Eden Prairie Book Club
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Next meeting: February 28, 2012 @ 7 PM
The club meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month, for one hour, at the Smith Douglas More House Dunn Bros located here. You're most welcome to join us, whether or not you've read the selection--though you're encouraged to do so. Attending once in no way requires you to attend again; feel free to give the group a try as often as you like.
Future selections:
April - The Finkler Question, by Howard Jacobson
May - Just Kids, by Patti Smith
October - American Pastoral, by Philip Roth
November - A New History of Early Christianity, by Charles Freeman
December - The Good Soldier, by Ford Madox Ford
Please join us for the next meeting of the Eden Prairie Book Club, where we'll discuss The Map and the Territory, by Michel Houellebecq The book is available at the library, or you can buy it online or at a bookstore. The February 28, 2012 meeting will take place at the Dunn Brothers on Eden Prairie Rd. Look for the table with the Iraqi flag on it (inspired by the club's first selection).
The club meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month, for one hour, at the Smith Douglas More House Dunn Bros located here. You're most welcome to join us, whether or not you've read the selection--though you're encouraged to do so. Attending once in no way requires you to attend again; feel free to give the group a try as often as you like.
Future selections:
2.28.12 - The Map and the Territory, by Michel Houellebecq
3.27.12 - Catherine The Great: Portrait of a Woman, by Robert K. Massie
4.24.12 - Candide, ou l'Optimisme, by Voltaire
5.22.12 - Charles Dickens: A Life , by Claire Tomalin
6.26.12 - Bleak House, by Charles Dickens
3.27.12 - Catherine The Great: Portrait of a Woman, by Robert K. Massie
4.24.12 - Candide, ou l'Optimisme, by Voltaire
5.22.12 - Charles Dickens: A Life , by Claire Tomalin
6.26.12 - Bleak House, by Charles Dickens
Club Lore:
2012:
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2012:
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2011:
April - The Finkler Question, by Howard Jacobson
May - Just Kids, by Patti Smith
October - American Pastoral, by Philip Roth
November - A New History of Early Christianity, by Charles Freeman
December - The Good Soldier, by Ford Madox Ford
2010:
2009:
January - Political Hypocrisy, by David Runciman
February - The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
March - Race, Incarceration, and American Values, by Glenn Loury
April - To The Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf
May - Our Lincoln, by Eric Foner
January - Political Hypocrisy, by David Runciman
February - The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
March - Race, Incarceration, and American Values, by Glenn Loury
April - To The Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf
May - Our Lincoln, by Eric Foner
2008:
January - The First American: Benjamin Franklin, by H.W. Brands
February - Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
March - Legacy of Ashes, by Tim Weiner
April - Tree of Smoke, by Denis Johnson
May - Your Inner Fish, by Neil Shubin
June - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
July - The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, by Jeffrey Toobin
August - Out Stealing Horses, by Per Petterson
September - Little Heathens, by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
October - Sea of Poppies, by Amitav Ghosh
November - Nixonland, by Rick Perlstein
December - I, The Supreme, by Augusto Roa Bastos
2007:
January - At Canaan's Edge, by Taylor Branch
February - The Inheritance of Loss, by Kiran Desai
March - Imperial Reckoning, by Caroline Elkins
April - Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy
May - A New Deal for the World, by Elizabeth Borgwardt
June - Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings, by Jorge Luis Borges
July - Huck’s Raft: A History of American Childhood, by Steven Mintz
August - Lady Chatterley's Lover, by D. H. Lawrence
September - Mediated, by Thomas de Zengotita
October - Myra Breckinridge, by Gore Vidal
November - Bounding Power, by Daniel H. Deudney
December - On Chesil Beach, by Ian McEwan
2006:
January - Ulysses, by James Joyce
February - Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times, by H W Brands
January - The First American: Benjamin Franklin, by H.W. Brands
February - Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
March - Legacy of Ashes, by Tim Weiner
April - Tree of Smoke, by Denis Johnson
May - Your Inner Fish, by Neil Shubin
June - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
July - The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, by Jeffrey Toobin
August - Out Stealing Horses, by Per Petterson
September - Little Heathens, by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
October - Sea of Poppies, by Amitav Ghosh
November - Nixonland, by Rick Perlstein
December - I, The Supreme, by Augusto Roa Bastos
2007:
January - At Canaan's Edge, by Taylor Branch
February - The Inheritance of Loss, by Kiran Desai
March - Imperial Reckoning, by Caroline Elkins
April - Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy
May - A New Deal for the World, by Elizabeth Borgwardt
June - Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings, by Jorge Luis Borges
July - Huck’s Raft: A History of American Childhood, by Steven Mintz
August - Lady Chatterley's Lover, by D. H. Lawrence
September - Mediated, by Thomas de Zengotita
October - Myra Breckinridge, by Gore Vidal
November - Bounding Power, by Daniel H. Deudney
December - On Chesil Beach, by Ian McEwan
2006:
January - Ulysses, by James Joyce
February - Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times, by H W Brands
March - Team of Rivals, by Doris Kearns Goodwin
April - The Rise of American Democracy, by Sean Wilentz
May - Friendly Fire, by Julia Sweig
June - The Five, by Vladimir Jabotinsky
July - The Missionary Position, by Christopher Hitchens
August - The Unfinished Nation by Alan Brinkley
September - The Cold War: A New History, by John Lewis Gaddis
October - Honor: A History, by James Bowman
November - On The Road, by Jack Kerouac
December - The Secret River, by Kate Grenville
2005:
October - Ahmad's War, Ahmad's Peace, by Michael Goldfarb
November - Shroud, by John Banville
December - War Trash, by Ha Jin
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April - The Rise of American Democracy, by Sean Wilentz
May - Friendly Fire, by Julia Sweig
June - The Five, by Vladimir Jabotinsky
July - The Missionary Position, by Christopher Hitchens
August - The Unfinished Nation by Alan Brinkley
September - The Cold War: A New History, by John Lewis Gaddis
October - Honor: A History, by James Bowman
November - On The Road, by Jack Kerouac
December - The Secret River, by Kate Grenville
2005:
October - Ahmad's War, Ahmad's Peace, by Michael Goldfarb
November - Shroud, by John Banville
December - War Trash, by Ha Jin
