A list of books selected and read by this book group from 2008 to 2013 can be found here. For recent books, see below.
12/15/2020 - 1:00pm | Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America |
A gripping in-depth look at the presidential election that stunned the world |
11/17/2020 - 1:00pm | You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why it Matters |
When was the last time you listened to someone, or someone really listened to you? |
10/20/2020 - 1:00pm | These Truths: A History of the United States |
A groundbreaking investigation that places truth itself―a devotion to facts, proof, and evidence―at the center of the nation’s history |
09/15/2020 - 1:00pm | These Truths: A History of the United States |
A groundbreaking investigation that places truth itself―a devotion to facts, proof, and evidence―at the center of the nation’s history |
08/18/2020 - 1:00pm | Outliers: The Story of Success |
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07/21/2020 - 1:00pm | How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt |
Is our democracy in danger? |
06/16/2020 - 1:00pm | Behave: The Biology of Humans at our Best and Worst, by Robert Sapolsky |
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04/21/2020 - 1:00pm | Behave: The Biology of Humans at our Best and Worst, by Robert Sapolsky |
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03/17/2020 - 1:00pm | Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods: Early Humans and the Origins of Religion |
Religions and mythologies from around the world teach that God or gods created humans. Atheist, humanist, and materialist critics, meanwhile, have attempted to turn theology on its head, claiming that religion is a human invention. In this book, E. Fuller Torrey draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to propose a startling answer to the ultimate question. Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods locates the origin of gods within the human brain, arguing that religious belief is a by-product of evolution. |
02/18/2020 - 1:00pm | The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming |
It is worse, much worse, than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible. In California, wildfires now rage year-round, destroying thousands of homes. Across the US, “500-year” storms pummel communities month after month, and floods displace tens of millions annually. |