Temecula Reads! Lincoln celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president. From issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that freed the slaves, to preserving the union during the Civil War period, Lincoln remains one of our nation’s most remarkable and important leaders.
Please join the Friends of the Temecula Libraries, the City of Temecula, the Temecula Valley Unified School District, the Temecula Valley Council of PTAs and residents citywide for a shared community literacy and learning experience February 1, 2009 through January 31, 2010. Temecula Reads! Lincoln features speakers, live performances, films and book discussions for the community to enjoy. Temecula Reads! Lincoln culminates December 31, 2009 with the openingat the Grace Mellman Library of a special traveling exhibition, “Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America.” This free exhibit features reproduction artifacts from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois. Journey back in time to learn about Lincoln’s childhood, education, family life, the 1860 election, the Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation and Lincoln’s assassination, among other important historical events.
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JANE AUSTEN STUDY GROUP meets first Wednesday of each month from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Temecula Public Library, 30600 Pauba Road. Contact: Rebecca, 951.760.0332 or e-mail temausten@hotmail.com
September 2: The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James. The premise of this novel is a secret romance of Jane Austen’s disclosed in a ‘discovered’ memoir that had been hidden in an old attic chest.
October 7: Jane Austen’s ‘Outlandish Cousin’ The Life and Letters of Eliza de Feuillide by Diedre Le Faye. Born in Calcutta in 1761, spending most of her childhood in England, moving to Paris in 1775, Eliza married a French count who was guillotined in 1794. Plus more! She wrote many letters to her cousins living quietly in Steventon, England.
November 4: Reminiscences of Caroline Austen. The second daughter of Jane Austen’s oldest brother James, Caroline was born in 1805 and grew up in the same house as her aunt Jane. “Like her brother and half-sister, in her childhood Caroline wrote stories which she proudly sent to her Aunt Jane for comment.”
December 2: Searching for Jane Austen by Emily Auerbach. A professor of English at University of Wisconsin-Madison searches for an alternate view from the “cozy domestic image” of Jane Austen.
STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY meets third Sunday of each month from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Temecula Public Library, 30600 Pauba Road. Contact: Ron, e-mail ronjoan@earthlink.net or Rebecca, e-mail temeculareads@live.com
July 19: Discussion will center on Pragmatism from the perspectives of two philosophers John Dewey (1859-1952) and Richard Rority (1931-2007).
August 16: How does Secular Humanism focus on the way human beings can lead good, happy and functional lives?
September 20: Freud on Religion: he was aware of the powerful influence of religion on identity.
October 18: The question under consideration “Experience vs. Rational Thinking” will be explored from the view points of two philosophers - Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and David Hume (1711-1776)
November 15: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Edward Fitzgerald.
December 13 (2nd Sunday): Our Relationship to Ourselves, Our Relationship to Others’. Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) examined the fundamental question of whether reason alone can unlock answers about the world.
August 15/September 19/October 17: Want to write a novel? Join others with the same goal! Using the book No Plot? No Problem! by Chris Batey as inspiration we aim to participate in a month–long novel writing adventure beginning midnight November 1 and ending midnight November 30.
FOURTH MONDAY BOOK GROUP meets monthly from 2 to 4 p.m. in the community room of the Grace Mellman Library. Contact: Kathryn Miller, e-mail kathryn.miller@rivlib.net
The group is co-chaired by Kathryn Miller, Adult Reference Supervisor and Melodie Earrickson, Southwest Riverside Literacy Coordinator.
June and July: Run by Ann Patchett and The Spiral Staircase by Karen Armstrong
August/ September/October: The group is going to read books while the library is closed for remodeling. The discussion will take place in October.
Infidel by Aayen Hirsi Ali, Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier, and Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich.
November and December: What is the What by Dave Eggers and The Lost City of Z by David Grann.
Prior to the discussion featured books are available at the library’s circulation desk. Join us for lively conversation and refreshments
TEMECULA LIBRARY BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP sponsored by Friends of the Temecula Libraries and the Temecula Valley Branch of the American Association of University Women meets from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Heritage Room of the Temecula Library. Contact: Jo-Ann Doran, 951.676.5736 (work), 951.302.5315 (home) or e-mail donjoanndoran@verizon.net
June 8: Babbit, Main Street, Arrowsmith and It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
July 13: Little Gloria, Happy at Last by Barbara Goldsmith
August 10: Villette by Charlotte Bronte
September 14: Beethoven’s Hair by Russell Martin
October 12: The Monsters: Mary Shelley and The Curse of Frankenstein by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Passion: A Novel of the Romantic Poets by Jude Morgan
Meeting will br held at Jo-Ann’s home for a potluck.
November 9: The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin
December 14: My Life in France by Julia Child
Meeting will be held at a member’s home for Christmas party.