Book Club Guidelines

  • Every 3 months we will introduce a new Series Topic that will include a Nonfiction, Fiction, and Biography book relating to the chosen topic.
  • Series topics and books will be chosen by members present at book club meetings.
  • If you cannot make a meeting, but wish to provide suggestions for topics and books, please click the link on the right and email Mandi, our Book Club Moderator.
  • Meeting locations are chosen in much the same fashion as Series and books, with an effort to rotate locations by geographic, Greater Milwaukee area.

Monday, June 2, 2008

June 2008: Environment Series - Nonfiction

This month we're rolling out our new quarterly series topic: The Environment, with our Nonfiction book, "The World Without Us," by Alan Weisman.

When: June 24, 2008 5:30pm - Drinks, 6:00pm - Dinner & Discussion

Where: Trocadero at 1758 N Water Street



Book Description:
In this far-reaching narrative, Weisman explains how our massive infrastructure would collapse and finally vanish without human presence; what of our everyday stuff may become immortalized as fossils; how copper pipes and wiring would be crushed into mere seams of reddish rock; why some of our earliest buildings might be the last architecture left; and how plastic, bronze sculpture, radio waves, and some man-made molecules may be our most lasting gifts to the universe. Learn more here!

Book Reviews:
Click here for a list of reviews by various publications and media.

For a video presentation on this topic, watch National Geographic's "Aftermath: Population Zero."
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