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Classics Book Group
The Classics Book Discussion Group meets the third Monday of the month, except during summer, at noon in the Bicentennial Room on the 3th floor of the library. You may bring your lunch. Coffee and tea will be provided. Please call the Readers' Services desk at 753-4900 extension 206 if you have any questions about the reading group.
Please consider joining this group for a lively and spirited discussion of classic works of fiction.
On February 20, 2012, the group will discuss Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron. Based on the events of August 1831, in a remote corner of southeastern Virginia, The
Confessions of Nat Turner recounts the events that led to the only sustained revolt in the
history of American slavery. Styron’s narrative uses the known facts about Turner’s
uprising and departs from the historical record, only to fill in the gaps in Turner’s life story.
Though a work of fiction, Styron has also written, as he calls it, “a mediatation on history.”
Classics Book Group Newsletter (see all the upcoming titles with book covers, reviews, link to the catalog, and more)
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Contemporary Fiction Book Group
The Contemporary Fiction Book Discussion Group meets at 6 p.m. in the main library's Carnegie Room South on the fourth Wednesday of each month. Please call the Readers' Services desk at 753-4900, ext. 206, if you have any questions about the reading group.
On Wednesday, February 22, 2012, the group will discuss Still Alice by Lisa Genova. Still Alice is a compelling debut novel about a 50-year-old woman's sudden descent into early
onset Alzheimer's disease, written by first-time author Lisa Genova, who holds a Ph. D in
neuroscience from Harvard University. Alice Howland, happily married with three grown
children and a house on the Cape, is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career
when she notices a forgetfulness reeping into her life.
Contemporary Fiction Book Group Newsletter (see all the upcoming titles with book covers, reviews, link to the catalog, and more)
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Other reading resources at Lincoln Library
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BookNews from Dearreader.com Free electronic newsletters about a wide variety of books. Most newsletters are emailed the 15th of each month, but customized newsletters such as New DVDs and Coming Soon are emailed whenever they are published.
Books and Authors Combining over 140,000 fiction and nonfiction titles, and thousands of read-alike, award winner and librarian's favorites lists, Books & Authors helps bring readers and literature together. (Lincoln Library cardholders only)
EBSCOhost eBooks Collection of online books to read or browse (Formerly NetLibrary; note that these titles cannot be transferred to portable devices. But they can be accessed by portable devices with Internet connections, limited to Lincoln Library customers only).
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