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The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
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The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
Interesting Books May
- Honolulu by Alan Brennert
- Children of the Alley by Naquib Mahfouz
- A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
- Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende
- The Shadow and Night by Chris Walley
- Every Last One by Anna Quindlen
- Ashram Tang by April Crawford
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
- Spoken from the Heart by Laura Bush
- American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
- Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
- Caught by Harlan Coben
- Bitter is the New Black by Jen Lancaster
Interesting Books April
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
- The Boy Next Door by Meg Cabot
- The Color of Water by James McBride
- The Preservationist by David Maine
- Hotel Honolulu by Paul Theroux
- The Happy Isles of Oceania by Paul Theroux
- Blue Latitudes by Tony Horwitz
- The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
- A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
- The Last Surgeon by Michael Palmer
- The Last Child by John Hart
- Invisible by Paul Auster
- I Am Charlote Simmons by Tom Wolfe
- The Hours by Michael Cunningham
- Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman
- Home by Marilyn Robinson
- Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin
- Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
- Generosity by Richard Powers
- Fireworks Over Toccoa by Jeffrey Stepakoff
- Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
- Come Sunday by Isla Morley
- Christine Falls by Benjamin Black
- Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
- Bright-sided by Barbara Ehrenreich
- A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
- The Abstinence Teacher
- Keeping Score by Linda Sue Park
- Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
- Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindgvist
Interesting March Finds
- Angelology by Danielle Trussoni
- Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin
- The Glister by John Burnside
- American Widow by Alissa Torres
- Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster
- What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell
- The Wednesday Letters by Jason F. Wright
- Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
- Alice in Wonderland (2010 movie)
- The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (2nd Flavia Book) by Alan Bradley
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk
- The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
- The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Amelie (movie)
- Dirty Pretty Things (movie)
- Never Let Me Go (movie)
- Surfing Goat Dairy on Maui
- Night by Elie Wiesel
Interesting Books and Movies Febuary
- The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Foer
- Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
- The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
- Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia
- The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore
- Santa & Pete by Christopher Moore and Pamela Johnson
- The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
- The Hurt Locker (movie)
- The Departed (movie)
- Shutter Island (movie)
- The Tale of Despereaux (movie)
- The Tale of Despereaux by Kate Dicamillo
- Whip it (movie)
- Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden
- The Dive from Clausen's Pier by Ann Packer
- No Country for Old Men (movie)
- No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
- In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
- Night by Elie Wiesel
- Islands Linked by Ocean by Lisa Linn Kanae
- Bloodroot by Amy Greene
- Who Named the Knife by Linda Spalding
Interesting Books and Movies January
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
- Avatar (Movie)
- My Mother the Cheerleader by Robert Sharenow
- Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman by Elizabeth Buchan
- It's Complicated (Movie)
- Honolulu by Alan Brennert
- The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
- The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
- Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
- Animals in Transition by Temple Grandin
- Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
- The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
- American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
- Dark Eye by William Bernhardt
- Strip Search by William Bernhardt
- The Host by Stephenie Meyer
- A Wolf at the Table by Augusten Burroughs
- Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
- Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Foer
- Everything is Illuminated (The Movie)
Interesting Books November
- The Christmas Jar by Jason F. Wright
- The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
- Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnav
- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
- Molokai by O.A. Bushnell
- Rapture of the Deep (A Bloody Jack Adventure) by L.A. Meyer
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Interesting Books September
- The Dogs of Bedlam Farm by Jon Katz
- The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
- The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
- The Holy by Daniel Quinn
- Call Me Ishmael by Charles Olson
- Me & Emma by Elizabeth Flock
- Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
- Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
- Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors
- Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman
- Frida by Hayden Herrera
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
- The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
- The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
- Lucky: A Memoir by Alice Sebold
- The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
- The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
- The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russel
- Icebound by Dean Koontz
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephan R. Covey
- Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
- Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
- Official Book Club Selection by Kathy Griffin
- High on Arrival by Mackenzie Phillips
Interesting Books, People and Magazines-August
- The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
- The Diary by Eileen Goudge
- Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
- Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors
- My Life in France by Julia Child
- Into the WIld by Jon Krakauer
- Dragon Bones: A Red Princess Mystery by Lisa See
- A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog by Dean Koontz
- Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
- Mental_Floss magazine
- Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer
- Lost Boy by Brent W. Jeffs and Maia Szalavitz
- The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
- Valkyrie by Hans Bernd Gisevius
- Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi
- Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- A Secret for Julia by Patricia Saqastizabal
- The Garden of Ruth by Eva Etzioni-Halevy
- The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
- Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer
- Author Umberto Eco
- Into Think Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
Interesting Books and Movies from July Meeting
Interesting Books, TV and Radio
- Eddie Would Go: The Stoy of Eddie Aikau, Hawaiian Hero and Pioneer of Big Wave Surfing by Stuart Holmes Coleman
- Fluke by Christopher Moore
- Fresh Air on NPR
- Showtime's series, Weeds
- Ben: A Memoir, from Street Kid to Governor by Benjamin J. Cavetano
- Die for You by Lisa Unger
- The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
- Fierce Heart: The Story of Makaha and the Soul of Hawaiian Surgfing by Stuart Holems Coleman
- House of Thieves by Kaui Hart Hemmings
- HBO's True Blood. Based on Southern Vampire Mysteries.
