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The Romantic Fiction Book Discussion Group will meet on December 5, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. in the meeting room at the Preakness Branch Library. Any questions contact Janette Pardo 973-694-7110 X207.

Pieces of Happiness

Anne Ostby · Doubleday
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A novel of five lifelong friends who, in their sixties, decide to live together on a cocoa farm in Fiji, where they not only start a chocolate business but strengthen their friendships and rediscover themselves.

"I've planted my feet on Fijian earth and I intend to stay...
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The Classics Fiction Discussion Group will meet on December 14, 2018 @ 2:00 p.m. in the meeting room at the Main Library. Any questions please contact Pat Padden at 973-694-4272 X 5410.

 

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince. Richard Howard's translation of the beloved classic beautifully reflects Saint-Exupéry's unique and gifted style. Howard, an acclaimed poet and one of the preeminent translators...
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The Non-Fiction Book Discussion Group will meet on January 2, 2019 @ 10:00 a.m. in the meeting room at the Main Library. Any questions please contact Pat Padden at 973-694-4272 X 5410.

 

The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing

Damion Searls

An NPR Best Book of the Year
A New York Post Best Book of the Year
A Times Thought Book of the Year
An Irish Independent Best Book of the Year

The captivating, untold story of Hermann Rorschach and his famous inkblot test

In 191
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The Evening Book Discussion Group will meet on December 11, 2018 @ 7:00 p.m. in the meeting room at the Main Library. Any questions please contact Patty Slezak at 973-694-4272 X 5416.

 

The Rosie Project

Graeme Simsion · Center Point; Lrg edition
Format: Book

THE ART OF LOVE IS NEVER A SCIENCE MEET DON TILLMAN, a brilliant yet socially challenged professor of genetics, whos decided its time he found a wife. And so, in the orderly, evidence-based manner with which Don approaches all things, he designs the Wife Project to find his perfect partner...
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The Preakness Page Turners Discussion Group will meet on December 12, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. in the meeting room at the Preakness Branch Library. Any questions contact Janette Pardo 973-694-7110 X207.

 

Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

Louise Penny · Minotaur Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Winner of the New Blood Dagger, Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony, and Dilys awards.

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surêté du Québec and his team of investigators are called in to the scene of a suspicious death in a rural village south of Montreal. Jane Neal, a local fixture...
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The Monthly Monday Book Talk Group will meet on December 17, 2018 @ 6:15 p.m. in the meeting room at the Main Library. Any questions please contact Eleana Cordova at 973-694-4272 X 5406

A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel

Amor Towles · Viking
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

More than half a million readers have fallen in love with the New York Times bestseller A Gentleman in Moscow

"How delightful that in an era as crude as ours this finely composed novel stretches out with old-World elegance." - The Washington Post

"'The...
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