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Business Books Get Awards Too!

The shortlist for the 2012 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award were announced this month. They are: Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty by Daron...

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National Book Award Finalists Announced!

The National Book Award finalists were announced this week. One of the finalists for nonfiction is this year's One Book One Community selection Behind the Beautiful Forevers! This year's finalists for...

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In the Shadow of the Buddha: One Man's Journey of Discovery in Tibet

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Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All: A new Zealand Story

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The Spirit Catches You and Then You Fall Down

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Blind Date With A Book - Ends Next Friday May 17!

We've now wrapped over 200 books, getting them ready for their big dates! At the end of next week we will be drawing the name of the lucky winner of 12 wonderful noodle entrees from Noodles and Co.,...

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The Girls of Atomic City

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Owls aren't wise and bats aren't blind

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Honor Killing: How the Infamous "Massie Affair" Transformed Hawai'i

Sometimes truth is stranger that fiction. That may be what fascinates me about the books in the "364.1..." nonfiction section of our library. Reading about real-life criminal offenses and how the...

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Books on Tap - January 2015

We will start out 2015 reading Quiet: the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking by Susan Cain. Come to Jimmy's on January 13 at 6:30pm to discuss."At least one-third of the people we...

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Books on Tap - January Follow Up

Welcome to 2015 Books on Tap! One thing that came to light in our meeting is that our group is predominately composed of introverts - completely skewing from the statistics Susan Cain put forth in...

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Books on Tap - June 2015

On June 9 at 6:30pm we will talk about the book Yes Please by Amy Poehler."Do you want to get to know the woman we first came to love on Comedy Central's Upright Citizens Brigade? Do you want to spend...

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Books on Tap - June Follow Up

Thank you to everyone who came to Jimmy's to discuss Yes Please by Amy Poehler. As usual, we had a very lively conversation about the different topics that struck a chord with the group. There was a...

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Books on Tap - August 2015

Come discuss Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson before he comes to speak in East Lansing! Books on Tap will discuss the One Book, One Community 2015 selection on August...

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Books on Tap - July Follow Up

What an amazing discussion about such an important issue. Our discussion of the One Book, One Community 2015 selection Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson revealed that...

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Books on Tap - October 2015

Interested in talking about death? Interested in exploring how our society and our beliefs shape the industry of death? Come to Jimmy's on October 13th at 6:30pm to discuss Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and...

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Books on Tap - October Follow Up

Even though it is something that will happen to everyone, death is a topic that brings up a range of emotions and beliefs. Inspired by Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Other Stories from the Crematory by...

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Business Books Get Awards Too!

The shortlist for the 2012 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award were announced this month. They are: Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty by Daron...

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