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Almaden Branch Library Book Club

Almaden Book-aneers:
For kids ages 9-12. Meetings are held on the last Friday of each month, from 4:00-5:00 p.m. in the Program Room. New members are welcome.

History Book Club:
Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Program Room. New members are welcome.

Adult ESL Book Club:
Meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month at 2:00 p.m. in the Program Room. All adult ESL learners are welcome to attend.

Next Club Meetings:
Tue, Nov 17 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM		History Book Club If you are a history buff, you may enjoy our book discussion group this month on Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson. In this fluid narrative, Reynolds recounts how politics, religion, art, literature, and economics jostled in forming a distinctively national American culture. Next month, we will be discussing Washington's Crossing. This event takes place in the Program Room
Thu, Nov 19 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM		English as a Second Language Book Club Speakers of English as a second language are invited to monthly meetings of the Almaden Branch ESL Book Club. The group meets on the third Thursday of the month in the library program room. In November we will be reading The Circuit by Francisco Jimenez. This collection of short stories is based on the life of the author while he was growing up as the son of migrant farm workers in California in the 1940's. This event takes place in the Program Room
Tue, Dec 15 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM		History Book Club If you are a history buff, you will enjoy our discussion of Washington's Crossing about Washington's ragged army, crossing the ice-choked Delaware River from Pennsylvania to New Jersey. Next month we will be discussing Kingmakers : The Invention of the Modern Middle East. This event takes place in the Program Room

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