Ways Of Hearing
Our book choice for November 2005 is Ways Of Hearing: A User’s Guide To The Pop Psyche from Elvis to Eminem by Ben Thompson. Someone once said that “pop music is an argument anyone can join in on.”
Books
Books we read.
Small Island
Our book group choice for September 2005 is Small Island by Andrea Levy. Hortense Joseph arrives in London from Jamaica in 1948 with her life in her suitcase, her heart broken, her resolve intact. The novel tells the story of four characters who are affected by the Windrush generation of Caribbean immigrants who came to the United Kingdom in the
A Room with a View
Our book for August 2005 is A Room with a View by EM Foster. The story follows Lucy Honeychurch, a young Englishwoman who is on a tour of Italy with her chaperone, Charlotte Bartlett. Lucy is a conventional young woman who has been raised in a strict Victorian household. She is engaged to be married to Cecil Vyse, a wealthy
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Quantity Theory of Insanity
Our book choice for July 2005 is Quantity Theory of Insanity by Will Self. What if there is only a limited amount of sanity in the world and the real reason people go mad is because somebody has to?
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City of Glass
Our book group choice for May 2005 is City of Glass by Paul Auster. Nominated for an Edgar award for best mystery of the year, City of Glass inaugurates an intriguing New York Trilogy of novels that The Washington Post Book World has classified as “post-existentialist private eye.”
Dress your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Our book group choice for April 2005 is Dress your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris. Sedaris returns to his deliriously twisted domain: hilarious childhood dramas infused with melancholy; the gulf of misunderstanding that exists between people of different nations or members of the same family; and the poignant divide between one’s best hopes and most common deeds.
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
Our book group choice for February 2005 is One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. First published in 1967, it is considered one of the most important works of Latin American literature and has been translated into over 35 languages.
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Scoop
Our book choice for January 2005 is Scoop by Evelyn Waugh. It is a satire of the British newspaper industry and the sensationalist reporting of foreign wars. The novel tells the story of William Boot, a mild-mannered nature writer who is mistaken for a foreign correspondent and sent to cover a war in the fictional African country of Ishmaelia.
Death of a Salesman
Our book group choice for December 2004 is Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. The play opens in the Loman home in Brooklyn, New York. Willy Loman, a 63-year-old traveling salesman, is preparing to go on a business trip. He is anxious and distracted, and he seems to be losing his grip on reality. He has frequent flashbacks to
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Our book choice for November 2004 is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey. It was first published in 1989 and has since become one of the best-selling books of all time, with over 25 million copies sold. The book has been translated into 40 languages and has been used by businesses, schools, and organizations around
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