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JPL Book Club

The JPL Book Club, which now goes by the name of "Readers Beyond Borders", meets the fourth Monday of the month. Check out the current month's read and join the group for a lively discussion! All it takes to join is a love of reading and a Joplin Public Library card.

The July book is "Nickel & Dimed" by Barbara Ehrenreich.

Some other upcoming reads will be:
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe
"Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
"When Madeline was Young" by Jane Hamilton
"Prayers for Sale" by Sandra Dallas (must provide own copy)
"Crocodile on the Sandbank" by Elizabeth Peters (must provide own copy)
"Tortilla Curtain" by T.C. Boyle
"Chasing Shakespeare" by Sarah Smith
"Dispossessed" by Ursula LeGuin
"Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths" by Bruce Feiler
"Brief History of the Dead" by Kevin Brockmeier
"Infidel" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
"Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara
"Quiet, Please: Dispatches from a Public Library" by Scott Douglas
"Embers" by Sandor Marai
"Ernie Pyle's War" by James Tobin
"Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil" by John Berendt
"Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams" by Lynne Withey

See our calendar for upcoming Book Club meetings.

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