Romance Book Discussion - "The Great Escape" by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Date: 
Thu, 12/01/2016 - 6:30pm to 7:45pm
Contact: 
Help Desk 986-1047, ext. 3
Age Group: 
Adult
Teen

One of today۪s most beloved writers, the incomparable Phillips follows up her utterly beguiling hit, Call Me Irresistible with a sequel that۪s equally impossible to resist. Returning in The Great Escape are some of Phillips۪s most adored characters, including headstrong, impetuous ex-president۪s daughter, Lucy Jorik, who۪s just abandoned her fianc̩, Ted Mr. Irresistible۝ Beaudine, at the altar. Now she۪s looking for adventureand perhaps a little romanceembarking on a wild and hilariously unpredictable road trip that begins on the back of a rather menacing-looking stranger۪s motorcycle.

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"Love Between the Covers" Film Screening

Date: 
Thu, 10/20/2016 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Contact: 
Help Desk at 986-1047, ext. 3 or warref@rcls.org
Age Group: 
Adult

Join us for a screening of the funny and inspiring look into the billion-dollar romance fiction industry and its powerhouse of female writers and readers, a sisterhood that's pioneering the digital revolution while finding fortune, fulfillment, and a global community.

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Science Book Club discusses "The Innovators" by Walter Isaacson

Date: 
Mon, 08/15/2016 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
Contact: 
Help Desk 986-1047, ext. 3
Age Group: 
Adult

The Innovators is a masterly saga of collaborative genius destined to be the standard history of the digital revolutionand an indispensable guide to how innovation really happens. Isaacson begins the adventure with Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron۪s daughter, who pioneered computer programming in the 1840s. He explores the fascinating personalities that created our current digital revolution, such as Vannevar Bush, Alan Turing, John von Neumann, J.C.R.

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