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Fall 2008Adult Book Discussions
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237 South Pennsylvania Avenue Greensburg, PA 15601 724-837-5620 www.ghal.org | |||||||||||
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Registration is required and the Library will provide
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Library Hours Monday-Thursday 10:00 am - 7:50 pm Friday & Saturday 10:00 am - 4:50 pm Sunday Closed | |||||||||||
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This House of Sky Landscapes of a western mind.
Ivan Doig
Tuesday, October 7 1-3pm
Doig, who grew up in the rugged wilderness of western Montana, writes a haunting, magnificent memoir. Leader - Judy Larson | 
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Hitler Youth: Growing up in Hitler's shadow
Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Friday, October 24 1-3pm
"I begin with the young, we older ones are used up... but my magnificent youngsters! Look at these men and boys! What material! With them, I can create a new world."- Aldolf Hitler ( Nuremberg 1933) | 
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Leader - Dr. Mary Beth Spore | |||||||||
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The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel Thursday, November 20 6:30-8:00pm "The Thirteenth Tale" is a love letter to reading, a book for the feral reader in all of us, a return to that rich vein of storytelling that our parents loved and that we loved as children.
Leader - Judy Larson | ||||||||
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People of the Book
Geraldine Brooks
Wednesday, November 5 6:30 - 8:30pm
"People of the Book" sweeps its readers on an intellectual adventure, from Convivencia, Spain, to the ruins of Sarajevo, from the silver age of Venice to the sunburned rock faces of Northern Australia.
Leader - Jerry Cumer | 
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Three Cups of Tea One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School At A Time
Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Thursday, November 13 1 - 3pm
"Three Cups of Tea is one of the most remarkable adventure stories of our time. Greg Mortenson's dangerous and difficult quest to build schools in the wildest parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan is not only a thrilling read, it's proof that one ordinary person, with the right combination of character and determination, really can change the world." -Tom Brokaw
Leader - Wendy Erway | 
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World Without End
Ken Follett
Wednesday, December 3 6:30 - 8:30pm
"World Without End" takes place in the same town of Kingsbridge, two centuries after the townspeople finished building the exquisite cathedral that was at the heart of "The Pillars of the Earth." The Cathedral and the Priory are again at the center of a web of love and hate, greed and pride, ambition and revenge.
Leader - Dr. Delver Smith | 
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Winter Solstice
Rosamunde Pilcher Thursday, December 11 1 - 3pm For some, winter solstice represents a time of darkness, the shortest day of the year. For others it is about hope, renewal and rebirth. Leader - Rita Boynton
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