tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178578602009-09-01T06:35:01.303-07:00Eden Prairie Book Clubmonthly, independent, freeGavin Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612234548832060875gavin6@gmail.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17857860.post-12280849629314099672009-06-24T07:01:00.000-07:002009-08-03T10:56:51.112-07:00EPBC Meets Next on August 25, 2009 @ 7 PM<div align="left"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">Join us Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 7 PM for the next meeting of the Eden Prairie Book Club, where we'll discuss <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Netherland-Vintage-Contemporaries-Joseph-ONeill/dp/0307388778/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241635220&sr=1-1#">Netherland</a>, by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_O%27Neill_(born_1964)">Joseph O'Neill</a></span><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">. The book is available at the </span><a href="http://www.btr-architects.com/images/edenprairie-13.jpg"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">library</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">, or you can buy it </span><a href="http://product.half.ebay.com/Netherland_W0QQtgZinfoQQprZ70908775"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">online</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"> or at a </span><a href="http://storelocator.barnesandnoble.com/storedetail.do;jsessionid=8D1E9A034C58C494201D7F6EE7A28D3A?store=2048"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">bookstore</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">. The August 25, 2009 meeting will take place at </span><a href="http://www.dunnbros.com/locate_results.asp?location_id=94"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">the Dunn Brothers on Eden Prairie Rd</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">. Look for the table with the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Iraq.svg"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">Iraqi flag</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"> on it (inspired by </span><a href="http://product.half.ebay.com/Ahmads-War-Ahmads-Peace_W0QQprZ44672072QQtgZinfo"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">the club's first selection</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">). <em>All</em> are welcome. </span><a href="mailto:gavin6@gmail.com"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">Email me</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"> if you have any questions.<br /><br />The club meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month, for one hour, at the </span><a href="http://www.mmarchltd.com/SDMhouse.html"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">Smith Douglas More House</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://www.dunnbros.com/locate_results.asp?location_id=94"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">Dunn Bros</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"> located </span><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=8107+Eden+Prairie+Rd+Eden+Prairie,+MN&sll=44.860645,-93.484447&sspn=0.007255,0.013733&layer=c&ie=UTF8&ll=44.860295,-93.484447&spn=0.007255,0.013733&z=16&iwloc=addr&cbll=44.857009,-93.485268&panoid=SMbU2s2KUoP1XvHo4H_VvQ"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">here</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">. 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. Anyone may attend. Got a suggestion? </span><a href="mailto:gavin6@gmail.com"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">Email me</span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;">Future selections:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">8.25.09 - </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Netherland-Vintage-Contemporaries-Joseph-ONeill/dp/0307388778/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241635220&sr=1-1#"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Netherland</span></span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">, by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_O%27Neill_(born_1964)"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">Joseph O'Neill</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"> </span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;">9.22.09 - </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cosmos-Hearth-Cosmopolite%C3%95s-Viewpoint-Tuan/dp/0816627312/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245949693&sr=1-1"><span style="font-size:130%;">Cosmos and Hearth</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">, by </span><a href="http://www.yifutuan.org/"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Yi</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Fu</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Tuan</span></span></a></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;">10.27.09 - </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Minima-Moralia-Reflections-Damaged-Thinkers/dp/1844670511/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245950050&sr=1-2"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Minima</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Moralia</span></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">, by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Adorno"><span style="font-size:130%;">Theodor <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Adorno</span></span></a></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;">11.24.09 - </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Out-Sheer-Rage-Wrestling-Lawrence/dp/0865475407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245951480&sr=1-1"><span style="font-size:130%;">Out of Sheer Rage</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">, by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Dyer"><span style="font-size:130%;">Geoff Dyer</span></a></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;">12.22.09 - </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chronic-City-Jonathan-Lethem/dp/0385518633/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245951636&sr=1-3"><span style="font-size:130%;">Chronic City</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">, by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Lethem"><span style="font-size:130%;">Jonathan <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Lethem</span></span></a></span><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Club Lore:</em> </span></span><br /><br /></div><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">2009:<br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">January - </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Political-Hypocrisy-Hobbes-Orwell-Beyond/dp/0691129312/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222058140&sr=8-1"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Political