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Let's Talk Books: "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Larson Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Thursday, June 06, 2013 Start Time: 7:00 PM Library: Langley Description: The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when mild-mannered professor William E. Dodd becomes America’s first ambassador to Hitler’s Germany. His daughter Martha is at first entranced by the parties and p... Age(s): Adults
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Saturday Book Brunch: “Holes” Event Type: Tween Program Date: Saturday, June 08, 2013 Start Time: 11:00 AM Library: Langley Description: A book club with discussion, activities and food for older elementary and middle school students. Today's book is Holes by Louis Sachar. Stanley Yelnats is under a curse and now Stanley has been unjus... Age(s): Teens, Children and Families, All Ages Other: Some copies of the book will be available at the library's information desk. Supported by the Friends of the Langley Library.
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Let's Talk Books: "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Thursday, July 11, 2013 Start Time: 7:00 PM Library: Langley Description: Once you start "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," there's no turning back. Mikael Blomkvist, a once-respected financial journalist, watches his professional life rapidly crumble around him. Prospects ... Age(s): Adults
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Let's Talk Books: "1984" by George Orwell Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Thursday, August 01, 2013 Start Time: 7:00 PM Library: Langley Description: "1984" is that rare work that grows more haunting as with each year its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, political satirist George Orwell presents a nightmare vision of a tot... Age(s): Adults
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Let's Talk Books: "The Big Burn" by Tim Egan Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Thursday, September 05, 2013 Start Time: 7:00 PM Library: Langley Description: On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken national forests of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, whipping hundreds of small blazes into a roaring inf... Age(s): Adults
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Let's Talk Books: Unbroken, a WWII Story of Survival, Resilience, & Redemption" Event Type: Book Discussion Date: Thursday, October 03, 2013 Start Time: 7:00 PM Library: Langley Description: By Laura Hillenbrand. On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared: a young lieutenant, the plane’s... Age(s): Adults
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