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Issues & Viewpoints 2023

 

1st Wednesday Every Month at 1:30 p.m.

Monthly Book selection behind Circulation Desk

January: George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That

            Saved America – by Brian Kilmeade

 

Rescheduled to March due to weather: The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing,

         and the Future of the Human Race – by Walter Isaacson

Click Link for Jennifer Doudna and Sid Mukherjee in Conversation at UC Berkley. The Future of Humans: Gene Editing & the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution.  UC Berkeley biochemist Jennifer Doudna sits down with oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee to discuss unprecedented advancements in genome editing and the effect new technologies will have on the future of humanity.

Click Link for New-York Historical Society Conversation with Author

 

March: A Shot in the Moonlight: How a Freed Slave and a

     Confederate Soldier Fought for Justice in the Jim Crow South

     – by Ben Montgomery

 

April: Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the

           People We Don't Know – by Malcolm Gladwell

 

May: The Twentieth Train: The True Story of the Ambush of the

          Death Train to Auschwitz – by Marion Schreiber 

 

June: Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea – by Steven Callahan

 

July: The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in

         History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon 

         – by Kevin Fedarko

 

August: The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the

                Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things

     ― Stories from Science and Observation – by Peter Wohlleben

 

September: The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story

                    of the Cold War – by Ben Macintyre

 

October: In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to

                Freedom – by Yeonmi Park

 

November: Feel Better Fast and Make It Last: Unlock Your Brain’s

                  Healing Potential to Overcome Negativity, Anxiety,  

                 Anger, Stress, and Trauma by Daniel G. Amen