Friday, December 29, 2006

41. The opposite of fate : a book of musings by Amy Tan



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

Saturday, November 25, 2006

40. The joy luck club

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

Sunday, October 22, 2006

39. Hunger of memory : the education of Richard Rodriguez, an autobiography

Author: Rodriguez, Richard

Title: Hunger of memory : the education of Richard Rodriguez, an autobiography

Subject(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

Sunday, October 15, 2006

38. The idiot

Author: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881.

Title: The idiot

Meetings: September 19, 2006 and October 17, 2006

37. Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies



Author: Diamond, Jared M.

Title: Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies

Subject(s):

Social evolution.
Civilization -- History.
Ethnology.
Human beings -- Effect of environment on.
Culture diffusion.

Meeting: August 29, 2006

36. Poppy

Author: Avi, 1937-

Title: Poppy

Subject(s):

Mice -- Fiction.
Owls -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction.

Meeting: July 25, 2006

35. The woman warrior : memoirs of a girlhood among ghosts

Author: Kingston, Maxine Hong.

Title: The woman warrior : memoirs of a girlhood among ghosts

Subject(s):

Kingston, Maxine Hong -- Childhood and youth.
Chinese Americans -- California -- Social life and customs.
United States -- Biography.

Meeting: July 25, 2006

34. The mists of Avalon

Author: Bradley, Marion Zimmer.

Title: The mists of Avalon

Subject(s):

Arthurian romances.
Great Britain -- History -- Anglo Saxon period, 449-1066 -- Fiction.

Meeting: June 29, 2006

Saturday, October 14, 2006

33. A people's history of the United States


Author: Zinn, Howard, 1922-

Title: A people's history of the United States : 1492-present

Subject: United States -- History.

Note: We read this book one chapter per month over the course of two years

32. Tell me a riddle


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

31. Lucy

Author: Kincaid, Jamaica.

Title: Lucy

Subject(s):

West Indian Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
Women domestics -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.

Meeting: April 22, 2006

30. Shiloh

Author: Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds.

Title: Shiloh

Subject(s):

Newbery Medal.
Dogs -- Fiction.
Animals -- Treatment -- Fiction.
West Virginia -- Fiction.

Meeting: March 26, 2006

29. Sand rivers

Author: Matthiessen, Peter.

Title: Sand rivers

Subject(s):

Zoology -- Tanzania -- Selous Game Reserve.
Selous Game Reserve (Tanzania)
Tanzania -- Description and travel.

Meeting: March 16, 2006

28. The group

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

27. A year down under

Author: Peck, Richard, 1934-

Title: A year down yonder

Subject(s):

Grandmothers -- Fiction.
Depressions -- 1929 -- Fiction.
Country life -- Illinois -- Fiction.
Illinois -- Fiction.

Meeting: January 3, 2006

26. Dance of the dissident daughter : a woman's journey from Christian tradition to the sacred feminine

Author: Kidd, Sue Monk.

Title: The dance of the dissident daughter : a woman's journey from Christian tradition to the sacred feminine

Subject(s):

Kidd, Sue Monk.
Spiritual biography -- United States.
Feminists -- United States -- Biography.
Feminism -- Religious aspects.

Meeting: January 3, 2006

25. Heat and dust

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

24. I know why the caged bird sings

Author: Angelou, Maya.

Title: I know why the caged bird sings

Subject(s):

Angelou, Maya -- Biography.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Entertainers -- United States -- Biography.

Meeting: September 28, 2005

23. Roll of thunder hear my cry

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

22. The metaphysical club

Author: Menand, Louis.

Title: The Metaphysical Club

Subject(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

21. Wide Sargasso Sea

Author: Rhys, Jean.

Title: Wide Sargasso Sea

Subject(s):

Man-woman relationships -- West Indies -- Fiction.
British -- West Indies -- Fiction.

