Meeting Date | Host | Selection | Notes | |
Thursday
29 January 2015 | Dick
Jensen dickj43@yahoo.com 7120 Hawthorn Avenue, NE 797-4530 From I-25 & Alameda: Go East on Alameda 0.7 miles. Turn left (North) at the 4-way stop at Louisiana. Go 0.5 miles (3rd street) to Florence. Turn right. Go 0.1 mile to Palm Yucca. Turn right. Go 0.1 mile. Palm Yucca dead ends at Hawthorn. Turn right. 7120 is the 4th house on the left. From Tramway: Go West on Paseo, then North on Wyoming. Look for Blue Cypress about 1 mile north of Alameda (it is called Glendale to the right, Blue Cypress and the entrance to the housing development to the left.) Take an immediate left onto Automn which curves around to the East and becomes Hawthorn. A mile or so gets you to 7120. | The book for January is How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn.
It is one of my favorite books. I have not chosen it in the past
because of its length and the few copies in the library. There are 4 copies in the library, used copies are readily available, and there is a kindle edition. I think the group will enjoy it. | ||
Thursday 26 February 2015 |
Ron Bousek (262-0207) |
A HIGHER CALL: an incredible true story of combat and chivalry in the war-torn skies of World War II - by Adam Makos with Larry Alexander. paperback, 4 copies in Library, on Kindle This
is, yes, another WWII story, but mostly from the Luftwaffe side, which
we haven't read before. I read it and thought it was a good read. CAVEAT EMPTOR: There are several other books titled A Higher Calling. Them ain't it. (sic) --Ron |
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Thursday
26 March 2015 |
Bob Woods Academy
at Tramway 11921 Caribou Ave., NE From Academy and Tramway, woodsR@asme.org |
Since I am firmly convinced that civilization is happily dancing on the brink of another Dark Age, let’s do “A Canticle for Leibowitz” so we will all know what to expect. My bretheren, if translations and annotations are to help maketh thy understanding, than seek ye here for your enlightenment of the Canticle. Furthermore, seek wisdom from this Study Guide for the Canticle. Go in peace. Go, my child. Agape Satanas. |
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Thursday 30 April 2015 |
Jack Ferrell Right
at the 5-mile
marker onto
Tunnel
Springs Road.
Right
onto Quail
Meadow Road
(first
street on right - 0.2 mile)
Right
onto Leah Lane
(first
street
on right-0.4 mile)
HARD right onto Sunset Blvd17 Sunset Blvd is the second drive/house on the left after the "Private Drive--No Turn Around" sign (approximately 200 yards). |
Set in 1944, Philip Roth's Nemesis paints a very real portrait of the loss of ones humanity c 2010, our Library system owns but three copies. |
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Thursday
28 May 2015 |
Ken Gillen (797-8956)
331 White Oaks Dr. NE (From Tramway and Live Oak Rd [one block N. of Paseo del Norte], go EAST 0.6 mi on Live Oak, then SOUTH 0.3 mi on White Oaks Dr. to last house on right. Intersection of WhiteOaks and Paintbrush. Pay no attention to most of the house numbers.) |
"The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown There are fourteen copies in our ABC Library, plus four large print copies. As of 1 May, there were 52 holds on the first returned copy, so you may want to purchase a paperback at Amazon or DealOz.com |
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Thursday
25 June 2015 |
Tom
Genoni
(292-4985) 1616 Catron SE (Take The Road into 4-Hills, turn right at the Y onto Stagecoach, left at the 4-way stop sign onto Cuatro Cerros, 2nd right onto Bernalillo, then 1st left onto Catron. About half-way down Catron, 1616 house is on the right.) |
Through the eyes of a young Santa Fe widow who was one of Oppenheimer's first recruits, we see how, for all his flaws, he developed into an inspiring leader and motivated all those involved in the Los Alamos project to make a supreme effort and achieve the unthinkable. 425 pages in paperback. 2005 book. Our ABC Library has 7 copies. Used copies inc. S&H at $6 from DealOz.com, or from Amazon.com |
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Thursday, 30 July 2015 |
Dick Arms |
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Thursday 27 August 2015 |
Charlie Palmer (cell: 263-4586) 1506 Park Ave SW
From
I-25, go West on Central or Lomas; then South
on 14th St. |
To me, Lear is among the most approachable of Shakespeare’s plays. It doesn't require any knowledge of history or mythology; it is simply a character-driven tragedy, completely self-contained and perfectly written.
