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7-8:30 pm the last Monday of every month |
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The Large Meeting Room at Cary Memorial Library
1874 Massachusetts Avenue
Lexington, MA 02420
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In 2008, Cary Memorial Library established a Non-Fiction Book Group for people who are interested in reading and discussing books about current events, important issues, scientific discoveries, intriguing individuals, and histories of every kind.
In addition to selecting individual titles, the group may consider reading multiple books on particular themes such as the Gilded Age, food and cooking, power couples, the American Revolution, literary biography, world history, and nature and science topics.
The Nonfiction Book Group normally meets on the last Monday of the month from 7:00-8:30 p.m. in the Large Meeting Room. New members are welcome. If you would like to be on the e-mail distribution list, send a message to Robin at rpaul@minlib.net.
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2010 TITLES
· January 25 ·
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
by Jung Chang
· February 22 ·
Isaac's Storm: a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in History
by Eric Larson
· March 29 ·
Home Town
by Tracy Kidder
· April 26 ·
Bess Truman
by Margaret Truman
· May 24 ·
There are no Children Here: the story of two boys growing up in the other America
by Alex Kotlowitz
· June 28 ·
Young Woman and the Sea: how Tudy Ederle conquered the English Channel and inspired the world
by Glenn Stout
· July 26 &
August 30 ·
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: the home front in World War II
Doris Kearns Goodwin
· September 27 ·
The demon under the microscope: from battlefield hospitals to Nazi labs, one doctor’s heroic search for the world’s first miracle drug
by Thomas Hager
· October 25 ·
The gamble: General David Petraeus and the American military adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008
by Thomas E. Ricks
· November 29 ·
Our daily meds: how the pharmaceutical companies transformed themselves into slick marketing machines and hooked the nation on prescription drugs
by Melody Petersen
· December 27 ·
The ghost map: the story of London's most terrifying epidemic - and how it changed science, cities, and the modern world
by Steven Johnson
A short summary or review of titles will be distributed to the group prior to each meeting.
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