First Monday of the Month
Book Club Gathering
March 5, 2012
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