There is another reason to read this play -- we are all now old men. I read Lear almost 50 years ago when I was in college and do not remember being impressed by it. As a board-certified Old Man I recently read it again, and this time around I was profoundly moved, more so than by any other of the Shakespearean plays that I've read. Age makes a difference.
Much of the language in Lear is relatively straightforward by contemporary standards; but, there remains the problem that much of it isn't. At least to me, the complexity and archaic nature of Shakespeare's English is a huge obstacle to enjoying his plays. I think I've found a solution to this problem. As a member of LTBC, you will receive a copy of this annotated and 'translated' text. Stand by for the solution in hand. |
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24 September 2015 |
Keith
Gilbert (265-8122) or (250-0991) 913 Parkland Circle SE From Wyoming, go West on Zuni to Carlisle; Go South on Carlisle until the median disappears; (or changes drastically); Go East; Keith is on this street, on the North side. |
First published in 1886, this novella by Leo Tolstoy is one of the masterpieces of his late fiction written after his religious conversion of the late 1870s. Free on Kindle. Or it should be. |
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Thursday 29 October 2015 |
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My selection is "A Slight Trick of the Mind," by Mitch Cullin.
Also, as a movie to be released in July 2015. It's
about Sherlock Holmes in his declining years. Follows the theme
set by Charlie's selection of King Lear for August. Also, picks
up on the Sherlock Holmes derivatives in current TV. Here's a blurb about the book and movie: In the film version of Mitch Cullin’s riveting novel -- titled Mr. Holmes for
its July release -- Ian McKellen plays Sherlock in old age. McKellen is
inspired casting for a film about a brilliant, stylish sleuth who
refuses to let time get the best of him. Return to the print original,
however, for a story that smartly explores the subtle and intricate
ways our minds work -- or, more to the point, don’t. The added bonus:
While Arthur Conan Doyle’s original stories were narrated by Holmes’
assistant, Watson, here the revered sleuth himself gets the last word,
mocking the way those classic tales “pander to popular tastes.” Our
members may want to read the book before they see the movie, or not.
We have four (4) copies of the book in our ABC Library, no holds. |
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[3rd]
Thursday: 19 November 2015 [Thursday before Thanksgiving] |
Bob
Simon 1415
Park Ave SW (246-8136) Continue 2 or 3 blocks, then turn RIGHT onto Park (1st stop sign) |
"The
real war," said Walt Whitman, "will never get in the books." During
World War II, the truest glimpse most Americans got of the "real war"
came through the flashing black lines of twenty-two-year-old infantry
sergeant Bill Mauldin. Week after week, Mauldin defied army censors,
German artillery, and Patton's pledge to "throw his ass in jail" to
deliver his wildly popular cartoon, "Up Front," to the pages of Stars
and Stripes. "Up Front" featured the wise-cracking Willie and Joe,
whose stooped shoulders, mud-soaked uniforms, and pidgin of army slang
and slum dialect bore eloquent witness to the world of combat and the
men who lived'"and died'"in it.
This taut, lushly illustrated biography, the first
of two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bill Mauldin, is illustrated with
more than ninety classic Mauldin cartoons and rare photographs. It
traces the improbable career and tumultuous private life of a
charismatic genius who rose to fame on his motto: "If it's big, hit it." |
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[3rd] Thursday 17 December 2015 [NOT Christmas Eve!] |
Mike Blackledge
(294-6030)
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