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The Romantic Fiction Book Discussion Group will meet on February 6, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. in the meeting room at the Preakness Branch Library. Any questions contact Janette Pardo 973-694-7110 X207.
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Rules of Civility
Amor Towles · Thorndike Press; Lrg edition
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Bestseller -- An elegant and captivating debut novel, Rules of Civility tells the story of a watershed year in the life of an uncompromising twenty-five-year-old named Katey Kontent, a young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose. Armed with little more than a formidable... |
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The Classics Fiction Discussion Group will meet on February 8, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m. in the meeting room at the Main Library. Any questions please contact Pat Padden at 973-694-4272 X 5410.
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The Odyssey: A New Translation by Peter Green
Homer
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The Odyssey is vividly captured and beautifully paced in this swift and lucid new translation by acclaimed scholar and translator Peter Green. Accompanied by an illuminating introduction, maps, chapter summaries, a glossary, and explanatory notes, this is the ideal translat |
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The Preakness Page Turners Discussion Group will meet on February 13, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. in the meeting room at the Preakness Branch Library. Any questions contact Janette Pardo 973-694-7110 X207.
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Saints for All Occasions: A novel
J. Courtney Sullivan · Random House Audio
Format: Audiobook
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A sweeping, unforgettable novel from The New York Times best-selling author of Maine, about the hope, sacrifice, and love between two sisters and the secret that drives them apart.
Nora and Theresa Flynn are twenty-one and seventeen when they leave their small village... |
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The Monthly Monday Book Talk Group will meet on February 11, 2019 @ 6:15 p.m. in the meeting room at the Main Library. Any questions please contact Eleana Cordova at 973-694-4272 X 5406
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The Lady and the Unicorn
Tracy Chevalier · Dutton Adult; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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Bewitching art experts and enthusiasts alike for centuries, the Lady and the Unicorn tapestries hang today in the Cluny Museum in Paris. In each, an elegant lady and a unicorn stand or sit on an island of grass surrounded by a rich background of animals and flowers. Little is known about... |
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The Evening Book Discussion Group will meet on February 12, 2019 @ 7:00 p.m. in the meeting room at the Main Library. Any questions please contact Patty Slezak at 973-694-4272 X 5416.
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The Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan · Ballantine Books; 1st edition
Pages: 352
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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"Brilliant....Each story is a fascinating vignette, and together they they weave the reader through a world where the Moon Lady can grant any wish, where a child, promised in marriage at two and delivered at 12, can, with cunning, free herself; where a rich man's concubine secures... |
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The Mystery Book Discussion Group will meet on February 20, 2019 @ 10:30 a.m. in the meeting room at the Main Library. Any questions please contact Pat Zerbe or Deborah Rosenblatt at 973-694-4272 X 5401.
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The Masterpiece: A Novel
Fiona Davis
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In her latest captivating novel, nationally bestselling author Fiona Davis takes readers into the glamorous lost art school within Grand Central Terminal, where two very different women, fifty years apart, strive to make their mark on a world set against them.
For the nearl |
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The Non-Fiction Book Discussion Group will meet on March 6, 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.
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
Candice Millard · Doubleday; First Edition edition
Pages: 432
Format: Print book
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At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt's harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth.The River of Doubt - it is a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that... |
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