Program Notes

One Book Everybody Reads: Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert

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Scheduled Book Discussions:
  • Lake Bluff Public Library
    Thursday, October 4, 2007
    7:00 P.M.


  • Glenview Public Library
    Monday, October 15, 2007
    7:00 P.M.


  • Glencoe Public Library
    Wendesday, October 24, 2007
    7:00 P.M.


  • Wilmette Public Library
    Thursday, October 25, 2007
    7:00 P.M.
Join your nearby library and League in a book discussion of Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change an excellent book by Elizabeth Kolbert. This highly readable book uses a scientific approach to examine climate change by looking at real places and phenomena and then explores practical and politcal reactions. T.C. Boyle writes that “Field Notes from a Catastrophe is nothing less than a Silent Spring for our time”. Attend any of these scheduled books discussions at the following libraries co-sponsored by local Leagues of Women Voters.