| Book Club |
Next Book Club Meeting :
| Book |
Movie - Coal Country ( tentative) |
| When: |
Dec 1 , 7 PM |
| Where: |
Home of Cathy Wasson, 33 Forest Avenue, Ft.Thomas, KY |
| Phone: |
Cell 859-802-8726, Home 859-441-5280 |
| Email: |
CWasson@fuse.net |
| Directions: |
From 75 South to 275 East, to 471 North, take the Grand Avenue/Newport exit, following Grand Avenue to the right. Turn right onto Grand Avenue (past St Luke hospital) to the light at the top of the hill. Take a left onto Highland Avenue until the street ends (about one mile) . Turn left on North Fort Thomas Avenue. Take the 1st left, Forest Avenue. I am a few houses down on the right at 33 Forest.
From downtown take the 471 South bridge into Kentucky. Take the Grand Avenue/Fort Thomas exit, turn left onto Grand Avenue. Follow the rest of the directions above.
Parking might be tight, so feel free to park in my driveway, or any place on the street. |
| What to bring: |
A dish -- it's potluck! |
Books We've Read
Results of May 2009 Vote
Results of May 2009 Vote
|
Eager to read this one (10 points) |
Would read it but not too interested (7 points) |
Not very interested (3 points) |
Really DON"T want to read (0 points) |
Score |
| The Well-Dressed Ape |
8 |
4 |
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108 |
| Three Cups of Tea |
7 |
3 |
2 |
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97 |
| When Rivers Run Dry |
5 |
6 |
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92 |
| The Age of the Unthinkable: Why the New World Disorder Constantly Surprises Us And What We Can Do About It |
6 |
4 |
1 |
|
91 |
| Dirt! The Movie |
6 |
4 |
1 |
|
91 |
| Sustainable Energy—Without the Hot Air, |
6 |
4 |
1 |
|
91 |
| A Reenchanted World |
6 |
3 |
2 |
|
87 |
| Wilderness and the American Mind |
6 |
3 |
1 |
|
84 |
| Education of Little Tree |
5 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
81 |
| Liquid Assets: The Story of our Water Infrastructure |
5 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
81 |
| Agenda fora New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth |
6 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
80 |
| Ancient Futures |
6 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
77 |
| The Seashell on the Mountaintop: How Nicolaus Steno Solved an Ancient Mystery & Created a Science of the Earth |
3 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
71 |
| The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America's Coastal Cities |
4 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
67 |
| The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth |
3 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
67 |
Books We've Read
| Nov-09 |
The Age of the Unthinkable: Why the New World Disorder Constantly Surprises Us And What We Can Do About It |
Joshua Cooper Ramo |
| Oct-09 |
When Rivers Run Dry |
Fred Pearce |
| Sept-09 |
Three Cups of Tea |
Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin |
| Aug-09 |
Well-Dressed Ape |
Hannah Holmes |
| Jul-09 |
The River Why |
David James Duncan |
| Jun-09 |
Books by John Muir -- select your own |
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| May-09 |
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring |
PBS video - American Experience |
| Apr-09 |
Sand County Almanac |
Aldo Leopold |
| Mar-09 |
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by |
Candice Millard |
| Jan-09 |
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--
and How It Can Renew America |
Thomas L. Friedman |
| Dec-08 |
Blessed Unrest How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being
and Why No One Saw it Coming |
Paul Hawken |
| Nov-08 |
Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit |
Daniel Quinn |
| Oct-08 |
Unsettling of America and other books |
Wendell Berry |
| Sep-08 |
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder |
Richard Louv |
| Aug-08 |
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them:
A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right |
Al Franken |
| Jul-08 |
Desert Solitaire |
Edward Abbey |
| Jun-08 |
The Voice of the Earth |
Theodore Roszak |
| May-08 |
Naturalist |
Edward O. Wilson |
| Apr-08 |
In Defense of Food |
Michael Pollan |
| Mar-08 |
Coal River |
Michael Shnayerson |
| Mar-08 |
Night Comes to the Cumberlands |
Harry Caudill |
| Feb-08 |
The World Without Us |
Alan Weisman |
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle |
Barbara Kingsolver |
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Omnivore's Dilema |
Michael Pollack |
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