Non-Fiction Book Discussion
2007 - 2008

NEW! WE HAVE ADDED AN EVENING DISCUSSION
Enjoy a good story while at the same time learning something about real events, people, and places.  Sign up and pick up your book at the Reference Desk.  Questions, call 847-358-5881, ext. 166 or 106.

Thursday, January 10, 1:00 and 7:00 p.m.
The Hot Zone: a terrifying true story
by Richard Preston

The highly infectious, lethal Ebola Virus from Africa appears in Washington D.C. suburbs. A secret military SWAT team and scientists are mobilized to stop the outbreak.
Title is available December13.

Thursday, February 14, 1:00 and 7:00 p.m.
The Color of Water: a black man's tribute to his white mother  
by James McBride

The story of James McBride and his mother, a rabbi's daughter, born in Poland and raised in the South, who fled to Harlem, married a black man, founded a church, and put twelve children through college.
Title is available January 10.

Thursday, March 13, 1:00 and 7:00 p.m.
Consider the Lobster, and other essays
by David Foster Wallace

Wallace’s insightful, humorous essays skitter from one subject to another much like a lobster.
Title is available February 14.

Thursday, April 10, 1:00 and 7:00 p.m.
What Went Wrong?: Western impact and Middle Eastern response
by Bernard Lewis

Lewis, a leading historian of Islam, takes a revealing look at the Muslim-Christian conflict in the age of discovery and provides a new understanding of the distant events that gave shape to the modern world.
Title is available March 13.

Thursday, May 8, 1:00 and 7:00 p.m.
Under the Banner of Heaven: a story of violent faith 
by Jon Krakauer.

Jon Krakauer's true-crime investigation explores the reality behind the murder of an innocent woman and her baby in 1984 and goes further to look at the history and the present day Mormon Church.
Title is available April 10.