2015
June
Where Underpants Come From
Joe Bennett
This is a wonderfully funny and insightful look at the new China, the factory of the world - tracing an ordinary pair of underpants from .. >>
Passionate Minds
David Bodanis
The Great Enlightenment Love Affair. It was 1733 when the poet and philosopher Voltaire met... >>
May
The Politics of Humanity: The Reality of Relief Aid
John Holmes
A searingly honest evaluation of the frustrations and difficulties of the world of humanitarian relief.... >>
The Principal Upanishads
S. Radhakrishnan
Believed to hold the secrets of unseen reality, The Upanishads are the most ancient of the Hindu texts... >>
The Enchantress of Florence
Salman Rushdie
A tall, yellow-haired young European traveller calling himself 'Mogor dell'Amore', the Mughal of Love, arrives at the court of the real Grand Mughal, the Emperor Akbar, with a tale to tell that begins to .. >>
April
Hard Choices
Hilary Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s inside account of the crises, choices, and challenges she faced during her four years as America’s 67th Secretary of State, and how those experiences drive her view of the future... >>
Leçons Particulières
Hélène Grimaud
A french book. The author : How to overcome his doubts? How to give life all its brilliance? What definition to give passion, even love?... >>
No Place to Hide
Glen Greenwald
In May 2013, Glenn Greenwald set out for Hong Kong to meet an anonymous source who claimed to have astonishing evidence of pervasive government spying and insisted on communicating only through... >>
The Bankster
Ravi Subramanian
The uneasy calm in Greater Boston Global Bank (GB2) is shattered when a series of murders rock the façade of the compliant and conforming bank that GB2 has built up over the years. Who is to blame?... >>
The Architect's Apprentice
Elif Shafak
In her latest novel, Elif Shafak spins an epic tale spanning nearly a century in the life of the Ottoman Empire. In 1540, twelve-year-old Jahan arrives in Istanbul. As an animal tamer in the sultan’s menagerie, he looks after the ... >>
March
At the March 2015 meeting we read : a poem, "La Cavalla Storna" by Giovanni Pascoli , a text from "Causa Echanger, partager, reconnaitre" by Stephane Paoli and Alain Rey and a text from "Desiree" by Anne-Marie Selinko . In addition, as an added innovation proposed by one of our members, we viewed a documentary film "Sacree Croissance" by Marie-Monique Robin, Ed. Arte .
February
At the February 2015 meeting we read from works by J. Krishnamurti, Ayurveda, Jhumpa Lahiri, the Dalai Lama and Lucy Kellaway.
January
At the January 2015 meeting we read from works by Friedrich Durrenmatt, Deepak Chopra, Michael Ondaatje and Arundhati Roy.