Join us for discussion of this eye-opening UK bestseller that shows how one single factor–the gap between its richest and poorest members–can determine the health and well-being of a society.
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Book Clubs
Current Affairs Book Club: The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger (3/15/12)
Almost everybody who has grown up in Chicago knows about the Thorne Rooms. Housed in the deep inside the Chicago Art Institute they are a collection of 68 exquisitely crafted miniature rooms….
This richly imagined novel, set in Hawai’i more than a century ago, is an extraordinary epic of a little-known time and place—and a deeply moving testament to the resiliency of the human spirit.
From the beginning of eighth grade to the start of ninth, Maryland 13-year-old Corinna grieves for her mother, who has died of cancer, and struggles to cope with changes to all aspects of her life brought on by her loss.
The passionate love story of stubborn Cathy and wild-as-the-wind Heathcliff has been a favorite since its original publication in 1848.
For February, we are reading American Nations, A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America by Colin Woodard.
This tale of 10-year-old Milo and his experiences in the “Lands Beyond” has become a modern-day children’s classic.
