The Winters-Bellbrook Library's book club, Winters BDG (for Book Discussion Group), has been together since 2001. The meetings are casual and new members are welcome. The group reads a variety of good literature.
When & Where
The Winters BDG meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the Winters-Bellbrook library.
For additional information, contact the Winters-Bellbrook Community Library at (937) 352-4004.
Upcoming Discussions
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February 21, 2012 - 7:00 p.m. |
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The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury
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Bradbury's Mars is a place of hope, dreams and metaphor - of crystal pillars and fossil seas - where a fine dust settles on the great, empty cities of a silently destroyed civilization. It is here the invaders have come to despoil and commercialize, to grow and to learn - first a trickle, then a torrent, rushing from a world with no future toward a promise of tomorrow. The Earthman conquers Mars...and then is conquered by it, lulled by dangerous lies of comfort and familiarity, and enchanted by the lingering glamour of an ancient, mysterious native race. Read More...
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March 20, 2012 - 7:00 p.m. |
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Zeitoun (2012 Big Read Title)
by Dave Eggers
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The true story of one family, caught between America's two biggest policy disasters: the war on terror and the response to Hurricane Katrina. Read More...
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Lost in Shangri-La
by Mitchell Zuckoff
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One of the last untold stories of World War II, the extraordinary mission to rescue male and female survivors of a U.S. military plane crash in an isolated corner of the South Pacific, and the ancient indigenous tribe members that aided those stranded on the ground in this Shangri-La. Read More...
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June 19, 2012 - 7:00 p.m. |
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Destiny of the Republic
by Candice Millard
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James A. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject poverty, he rose to become a wunderkind scholar, a Civil War hero, and a renowned and admired reformist congressman. Nominated for president against his will, he engaged in a fierce battle with the corrupt political establishment. But four months after his inauguration, a deranged office seeker tracked Garfield down and shot him in the back. But the shot didn't kill Garfield. The drama of what happened subsequently is a powerful story of a nation in turmoil. Read More...
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August 21, 2012 - 7:00 p.m. |
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Remarkable Creatures
by Tracy Chevalier
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Elizabeth Philpot, a middle-class spinster, has just moved to Lyme Regis, a town on the southern coast of England, with her sisters. She falls in love with scouring the beaches for fossils, and meets a young girl and fellow fossil-hunter, Mary Anning. As Mary grows up and the two follow their shared passion, they find themselves making discoveries that cause a stir in the scientific community and hold implications for science and religion that they could never have foreseen. Read More...
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