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A comprehensive research report and guide for book clubs, based on two surveys of over 5,000 book club members. It will be of interest to book club members looking to gain insight into how other book clubs run and learn best practices for their own group. Librarians and booksellers who host book clubs, or advise patrons and customers who are in book clubs will find much of value.It is also of considerable relevance to authors and publishers wishing...
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This book includes lists of books from both well-established and emerging writers, especially well suited to Book Discussion groups. In addition to a short synopsis of each book, as well as a few notes on the author, the text includes 'Conversation starters' to facilitate lively discussions.
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"Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than two hundred dollars. The next anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, 67-year-old great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail. And in September 1955, having survived a rattlesnake strike, two hurricanes, and a run-in with gangsters from Harlem, she stood atop Maine's Mount Katahdin....
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"In this book, a mother and daughter writing team -- one a seasoned elementary teacher and one an early career middle school teacher -- share practical tips, ideas, and reflections as they walk readers (and correlating podcast listeners!) through the evolution of a vibrant independent reading community across a full school year." --
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This is the story of Azar Nafisi's dream and of the nightmare that made it come true. For two years before she left Iran in 1997, Nafisi gathered seven young women at her house every Thursday morning to read and discuss forbidden works of Western literature. They were all former students whom she had taught at university. They were unaccustomed to being asked to speak their minds, but soon they began to open up and to speak more freely, not only about...
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