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Request your copy of the books online through CountyCat, call the library at (414) 321-9595, or stop at the Reference Desk.
Adult Book Discussion
Second Wednesday of the Month, 7:00-8:00 PM
May 10, June 14, July 12
For the Zoom meeting link contact Emily at emilya@greenfieldwi.us or (414) 321-9595 ext. 4106.
May 10: Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
June 14: All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler by Rebecca Donner
July 12: The Measure by Nikki Erlick
September 13: Harry’s Trees by Jon Cohen
October 11: Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
November 8: The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
History Book Club
Fourth Tuesday of the Month, 7:00-8:00 PM
May 23, June 27, July 25
The History Book Club is a critical, yet social conversation for those who enjoy learning about and discussing history. All are welcome, even those who did not read but enjoy history! Contact Phil at phils@greenfieldwi.us or (414) 321-9595 ext. 4116 for more details and to register.
May 23: River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice Millard
June 27: Battle for the Big Top: P.T. Barnum, James Bailey, John Ringling, and the Death-Defying Saga of the American Circus by Les Standiford
July 25: Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution by Mike Duncan
September 26: The Sum of the People: How the Census Has Shaped Nations, from the Ancient World to the Modern Age by Andrew Whitby
October 24: The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation by Mark Lee Gardner
November 28: BOOK REPORT! Read a History Book and Present It to the Group! (Starts at 6:30 PM)
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The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation
by Mark Lee Gardner
A magisterial dual biography of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, revealing in groundbreaking new...
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The Sum of the People: How the Census Has Shaped Nations, from the Ancient World to the Modern Age
by Andrew Whitby
A 3,000-year history of the census chronicles the practices of the ancient world through the Supreme Court rulings...
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Once There Were Wolves
by Charlotte McConaghy
Inti Flynn arrives in Scotland with her twin sister, Aggie, to lead a team of biologists tasked with reintroducing fourteen gray wolves into the remote Highlands. She hopes to heal not only the dying landscape...
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The one Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
by Marianne Cronin
Determined to leave a mark on the world even though they are in the hospital and their days are dwindling, unlikely friends, seventeen-year-old Lenni and eighty-three-year-old Margot, devise a plan...
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Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
by Mike Duncan
Few in history can match the breadth and depth of the revolutionary career of the Marquis de Lafayette. Over fifty incredible years at the heart of the Age of...
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Battle for the Big Top: P.T. Barnum, James Bailey, John Ringling, and the Death-Defying Saga of the American Circus
by Les Standiford
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The Measure
by Nikki Erlick
When every person, all over the globe, receives a small wooden box bearing the same inscription and a single piece of string inside, the world is thrown into a collective frenzy, in this novel told through multiple perspectives...
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All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler
by Rebecca Donner
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River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
by Candice Millard
Set against the backdrop of the race to exploit Africa by the colonial powers, a story of courage and adventure brings to life the rivalry between two enemies...
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Our Missing Hearts
by Celeste Ng
A deeply suspenseful and heartrending novel about the unbreakable love between a mother and child in a society consumed by fear.
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