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You'll note in our database that a number of listings are for 'reader's circles.' These are a new kind of book group where people attend with whatever they're reading. The only structure is if participants decide to have an 'optional book.' Otherwise, everyone just brings their own books, articles, magazines, and conversation goes from there. The idea is to loosen the usual format so participants can select their own reading and attend even if they're still in the middle of a book. Conversation inevitably covers the books brought and many other subjects as well.

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Reader's Circle seeks to renew the spirit of dialogue that animated the coffeehouses of early modern England and the salons of Enlightenment France. Franklin's Junto and the Lyceums of the 19th century also suggest the tone of American life we hope to facilitate.

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Each year Reader's Circle serves 200,000 inquires for local book clubs in 5 countries. Top cities include: New York City, London, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, San Francisco, San Diego, Boston, Brooklyn, Portland, Cambridge, Minneapolis, Arlington, Houston, Austin, San Jose, Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, and Phoenix.

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	Strength Is What You HaveHarrison Newhouse This is a step forward in thinking and action with a intrinsic outlook on things. We are all connected and share power in a normal natural way. Don't you think it's time we come together on this?
	The New Jim CrowMichelle Alexander Once in a great while a book comes along that changes the way we see the world and helps to fuel a nationwide social movement. The New Jim Crow is such a book. Praised by Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier as "brave and bold," this book directly challenges the notion that the election of Barack...
	The FigureheadBill Kirton Aberdeen, Scotland – 1840 Return to an age where sail was being challenged by steam, new continents were opening, and the world was full of opportunities for people to be as good—or as evil—as they chose. When the body of a local shipwright is found on the beach, neither the customers...
	L'amica genialeElena Ferrante Il romanzo comincia seguendo le due protagoniste bambine, e poi adolescenti, tra le quinte di un rione miserabile della periferia napoletana, tra una folla di personaggi minori accompagnati lungo il loro percorso con attenta assiduità. L'autrice scava nella natura complessa dell'amicizia tra due...
	Boomer TalesLaRue Agresti Author LaRue Agresti captures the essence of a generation in this vivacious memoir. As related in Boomer Tales, LaRue was born in Chicago in 1949. Her whimsical narration describes growing up in a wacky Italian family, complete with intriguing background material on her parents and their...
	A New View of SocietyRobert Owen In his early works Owen argues that, since individuals are wholly formed by their environment, education is the crucial factor in transforming them. Later he came to adopt far more radical positions, proposing nothing less than 'the emancipation of mankind' and the creation of a 'new...
	He Said - She SaidFrederick Blumberg Joshua Adams is a Harvard-trained Philadelphia lawyer and managing partner of White & Marks, a prestigious 300-plus-person law firm. The story revolves around a disputed charge of sexual harassment by a former white female associate against a prominent black senior...
	Die AusgewandertenW.G. Sebald Melancholische Erzählungen der Trauer und Erinnerung, über Entwurzelung, Verzweiflung und Tod – Sebald bewegt sich in seinem vielgerühmten Meisterwerk am »Rand der Finsternis«. Mit großem Feingefühl schildert er die Lebens- und Leidensgeschichten von vier aus der...
	'Til the Last Snowflake FallsAl E. Boy The Adventures of Fawn is a 'coming of age' series set in the magical world of Santa's North Pole! The year is 1849, and legendary reindeer Comet and Vixen have a young daughter, Fawn. In this first book, 'Til the Last Snowflake Falls' the young reindeer spends far too many days...
	America's WarAndrew J. Bacevich From the end of World War II until 1980, virtually no American soldiers were killed in action while serving in the Greater Middle East. Since 1990, virtually no American soldiers have been killed in action anywhere else. What caused this shift? Andrew J. Bacevich, one of the country’s most...
	How the Firefly Got Its NameAshley Renee Thompson This is an enchanting story of how the firefly got its name. Night, after night, Hermi would try to deliver messages from the gods to the mortals living on earth. However, he had so much difficulty seeing where he was going that the gods decided to intervene, giving him...
	L'École de FrancfortJean-Marc Durand-Gasselin Nul doute que l'École de Francfort est une matrice majeure de la philosophie contemporaine. Cependant repérer les traits constitutifs de ce qui, de manière d'ailleurs assez tardive, s'est appelé «École de Francfort» présente une certaine difficulté...
	Beyond DerrynaneKevin O'Connell Wed in an arranged marriage to a man nearly fifty years her senior, sixteen-year-old Eileen O'Connell goes from being one of five unmarried sisters to become the mistress of Ballyhar, the great estate of John O'Connor, one of the wealthiest and most influential men in Ireland. When...
