Book
Discussion Group
Under the Banner of Heaven: A story of Violent Faith
Jon Krakauer
In light of recent events in Texas, the next Jennings Library Book Discussion will center on Under the Banner of Heaven in which “Krakauer explores what he sees as the nature of radical Mormon sects…” (Publisher’s Weekly)
When:
Thursday, June 12th
Where:
2nd floor of the Library in the Rotunda area (under the skylight)
Time:
12pm—1pm
For Questions Contact:
973-618-3564 or 973-618-3928
PREVIOUS SELECTIONS |
2008 |
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Dai Sijie |
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon |
The Gathering, Anne Enright |
2007 |
The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton |
The Summer Before the Dark, Doris Lessing |
Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut |
Immaculée Ilibagiza, Left to Tell |
Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things |
| Zadie Smith, On Beauty |
2006 |
Elizabeth Michael Boyle, Science as a Sacred Metaphor: An Evolving Revelation |
Robinson, Marilynne Housekeeping |
Ishiguro, Kashuo Never Let Me Go |
| Coetzee, J. M. Disgrace |
Picoult, Jodi My Sister's Keeper |
2005 |
| Robinson, Marilynne Gilead |
| Hosseini, Khaled The Kite Runner |
| Wharton, Edith Ethan Frome |
| McEwan, Ian Saturday |
| Wilder, Thornton The Bridge of San Luis Rey |
| Maugham, W. Somerset Of Human Bondage |
| Shanley, John Patrick Doubt |
2004 |
| Kidd, Sue Monk The Secret Life of Bees |
| Hamill, Pete |
| Oufkir, Malika Stolen Lives |
| Smith, Zadie White Teeth |
| Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-Time |
| Mason, Daniel The Piano Tuner |
| Alexander, Robert The Kitchen Boy |
2003 |
| Glass, Julia The Three Junes |
| Canin, Ethan The Palace Thief |
| Bradbury, Ray Fahrenheit 451 |
| Fry, Christopher A Sleep of Prisoners |
| Patchett, Ann Bel Canto |
| Brown, Dan The DaVinci Code |
| Erdrich, Louise The Beet Queen |
2002 |
| Salzman, Mark Lying Awake |
| Trevor, William Two Lives |
| Graham, Martha Personal History |
| Diamant, Anita The Red Tent |
| Russo, Richard Empire Falls |
| McEwan, Ian Atonement |
| Stone, Elizabeth A boy I once Knew |