Books & Coffee
2011-2012 Season
Selby Public Library
Jack J. Geldbart Auditorium
Coordinator: Charlotte Ryan
The programs are free; no reservations required.
Information: 861-1140
Friends Office: 365-5228
Print-ready version of this schedule (PDF)
November 8
Tues. 10:30
a.m. |
American Caesars by Nigel Hamilton
“Roman echoes in the lives of U.S. Presidents, FDR to G. W.
Bush”
Reviewed by Justus Doenecke, Emeritus Professor of History, New
College of Florida |
December 13
Tues.
10:30
a.m. |
Desert Queen by Janet Wallach
“The extraordinary life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer,
advisor to Kings, ally of Lawrence Ara
of Arabia”
Reviewed by Lionel Olmer, Former Undersecretary of Commerce for
International Trade |
January 10
Tues.
10:30
a.m. |
Foreign Bodies by Cynthia Ozick
“An energetic, sharp-witted novel based loosely on The
Ambassadors by Henry James”
Reviewed by Martin Tucker, Editor; Professor Emeritus, Long Island
University |
February 14
Tues. 10:30
a.m. |
When the Stars Fall to Earth by Rebecca Tinsley
“A powerful, unforgettable novel about the human tragedy of
Darfur, based on the
author’s own interviews with actual victims”
Reviewed by Dr. Paul Groen, Surgeon, Founder of Doctors on Call
for Service, Teacher
in Sub-Saharan Africa. |
March 13
Tues. 10:30
a.m. |
Assassins
of the Turquoise Palace by Roya Hakakian
“A true
story of the brutal murder of four Iranian opposition leaders and
the trial that is
Europe’s
most groundbreaking case since Nuremburg”
Reviewed by
Carol Prunhuber, Journalist, Published Author and International
Speaker
about the Kurds
in Iran |
April 10
Tues. 10:30
a.m. |
Diaghilev:
A Life by Sjeng Scheijen
“An
assessment of the revolutionary creator of the Ballets Russes
(1909-1929)”
Reviewed by Jay
Wilson, Retired Associate Professor, University of Rochester;
Director of
Rights, Princeton University Press |
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