HE-MAN BOOK LOVER'S CLUB
He-Men Reading Selection
Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane From the best-selling, award-winning author of Landmarks and The Old Ways, a haunting voyage into the planet’s past and future. Hailed as "the great nature writer of this generation" (Wall Street Journal), Robert Macfarlane is the celebrated author of books about the intersections of the human and the natural realms. In Underland, he delivers his masterpiece: an epic exploration of the Earth’s underworlds as they exist in myth, literature,
Doc by Mary Doria Russell The year is 1878, peak of the Texas cattle trade. The place is Dodge City, Kansas, a saloon-filled cow town jammed with liquored-up adolescent cowboys and young Irish hookers. Violence is random and routine, but when the burned body of a mixed-blood boy named Johnnie Sanders is discovered, his death shocks a part-time policeman named Wyatt Earp. And it is a matter of strangely personal importance to Doc Holliday, the frail twenty-six-year-old dentist who has just open
The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure Like most gentiles in Nazi-occupied Paris, architect Lucien Bernard has little empathy for the Jews. So when a wealthy industrialist offers him a large sum of money to devise secret hiding places for Jews, Lucien struggles with the choice of risking his life for a cause he doesn’t really believe in. Ultimately he can’t resist the challenge and begins designing expertly concealed hiding spaces—behind a painting, within a column, or inside a drainpipe—dete
It's time for a December book talk. Let's discuss what you have been reading other than the monthly Club selections.
The Huntress by Kate Quinn In the aftermath of war, the hunter becomes the hunted… Bold and fearless, Nina Markova always dreamed of flying. When the Nazis attack the Soviet Union, she risks everything to join the legendary Night Witches, an all-female night bomber regiment wreaking havoc on the invading Germans. When she is stranded behind enemy lines, Nina becomes the prey of a lethal Nazi murderess known as the Huntress, and only Nina’s bravery and cunning will keep her alive. Transform
Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre
About
He-Men is led by Director Dale Parus. New members are always welcome.
If you have any questions or are interested in joining the Club, complete the form below or call the library at 616.527.3680.
When
He-Men meet the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7PM.
2020
September 22
October 27
November 24
December 22
2021
January 26
February 23
March 23
April 27
May 25
June 22
July 27
Our thing we decided right from day one was to meet at a local Brewery-Steele Street Brewing, 300 S. Steele St, Ionia, MI. We like to read, chat, think about what's going on with ourselves and the world around us and have some sustenance. So, what do we do when we are not able to do what we love; when the world is dealing with some pretty serious stuff that you could really use a good think and a chat about?
The decision was made to take all of our meetings online until it is safe for everyone to meet back at the Brewery . It obviously wasn't ideal and it wasn't going to be pretty. We are a diverse bunch representing all ages, backgrounds and, shall we say, levels of technical competence. But as much as we needed our monthly trip to the pub, we needed our support network and our monthly book chat even more. Since COVID-19 everyone has a favorite video conferencing platform - for us the easiest was ZOOM.
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