Non-Fiction Book Club
Wed, Nov 20
|John Barton Payne Building
If you love non-fiction and a lively discussion, this book club is for you.
Time & Location
Nov 20, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
John Barton Payne Building, 2 Court House Sq, Warrenton, VA 20186, USA
About the event
If you love non-fiction and a lively discussion, this book club is for you. Join library staff and Bob Jacobs, a local educator with 38 years of experience at James Madison University and Frederick and Fauquier County Public Schools, for a lively and informative discussion.
Where: John Barton Payne Bldg, 2 Courthouse Square, Warrenton
When: 12 p.m., 4th Wednesday
More info: Email Daryl Jackson or call 540.422.8500 ext. 2
2024 Dates and SelectionsJan. 24: V is for Victory: Franklin Roosevelt’s American Revolution and the Triumph of World War II by Craig Nelson
Feb. 28: The Invention of Miracles: Language, Power, and Alexander Graham Bell’s Quest to End Deafness by Katie Booth
March 27: A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben Macintyre
April 24: Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times by Azar Nafisi
May 22: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
June 26: Cuba: An American History by Ada Ferrer
July 24: Â The Boys in The Boat by Daniel Brown
August 28: Â Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic by Simon Winchester
Sept. 25: Â The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
Oct. 23: Â The West: A New History in Fourteen Lives by NaoÃse Mac Sweeney
Nov. 20: You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington by Alexis Coe