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Coffee, Tea & Books

Last Thursday of each month
6:30 - 8:00 PM
Connections Program Room Café 

Discuss hot titles and authors.  Coffee and iced tea are available, donations accepted. Bring a yearning to discuss contemporary fiction. Participants must provide their own copy of the book.

Books to Discuss

May 23, 2013
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
by Jamie Ford

June 27, 2013
Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern

July 25, 2013
The Flight of Gemma Hardy
by Margot Livesey

Great Books

Second Wednesday of each month
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Connections Program Room Café

The Great Books Foundation promotes reading, thinking, and the sharing of ideas for people of all ages. Volunteers Kathy and Don Dietz serve as discussion leaders. Participants provide their own copies of the works to be discussed.

Great Books to Discuss

May 22, 2013
On Tranquility of the Mind
by Seneca

June 12, 2013
The New Organon
by Francis Bacon

June 26
Letter Concerning Toleration
by John Locke

July 10
Discourse Seven
by Joshua Reynolds

July 24
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
attrib. to Omar Khayyám
   and
Rabbi Ben Ezra
by Robert Browning

Selections are found in Short Story Omnibus published by the Great Books Foundation. Copies may be found in the Tempe Public Library or ordered through the Great Books Foundation (800) 222-5870 or www.greatbooks.org.

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Mystery Club

First Saturday of each month
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Connections Program Room Café

Are you an avid mystery reader? If so, you are invited to meet with other fans once a month to discuss favorite mystery books or authors. Participants are required to provide their own copies of the books to be discussed. Responsibility
for leading the discussion rotates around the group.

Mysteries to Discuss

May 4, 2013
Absolution by Murder
by Peter Tremayne

June 1, 2013
City of Veils
by Zoë Ferraris

July 6, 2013
Blood Harvest
by S. J. Bolton

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