Hypocrisy</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, by </span><a href="http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/14577"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">David <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Runciman</span></span></a></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />February - </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Gatsby"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Great Gatsby</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_Scott_Fitzgerald"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">F. Scott Fitzgerald</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />March - </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Incarceration-American-Values-Boston-Review/dp/0262123118/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238003977&sr=1-1"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Race, Incarceration, and American Values</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Loury"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Glenn <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Loury</span></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />April - </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_the_lighthouse"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">To The Lighthouse</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Woolf"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Virginia Woolf</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />May - </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Our-Lincoln-New-Perspectives-World/dp/0393067564/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235584016&sr=1-1"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Our Lincoln</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_foner"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Eric <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Foner</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />June - </span><a href="http://www.themanbookerprize.com/news/stories/1146"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The White Tiger</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aravind_adiga"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Aravind</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Adiga</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />July - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/First-Tycoon-Epic-Cornelius-Vanderbilt/dp/0375415424/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241635369&sr=1-2">The First Tycoon</a>, by <a href="http://www.tjstiles.com/">T.J. Stiles</a></p><p></p><p><p></p><span style="font-family:verdana;">2008:<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">January - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/First-American-Times-Benjamin-Franklin/dp/0385495404/ref=sr_1_3/002-7849987-6901650?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190835069&sr=1-3">The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin</a>, by <a href="http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A79584">H.W. Brands</a></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">February - <a class="new" title="Half of a Yellow Sun" href="http://www.amazon.com/Half-Yellow-Chimamanda-Ngozi-Adichie/dp/1400095204/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198730278&sr=1-1">Half of a Yellow Sun</a>, by <a title="Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/07/nemin307.xml"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Chimamanda</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Ngozi</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Adichie</span></a></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">March - </span><a class="smallBoldAnchor" href="http://www.randomhouse.com/doubleday/legacyofashes/images/Legacy_big.gif"><span style="font-family:arial;">Legacy of Ashes</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/12/books/12besc.html?_r=1&oref=slogin"><span style="font-family:arial;">Tim <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Weiner</span></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />April - </span><a class="smallBoldAnchor" href="http://www.timeout.com/chicago/resizeImage/htdocs/export_images/134/134.x600.books.tree.open.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;">Tree of Smoke</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://www.kqed.org/arts/places/spark/profile.jsp?id=4264"><span style="font-family:arial;">Denis Johnson</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />May - </span><a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41kICzWyW2L._SS500_.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;">Your Inner Fish</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by <a href="http://pondside.uchicago.edu/oba/faculty/shubin_n.html">Neil <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Shubin</span></a> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">June - </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brief_Wondrous_Life_of_Oscar_Wao"><span style="font-family:arial;">The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Wao</span></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junot_D%C3%ADaz"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Junot</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Diaz</span></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />July - </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/0385516401/sr=1-1/qid=1209395752/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books&qid=1209395752&sr=1-1"><span style="font-family:arial;">The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://www.jeffreytoobin.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">Jeffrey <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Toobin</span></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />August - </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_Stealing_Horses"><span style="font-family:arial;">Out Stealing Horses</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_Petterson"><span style="font-family:arial;">Per <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Petterson</span></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">September - <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/01/books/chapters/0701-1st-kali.html">Little Heathens</a>, by <a href="http://www.little-heathens.com/">Mildred Armstrong <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Kalish</span></a> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">October - </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sea-Poppies-Novel-Amitav-Ghosh/dp/0374174229/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219628869&sr=1-1"><span style="font-family:arial;">Sea of Poppies</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amitav_Ghosh"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Amitav</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Ghosh</span></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">November - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nixonland-Rise-President-Fracturing-America/dp/0743243021/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219628967&sr=1-1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Nixonland</span></a>, by <a href="http://rickperlstein.org/">Rick <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Perlstein</span></a> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">December - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/I-Supreme-Latin-American-Literature/dp/1564782476/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222057736&sr=8-1">I, The Supreme</a>, by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Roa_Bastos">Augusto <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Roa</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Bastos</span></a><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;">2007:<br />January - </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/At-Canaans-Edge-America-1965-68/dp/068485712X/sr=1-1/qid=1168402720/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6029568-1272068?ie=UTF8&s=books"><span style="font-family:arial;">At Canaan's Edge</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://www.paulagordon.com/shows/branch/branch-photo.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;">Taylor Branch</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />February - </span><a href="http://product.half.ebay.com/The-Inheritance-of-Loss_W0QQtgZinfoQQprZ52760225"><span style="font-family:arial;">The Inheritance of Loss</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/ap/9a91d72b-431b-463b-a82b-5fc9772f0217.widec.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">Kiran</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">Desai</span></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />March - </span><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/0805080015"><span style="font-family:arial;">Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~history/facultyPage.cgi?id=39"><span style="font-family:arial;">Caroline <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">Elkins</span></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />April - </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Karenina"><span style="font-family:arial;">Anna Karenina</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy"><span style="font-family:arial;">Leo Tolstoy</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />May - </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/New-Deal-World-Americas-Vision/dp/0674018745/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-1313918-8945454?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1172855629&sr=1-1"><span style="font-family:arial;">A New Deal for the World: America's Vision for Human Rights</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper244/stills/zk91108r.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;">Elizabeth <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">Borgwardt</span></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />June - </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Labyrinths-Selected-Writings-Directions-Paperbook/dp/0811200124/ref=sr_1_1/103-1313918-8945454?ie=UTF8&s=books&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;qid=1172864681&sr=1-1"><span style="font-family:arial;">Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://www.ciudadseva.com/textos/cuentos/esp/borges/jlb.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;">Jorge Luis Borges</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />July - </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hucks-Raft-History-American-Childhood/dp/0674019989/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-1313918-8945454?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1172865268&sr=1-1"><span style="font-family:arial;">Huck’s Raft: A History of American Childhood</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://vi.uh.edu/faculty/profiles/mintz.html"><span style="font-family:arial;">Steven <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Mintz</span></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />August - </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lady_Chatterleys_Lover.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;">Lady Chatterley's Lover</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:DH_Lawrence_1906.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;">D. H. Lawrence</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />September - </span><a href="http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2007/04/20/02"><span style="font-family:arial;">Mediated: How the Media Shapes Your World and the Way You Live in it</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://www.mediatedtdez.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">Thomas <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">de</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">Zengotita</span></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />October - </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Breckinridge-Myron-Penguin-Twentieth-Century-Classics/dp/0141180285/ref=pd_bbs_2/103-4114831-0397440?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185816283&sr=8-2"><span style="font-family:arial;">Myra <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">Breckinridge</span></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore_vidal"><span style="font-family:arial;">Gore Vidal</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />November - </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bounding-Power-Republican-Security-Village/dp/0691119015/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4114831-0397440?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185816143&sr=1-1"><span style="font-family:arial;">Bounding Power: Republican Security Theory from the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">Polis</span> to the Global Village</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://bloggingheads.tv/video.php?id=331"><span style="font-family:arial;">Daniel H. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">Deudney</span></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">December - </span><a href="http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n43/n217864.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;">On <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">Chesil</span> Beach: A Novel</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://pr.caltech.edu/periodicals/336/images/Volume%204/04-15-04/farrell.