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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Things are happening!
There are lots of upcoming One Book events this week. Movies, readings and a play. Check the event calendar so you don’t miss anything.
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Presenting The Asolo Repertory Theatre Guild Play Readers In The High School
The Asolo Repertory Theatre Guild will present The High School the third play from the World of Sholom Aleichem. More information here. The World of Sholom Aleichem uses the figure of a bookseller peddling wares from his pushcart as the … Continue reading
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Words capture horror of Naziism
Susan Rife’s Sunday review of The Book Thief in the Herald Tribune. Lovers of language may find themselves, as I was, instantly captivated by the opening sentences of Markus Zusak’s masterful novel, “The Book Thief:” First the colors. Then the humans. … Continue reading
Reading about World War II
If you would like to do some background reading on World War II, the Libraries have posted a World War II bibliography and and a list of selected films.
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Women of Ravensbrück
The exhibit Women of Ravensbrück is now showing at the Florida Holocaust Museum. The exhibit consists of seventeen panels on the history and background of the camp, an “Artist’s Corner” with information about Julia Terwilliger and an installation of “artifacts” … Continue reading
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North Port Hints
6 copies of The Book Thief are waiting for you in North Port. Here are hints of where to find one. You can study to take the GED here, in the same location as the City of North Port Social … Continue reading
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Kristallnacht: The November 1938 Pogroms
From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Seventy-one years ago, on November 9–10, 1938, the Nazis staged vicious pogroms—state sanctioned, anti-Jewish riots—against the Jewish community of Germany. These came to be known as Kristallnacht (now commonly translated as “Night of … Continue reading
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Book Discussions
There are two Book Thief discussions this week. One is at Selby Library on Monday, 11.8, at 1:00 p.m., and the other is at Venice Library on Tuesday, 11.9, at 10:00 a.m. Watch for new events on the One Book … Continue reading
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This week’s Book Thief Quote — Pea Soup
“Mama usually made pea soup. On Sunday nights she cooked it–and not just enough for one or two repeat performances. She made enough to last until the following Saturday. Then on Sunday, she’d cook another one. Then on Sunday, she’d … Continue reading
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