	Reconstruction: Unfinished RevolutionEric Foner Foner chronicles the way in which Americans responded to the unprecedented changes unleashed by the war and the end of slavery, addressing the ways in which the emancipated slaves' quest for economic autonomy and equal citizenship shaped the political agenda of...
	Lives of Museum JunkiesMarilynne Eichinger Peer into the political and educational climate of the 1960s to discover factors that propelled the hands-on education movement into prominence. Follow the missteps and breakthroughs of Marilynne Eichinger and 11 other naive but dedicated museum...
	My Struggle: Book 4Karl Ove Knausgaard My Struggle: Book 4 finds an eighteen-year-old Karl Ove Knausgaard in a tiny fishing village in northern Norway, where he has been hired as a schoolteacher and is living on his own for the first time. When the ferocious winter takes hold, Karl Ove – in the company of the Håfjord locals, a warm and...
	Rise, Trifecta SeriesLuis Almonte The South Haven Academy for the Gifted and Talented not only houses the exceptionally intelligent, but unknown to the normal students, a number of “gifted and talented” witches attend class with them every day. Among the student body is fifteen-year-old Alexia Wick, a witch of the white-magic-...
	Pléiade Œuvres I, IIMichel Foucault Son oeuvre, entre philosophie, histoire et littérature, est difficile à situer. Les disciplines traditionnelles peinent à la contenir. Sa chaire au Collège de France s'intitulait «Histoire des systèmes de pensée». Lui-même ne cessa jamais de relire Kant, Nietzsche, Heidegger, mais il cite moins les...
	Jaywalking with JesusJohn J. Fuhry Having received the Roman Catholic "Last Rites" twice before he was three days old, one would think he was destined for something big. Jack was destined all right. Destined for a life of near misses, blown chances and "what-ifs" punctuated with totaled cars, pre-induction physicals (at...
	Black EarthTimothy Snyder In this epic history of extermination and survival, Timothy Snyder presents a new explanation of the great atrocity of the twentieth century, and reveals the risks that we face in the twenty-first. Based on new sources from eastern Europe and forgotten testimonies from Jewish survivors...
	Saving Phoebe MurrowHerta Feely Have you ever tried to be the perfect mother? Isabel, a DC lawyer, does everything she can to keep Phoebe from harm, but fails when the mysterious Shane appears on Facebook and flirts with her teenage daughter. A story about the timeless struggle between...
	HerejesLeonardo Padura En 1939, el barco S.S. Saint Louis, con novecientos judíos que lograron huir de Alemania, estuvo fondeado varios días frente al puerto de La Habana a la espera del permiso para los refugiados. El niño Daniel Kaminsky y su tío esperaron en el muelle a que desembarcaran...
	Three SummersDN Maynard Three summers and The Greatest Game bind their lives together as they journey through the joys, sorrows, and experiences of life. A relationship forged in the first summer blooms nine years later during the second summer, when Nathan and Dennis hitchhike to San Francisco. The...
	Dispatches for the NY TribuneKarl Marx Marx is arguably the most famous political philosopher of all time, but he was also one of the great foreign correspondents of the nineteenth century. He tackled an abundance of topics, from issues of class and the state to world affairs. Moving pieces highlight social...
	Disinheritance: PoemsJohn Sibley Williams A lyrical, philosophical, and tender exploration of the various voices of grief, including those of the broken, the healing, the son-become-father, and the dead, Disinheritance acknowledges loss while celebrating the uncertainty of a world in constant revision. From the concrete...
	Quatre-vingt-treizeGilles Kepel Figure des transformations que connaît la France, le département de la Seine-Saint-Denis (93) s'inscrit, avec l'importante présence musulmane, au cœur des bouleversements démographiques et migratoires – de la marche forcée de la désindustrialisation à...
	A Bridge That Hugged TomorrowMinerva Santerre Journeying through childhood is a memorable one. However, when the past gives glimpses of the future, one questions God, why is this happening? A professor journeys through the reason, looking at the past, present and future, as she examines her...
	The Fire Next TimeJames Baldwin At once an evocation of Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of racial injustice, this book is an intensely personal and provocative document. It consists of two "letters," written on the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, exhorting Americans to attack the legacy of racism...
	Jemima's StoryMarylin Nelson A great deal has been written about the brave, hardy men who "conquered" the great western prairies, but not as much about the women who worked alongside them and how they helped settle the plains. This praise is long overdue. Jemima's Story, from the perspective of one...
	Idee des SozialismusAxel Honneth Trotz eines wachsenden Unbehagens lässt sich gegenwärtig jedenfalls kaum jemand dazu hinreißen, in ihrem Namen noch einmal Vorstellungen einer Lebensform jenseits des Kapitalismus zu entwerfen. Wie ist das rapide Veralten dieser einst so faszinierenden Idee zu erklären? Und...
	MetamorphosisSue Relihan Metamorphosis is a deeply vulnerable account of Sue's journey as she attempts to find love and success. She shares how she became accustomed to paying a high price for acceptance. Sue intertwines her pursuit of professional success and her quest for love from a Native...