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BYOB: Bring Your Own Book Club

We gather to talk about books we read, we like, dislike, or are puzzled by. We share our thoughts and recommendations, munch on cookies and just enjoy the time spent together conversing about books and ideas.

We love to read...

BOOKS WE TALKED ABOUT

All we can save / edited by Johnson, Ayana Elizabeth, and Wilkinson, Katherine K
Bully Father: Theodore Roosevelt’s letters to his children / Kerr, Joan Patterson

Confessions in B-Flat / Hill, Donna 
Dragons, the giant, the women / Moore, Wayetu
Dutch house / Patchett, Ann [audiobook read by Tom Hanks]
Hamnet / O’Farrell, Maggie

My Young Years / Arthur Rubinstein
New Jim Crow / 
[10th Anniversary Edition] / Alexander, Michelle
Too much information: understanding what you don’t want to know / Sunstein, Cass R.

CREDIBILITY BOOKSHELF (Accoutrement for zoom meetings)
Accoutrement for zoom meetings

We also talked about...

Grenadier March
GRENADIER MARSH RECIPE (GERMAN FOR “GRENADIER MARCH” 
The word "Grenadiermarsch" comes from the military-slang and contains "marsch" which means march. It is said that this dish was prepared during war-times, when food was poor but soldiers needed energy. 
It tastes the best the next day, when the pasta and potatoes absorb the sweet Hungarian paprika. So, prepare it a day in advance.

It

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What is the name of the Argentinian tango Arthur Rubinstein is playing at 55:00?

L'amour de Vie: A Documentary about Arthur Rubinstein's Life


                                                                                     The right answer will get you a chocolate cake. Contact Dubravka.

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 A film worth watching: 13th

In this thought-provoking documentary, scholars, activists and politicians analyze the criminalization of African Americans and the U.S. prison boom.
 

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