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Wonderful Wednesday Book Discussion November 2019 Hope to see you when we meet again - Wednesday, December 4, 2019. We'll be in the Connestee Room.
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A gentleman in Moscow
by Amor Towles
Deemed unrepentant by a Bolshevik tribunal in 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is sentenced to house arrest in a hotel across the street from the Kremlin, where he lives in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history unfold
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A little history of the world
by E. H. Gombrich
Presents a brief, narrative history of the world, from the Stone Age up to the end of World War II
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Driving Miss Norma : one family's journey saying "yes" to living
by Tim Bauerschmidt
A full-length memoir based on the popular Facebook page of the same name chronicles the remarkable cross-country journey of the effervescent 90-year-old Miss Norma, who in the face of terminal illness embarked on a transformative road trip with her son, daughter-in-law and giant poodle. 50,000 first printing.
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The Base Ball Palace of the World: Comiskey Park
by Gregory H Wolfe and others
Comiskey Park, affectionately known as the “Base Ball Palace of the World,” was the home of the Chicago White Sox for parts of nine decades, from 1910 to 1990. Despite being built on the site of a former dump, the ballpark’s address was one of baseball’s most iconic. At the intersection of 35th Street and Shields Avenue, it sat in the Armour Square neighborhood on the near-southwest side of the city. The Base Ball Palace of the World: Comiskey Park is our humble volume which aims to evoke memories of the storied ballpark and introduce others to its exciting history through detailed summaries of more than 80 games played there and several feature essays.
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London rules
by Mick Herron
Tasked with protecting a beleaguered prime minister, MI5 First Desk Claude Whelan navigates political rivals, tabloid speculation, hostile adversaries and the personal problems of his fellow agents while countering a seemingly random string of terror attacks.
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Old bones
by Douglas J Preston
A series debut by the #1 New York Times best-selling authors of the Agent Pendergast thrillers finds young curator Nora Kelly and historian Guy Porter teaming up for an excavation in Sierra Nevada that exposes complex realities about the Donner Party. (suspense). Simultaneous.
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They fought like demons : women soldiers in the American Civil War
by DeAnne Blanton
A study of the hundreds of women who disguised themselves as male soldiers to fight on both sides of the Union and Confederate conflict chronicles the stories of Jennie Hodgers, Frances Clayton, and Loreta Velazquez, among others. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
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A bitter truth
by Charles Todd
A battlefield nurse during World War I returns to London for Christmas, but finds her holiday fraught with mystery and murder when she agrees to help a bruised and battered woman return to her small village in Sussex
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Tombland
by C. J Sansom
When a distant relative of Princess Elizabeth is found dead, Matthew Shardlake is sent to investigate the murder, which may have connections reaching to a peasant rebellion sweeping the country
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