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;">Ian <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">McEwan</span></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">2006:<br />January - </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679722769/103-6651671-5532642?v=glance&n=283155&s=books&v=glance"><span style="font-family:arial;">Ulysses</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://www.cojeco.cz/attach/photos/3a5f020eea9ea.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;">James Joyce</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">.<br />February - </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385507380/103-1688628-5357425?v=glance&n=283155&s=books&v=glance"><span style="font-family:arial;">Andrew Jackson : His Life and Times</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/history/faculty/profiles/Brands/H.%20W./"><span style="font-family:arial;">H W Brands</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">. March - </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0684824906/ref=dp_proddesc_0/103-1688628-5357425?%5Fencoding=UTF8&n=283155"><span style="font-family:arial;">Team of Rivals</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://www.achievement.org/achievers/goo0/large/goo0-007.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;">Doris <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">Kearns</span> Goodwin</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">.<br />April - </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393058204/ref=pd_sim_b_4/103-1688628-5357425?%5Fencoding=UTF8&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;v=glance&n=283155"><span style="font-family:arial;">The Rise of American Democracy</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/04/0517/m/7a.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;">Sean <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">Wilentz</span></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">.<br />May - </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1586483005/sr=1-1/qid=1146336515/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-4203131-2379111?%5Fencoding=UTF8&s=books"><span style="font-family:arial;">Friendly Fire</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://www.cfr.org/content/bios/sweig_lg.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;">Julia <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">Sweig</span></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">.<br />June - </span><a href="http://a1204.g.akamai.net/7/1204/1401/05011913011/images.barnesandnoble.com/images/8970000/8975767.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;">The Five</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeev_Jabotinsky"><span style="font-family:arial;">Vladimir <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">Jabotinsky</span></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">.<br />July - </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/185984054X/qid=1141087220/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/104-2774000-5951916?s=books&amp;amp;amp;v=glance&n=283155"><span style="font-family:arial;">The Missionary Position</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://globalcop.us/hello/1184450/640/_MG_9053-2005.03.07-00.34.06.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;">Christopher <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">Hitchens</span></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">.<br />August - </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0072565632/qid=1142028093/sr=1-6/ref=sr_1_6/103-2259698-6723065?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"><span style="font-family:arial;">The Unfinished Nation</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> by </span><a href="http://www.pbs.org/fmc/interviews/brinkley.htm"><span style="font-family:arial;">Alan Brinkley</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">.<br />September - </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594200629/qid=1142028987/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-2259698-6723065?s=books&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;v=glance&n=283155"><span style="font-family:arial;">The Cold War : A New History</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://www.yale.edu/history/faculty/gaddis.html"><span style="font-family:arial;">John Lewis Gaddis</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">.<br />October - </span><a href="http://product.half.ebay.com/Honor_W0QQprZ51443566QQtgZinfo"><span style="font-family:arial;">Honor: A History</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://www.jamesbowman.net/"><span style="font-family:arial;">James Bowman</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">.<br />November - </span><a href="http://www.alibris.com/search/search.cfm?qwork=4843785&wtit=on%20the%20road&matches=416&qsort=r&cm_re=works*listing*title"><span style="font-family:arial;">On The Road</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://www.beatmuseum.org/kerouac/images/jkstamp2.gif"><span style="font-family:arial;">Jack Kerouac</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">.<br />December - </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Secret-River-Kate-Grenville/dp/1841957976/sr=1-1/qid=1159322572/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-1040668-2090430?ie=UTF8&s=books"><span style="font-family:arial;">The Secret River</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://www.panmacmillan.com/images/authors/main/1000562.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;">Kate Grenville</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />2005:<br />October - </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0786715154/qid=1129308884/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-2449353-0539841?v=glance&s=books&n=507846"><span style="font-family:arial;">Ahmad's War, Ahmad's Peace</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://www.wbur.org/inside/personality/detail6518.asp"><span style="font-family:arial;">Michael Goldfarb</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">.<br />November - </span><a href="http://www.themodernword.com/reviews/banville_shroud.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;">Shroud</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://www.askaboutwriting.net/banville%20john.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;">John Banville</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">.<br />December - </span><a href="http://www.motherjones.com/arts/books/2004/11/wartrash200x293.gif"><span style="font-family:arial;">War Trash</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, by </span><a href="http://graphics.jsonline.com/graphics/owlive/img/nov04/bktalk1121_big.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;">Ha Jin</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></span><br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17857860-1228084962931409967?l=epbcbook.blogspot.com'/></div>Gavin Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612234548832060875gavin6@gmail.com