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Host |
Selection |
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Thursday
28 January 2016 | 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. |  |
January's book will be Anthony Doerr, All The Light We Cannot See.
It's a wonderful book that takes place during World War II. There
are 63 copies in the library (plus 14 Large Print copies) and there are used copies and a kindle
version available.
I think it's a great book and a popular one. [as of 6 Jan 2016] There is a waiting list of 25 people for the 63 library copies, and 12 holds on the 14 Large Print edition.
Hardcopy, 530 pages. Published May 2014; a paperback edition is not sceduled until Summer 2016.
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Thursday
25
February 2016 |
Ron Bousek
(262-0207)
701 Loma
Linda
Pl SE
Lead/Coal;
between
Carlisle and Washington, take
Montclaire
south
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The Longest Road :overland in search of America from Key West to the Arctic Ocean by Philip Caputo. (Note: The Longest Road: A Zombie Novel is the wrong Road!)
Traces
the author's 2011 road trip from the southernmost to the northernmost
points of the United States to experience firsthand the country's
diversity and political tensions in the face of a historic economic
recession.
Published June/July 2013. Hardcopy 320 pages. 10 copies in library. Kindle $9.99.
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Special Meeting Date
Thursday
24 March 2016
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Bob Woods
Academy
at Tramway
11921 Caribou Ave., NE
(299-6928)
From Academy and Tramway,
go WEST on Academy for 3 blocks,
then take a RIGHT (North) onto Antelope Run which deadends into Caribou.
House is in front of you,
a little to the left.
woodsR@asme.org
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For sheer fun (Sam Goldman said “If you want a message, try Western Union”)
The
last and I think best of Fraser’s “Flashman” series: “Flashman and the
Tiger”. 368 pages, paperback. First published
1999.
Eleventh in the series, Flashman and the Tiger features
not one, but three stories of international intrigue that find the
fictional Flashman thrown headlong into historical events around the
world. |
Thursday
28 April 2016 |
Jack Ferrell
17 Sunset Blvd
Placitas, NM
I-25 Exit 242
East on NM 165.
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 Blvd
(100 yards)
17 Sunset Blvd is the
second
drive/house on the left after the
"Private Drive--No Turn Around" sign
(approximately 200 yards). |
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I have chosen The Life We Bury by
Allen Eskens as my choice for April 2016. Published in 2014, it
is Eskens' debut novel; it sounds like a good tale and it is right at
the length cut-off.
303 pages, available in paperback. Our ABC Library System has 3 copies plus an ebook. |
Thursday
26 May 2016
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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.)
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 256
pages, hardback only (published Nov 2015). Our ABC Library System
had but 5 copies in Dec 2015; most members have purchased a copy (used).
"The response was nothing less than chilling... Abdrahaman
explained, “all nations which had not acknowledged the Prophet were
sinners, whom it was the right and duty of the faithful to plunder and enslave.”.
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Thursday
30 June 2016 |
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.) |
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My book choice for June is “Ghost Soldiers - The Epic Account of World War II’s Greatest Rescue Mission”
by Hampton Sides (an author who lives in Santa Fe). My Anchor Books
paperback version is ~325 pages (not bad given my reputation and a
5-week month).
Although only a few copies are available from the
Albuquerque Library, there are plenty of used copies available for
$0.01 plus $3.99 shipping from Amazon.
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Thursday,
28 July 2016
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Rob Easterling (286-8796)
East Mountains:
51 Avenida
del Sol,
Cedar Crest, NM 87008
Take
N14 4.5 mi. N of I-40
(exit 175, Cedar Crest).
Turn Left into Ventana del Sol subdivision.
Follow keypad
instructions. |
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Paperback, 384 pages Published September 4th 1999 by Picador (first published 1987)
Our ABC Library System
has but 1 copy of The Thanatos Syndrome. Amazon will ship a used paperback for $4 to your mailbox.
Bio on Walker Percy (1916-1990)
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Thursday
25 August 2016 |
Charlie Palmer (cell: 263-4586) 1506
Park Ave SW From
I-25, go West on Central or Lomas, then South on 14th St. Cross
Central, continue 2 or 3 blocks, then turn right onto Park (1st stop
sign). |
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Our ABC Library System actually has 27 copies of this
book, with only a few holds on first returned copy. Plus a few
Large Print versions, some e-books - hey - sign up - no problem!
One can view a one-hour Frontline (PBS) program on this subject with the author here.
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Thursday
29 September 2016
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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.
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Book
Club members are requested to perform a compare and contrast between
Truman Capote's novella and the resulting iconic movie smash:
"Breakfast at Tiffany's" |
Thursday
27 October 2016 |
Dick Arms
800 Wagon Train SE
Four Hills - Take Four Hills Road into
4-Hills, turn right at the Y onto Stagecoach.
You will come to a 3-way Stop sign. Dick's house
is at the top of the hill following, at corner of Toro
and Wagon Train. (Stagecoach becomes Wagon Train
as you "go around the corner").
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Are
bucket shops legal? Regardless, in several ways this story
reminds our host of his own entry into the world of finance. 228 pages.
Click here for PDF (on-line) version.
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator Pdf is
the thinly disguised biography of Jesse Livermore, a remarkable
character who first started speculating in New England bucket shops at
the turn of the century. Livermore, who was banned from these shady
operations because of his winning ways, soon moved to Wall Street where
he made and lost his fortune several times over. What makes this book
so valuable are the observations that Lefèvre records about investing,
speculating, and the nature of the market itself
Edwin
Lefèvre was appointed an Ambassador of the United States by President
Howard Taft in 1909, serving in posts in a number of countries,
including Italy, France, and Spain. At the end of his diplomatic career
in 1913, Lefévre returned to his home in Vermont where he resumed his
literary work, writing novels and contributing short stories for
magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post and McClure’s.
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[3rd]
Thursday:
17 November 2016
[Thursday before
Thanksgiving] |
Bob
Simon
1415 Park Ave SW (246-8136) From I-40, go South on Rio Grande Blvd, then left (East) on Central; then South on 14th St.
Continue 2 or 3 blocks, then turn RIGHT onto Park (first stop sign)
Alternatively,
one might chose to turn on 15th St. at the bank building and go two blocks on the left side or three blocks on the right side to the corner of Park. My house will be on the corner on your left. |
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In
the summer of 1846, the Army of the West marched through Santa Fe, en
route to invade and occupy the Western territories claimed by Mexico.
Fueled by the new ideology of “Manifest Destiny,” this land grab would
lead to a decades-long battle between the United States and the
Navajos,the fiercely resistant rulers of a huge swath of mountainous
desert wilderness.
Captured here is the story of
Kit Carso n, the
trapper, scout, and soldier whose adventures made him a legend. This
illiterate mountain man provides us with his story of understanding and
respecting the
Western tribes better than any other American, and why he willingly
followed
orders that would ultimately devastate the Navajo nation.
For extra credit: "Blood and Thunder" by Hampton Sides, arguably the definitive history of the Kit Carson phenomenon.
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[3rd] Thursday
15 December
2016
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Mike Blackledge
(294-6030)
14321
Stalgren Ct NE
(from
Tramway & Copper, go East 5 blocks [counting on right],
then right on Parkside,
immediate left onto Stalgren Ct.)
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