2016
April
A week at the airport: A Heathrow Diary
Alain de Botton
In the summer of 2009, Alain de Botton was installed in the middle of Heathrow's Terminal Five on a raised platform with a laptop connected to screens,... >>
The Mother
by Maxim Gorky
The Mother, one of his best-known works, is the story of the radicalization of an ... >>
The Presence Process: A Healing Journey Into Present Moment Awareness
Michael Brown
Showing us how to step beyond our personal physical, mental and emotional afflictions and addictions, and by empowering us to facilitate... >>
The Barefoot Lawyer
Chen Guangchen
It was like a scene out of a thriller: one morning in April 2012, China's most famous political activist—a blind, self-taught lawyer—climbed over the wall of his...>>
le cerveau d'Hitler
by Robert K. Wittman and David Kinney
Clip Video
We viewed a clip on Shakespeare's first folio , Shakespeare volume one, Discovery.
March
Levels of Life
by Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes's new book is about ballooning, photography, love and grief; .. >>
Galilieo's Daughter
by Dana Sobel
Dramatically recolors the personality and accomplishment of a mythic figure whose ... >>
Video Clip
We viewed a you-tube clip on "Pessimism" by Alain de Botton
Number 11
Jonathan Coe
This is a novel about the hundreds of tiny connections between the public and private worlds ...>>
Rien ne s'oppose à la nuit
Delphine de Vigan
A french book was read. The pain of Lucile, my mother, was part of our childhood and ...>>
Terreur dans l'Hexagone: Genèse du Djihad Français
by Gilles Kepel with Antoine Jardin
February
The Sandcastle Girls
by Chris Bohjalian
The Sandcastle Girls is a sweeping historical love story steeped in Chris Bohjalian's Armenian heritage. When Elizabeth Endicott arrives in Aleppo, Syria she has a .. >>
The Price of Altruism
by Oren Harman
Survival of the fittest or survival of the nicest?
Since the dawn of time man has contemplated the mystery of altruism, but it was Darwin who posed the question most starkly. From the selfless ant to the stinging bee to the man laying down his life for a stranger, evolution has yielded a goodness that in theory should never be. ... >>
Video Clip
We viewed a Ted Talk clip on "A hilarious celebration of lifelong female friendship" with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin .
The Establishment
by Owen Jones
Behind our democracy lurks a powerful but unaccountable network of people who wield massive power and reap huge profits in the process. In exposing this shadowy and complex system that dominates our lives, Owen Jones sets out ...>>
Walking Home
by Simon Armitage
In summer 2010 Simon Armitage decided to walk the Pennine Way. The challenging 256-mile route is usually approached from south to north, from Edale in the Peak District to Kirk Yetholm, the other side of the Scottish border. He resolved to tackle it ...>>
Moll Flanders
by Daniel Defoe
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders (commonly known simply as Moll Flanders) is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1722. It purports to be the true account of the life of the eponymous Moll, detailing her exploits from birth until old age. Moll's mother is a convict ...>>
Also read The Bastard by Mikhail Sholokhov, from his "Early Stories"