Reading Club Sessions List
* All materials used are copyright-compliant and appropriate to general audiences
2007
date |
# |
name of a session |
June, 19 |
1. |
How to beat bullies |
June, 26 |
2. |
What is the perfect age? |
July, 3 |
3. |
Professional behaviors |
July, 10 |
4. |
Pirates of the Caribbean |
July, 17 |
5. |
What is plagiarism? |
July, 24 |
6. |
Behind the veil |
July, 31 |
7. |
Vox populi |
August, 7 |
8. |
Could you be a cirque performer? |
August, 14 |
9. |
Would you like a strawmato? |
August, 21 |
10. |
Egypt’s dazzling past |
August, 28 |
11. |
A man for all ages |
September, 4 |
12. |
The essence of life |
September, 11 |
13. |
After the fall |
September, 18 |
14. |
Jumbo gentle juggernauts |
September, 25 |
15. |
The shopper snapper |
October, 2 |
16. |
And all that jazz! |
October, 9 |
17. |
What is culture shock? |
October, 16 |
18. |
Free money |
October, 23 |
19. |
Writs a mad, mad world! |
October, 30 |
20. |
A bloodcurdling invention of Mr Plastinator |
November, 6 |
21. |
Starting again |
November, 13 |
22. |
A human submarine |
November, 20 |
23. |
Chemical alert |
November, 27 |
24. |
From teacher to plumber |
December, 2 |
25. |
Hooked on soaps |
December, 9 |
26. |
Does prison work? |
December, 16 |
27. |
Earth-shattering news |
December, 23 |
28. |
Elementary, my dear Watson! |
December, 30 |
29. |
Urban legends |
2008
date |
# |
name of a session |
January, 6 |
30. |
Lexi – what? |
January, 27 |
31. |
A&P by John Updike |
February, 3 |
32. |
Impressionism: a woman’s outlook |
February, 10 |
33. |
Light in the dark |
February, 17 |
34. |
A gentle protester |
February, 26 |
35. |
Oh, Canada |
March, 4 |
36. |
Things you love the most |
March, 11 |
37. |
Her way |
March, 18 |
38. |
Duties we have |
March, 25 |
39. |
What a difference a day makes |
April, 1 |
40. |
A serious business |
April, 8 |
41. |
Binge drinker aged… |
April, 15 |
42. |
The colour of your coffee |
April, 22 |
43. |
Shakespeare’s gifted sister |
April, 29 |
44. |
Armed and very dangerous |
May, 7 |
45. |
The first American |
May, 14 |
46. |
The old soldiers |
May, 21 |
47. |
Who is mad? |
July, 2 |
48. |
Colourful life by |
July, 9 |
49. |
True love by Isaac Azimov |
July, 16 |
50. |
Going home by William Saroyan |
July, 23 |
51. |
Miss U.S.A. Emma Knight by Studs Terkel |
July, 30 |
52. |
Charles by Shirley Jackson |
August, 6 |
53. |
The spell by Arthur Gordon |
August, 13 |
54. |
The chaser by John Collier |
August, 20 |
55. |
The secret life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber |
August, 27 |
56. |
Ta-Na-E-Ka by Mary Whitebird |
September, 17 |
57. |
Why I live at the P.O. by Eudora Welty |
September, 24 |
58. |
The Kugelmass episode by Woody Allen |
October, 1 |
59. |
Sweet Potato Pie by Eugenia Collier |
October, 8 |
60. |
The writer in the family by E.L. Doctorow |
October, 29 |
61. |
Swimming to the top of the rain by J. California Cooper |
November, 5 |
62. |
Raymond’s run by Toni Cade Bambara |
November, 9 |
63. |
The use of force by William Carlos Williams |
November, 16 |
64. |
Two kinds by Amy Tan |
December, 7 |
65. |
The man who was almost a man by Richard Wright |
December, 14 |
66. |
N&D |
December, 21 |
67. |