- Southern Vampire Mystery Books
Interesting Book from March
Interesting Books February
Interesting Books January
- The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
- The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold
- Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan
- Fool by Christopher Moore
- Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
- Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
- Longitude by Dava Sobel
- A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russel
- A Brief History of Everything by Ken Wilber
- The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
- A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
- Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan
- Night by Elie Wiesel
- Eye Contact by Stephen Collins
- Emergence by Steven johnson
- The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Interesting Books & Movies, November Meeting
Interesting Books from September Meeting
- Memento Mori by Jonathan Nolan
- Are you There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- March by Geraldine Brooks
- Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska's Political Establishment Upside Down by Kaylene Johnson
- A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
- The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
- Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
- State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America by Matt Weiland
- When you are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
- The Memoir Club by Laura Kalpakian
Interesting Books & Movies, August meeting
- The movie My Boy Jack
- Mutts Shelter Stories by Patrick McDonnell
- The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
- The Ruins by Scott Smith
- Tuesdays wih Morrie by Mitch Albom
- The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
- The movie Xiao cai feng, based on Balzac and the Little Chinease Seamstress
- In Defence of Food by Michael Pollan
- The Memoir Club by Laura Kalpakian
Interesting Books from July Meeting
- The Real James Herriot: A Memoir of My Father by Jim Wight
- The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
- For Bea by Kristen Von Kreisler
- Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
- World Without End by Ken Follett
- The Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Mones
- My Life in France by Julia Child & Alex Prud'Homme
- Goodnight Bush: A Parody by Gan Golan and Erich Origen
- Rutka's Notebook by Yad Vashem & Kelly Knauer
- How to Hepburn by Karen Karbo
- The Swarm by Frank Schatzing
- Me: Stories of My Life by Katharine Hepburn
- Change Your Brain Change Your Life by Daniel G. Amen
- Ender's Game & Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
- Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
- My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
- The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
- Honor Thy Children by Molly Fumia
Interesting Books, June Meeting
- Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich
- Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
- Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
- The Art of Deceit by Kathryn England
- The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier
- Girls' Night In, Assorted Authors
- The Guy Not Taken by Jennifer Weiner
- Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk
- The Ha-Ha by Dave King
- Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
- The Book of Everything by Guus Kuijer
Recommended Books, May Meeting
- The Ritual Bath by Faye Kellerman
- House of Many Gods by Kiana Davenport
- Crones Don't Whine: Concentrated Wisdom for Juicy Women by Jean Shinoda Bolen
- The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
- My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
- The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
- A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
- Audition: A Memoir by Barbara Walters
- My Life by Bill Clinton
- Celebrity Detox by Rosie O'Donnell
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
- Children of God by Mary Doria Russell
Recommended Books, April Meeting
- The Last Day by Glenn Kleier
- The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
- Hold Tight by Harlan Coben
- Children of God by Mary Doria Russell
- The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
- In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien
- The Namesake by jhumpa lahiri
- Atonement by Ian Mcewan
- The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
- The Host by Stephenie Meyer
- The Woods by Harlan Coben
- No Second Chance by Harlan Coben
- Oahu Revealed by Andrew Doughty
Recommended Books
- "World Without End" by Ken Follett
- "Water for Elephants" by Saua Gruen
- "A Boy at War" by Harry Mazer
- "House of Many Gods" by Kian Davenport
- "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- "The Friday Night Knitting Club" by Kate Jacobs
- "The Women's Room" by Marilyn French
- "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" by Barbara Kingsolver
- "Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon
- "Book of Everything" by Guus Kuijer
- "Yellow Star" by Jennifer Roy
- "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett
- "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak
- "I am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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