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Author: Tan, Amy Title: The opposite of fate : a book of musings Publisher: New York : Putnam, c2003.Description: 398 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.Subject(s):Tan, Amy. Tan, Amy -- Family. Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Family relationships. Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography. Chinese Americans -- Biography. Free will and determinism. Chinese American families. Fiction -- Authorship. Fate and fatalism.
Meeting: January 24, 2006
Author: Tan, Amy. Title: The Joy Luck Club Publisher: New York : Ivy Books, 1990, c1989.Description: 337 p. ; 18 cm.Subject(s):Chinese American women -- Fiction. Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Fiction.Meeting: December 28, 2006
Author: Rodriguez, RichardTitle: Hunger of memory : the education of Richard Rodriguez, an autobiographySubject(s):Rodriguez, Richard. Mexican Americans -- California -- Biography. California -- Biography. Mexican Americans -- Education. Education, Bilingual -- United States. Affirmative action programs -- United States.
Meeting: November 21, 2006
Author: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881.Title: The idiot Meetings: September 19, 2006 and October 17, 2006
Author: Diamond, Jared M. Title: Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societiesSubject(s):Social evolution. Civilization -- History. Ethnology. Human beings -- Effect of environment on. Culture diffusion.Meeting: August 29, 2006
Author: Avi, 1937- Title: PoppySubject(s):Mice -- Fiction. Owls -- Fiction. Survival -- Fiction.Meeting: July 25, 2006
Author: Kingston, Maxine Hong.Title: The woman warrior : memoirs of a girlhood among ghostsSubject(s):Kingston, Maxine Hong -- Childhood and youth.Chinese Americans -- California -- Social life and customs.
United States -- Biography.Meeting: July 25, 2006
Author: Bradley, Marion Zimmer.Title: The mists of AvalonSubject(s):Arthurian romances.Great Britain -- History -- Anglo Saxon period, 449-1066 -- Fiction.Meeting: June 29, 2006
Author: Zinn, Howard, 1922- Title: A people's history of the United States : 1492-presentSubject: United States -- History.
Note: We read this book one chapter per month over the course of two years
Author: Olsen, Tillie.
Title: Tell me a riddle
Subject(s): Cancer -- Patients -- United States -- Fiction.
Married people -- United States -- Fiction.
Working class -- United States -- Fiction.
Older women -- United States -- Fiction.
Meeting: May 23, 2006
Author: Kincaid, Jamaica. Title: LucySubject(s):West Indian Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction. Women domestics -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction. Meeting: April 22, 2006
Author: Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Title: ShilohSubject(s):Newbery Medal. Dogs -- Fiction. Animals -- Treatment -- Fiction. West Virginia -- Fiction.Meeting: March 26, 2006
Author: Matthiessen, Peter. Title: Sand riversSubject(s):Zoology -- Tanzania -- Selous Game Reserve. Selous Game Reserve (Tanzania) Tanzania -- Description and travel.Meeting: March 16, 2006
Author: McCarthy, Mary, 1912-
Title: The group. Summary: A candid account of the lives of eight girls from their graduation from Vassar in 1933 to 1939.
Meeting: February 7, 2006
Author: Peck, Richard, 1934- Title: A year down yonderSubject(s):Grandmothers -- Fiction. Depressions -- 1929 -- Fiction. Country life -- Illinois -- Fiction. Illinois -- Fiction.Meeting: January 3, 2006
Author: Kidd, Sue Monk. Title: The dance of the dissident daughter : a woman's journey from Christian tradition to the sacred feminineSubject(s):Kidd, Sue Monk. Spiritual biography -- United States. Feminists -- United States -- Biography. Feminism -- Religious aspects.Meeting: January 3, 2006
Author: Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927- Title: Heat and dust Subject(s):India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 -- Fiction. British -- India -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction. India -- Kings and rulers -- Fiction. Married women -- India -- Fiction.Meeting: December 2005
Author: Angelou, Maya. Title: I know why the caged bird singsSubject(s):Angelou, Maya -- Biography. Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography. Entertainers -- United States -- Biography.Meeting: September 28, 2005
Author: Taylor, Mildred D. Title: Roll of thunder, hear my cry Subject(s):Newbery Medal. Southern States -- Race relations. Depressions -- Fiction.Meeting: August 24, 2005
Author: Menand, Louis. Title: The Metaphysical ClubSubject(s):Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1841-1935. James, William, 1842-1910. Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914. Dewey, John, 1859-1952. Intellectuals -- United States -- History. National characteristics, American. Metaphysics -- History. United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century. Cambridge (Mass.) -- Intellectual life.Meeting: August 24, 2005
