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ShAKer LIFE | SUMMER 2015 17 coming October 12: Anthony doerr Shaker Library and University School are pleased to present Anthony Doerr, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of All the Light We Cannot See, who will speak at 7 pm at University School Shaker campus. For tickets and information, please contact the Library. Summer book group Opportunities Summer book group Opportunities The Library offers morning and evening book groups, which are open to anyone who loves to read and discuss books. Books are available at the Main Library one month before the discussion dates. Book Buzz: 10-11:30 am Tuesday, July 14, The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books by Azar Nafisi. The best-selling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran presents an impassioned tribute to the importance of fiction to democracy. 10-11:30 am Tuesday, August 11, Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult. Abandoned by her mother who disappeared under mysterious circumstances and her griefstricken father, 13-year-old Jenna Metcalf contacts a disgraced psychic and a jaded detective to find answers. Mystery Book Discussion: 7-8 pm Tuesday, September 8, A Murder of Magpies by Judith Flanders. Suspense is supplied with a smattering of humor as London publisher Samantha Clair is thrown into a criminal investigation when her star author goes missing. PubReads is a new book discussion group that meets at Academy Tavern from 7 to 8:30 pm Monday evenings, July 13 and September 14. If you prefer to discuss books over a burger and a beer, this group is for you. On July 13, discuss The Dead Key by D. M. Pulley. The 2014 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award by a Shaker author follows two young women – one a secretary at the First Bank of Cleveland in 1978 the other an employee of a local architecture firm in 1998 looking to renovate the old bank building. On September 14, discuss Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, a National Book Award finalist. In a post-apocalyptic world, a band of traveling actors meets a dangerous prophet in this story about relationships, the fleeting nature of fame, and the beauty of the world as we know it. Starting your Own book group? The Library is pleased to help get new groups off to a comfortable start by offering the use of a meeting room along with book sets for the group to borrow. events & Popular Programs for Adults events and Popular Programs for Adults genealogy Workshops at Main Library Up a tree on your family research? Get information from the African-American Genealogical Society of Cleveland, which holds its monthly meetings at the Main Library. Membership meetings begin at 9:30 am, and visitors interested in joining are welcome. After a break and refreshments, a genealogy program, workshop, or featured event follows at 10:15 am. All programs are open to the public. On July 25, the Education Committee of the Society will present information on planning a research trip, including what resources to check before travelling, and the Dos and Don’ts of researching. On August 29, the Ohio Genealogical Society presents FamilySearch.org: Using the Wiki. Deborah Abbott of the African- American Genealogical Society of Cleveland will teach participants about genealogical research using the wiki feature in the popular genealogy search engine, Family Search.


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