Bridging by Max Apple |
December, 28 |
68. |
The wall |
2009
date |
# |
name of a session |
January, 4 |
69. |
ID theft |
January, 11 |
70. |
Jun-hee by Marshal N. Klimasewiski |
January, 18 |
71. |
A matter of time |
January, 25 |
72. |
My heart is in Highland … |
February, 1 |
73. |
The yellow wall-paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman |
February, 8 |
74. |
Global warning |
February, 15 |
75. |
Talking to the dead by Sylvia A. Watanable |
February, 22 |
76. |
Wonders of the world |
March, 1 |
77. |
Immigration blues by Bienvenido N. Santos |
March, 15 |
78. |
The concert |
March, 29 |
79. |
I sing the body electric! by Ray Bradbury |
April, 5 |
80. |
The end of an empire |
April, 26 |
81. 82. |
During the twelfth summer of Elmer D. Peterson by Thomas Fox Averill |
May, 3 |
83. |
A small man in a big city |
May, 10 |
84. |
One potato, two potatoes… |
May, 17 |
85. |
Radio |
May, 24 |
86. |
1 + 1 |
May, 31 |
87. |
The curse of oil |
June, 7 |
88. |
Television: for and against |
June, 14 |
89. |
Tourism |
June, 21 |
90. |
Go and open the door… |
June, 28 |
91. |
“Cymru am byth” |
July, 5 |
92. |
Nepal |
July, 12 |
93. |
How smart are dolphins? |
July, 19 |
94. |
Marygold by Euginia Collier |
July, 20 |
95. |
Why are humans good? |
July, 21 |
96. |
Unmasking skin |
July, 22 |
97. |
The role of Socratic questioning |
July, 23 |
98. |
Mystery of the mummies |
July, 24 |
99. |
Did tea and beer bring about industrialization? |
July, 26 |
100. |
Ascent |
August, 2 |
101. |
101 + |
August, 9 |
102. |
A language of gestures |
August, 16 |
103. |
Vanga’s predictions: T / F? |
August, 23 |
104. |
The enigma of beauty |
August, 30 |
105. |
Dreams can come true |
September, 6 |
106. |
Unknown plants |
September, 13 |
107. |
Great inventions |
September, 20 |
108. |
Murder in the library |
September, 27 |
109. |
The truth and lies |
October, 4 |
110. |
A story of a poet |
October, 11 |
111. |
The tell-tale heart by Edgar Allan Poe |
October, 18 |
112. |
Smithson and his deed |
October, 25 |
113. |
American Indian legends and music |
November, 1 |
114. |
Day of the Dead |
November, 8 |
115. |
The Library of Congress |
November, 15 |
116. |
My November guest by Robert Frost |
November, 22 |
117. |
It happened in Alabama |
November, 29 |
118 |
Extreme nature |
December, 6 |
119. |
NASA: from earth to stars |
December, 13 |
120. |
America and its people: A. Lincoln |
December, 20 |
121. |
America and its people: life of slaves, Frederick Douglass, War Leaders |
December, 27 |
122. |
March of love |
2010
date |
# |
Name |
January 3 |
123 |
Isn’t life a brand? |
January 10 |
124 |
Money matters - 1 |
January 17 |
125 |
Money matters - 2 |
January 24 |
126 |
What the British do not do at all |
January 31 |
127 |
Should smacking ban get backing? |
February 7 |
128 |
Introducing Japan |
February 14 |
129 |
The right one |
February 21 |
130 |
Time for play |
February 28 |
131 |
A man’s job? |
March 7 |
132 |
Your choice |
March 14 |
133 |
The passionflower of Mexico |
April 11 |
134 |
What is your style of decision-making? |
April 18 |
135 |
Graveyard of the Atlantic |
April 25 |
136 |
Nobody is forgotten, nothing is forgotten |
May 9 |
137 |
Say it! |