[NFBV-Potomac-Announce] Book Club 2017-2018

[John]

Hello Colleagues,

 

Once again it is time to begin planning for the 2017-2018 book club.  Please
send me your book ideas by September 1.  I will send them out and we may
meet by conference call on September5.

 

Remember that the books must be available on BARD and hopefully there are
discussion questions on the internet for each. 

 

Annette Carr sent me a list several months ago.  I list the ones I do not
think we have discussed below.  

 

John

 


1  <https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB71647> The
other Wes Moore: one name, two fates DB71647


Moore, Wes. Reading time: 8 hours, 55 minutes. 
Read by Bob Moore. 

Biography

Former Rhodes Scholar, White House fellow, and army officer in Afghanistan
compares his life to that of another African American man with the same name
and hometown and a similar background, who is serving a life sentence for
murdering a Baltimore policeman. Violence and strong language. 2010.


Note there is a sequel by the same author.


 


2  <https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB68651> Three
cups of tea DB68651


Thomson, Sarah L; Mortenson, Greg; Relin, David Oliver. Reading time: 5
hours, 59 minutes. 
Read by Patrick Downer. 

Adventure

Recounts adventures of Greg Mortenson, a mountain climber who became lost in
northern Pakistan in 1993 and was cared for in a remote village. Discusses
Greg's promise to build the children a school and his ongoing efforts to
establish other schools where they never before existed. For grades 5-8.
2009.


 


3  <https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB64285> Three
cups of tea: one man's mission to fight terrorism and build nations-- one
school at a time DB64285


Mortenson, Greg; Relin, David Oliver. Reading time: 16 hours, 52 minutes. 
Read by Peter Ganim. 

Adventure
Education

Award-winning journalist Relin describes the mission of American
humanitarian Greg Mortenson, who established the Central Asia Institute and
built schools throughout Taliban-ruled lands. Discusses his childhood in
Tanzania and a failed 1993 attempt to climb K2, which resulted in a promise
to the Pakistani villagers who saved his life. 2006.




4  <https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB64803> A
thousand splendid suns DB64803


Hosseini, Khaled. Reading time: 13 hours, 33 minutes. 
Read by Yolande Bavan. 

Human Relations
Bestsellers

Afghanistan, 1970s-2000s. At age fifteen Mariam is married off to
much-older, abusive shoemaker Rasheed. Rasheed takes a second wife, Laila, a
student who lost her family and true love. The women bond as violence
escalates at home and in wartorn Kabul. Some violence and some strong
language. Bestseller. 2007.

 


5  <https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB64555> Kabul
Beauty School: an American woman goes behind the veil DB64555


Rodriguez, Deborah. Reading time: 9 hours, 6 minutes. 
Read by Anne Hancock. 

Social Sciences
Women
Bestsellers

Michigan hairdresser recounts her experiences as founder and director of the
Kabul Beauty School, Afghanistan's first modern beauty academy, which she
opened in 2002 after the Taliban's fall. Describes how she taught,
befriended, and empowered her students despite financial problems, language
barriers, and cultural misunderstandings. Bestseller. 2007.

 


6  <https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB62718> Water
for elephants: a novel DB62718


Gruen, Sara. Reading time: 12 hours, 44 minutes. 
Read by Nick Sullivan. 

General

1931. Veterinary student Jacob Jankowski's world comes crashing down when
his parents die in a car accident. Broke, Jacob joins the circus, falls for
Marlena, a married circus star, and cares for animals like Rosie the
elephant. Strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some violence.
Bestseller. 2006.

We may have  read this one.

 


7  <https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB08671> A bag
of marbles / DB08671


Joffo, Joseph. Reading time: 6 hours, 34 minutes. 
Read by Fleetwood. 

General

A tale of courage and survival during 1941. 10-year-old Jo Joffo and his
12-year-old brother, as Jews, were forced to flee Paris and hide in the
French Alps. Today Mr. Joffo lives happily in Paris with his own family and
operates fashionable hair salons.

 


8  <https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB74522> The
shoemaker's wife: a novel DB74522


Trigiani, Adriana. Reading time: 20 hours, 50 minutes. 
Read by Laura Giannarelli. 

Family
Romance
Bestsellers

Teenagers Ciro Lazzari and Enza Ravanelli meet in the Italian Alps when he
digs the grave for her sister, but a scandal sends Ciro to America to work
as a shoemaker's apprentice. Years later Enza, a celebrated seamstress in
Manhattan, crosses Ciro's path again. Some descriptions of sex. Bestseller.
2012.

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