Tag Archives: AJPL

Book Club Kit: State of the Onion

State of the Onion (#1) by Julie Hyzy First Published: 2008 6 Copies & Reading Guide Never let them see you sweat-that’s White House Assistant Chef Olivia Paras’s motto, which is pretty hard to honor in the most important kitchen … Continue reading

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Book Club Kit: Flyaway

Flyaway by Suzie Gilbert First Published: 2009 5 Copies & Reading Guide A bird rehabilitation specialist describes her experiences with assisting injured animals and the impact of her work on her family life, in an account that remembers the special … Continue reading

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Book Club Kit: Sins of the Assassin

Sins of the Assassin (Book #2) by Robert Ferrigno First Published: 2008 6 Copies & Reading Guide The year is 2043. Rakkim Epps battles radical fundamentalist forces in a futuristic America, now a divided blood-soaked dystopia. New York and Washington, D.C., … Continue reading

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Book Club Kit: The Devil in the White City

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson First Published: 2003 5 Copies & Reading Guide The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 was one of the most spectacular exhibitions … Continue reading

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Book Club Kit: Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman First Published: 1995 5 Copies & Reading Guide Everyone knows that high IQ is no guarantee of success, happiness, or virtue, but until Emotional Intelligence, we could only guess why. Daniel Goleman’s brilliant report from … Continue reading

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Book Club Kit: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua First Published: 2011 6 Copies & Reading Guide Traces the rewards and pitfalls of a Chinese mother’s exercise in extreme parenting, describing the exacting standards applied to grades, music lessons, and … Continue reading

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Book Club Kit: Easy Innocence

Easy Innocence by Libby Fischer Hellmann First Published: 2008 5 Copies & Reading Guide When pretty, smart Sara is found bludgeoned to death, it’s easy to blame the man with the bat. But Georgia finds a much different darker answer … Continue reading

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Book Club Kit: The Children’s Blizzard

The Children’s Blizzard by David Laskin First Published: 2004 6 Copies & Reading Guide Thousands of impoverished Northern European immigrants were promised that the prairie offered “land, freedom, and hope.” The disastrous blizzard of 1888 revealed that their free homestead … Continue reading

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Book Club Kit: The Water is Wide

The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy First Published: 1972 6 Copies & Reading Guide Yamacraw Island was haunting, nearly deserted, and beautiful. Separated from the mainland of South Carolina by a wide tidal river, it was accessible only by … Continue reading

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Book Club Kit: Reading Lolita in Tehran

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi First Published: 2003 5 Copies & Reading Guide From 1995-97 in Iran, Azar Nafisi gathered with seven of her former students, all young women, to read and discuss forbidden … Continue reading

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