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Book Group: Past books
Book Group Information
Tue, 01/15/2013 - 5:34pm — Sandra.CoynerA list of books selected and read by this book group from 2008 to 2013 can be found here. For recent books, see below.
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| 02/15/2016 - 2:00pm | Book Group: "Unstoppable" by Ralph Nader |
“Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State,” by Ralph Nader (2015). Why and how left-right cooperation is possible. |
| 01/18/2016 - 2:00pm | Book Group Discussion: "No Place To Hide: Edward Snowden . . ." |
No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glenn Greenwald, 2014. |
| 12/14/2015 - 2:00pm | Book Group Discussion: "Affluence and Influence. . ." |
Affluence and Influence: Economic Inequality and Political Power in America by Martin Gilens, 2014. An evidence-based investigation of whether money really does affect politics in America, or not, and if so, something about how much and how. "His findings are staggering." |
| 11/16/2015 - 2:00pm | Book Group Discussion: "Braintrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us About Morality" |
Braintrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us About Morality by Patricia Churchland (2012) |
| 10/19/2015 - 2:00pm | Book Group Discussion: The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert |
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert (2015) |
| 09/21/2015 - 2:00pm | Book Grp: "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" |
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Narari (2015) – a “groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution” exploring ways that “biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be ‘human.’” |
| 08/17/2015 - 2:00pm | Book Group Discussion Canceled | |
| 07/20/2015 - 2:00pm | Book Grp: Daniel Dennett "Breaking the Spell" |
Daniel Dennett Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon. Dennett is the great philosopher of (non-) religion, writing in 2007 about why and how religion became so influential in human society, “looking beneath the veil of orthodoxy.” |
| 06/15/2015 - 2:00pm | Book Grp: Sam Harris "Waking Up" |
Sam Harris, Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion (2014) – a “scientific and philosophical exploration of the self, and a how-to guide for transcendence, from an atheist who says there is more to understanding reality than science and secular culture generally allow. |
| 05/18/2015 - 2:00pm | Book Group: "Being Mortal" |
“Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End,” by Atul Gawande (201). Available in paperback. How medicine can not only improve life, but also the process of its ending. Examples of freer, more socially fulfilling models for assisting the infirm and dependent elderly, and varieties of hospice care. Includes research and riveting storytelling. See |