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81Wakatsuki / James D. Houston / The Tortilla Curtain / Geography of the United States / Troy /  New York / Fence / California / Manzanar / Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

Between Fences TALK Series Book Descriptions Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. HoustonIn this memoir, Houston recalls life in the camp from a child’s point of view, from dining to sc

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82Data / Librarian / American Library Association / Copyright / Book talk / School library / Public library / Library science / Information / Science

All materials in this journal subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be used for the noncommercial purpose of scientific or educational advancement granted by Sections 107 and 108 of the Copyright R

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Language: English - Date: 2015-05-06 17:10:50
83Willa Cather / Old Right / Zora Neale Hurston / Their Eyes Were Watching God / My Ántonia / Cather / Tony Hillerman / Zora / American literature / United States / Literature

TALK SERIES updated February 2013 To schedule a book series for your local library, senior center, historical society, or other Kansas nonprofit community organization, visit www.kansashumanities.org. Questions? Contact

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84Robert van Gulik / Gulik / Kazuo Ishiguro / Waiting / Ha Jin / Judge Dee stories / Memoirs of a Geisha / Arthur Golden / Geisha / Film / Literature / Asia

Encountering Asia TALK Series Book Description An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro This novel brings the world of mid-20th century Japan to life. The story follows an artist, Masuji Ono, through his early y

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85Fiction / Sophie / Sandra Cisneros / Gish / Empathy / Jen / Literature / Cognitive science / MacArthur Fellows / Breath /  Eyes /  Memory / Edwidge Danticat

Contemporary Immigration TALK Series Book Descriptions Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge DanticatSophie makes the difficult transition from rural Haiti to an impoverished New York. Sexual trauma is a central motif

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86Films / Fried Green Tomatoes / The Milagro Beanfield War / Gloria Naylor / Snow Falling on Cedars / Cannery Row / John Steinbeck / John Nichols / Steinbeck / Monterey /  California / Arts / Literature

Community: The Way We Live TALK Series Book Descriptions Bailey’s Café by Gloria Naylor No one comes to Bailey’s Cafe for the food – they’re drawn by the grace and magic that attracts souls like alcoholic Sadie;

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87Mary Boykin Chesnut / The March / War novel / E. L. Doctorow / William Tecumseh Sherman / Stephen Crane / The Red Badge of Courage / March / Literature / American literature / High Hills of Santee

The Civil War TALK Series Book Descriptions A Diary from Dixie by Mary Boykin ChesnutMary Chesnutwas a woman of the Southern plantation elite, well connected, and passionately committed to the C

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88Ultima / Peace churches / Rudolfo Anaya / A Prayer for Owen Meany / Meany / Anaya / The End of the Affair / Mennonite / John Irving / Literature / American literature / Bless Me /  Ultima

Faith in Fiction: Christianity TALK Series Book Descriptions Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya When Ultima, a traditional healer, comes to live with young Antonio’s family in New Mexico, his strong Catholic faith is te

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89Willa Cather / George Armstrong Custer / Plains / Nicodemus /  Kansas / Laura Ingalls Wilder / Prairie / Cather / Laura Ingalls / American literature / United States / Roger Welsch / Little House on the Prairie

The Great Plains Spirit TALK Series Book Descriptions The Bones of Plenty by Lois Hudson Proud, independent Dakota wheat farmer George Armstrong Custer and his hard-working wife Rachel must battle both the land and their

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90Period television series / British films / Jane Eyre / Great Expectations / Estella / Brontë family / Charlotte Brontë / Pip / Governess / Film / Literature / Intertextuality

British Classics TALK Series Book Descriptions Emma by Jane Austen Beautiful, accomplished Emma, the heroine of this nineteenth-century comedy of manners, has only one fault: her love of matchmaking. But she finds out th

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