Friday, February 02, 2007
February Book Discussion Groups
Great Books Discussion Group
From the Great Books Foundation: “Many great minds have wrestled with the search for meaning – now you can, too. Great Books reading and discussion programs provide you with the essential tools for joining the great conversation about ideas: outstanding literature and a discussion approach that helps you truly connect with literature.” Readings will be taken from the Third Series of the Great Books.
Discussion leader: Ken Fischer, Portage District Library Staff
Discussions - 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Discussion schedule includes the following Sundays:
February 4 Reading Two (John Mill On Liberty)
February 18 Reading Three (William Shakespeare Hamlet)
Open for Discussion: The Portage District Library Book Discussion Group
A Team of Rivals: the Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
This is a biography of the entire team of personal and political competitors that Lincoln put together to lead the country through its greatest crisis. In her book, Doris Kearns Goodwin profiles five of the key players, four of whom contended for the 1860 Republican presidential nomination and all of whom later worked together in Lincoln's cabinet.
Tuesday, February 20 10:30 -11:30 am
Wednesday, February 21 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
From the Great Books Foundation: “Many great minds have wrestled with the search for meaning – now you can, too. Great Books reading and discussion programs provide you with the essential tools for joining the great conversation about ideas: outstanding literature and a discussion approach that helps you truly connect with literature.” Readings will be taken from the Third Series of the Great Books.
Discussion leader: Ken Fischer, Portage District Library Staff
Discussions - 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Discussion schedule includes the following Sundays:
February 4 Reading Two (John Mill On Liberty)
February 18 Reading Three (William Shakespeare Hamlet)
Open for Discussion: The Portage District Library Book Discussion Group
A Team of Rivals: the Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
This is a biography of the entire team of personal and political competitors that Lincoln put together to lead the country through its greatest crisis. In her book, Doris Kearns Goodwin profiles five of the key players, four of whom contended for the 1860 Republican presidential nomination and all of whom later worked together in Lincoln's cabinet.
Tuesday, February 20 10:30 -11:30 am
Wednesday, February 21 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
