June 8
The Boys in the boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
Reviewers: Susan and Bob Poole
Slides (To view presenter notes and watch YouTube clips view the downloadable file)
May 11
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
Reviewer: Rebecca Terry
April 13
Orhan’s Inheritance by Aline Ohanesian
Reviewer: Margaret Manoogian
March 9
Damsels in Distress: Women in Classic Dystopian Novels
Reviewer: Alicia Bublitz
February 10
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
Reviewer: Kevin Hashizume
January 13
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides
Reviewer: John Byrne