This book group meets virtually on the first Wednesday of the month, from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. New members are always welcome. Copies of the title to be discussed will be available at the Circulation Desk a month prior to each meeting.
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UPCOMING MEETINGS
2026
NOVEMBER 4
Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash by Alexander Clapp
Waste Wars is a jaw-dropping exposé of how and why, for the last forty years, our garbage – the stuff we deem so worthless we think nothing of throwing it away – has spawned a massive, globe-spanning, multi-billion-dollar economy, one that offloads our consumption footprints onto distant continents, pristine landscapes, and unsuspecting populations. If the handling of our trash reveals deeper truths about our Western society, what does the globalized business of garbage say about our world today? And what does it say about us?
DECEMBER 2
Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling by Jason De León
An intimate and one-of-a-kind look at the world of human smuggling in Latin America, by a MacArthur “genius” grant winner and anthropologist.
JANUARY 6
The Forgotten Sense: The New Science of Smell – and the Extraordinary Power of the Nose by Jonas Olofsson
James Nestor’s BREATH meets Mary Roach’s GULP in a fascinating tour of our most essential sense for perceiving the world around us – and the story of how it became our most neglected.
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