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Non Fiction Book Club |
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The Wright Brothers
David G McCullough - Simon & Schuster
Format: Book
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Wednesday, September 16, 2020 ~ 7:00 PM
#1 New York Times bestseller
Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly: Wilbur and Orville... |
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The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
MAXWELL KING - Abrams Press
Format: Book
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Wednesday, November 18, 2020 ~ 7:00 PM
Fred Rogers (1928-2003) was an enormously influential figure in the history of television and in the lives of tens of millions of children. As the creator and star of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, he was a champion of compassion,... |
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The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History
John M Barry - Viking Adult
Format: Book
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Wednesday, December 16, 2020 ~ 7:00 PM
No disease the world has ever known even remotely resembles the great influenza epidemic of 1918. Presumed to have begun when sick farm animals infected soldiers in Kansas, spreading and mutating into a lethal strain as troops carried... |
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Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
SAM KEAN - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Book
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Wednesday, March 17, 2021 ~ 7:00 PM
The fascinating science and history of the air we breathe
It's invisible. It's ever-present. Without it, you would die in minutes. And it has an epic story to tell.
In Caesar's Last... |
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Structures or Why things dont fall down
J. Gordon
Format: Book
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Wednesday, April 21, 2021 ~ 7:00 PM
For anyone who has ever wondered why suspension bridges don't collapse under eight lanes of traffic, how dams hold back--or give way under--thousands of gallons of water, or what principles guide the design of a skyscraper, a bias-cut... |
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A Frozen Hell: The Russo-Finnish Winter War of 1939-1940
William R Trotter - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Format: Book
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Wednesday, May 19, 2021 ~ 7:00 PM
In 1939, tiny Finland waged war-the kind of war that spawns legends-against the mighty Soviet Union, and yet their epic struggle has been largely ignored. Guerrillas on skis, heroic single-handed attacks on tanks, unfathomable endurance,... |
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