discussing the three short books by a Missouri author who will be on the call with us. The total reading time is around 10 hours so you still have time to read them before the meeting. Below is the message and zoom information sent out to the book club.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I just wanted to let everyone know that Lisa Livingston Martin, the author of this months books will be meeting with us on October 28.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I told her we will start out having everyone introduce themselves and tell the group something they learned or a story they liked from the books. I will then introduce Lisa and let her tell us her story. She will leave time at the end for questions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here are some things I told her we would like to know.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When and how did you get interested in history?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When and how did you get interested in paranormal activity?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>How do you find the stories?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>How do you find your research resources?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Will you be writing more books and if so on what topics?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please be thinking of any questions you would like to ask Lisa.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Also feel free to invite others to this special meeting.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here is the information on the books we are reading in October.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DBC29153"><span lang=EN>Civil War ghosts of southwest Missouri</span> DBC29153</a><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN>Livingston-Martins, Lisa </span>Reading time: 4 hours, 30 minutes.<br><span lang=EN>Mary Schantz </span>A production of Wolfner Talking Book and Braille Library.<br><br>Occult and the Paranormal<br><br>For southwest Missouri, the Civil War was an unparalleled period of violence, sorrow and anger. Meet the Bloody Spikes, Rotten Johnny Reb and scores more figures from the region's past who continue to trouble its present. Some violence.<br><br><a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/book/srch/DBC29153"><b>Download </b><b><span lang=EN>Civil War ghosts of southwest Missouri</span> DBC29153</b></a><a name=DBC29146></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DBC29146"><span lang=EN>Haunted Joplin</span> DBC29146</a><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN>Livingston-Martin, Lisa </span>Reading time: 4 hours, 16 minutes.<br><span lang=EN>Louise Eggen </span>A production of Wolfner Talking Book and Braille Library.<br><br>Occult and the Paranormal<br><br>The barrier between Joplin's boisterous past and its present is as flimsy as a swinging saloon door. Lisa Livingston-Martin kicks it wide open in this ghostly history. Adult .<br><br><a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/book/srch/DBC29146"><b>Download </b><b><span lang=EN>Haunted Joplin</span> DBC29146</b></a><a name=DBC29167></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DBC29167"><span lang=EN>Missouri's Wicked Route 66: Gangsters and Outlaws on the Mother Road </span>DBC29167</a><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN>Livingston-Martin, Lisa </span>Reading time: 3 hours, 2 minutes.<br><span lang=EN>Carol Scott </span>A production of <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Join Zoom Meeting Monday October 28, 2024 at 7:00 PM central time.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fzoom.us%2Fj%2F7148529230%3Fpwd%3DNDFNcnVTUG9tbnhCL0FNdmFyQStEUT09&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEHmVAT53-kISxhS8h8I6LiuWh2GQ" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0000CC'>https://zoom.us/j/7148529230?pwd=NDFNcnVTUG9tbnhCL0FNdmFyQStEUT09</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Meeting ID: 714 852 9230</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Passcode: 816573314</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>One tap mobile</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>+13126266799,,7148529230# US (Chicago)</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>