READ-A-LIKES NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Community Reads 2016 This list features books of sports and athleticism, The Mission of the Presented by the Neighborhood Library Association are journalistic in style, or they tell the story of Neighborhood Library someone who experienced the sport first hand. Association (NLA) is to bring people from NON-FICTION neighboring libraries Becoming Odyssa: Epic Adventures on the together to discuss and Appalachian Trail by participate in programs selected to strengthen community ties and promote literacy among a The Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living Like diverse population. the World’s Healthiest People by Dan Buettner Find more information about the 2016 Community Reads here: http://mynla.info Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Greatness by Scott Jurek VISIT US TODAY! High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed by Michael Kodas Lyon Township Public Library 27005 S. Milford Road, South Lyon, MI 48178 Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis 248.437.8800 • www.lyon.lib.mi.us

Rome: 1960: The Olympics that Changed the Northville District Library World by David Maraniss 212 West Cady Street, Northville, MI 48167 248.349.3020 • www.northvillelibrary.org Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner by Dean Karnazes Novi Public Library 45255 West Ten Mile Road, Novi, MI 48375 Walking the Amazon: 860 Days. One Step at a 248.349.0720 • www.novilibrary.org Time by Ed Stafford Salem-South Lyon District Libary FICTION 9800 Pontiac Trail, South Lyon, MI 48178 Girl Runner by Carrie Snyder 248.437.6431 • www.ssldl.info

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner Walled Lake City Library by Alan Sillitoe 1499 E. West Maple Road, Walled Lake, MI 48390 248.624.3772 • www.walledlakelibrary.org Once a Runner by John L. Parker Six Communitites United by One Book! Wixom Public Library Lyon Township Public Library 49015 Pontiac Trail, Wixom, MI 48393 Northville District Library Generously sponsored by the NLA’s Friends’ Groups and the Baronette Hotel in Novi. 248.624.2512 • www.wixomlibrary.org Novi Public Library Salem-South Lyon District Library Walled Lake City Library Wixom Public Library ABOUT THE BOOK COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic Yoga Basics Trained as a foreign correspondent achievements, cutting-edge science, and pure Wednesdays: Sept. 14 & 28; Oct. 12 & 26 > 1 pm for the Associated Press, inspiration, Born to Run is an epic adventure Salem-South Lyon District Library Christopher McDougall covered that began with one simple question: Why does You Can Achieve Your Goals! For a Healthy Metabolism wars in Rwanda and Angola before my foot hurt? Wednesday, October 5 > 6:30 pm writing his international bestseller, Wixom Public Library Born to Run. His fascination with In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall Guided Meditation the limits of human potential sets off to find a tribe of the world’s greatest Thursday, October 6 > 6:30 pm led him to create the Outside distance runners and learn their secrets, and in Lyon Township Public Library magazine web series, Art of the Hero. Born to the process shows us that everything we Motivation & Courage with Marathoner Doug Kurtis Run i s c u r r e n t l y i n d e v e l o p m e n t a s a f e a t u r e fi l m thought we knew about running is wrong. Thursday, October 13 > 7 pm starring Matthew McConaughey. Northville District Library Isolated by the most savage terrain in North Smart Eating for Your Workouts America, the reclusive Tarahumara Indians of Tuesday, October 18 > 6:30 pm Mexico’s deadly Copper Canyons are custodians Walled Lake City Library of a lost art. For centuries they have practiced Running 101: From the Couch to a 5K techniques that allow them to run hundreds Thursday, October 27 > 6:30 pm of miles without rest and chase down anything Novi Public Library from a deer to an Olympic marathoner. Tarahumara Tribe Documentary Film: Goshen Thursday, October 27 > 7:30 pm Their superhuman talent is matched by uncanny Northville Township Hall health and serenity, leaving the Tarahumara Hosted by Northville District Library immune to the diseases and strife that plague modern existence. With the help of Caballo BOOK DISCUSSIONS Blanco, a mysterious loner who lives among the tribe, the author was able not only to uncover Thursday, October 6 > 6:30 pm the secrets of the Tarahumara but also to find Walled Lake City Library his own inner ultra-athlete, as he trained for Monday, October 10 > 7 pm the challenge of a lifetime: a fifty-mile race in Northville District Library MEET THE AUTHOR the Tarahumara country, pitting tribe members Tuesday, October 11 > 7 pm a g a i n s t a n o d d b a n d o f A m e r i c a n s , i n c l u d i n g Lyon Township Public Library a star ultramarathoner, a beautiful young surfer, Held at Draught Horse Brewery, New Hudson Christopher McDougall and a barefoot wonder. Tuesday, October 11 > 6:30 pm Wednesday, November 2 @ 7 pm Wixom Public Library Novi Public Library Wednesday, October 12 > Noon Everyone is welcome to attend programs at all NLA Novi Public Library Reserve your spot today! libraries. Registration for programs may be required. Thursday, October 27 > 7 pm 248.349.0720 Please contact individual library for details. Salem-South Lyon District Library www.novilibrary.org