Meeting: July 13, 2005

20. The beak of the finch : a story of evolution in our time

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

19. Swimming to Antarctica

Author: Cox, Lynne, 1957-

Title: Swimming to Antarctica : tales of a long-distance swimmer

Subject(s):

Cox, Lynne, 1957-
Swimmers -- United States -- Biography.
Long distance swimming.

Meeting: May 12, 2005

18. If on a winter's night, a traveler

Author: Calvino, Italo.

Title: If on a winter's night a traveler

Meeting: April 18, 2005

17. Citizenship papers

Author: Berry, Wendell, 1934-

Title: Citizenship papers

Subject(s):

Agriculture and state -- United States.
United States -- Economic policy.
Environmental economics.
Agriculture -- Environmental aspects.

Meeting: March 1, 2005

16. North of south : an African journey

Author: Naipaul, Shiva, 1945-

Title: North of south : an African journey

Subject(s):

Naipaul, Shiva, 1945- -- Journeys -- Africa.
Kenya -- Description and travel.
Tanzania -- Description and travel.
Zambia -- Description and travel.

Meeting: January 25, 2005

15. Reading Lolita in Tehran : a memoir in books

Author: Nafisi, Azar.

Title: Reading Lolita in Tehran : a memoir in books

Subject(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

14. Up the down staircase

Author: Kaufman, Bel.

Title: Up the down staircase

Subject(s):

Education, Secondary -- Humor.
High school teachers -- Humor.
High schools -- Humor.

Meeting: October 28, 2004

13. Heart of darkness

Author: Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.

Title: Heart of darkness

Subject(s):

Europeans -- Africa -- Fiction.
Suffering -- Fiction.
Psychological fiction, American.
Psychological fiction, American.
Africa -- Fiction.

Meeting: August 26, 2004

12. The hound of the Baskervilles

Author: Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930.

Title: The hound of the Baskervilles

Subject(s):

Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Private investigators -- England -- Fiction.
Blessing and cursing -- Fiction.

Meeting: July 20, 2004

11. Bookseller of Kabul

Author: Seierstad, Åsne, 1970-

Title: The bookseller of Kabul

Subject(s):

Khan family.
Kābol (Afghanistan) -- Biography.
Booksellers and bookselling -- Afghanistan -- Kābol.
Seierstad, Åsne, 1970- -- Travel -- Afghanistan -- Kābol.

Meeting: June 24, 2004

10. Neuromancer

Author: Gibson, William, 1948-

Title: Neuromancer

Subject: Science fiction, American.

Meeting: May 20, 2004

9. Mrs. Dalloway

Author: Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941.

Title: Mrs. Dalloway

Subject(s):

Married women -- England -- Fiction.
London (England) -- Fiction.

Meeting: April 18, 2004

8. The hours

Author: Cunningham, Michael, 1952-

Title: The hours

Awards: Pulitzer Prize for fiction, 1999

Subject(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

7. Among the believers : an Islamic journey

Author: Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-

Title: Among the believers : an Islamic journey

Subject(s):

Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932- -- Journeys -- Islamic countries.
Islam -- Asia.
Islamic countries -- Description and travel.

Meeting: February 26, 2004

6. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Author: Dillard, Annie.

Title: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Subject: Nature.

Meeting: January 20, 2004

5. The country of the pointed firs

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

4. The giver


Author: Lowry, Lois.

Title: The giver

Subject(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

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

3. Fahrenheit 451

Author: Bradbury, Ray, 1920-

Title: Fahrenheit 451

Subject: Book burning -- Fiction.

Meeting: November 24, 2003

2. Midnight's children


Author: Rushdie, Salman.

Title: Midnight's children

Subject(s):

Telepathy -- Fiction.
Humorous stories, India.
India -- History -- 1947- -- Fiction.

Meetings: Sept.15 and Oct.13, 2003

1. From the mixed up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Author: Konigsburg, E. L.

Title: From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Subject(s):

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Runaways -- Fiction.
Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.

Meeting: July 2, 2003