"Monday is the key day of the week." ~ Gaelic Proverb

First Monday of the Month
Book Club Gathering

March 5, 2012

Theme: The Human Experience ~
Discovering what People are Capable of in
Times of Trouble

Nonfiction Suggestions:

This I believe: the Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women, I and II 170.44 THI

The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully by Joan Chittister 200.84 CHI

Aging as a Spiritual Practice: a Contemplative Guide to Growing Older and Wiser by Lewis Richmond 293.444 RIC

Living with the Himalayan Masters by Swami Rama (Available at the Providence Public Library - Dewey # - 294.5 R165L.)

Songs of the 1940’s: Piano, Vocal, Guitar 784.8 SON

Alfred’s Basic Adult Piano Course: Lesson Book by Willard A. Palmer 786.3041 PAL

A Walker in the City by Alfred Kazin 818.5 KAZ

Blue Latitudes by Tony Horowitz 910.92 HOR

Strange but True: Life and Adventures of Captain Thomas

Crapo and Wife by Thomas Crapo (Providence Public Library - Special Collections - 92C893sWhalColl - Library Use Only - Also downloadable from the Internet.)

A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson 917.4 BRY

The Miracle of Freedom: 7 Tipping Points that Saved the World by Chris Stewart 940 STE

A People's History of the United States, 1492-Present by Howard Zinn 973 ZIN

Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts 973.3 ROB

Running Alone: Presidential Leadership from JFK to Bush II by James MacGregor Burns 973.92 BUR

China in Ten Words by Yu Hua (Available in OSL - Dewey # - 985.18 YU)

Fiction &Poetry Suggestions:

The Fethering Mystery Series by Simon Brett - start with the first - The Body on the Beach

Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey

The 44 Scotland Street Series; The Sunday Philosophy Club Series; Corduroy Mansion Series by Alexander McCall Smith

The Chronicles of Carlingford by Margaret Oliphant Gutenberg Project Titles; most downloadable free for use on PCs, Kindles and other devices. First Published in Blackwood's Magazine (1862–1865). Republished as:

Salem Chapel

The Rector

Doctor's Family

The Perpetual Curate

Miss Marjoribanks

Phoebe Junior


New and Selected Poems by Mary Oliver 811.54 OLI

When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka

The Tenderness of Wolves; The Invisible Ones by Stef Penney

Brothers by Yu Hua (This title shelved alphabetically in the fiction collection under “YU”)

Television Series/DVD Recommendations:

Rizzoli and Isles

Rosemary and Thyme