Adult programs

Worlds of the Future: Speculative Novels and Nonfiction

What is the book's vision of the future-- a place where you would want to live? or want to avoid? What does this vision say about our present world?

"The beauty of dystopia is that it lets us vicariously experience future worlds - but we still have the power to change our own."--Ally Condie

Bring along a brownbag lunch and a book on the theme.  A selection is on display, or you may bring another favorite to discuss.

Journeys of Discovery The road to Little Dribbling : adventures of an American in Britain by Bill Bryson. The longest straight line a walker could walk in  from Bognar Regis to Cape Wrath defines Bryson’s adventures and ruminations. What discoveries remain 20 years after Notes from a Small Island?

Journeys of Discovery    The Lost City of the Monkey God  a true story by Douglas Preston. A journalist accompanies a team of archeologists in Honduras to find the fabled “White City.” Copies may be checked out at the Reference Desk at Lebanon Library,

Canada in Fiction and True Accounts    

Our neighbor to the north-- what makes life in Canada different from life in the U.S.?  How have history and geography united and divided us?

Bring along a brownbag lunch and a book on the theme.  A selection is on display, or you may bring another favorite to discuss.

Dec. 6  Coming to America or the UK:The Immigrant Experience: Novels and Memoirs

What experiences bring newcomers to English-speaking countries? And is life after arrival even more difficult?

What experiences are the same no matter which culture or country of origin?

Bring along a brownbag lunch and a book on the theme.  A selection is on display, or you may bring another favorite to discuss.

NEA Big Read Novels

Station Eleven -- Emily St. John Mandel  

After a flu pandemic wipes out 99% of humanity, little communities persist amid the devastation, including a traveling band of actors and musicians preserving hope through art.

Copies to check out are available at the Reference Desk.

NEA Big Read Novels

Into the Beautiful North -- Luis Alberto Urrea

Inspired by a movie, a young woman goes from Mexico to the US to bring back seven men to save her village from gang violence.

Summer Reading Recommendations and Next Year's Book Buffet

Bring your favorite, or most anticipated summer reads to recommend, and leave with a list of recommendations!

We'll also determine the topics for next year's Book Buffet discussions.

Bring a brownbag lunch and a book or  list of books to share for a banquet of books and opinions. Each participant will have a printed list of recommendations to be emailed and take home

Picaresque & Caper novels & Real Rascals

The adventures of a rough and dishonest but appealing hero."a rowdy, picaresque "guys being guys" or plucky outrageous women and girls- and lovable con artists. The novels-- and memoirs or biographies--of folks who like Huck Finn, "lit out for the territory" tap into our desire to escape. Or do they?

Bring along a brownbag lunch and a book on the theme.  A selection is on display, or you may bring another favorite to discuss.

Oceans-- travel,exploration, and storms-- Seagoing in fiction and nonfiction

Why are humans drawn to the shore-- and what do we learn from the oceans?

Bring along a brownbag lunch and a book on the theme.  A selection is on display, or you may bring another favorite to discuss.