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Welcome to the Ela Area Public Library's Reading Corner home page. This site is maintained by the Library's Popular Materials Department. Please feel free to explore our site to find reading, video and listening suggestions. Book Discussion Groups 2009-2010The Ela Library offers four different books clubs.
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Elmer Gantry
By Lewis, Sinclair Read by Heald, Anthony 2008-02 - Blackstone Audiobooks 9781433222146 Check Our Catalog 2009 Audie Literary Fiction Winner
When Elmer Gantry was published in 1927, it created a public furor. The book was banned in Boston and other cities, and there were threats of physical violence against the author.
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The Enchantress of Florence
By Rushdie, Salman 2008-09 - Overdrive Publications 9781436119375 Check Our Catalog
"The Enchantress of Florence" is the story of a woman attempting to command her own destiny in a man's world. Vivid, gripping, and profoundly moving, this dazzling book is by one of the world's most important living writers.
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Lush Life
By Price, Richard Read by Cannavale, Bobby 2008-03 - MacMillan Audio 9781427203205 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title
From a great American realist--the author of "Clockers" and co-writer of the HBO series "The Wire"--a riveting story of two urban worlds in collision. Unabridged. 12 CDs.
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The White Tiger [With Headphones]
By Adiga, Aravind Read by Lee, John 2008-08 - Playaway 9781605149950 Check Our Catalog
Introducing a major literary talent, The White Tiger offers a story of coruscating wit, blistering suspense, and questionable morality, told by the most volatile, captivating, and utterly inimitable narrator that this millennium has yet seen.
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Ela A.M. Readers - Meet the third Thursday of the month from 10 - 11:30 a.m. Their next book for March 18th is The Well and the Mine by Gin Phillips.
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The Well and the Mine
By Phillips, Gin Introduction by Flagg, Fannie 2009-04 - Riverhead Books 9781594484490 Check Our Catalog
In 1931 Carbon Hill, a small Alabama coal-mining town, nine-year-old Tess Moore watches a woman shove the cover off the family well and toss in a baby without a word. For the Moore family, focused on helping anyone in need during the Great Depression, the apparent murder forces them to face the darker side of their community and question the motivations of family and friends. Backbreaking work keeps most of the townspeople busy from dawn to dusk, and racial tensions abound. For parents, it's a time when a better life for the children means sacrificing health, time, and every penny that can be saved. For a miner, returning home after work is a possibility, not a certainty. However, next to daily thoughts of death, exhausting work, and race are the lingering pleasures of sweet tea, feather beds, and lightning bugs yet to be caught.
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Senior Readers - Meet the fourth Monday of the month from 10 - 11:30 a.m. their book for March 22nd is My Life In France by Julia Child.
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My Life in France
By Child, Julia With Prud'homme, Alex 2009-06 - Anchor Books 9780307474858 Check Our Catalog
The enchanting, bestselling memoir by America's most beloved chef, "My Life in France" is being reissued to coincide with the movie based on Julia Child's life, starring Meryl Streep. Illustrations throughout.
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Nonfiction Readers - Meet every other month from 10 - 11:30 a.m. Their next book for April 9th. Crashing Through: The Extraordinary True Story of the Man Who Dared to See by Robert Kurson.
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Crashing Through: The Extraordinary True Story of the Man Who Dared to See
By Kurson, Robert 2008-08 - Random House Trade 9780812973686 Check Our Catalog
In his critically acclaimed bestseller "Shadow Divers," Kurson explored the depths of history, friendship, and compulsion. Now he returns with another thrilling adventure--the stunning true story of one man's heroic odyssey from blindness into sight.
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