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Nonfiction Book Group: October

Join us for a live virtual program on Saturday, October 17, 2020, at 10:00AM via Zoom video conference as the Nonfiction Book Group discusses: 

Also available in: e-book

A Rift in the Earth tells the remarkable story of the ferocious "art war" that raged between 1979 and 1984 over what kind of memorial should be built to honor the men and women who died in the Vietnam War. The story intertwines art, politics, historical memory, patriotism, racism, and a fascinating set of characters, from those who fought in the conflict and those who resisted it to politicians at the highest level. At its center are two enduring figures: Maya Lin, a young, Asian-American architecture student at Yale whose abstract design won the international competition but triggered a fierce backlash among powerful figures; and Frederick Hart, an innovative sculptor of humble origins on the cusp of stardom.

This book is available immediately on Hoopla in e-book format. If you would like to reserve a print copy, please call 734-397-0999 and select option 4.

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Upcoming sessions

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Check out what's available at Canton Public Library.  This Wednesday, December 7 at 7:00PM in the Community Room, Yankee Air Museum's Randy Hotton shares his extensive research on the Willow Run Bomber Plant and How Detroit Saved the World. Need help with your e-reader?  Drop-in assistance is available at the Information desk every Friday from 10:00 -11:00AM.  Looking for a book group? We offer four book groups which meet monthly at the library: Lunch and a Book, Canton Seniors Book Group (for 55+), the Non-Fiction Book Group, and the Adult Contemporary Book Group.

Nonfiction Book Group August 2015

How to win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie

First published in 1936, Carnegie offered advice on how to get out of a mental rut and make life more rewarding, this work teaches readers how to: make friends easily, increase popularity, win people to a way of thinking, win new clients and customers, become a better speaker, and arouse enthusiasm among colleagues.  Does this classic work still stand the test of time?  Join us and find out. 

Nonfiction Book Group July 2015

One summer : America, 1927 by Bill Bryson

The summer of 1927 began with one of the signature events of the twentieth century: on May 21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the first man to cross the Atlantic by plane nonstop. Meanwhile, Babe Ruth was beginning his assault on the home run record, and Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly sat atop a flagpole in Newark, New Jersey, for twelve days. At the same time, the gangster Al Capone tightened his grip on the illegal booze business and the first true "talking picture," Al Jolson's "The Jazz Singer," was filmed and forever changed the motion picture industry. All this and much, much more transpired in that epochal summer of 1927, and Bill Bryson captures its outsized personalities, exciting events, and occasional just plain weirdness with his trademark vividness.

Book Club Choices June 2012

Don't let your book group miss these.

The three Weissmanns of Westport [kit] by Cathleen Schine

Annie's ghosts [kit]: a journey into a family secret by Steve Luxenberg

The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks [kit] by Rebecca Skloot

The reading group by Elizabeth Noble

The pilot's wife: a novel by Anita Shreve

Battle hymn of the tiger mother by Amy Chua

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