In July, the Main Library Book Discussion will be reading “The Book of Woe: The Making of the DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry” by Gary Greenberg. Come talk about it July 17! Need to put a copy on hold? Click here.
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ImageRead with Me in November: In Cold Blood
A little more than 50 years ago this month, four members of the Clutter family were shot and killed in their Kansas farmhouse. Truman Capote’s book, In Cold Blood, chronicles the crime and its aftermath, including the criminal investigation, trial and later hanging of the men responsible. In Cold Blood is considered a classic of the true crime genre and one of the first examples of narrative nonfiction so popular today.
Click here to read an excerpt of the book; you can pick up your copy at the Main Library’s Circulation desk or reserve a copy online.
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Tagged In Cold Blood, nonfiction, true crime, Truman Capote
Water for Elephants: illusion and expectation
August tells Jacob, “The whole thing’s illusion, Jacob, and there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s what people want from us. It’s what they expect.”
Is it true, that there’s nothing wrong with that? Is illusion really what people want and expect from a circus? As the novel progresses, what role does illusion play, both in and out of the circus? What about illusion and the reader?
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