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The Bible In 90 Days: Can A Book Club Do It?

Detroit Free Press | Niraj Warikoo | Posted 11.18.2009 | Books

Read More: Reading the Bible, The Bible, Reading, Book Clubs, Bible, Reading Groups, Books, Religious Book Club, Book Groups, Books News

Every Wednesday evening at Kirk in the Hills church in Bloomfield Hills, worshipers gather to discuss the world's most popular book: the Bible. And th...

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Authors Gortner, Kamen Goldmark and Egan Gibson Bring WNBA Reading Group Month Celebration to Life

C.W. Gortner | Posted 10.30.2009 | Books

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C.W. Gortner

What do a Spanish renaissance princess, a book-phobic overweight girl and a vegetarian child desperate for artificial sweeteners have in common? You'd think, not much!

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Mercy Corps, Nicholas Kristof Encourage Book Clubs To Fundraise And Get Active

Posted 10.29.2009 | Impact

Read More: Women's Rights, Half the Sky, Women's Issues, World Hunger, Women's Health, Books, Women and Politics, Nicholas Kristof, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Book Clubs, Mercy Corps, Impact News

Nicholas Kristof and his wife and co-author Sheryl WuDunn take on the cause of female inequality in their new book Half The Sky. They argue that signi...

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Women's National Book Association to Launch Reading Group Month

Joan Gelfand | Posted 10.17.2009 | Books

Read More: Reading, Southern Festival of Books, Book Clubs, Reading Groups, Books, Slow Movement, Book Groups, National Reading Group Month, Books News
Joan Gelfand

About a year ago, I caught book group fever. An avid reader, I had never been part of a book group. I listened wistfully to friends' recounting of lively conversations, envying the breadth of titles discussed by readers.

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Book Club Activists Unite!

Linda Mason | Posted 10.16.2009 | Books

Read More: Charity, Half the Sky, Women, Reading, Pakistan, Activism, Book Clubs, Books, Empowering Women, Fundraising, Books News
Linda Mason

Many Americans know about the inspiring book clubs of female media celebrities like Arianna Huffington and Oprah Winfrey. Most have not heard about unsung book club heroes like Rufi Natarajan.

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The Failure of Filters -- Why We're Getting Dumber by the Hour

Gerald Sindell | Posted 09.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Bertelsmann, Book Clubs, Scouts, Oprah, Filters, W.H. Auden, Jacques Barzun, Book Reviews, Finland, Oprah's Book Club, Lionel Trilling, Readers' Subscription, Stravinsky, Media News
Gerald Sindell

The expectation that most of the audience would rush out and purchase the book, as Oprah's audience does today, was not there. With a good book reviewer, you didn't need to do any page turning yourself.

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