Author: Rhys, Jean. Title: Wide Sargasso SeaSubject(s):Man-woman relationships -- West Indies -- Fiction. British -- West Indies -- Fiction.Meeting: July 13, 2005
Author: Weiner, Jonathan. Title: The beak of the finch : a story of evolution in our time Subject(s):Grant, Peter R., 1936- Grant, B. Rosemary. Finches -- Galapagos Islands -- Evolution. Finches -- Evolution -- Research -- Galapagos Islands.Meeting: June 9, 2005
Author: Cox, Lynne, 1957- Title: Swimming to Antarctica : tales of a long-distance swimmerSubject(s):Cox, Lynne, 1957- Swimmers -- United States -- Biography. Long distance swimming.Meeting: May 12, 2005
Author: Calvino, Italo. Title: If on a winter's night a travelerMeeting: April 18, 2005
Author: Berry, Wendell, 1934- Title: Citizenship papersSubject(s):Agriculture and state -- United States. United States -- Economic policy. Environmental economics. Agriculture -- Environmental aspects. Meeting: March 1, 2005
Author: Naipaul, Shiva, 1945- Title: North of south : an African journeySubject(s):Naipaul, Shiva, 1945- -- Journeys -- Africa. Kenya -- Description and travel. Tanzania -- Description and travel. Zambia -- Description and travel.Meeting: January 25, 2005
Author: Nafisi, Azar. Title: Reading Lolita in Tehran : a memoir in booksSubject(s):Nafisi, Azar. English teachers -- Iran -- Biography. English literature -- Study and teaching -- Iran. American literature -- Study and teaching -- Iran. Women -- Books and reading -- Iran. Books and reading -- Iran. Group reading -- Iran.Meeting: December 14, 2004
Author: Kaufman, Bel. Title: Up the down staircaseSubject(s):Education, Secondary -- Humor. High school teachers -- Humor. High schools -- Humor.Meeting: October 28, 2004
Author: Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.Title: Heart of darknessSubject(s):Europeans -- Africa -- Fiction.Suffering -- Fiction.Psychological fiction, American.Psychological fiction, American.Africa -- Fiction.
Meeting: August 26, 2004
Author: Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930. Title: The hound of the BaskervillesSubject(s):Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. Private investigators -- England -- Fiction. Blessing and cursing -- Fiction.Meeting: July 20, 2004
Author: Seierstad, Åsne, 1970- Title: The bookseller of KabulSubject(s):Khan family. Kābol (Afghanistan) -- Biography. Booksellers and bookselling -- Afghanistan -- Kābol. Seierstad, Åsne, 1970- -- Travel -- Afghanistan -- Kābol.Meeting: June 24, 2004
Author: Gibson, William, 1948- Title: NeuromancerSubject: Science fiction, American.Meeting: May 20, 2004
Author: Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. Title: Mrs. DallowaySubject(s):Married women -- England -- Fiction. London (England) -- Fiction.Meeting: April 18, 2004
Author: Cunningham, Michael, 1952- Title: The hoursAwards: Pulitzer Prize for fiction, 1999Subject(s):Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 -- Influence -- Fiction. Women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction. Man-woman relationships -- Fiction. Pulitzer prizes. Psychological fiction, American. Domestic fiction, American.
Meeting: April 18, 2004
Author: Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932- Title: Among the believers : an Islamic journeySubject(s):Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932- -- Journeys -- Islamic countries. Islam -- Asia. Islamic countries -- Description and travel.Meeting: February 26, 2004
Author: Dillard, Annie. Title: Pilgrim at Tinker CreekSubject: Nature.Meeting: January 20, 2004
Author: Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909. Title: The country of the pointed firs Subject(s):Women -- Maine -- Fiction. United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction. Maine -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.Meeting: December 22, 2003
Author: Lowry, Lois. Title: The giverSubject(s):Newbery Medal. Science fiction.Summary: Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.Meeting: November 24, 2003
Author: Bradbury, Ray, 1920-Title: Fahrenheit 451Subject: Book burning -- Fiction.Meeting: November 24, 2003
Author: Rushdie, Salman.Title: Midnight's childrenSubject(s):Telepathy -- Fiction.Humorous stories, India.India -- History -- 1947- -- Fiction.Meetings: Sept.15 and Oct.13, 2003
Author: Konigsburg, E. L. Title: From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. FrankweilerSubject(s):Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction. Runaways -- Fiction. Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.
Meeting: July 2, 2003
