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Reader's Night Out (NIC)
Monday, January 8, 7:00 pm
Quigley's Irish Pub
Socialize with other readers at Quigley's Irish Pub in downtown Naperville and share recent reads and favorite titles. Arrive at 6:15 p.m. to purchase dinner, or join the group at 7 p.m. for the discussion only. *Program requires advance registration.
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Out of This World Book Club (NIC)
Wednesday, January 10, 7:00 pm
Program Room
"Uprooted" by Naomi Novik
Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river. But the corrupted Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life.
Her people rely on the cold, driven wizard known only as the Dragon to keep its powers at bay. But he demands a terrible price for his help: one young woman handed over to serve him for ten years, a fate almost as terrible as falling to the Wood.
The next choosing is fast approaching, and Agnieszka is afraid. She knows—everyone knows—that the Dragon will take Kasia: beautiful, graceful, brave Kasia, all the things Agnieszka isn’t, and her dearest friend in the world. And there is no way to save her.
But Agnieszka fears the wrong things. For when the Dragon comes, it is not Kasia he will choose.
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Read Aloud Book Club (95th)
Thursday, January 11, 10:00 am
Lookout Room
Reading aloud is a long-standing social tradition. Historically, families often read together as a form of entertainment, and factory workers had books read to them as a way to relieve the tedium. Naperville Public Library is reaching out in that tradition with its Read Aloud Book Club for adults who wish to enjoy and explore the written word in this historical format. The book club is open to all adult readers, especially those who are learning English. Short stories will be read at a pace determined by the group.
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Criminal Spines Book Club (NBL)
Thursday, January 11, 7:00 pm
Program Room
"Little Brother" by Cory Doctorow Marcus, a.k.a "w1n5t0n," is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works–and how to work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school's intrusive but clumsy surveillance systems. But his whole world changes when he and his friends find themselves caught in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco. In the wrong place at the wrong time, Marcus and his crew are apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security and whisked away to a secret prison where they're mercilessly interrogated for days. When the DHS finally releases them, Marcus discovers that his city has become a police state where every citizen is treated like a potential terrorist. He knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves him only one option: to take down the DHS himself.
While cybercrimes make for exciting thriller novels, no one wants to be a real-life victim. Come to our program Crime Time: Cybercrime on January 4th, 7 p.m. at the 95th St. Library. Gene Rackow, senior cyber security engineer at Argonne National Laboratory, will discuss the latest on cyber threats.
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Great Decisions Discussion Group - LL Conf (NBL)
Thursday, January 11, 7:15 pm
LL Conf. Room
This discussion group is sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association and is a national program that reviews eight current foreign policy issues. A book is required to fully participate in the discussion and can be ordered at www.fpa.org either as an electronic version or as a paperback. Each topic has background material and discussion questions in the book. Each topic is completed in one night so participants can attend all sessions, or only one. For more information and to register contact Becky Glimco at beckyglimco@aol.com or 630-881-4948.
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Readers' Rendezvous Daytime Book Club (NIC)
Tuesday, January 16, 11:00 am
Program Room
"The Blood of Flowers" by Anita Amirrezvani
Anticipating an arranged marriage only to discover that her father has passed away without leaving her with a dowry, a seventeenth-century Persian teen becomes a servant to her wealthy rug designer uncle in the court of the legendary Shah Abbas the Great, where her weaving talents prove both a blessing and curse.
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Great Books Reading and Discussion Group
Tuesday, January 16, 7:00 pm
LL Conf. Room
"The Virtues" by Dewey
The readings are from "The Great Books Reading and Discussion Program, Second Series, Volume 1." The book is available on a first-come, first-served basis at Naper Blvd. and Nichols Library. Book can be purchased by visiting the Great Books Foundation website, www.greatbooks.org, or try abedbook.com.
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Readers' Choice Book Club (95th)
Wednesday, January 31, 10:30 am
Lookout Room
"The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane" by Lisa See
This novel explores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter who has been adopted by an American couple. Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and the farming of tea. There is ritual and routine, and it has been ever thus for generations. Then one day a jeep appears at the village gate--the first automobile any of them have seen--and a stranger arrives. In this remote Yunnan village, the stranger finds the rare tea he has been seeking and a reticent Akha people... Li-yan, one of the few educated girls on her mountain, translates for the stranger and is among the first to reject the rules that have shaped her existence. When she has a baby outside of wedlock, rather than stand by tradition, she wraps her daughter in a blanket, with a tea cake hidden in her swaddling, and abandons her in the nearest city. After mother and daughter have gone their separate ways, Li-yan slowly emerges from the security and insularity of her village to encounter modern life while Haley grows up a privileged and well-loved California girl. Despite Haley's happy home life, she wonders about her origins; and Li-yan longs for her lost daughter. They both search for and find answers in the tea that has shaped their family's destiny for generations. A powerful story about a family, separated by circumstances, culture, and distance, Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane paints an unforgettable portrait of a little known region and its people and celebrates the bond that connects mothers and daughters"--
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