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Book Group: Past books

Book Group Information

Tue, 01/15/2013 - 5:34pm — Sandra.Coyner

A 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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01/21/2019 - 2:00pm	Jeff Ctr Book Grp: The Silk Roads: A New History of the World (2015) by Peter Frankopan.	January 21, 2019: 2-4 pm at the Jeff Center in the Old Ashland Armory A “revelatory” new view challenging basic ideas of where we come from and where we are headed. Understanding the future of nations from the Middle East to China, the Balkans to South Asia required understanding their pasts. West and East first met on the silk roads.
12/17/2018 - 2:00pm	Jeff Ctr Book Grp: This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin (2006)	December 17, 2018: 2-4 pm at the Jeff Center in the Old Ashland Armory A meeting of art and science, exploring the connection between our experiences of music and the human brain.
11/19/2018 - 2:00pm	Jeff Center Book group discusses "Code Girls"	Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II by Mundy, Liza (2017, pb 2018) The award-winning national bestseller about the American women who secretly served as codebreakers during World War II--a "prodigiously researched and engrossing" (New York Times) book that "shines a light on a hidden chapter of American history" (Denver Post).
10/15/2018 - 2:00pm	Jeff Ctr Book Grp: How emotions are made : the secret life of the brain, by Lisa Feldman Barrett	The Jefferson Center Book Group meets on the third MONDAY of the month, 2-4 pm, at The Jefferson Center, in the Old Ashland Armory at 208 Oak Street, suite 101. Recommend the 2017 edition From Amazon:
09/17/2018 - 2:00pm	Jeff Ctr Book Grp: The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us about Coming Conflicts and the Battle against Fate, by Robert D. Kaplan.	The Jefferson Center Book Group meets on the third MONDAY of the month, 2-4 pm, at The Jefferson Center, in the Old Ashland Armory at 208 Oak Street, suite 101. Recommend edition 2012/2013 edition, not the 1994 edition.
08/20/2018 - 2:00pm	Jeff Ctr Book Grp: From Bacteria to Bach and Back: the Evolution of Minds by Daniel C. Dennett	The Jefferson Center Book Group meets on the third MONDAY of the month, 2-4 pm, at The Jefferson Center, in the Old Ashland Armory at 208 Oak Street, suite 101. The 2017 Edition is the recommended edition; a 2018 edition also exists. From Amazon: How did we come to have minds? For centuries, poets, philosophers, psychologists, and physicists have wondered how the human mind developed its unrivaled abilities. Disciples of Darwin have explained how natural selection produced plants, but what about the human mind?
08/07/2018 - 2:00pm	Book Group Reminder	The Jefferson Center Book Group meets on the third MONDAY of the month, from 2-4 pm, at The Jefferson Center, in the Old Ashland Armory at 208 Oak Street, suite 101. The next meeting is Mon, August 20th at 2:00pm. This month’s book: From Bacteria to Bach and Back: the Evolution of Minds by Daniel C. Dennett The 2017 Edition is the recommended edition; a 2018 edition also exists.
07/16/2018 - 2:00pm	Jeff Ctr Book Grp: Fantasyland - How American Went Haywire: a 500-Year History	The Jefferson Center Book Group meets on the third MONDAY of the month, 2-4 pm, at The Jefferson Center, in the Old Ashland Armory at 208 Oak Street, suite 101. Book for July: Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History by Kurt Andersen From Amazon: How did we get here?
07/08/2018 - 8:00pm	Book Group Reminder	The Jefferson Center Book Group meets on the third Monday of the month, 2-4 pm, at The Jefferson Center, in the Old Ashland Armory at 208 Oak Street, suite 101. The next meeting is July 16, 2018. This month’s book is “Fantasyland - How American Went Haywire: a 500-Year History” By: Kurt Andersen
06/18/2018 - 2:00pm	Jeff Ctr Book Grp: We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe	The Jefferson Center Book Group meets on the third MONDAY of the month, 2-4 pm, at The Jefferson Center, in the Old Ashland Armory at 208 Oak Street, suite 101. From Amazon: Prepare to learn everything we still don’t know about our strange and mysterious universe.

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