Friends of the CSU Michael Schwartz Library 2021/2022 Book Discussions News of the World by Paulette Jiles September 22, 2021 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm via Zoom (registration required) In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of historical fi ction that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust. — Amazon Discussion Leader: Richard Fox, Member, Friends of the Library
Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series that Changed Baseball by Luke Epplin October 21, 2021 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Location to be announced (registration required) The riveting story of four men--Larry Doby, Bill Veeck, Bob Feller, and Satchel Paige--whose improbable union on the Cleveland Indians in the late 1940s would shape the immediate postwar era of Major League Baseball. —Amazon Discussion Leader: Dennis Keating, CSU Emeritus Professor/Member, Friends of the Library
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman December 1, 2021 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Location to be announced (registration required) New York Times Best Seller. “A charming, poignant novel about a crime that never took place, a would-be bank robber who disappears into thin air, and eight anxious strangers with much in common —Amazon Discussion Leaders: Glenda Carbaugh, Member, Friends of the Library, and Barb Gauthier, President, Friends of the Library
Our Malady: Lessons in Liberty From a Hospital Diary by Timothy Snyder February 16, 2022 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Location to be announced (registration required) New York Times Best Seller. From the author of the #1 New York Times best seller On Tyranny comes an impassioned condemnation of America’s pandemic response and an urgent call to rethink health and freedom. — Amazon Discussion Leader: Vida Lock, former Dean of the CSU School of Nursing
Friends of the Library book discussions are free and open to all CSU faculty, staff, and students and the general public.
Local Author Book Talk
D.M. Pulley Meet the author! Wednesday, April 6, 2022 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm CSU Michael Schwartz Library Location to be announced (registration required) 2014 Winner — Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award — Grand Prize and Mystery & Thriller Fiction Winner. Her books, including The Dead Key, No One’s Home, Unclaimed Victim, and The Buried Book, are on sale at the CSU Viking
Friends of the Michael Schwartz Library at CSU Outfi tters, located in the Student Center. Don’t miss this discussion!
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