Winter, 2005 Book Discussions
Other Voices
What a Novel Idea
Germ Wars
Quick Reads
Friends of Books

Other Voices
Read and discuss memoirs that give voice to our neighbors
Wednesdays 2:00-3:00pm

January 12
Walking With the Wind by John Lewis
Discussion leader: Gayle Schultz

March 9
Reason for Hope by Jane Goodall
Discussion leader: Camille Banks

What a Novel Idea
Read and study prize-winning and classic novels.
Discussion leader: Camille Banks, Community Services Program Assistant
Tuesdays 2:00-3:30pm

January 18, February 15, March 15
A Death in the Family by James Agee

Germ Wars
Learn about biological weapons…disease…
and the threat of biological warfare.
Discuss these issues with an award-winning biology teacher,
Dr. K. Dubear Kroening, University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley
Thursdays 4:00pm-5:00pm

January 27
Germs: Biological Weapons and America’s Secret War
by Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg, and William Broad

February 24
Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert
Biological Weapons Program in the World-Told From the Inside
by the Man Who Ran It by Ken Alibek

March 24
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond

April 28
Parasite Rex
by Carl Zimmerman

Quick Reads: Short Stories Discussion Group
Short stories from the masters…
multi-cultural, multi-dimensional…short but not trivial

Text: The Art of the Tale; An International Anthology of Short Stories
Edited by Daniel Halpern
Discussion leader: Camille Banks, Community Services Program Assistant
Tuesdays 2:00pm-3:00pm

February 8
The Deal by Leonard Michaels

Friends of Books
Read and discuss current fiction…
with an occasional classic thrown in for variety

New participants always welcome
Facilitator: Cecilia Wiltzius, Community Services Supervisor
Wednesdays 2:00-3:00pm

February 9
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
Discussion leader: Susan McDermott

Books are available through Community Services, 832-1695.