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Books @ Central

  • Meetings held on the third Tuesday of each month
  • 7 pm at the Central Library 
  • Phone 269-553-7847 for more information
January 20 - Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy KidderJanuary 20 - Mountains Beyond Mountains
Kidder, Tracy
Call Number: 921 F2347K
2003
At the center of Mountains Beyond Mountains stands Paul Farmer. Doctor, Harvard Professor, renowned infectious-disease specialist, anthropologist, the recipient of a MacArthur "genius" grant, world-class Robin Hood, Farmer was brought up in a bus and on a boat, and in medical school found his life's calling: to diagnose and cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those who need them most. This book shows how radical change can be fostered in situations that seem insurmountable, and it also shows how a meaningful life can be created, as Farmer - brilliant, charismatic, charming, both a leader in international health and a doctor who finds time to make house calls in Boston and the mountains of Haiti - blasts through convention to get results.
February 17 - The Known World by Edward JonesFebruary 17 - The Known World
Jones, Edward
2003
"Henry Townsend, a black farmer, bootmaker, and former slave, has a fondness for Paradise Lost and an unusual mentor - William Robbins, perhaps the most powerful man in antebellum Virginia's Manchester County. Under Robbins's tutelage, Henry becomes proprietor of his own plantation - as well as of his own slaves. When he dies, his widow, Caldonia, succumbs to profound grief, and things begin to fall apart at their plantation: slaves take to escaping under the cover of night, and families who had once found love beneath the weight of slavery begin to betray one another. Beyond the Townsend estate, the known world also unravels: low-paid white patrollers stand watch as slave "speculators" sell free black people into slavery, and rumors of slave rebellions set white families against slaves who have served them for years."--BOOK JACKET. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.
March 17 - A Confederacy of Dunces by John TooleMarch 17 - A Confederacy of Dunces
Toole, John
1980
A spectacular, Pultizer Prize-winning novel by a master of comedy, beloved by readers and critics alike. The place is the French Quarter, the characters, denizens of New Orleans's lower depths. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.