All area residents are welcomed to the Natural History Book Club, a small group which reads eight or nine titles a year.
Selections have ranged from classic works such as Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac to more recent works including Animal Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver and Jared Diamond’s Collapse - How Societies Choose To Fail or Succeed. All of our selections were written for the lay person, not necessarily those schooled in the sciences. Our discussions are low key and non-"threatening"; although some of the ideas expressed by the authors are unorthodox and provocative.
Discussions take place around a table. We serve light refreshments, and you do not have to have read the book(s) to attend and see what we are about.
Please join us at John & Tess Cederholm's, 73 East Ave., Planting Island. Call 508-748-2947, after November 14 for additional information concerning these titles, or about the Natural History Book Club in general.
See you Thursday, December 15, at around 7:30pm!
Experienced science writer Dan Koeppel, frequent articles in National Geographic, has tasted 25 varieties grown on 5 continents. Interviewed recently on National Public Radio. 260 pages. Available as paperback or on Kindle from Amazon.com.
David Gessner, the author of Return of the Osprey, which our club has read and joyed. He was also recently interviewed for one full hour on NPR station WGBH. 222 pages. Available as paperback or on Kindle from Amazon.com.
The Natural History Book Club meets once at month at 7:00p. All are welcome to attend!
Questions? Call (508) 748-2947 or e-mail bookclub@marionmuseum.org.