Afternoon Book Talk
with Paula Bornstein
WEDNESDAYS AT 1 PM



Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace – One School at a Time
by Greg Mortenson
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Traces how the author, having been rescued and resuscitated by Himalayan villagers after a failed attempt to climb K2, worked to build schools that would benefit the young girls who were forbidden an education by Taliban restrictions.
Registration begins January 18, 2012




Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
by Erik Larson
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
An account of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 relates the stories of two men who shaped the history of the event--architect Daniel H. Burnham, who coordinated its construction, and serial killer Herman Mudgett.
Registration begins February 15, 2012




The Elegance of the Hedgehog
by Muriel Barbery
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
The lives of fifty-four-year-old concierge Rene Michel and extremely bright, suicidal twelve-year-old Paloma Josse are transformed by the arrival of a new tenant, Kakuro Ozu.
Registration begins March 21, 2012




Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society
by Mary Ann Schaffer
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
In 1946, writer Juliet Ashton finds inspiration for her next book in her correspondence with a native of Guernsey, who tells her about the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a book club born as an alibi during German occupation.
Registration begins April 18, 2012