Great Books Reading & Discussion Series 2008/2009

The schedule for the 2008-2009 Great Books Reading & Discussion Series, which meets at Gere Branch Library, has been revealed:

2008 MEETING DATES

• Sep 11, 2008 -- Dewey: Habits and Will


• Sep 25, 2008 -- Mill: On Liberty


• Oct 9, 2008 -- Shakespeare: Hamlet (complete)


• Oct 23, 2008 -- The Bible: Gospel of Mark


• Nov 13, 2008 -- Thucydides: History of the Peloponnesian War


• Dec 11, 2008 -- von Clausewitz: What is War?

2009 MEETING DATES

• Jan. 8, 2009 -- Chekhov: Uncle Vanya (complete)


• Jan. 22, 2009 -- Maimonides: On Evil


• Feb. 12, 2009 -- Homer: The Iliad


• Feb. 26, 2009 -- Montesquieu: Principles of Government


• Mar. 12, 2009 -- Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales


• Mar. 26, 2009 -- Aeschylus: Agamemnon (complete)


• Apr. 9, 2009 -- James: The Beast in the Jungle (complete)


• Apr. 23, 2009 -- Machiavelli: The Prince


• May 14, 2009 -- Tolstoy: The Death of Ivan Ilych (complete)


• May 28, 2009 -- (Make-up, if needed)

You can find out more on the Book Groups page at BookGuide