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 | Book Discussions
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*The Book Group at the El Retiro Library *Mayhem In the A.M. at Henderson Library *Biography & Memoirs at Katy Geissert Library
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*Mystery at North Torrance Library *Creative Spirit Book Group at the Southeast Library *Book Group at Walteria Library
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Join us as we discuss great lives and times as presented in biographies and memoirs.
All discussions are free and there is no registration required

2nd Thursday of each month @ 10:30 a.m.
Katy Geissert Civic Center Library Community Meeting Room

 

Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
by T. E. Lawrence

February 11, 2010 at 10:30 a.m.
The monumental work that assured T.E. Lawrence's place in history as "Lawrence of Arabia." Not only a consummate military history, but also a colorful epic and a lyrical exploration of the mind of a great man who helped shape the Middle East as it exists today.
 

The Rothschilds: A Family Portrait
by Frederic Morton

March 11, 2010 at 10:30 a.m.
Probably no other family in the past two centuries has been so constantly in the center of Europe's great events as have the Rothschilds. Probably no other family has contained such varied and spectacular personalities. Exercising the skill that Aldous Huxley has called "a gift for admirably vivid and complete characterization," Mr. Morton has recreated six generations of startling men and women.
 

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

April 8, 2010 at 10:30 a.m.

Blending the intimacy of memoir and the panoramic sweep of eyewitness history, Wild Swans has become a bestselling classic in thirty languages, with more than ten million copies sold. The story of three generations in twentieth-century China, it is an engrossing record of Mao's impact on China, an unusual window on the female experience in the modern world, and an inspiring tale of courage and love.
 

A Princess Remembers: The Memoirs of the Maharani of Jaipur by Devi Gayatri, Maharani of Jaipur

May 13, 2010 at 10:30 a.m.

A Princess Remembers is a terrific book for anybody who wants to understand India--what it was, what it is, and how it has made the very bumpy journey from then to now. Not only does it give a very good glimpse of the system of Maharahas that once ran the country, but because Gayatri Devi served in the Indian Parliament, it provides a fascinating window on the triumphs and pitfalls of an emerging democracy.



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