The next book is I am Legend by Richard Matheson
Friday 3/28 3 PM Bradley
Here is some information on the book: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Legend
Here is the movie website:
http://iamlegend.warnerbros.com/
Date of discussio to be determined
contact skallock@anselm.edu for a copy of the book.
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Your are Invited to Join The Anselmian Great Books Society
On Sunday January 27th at 5 pm in Bradley House Lounge
for dinner and a discussion of the book
The Kite Runner
By Khaled Hosseini
The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption, and it is also about the power of fathers over sons-their love, their sacrifices, their lies.
Any familiarity with the text or it’s issues is welcome.
And please bring a dish if you wish!
Also soon to be a major motion picture:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount_vantage/thekiterunner/
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Great Books Gift Cards
The Anselmian Great Books Society is selling blank cards, very versatile, and great for the any occasion, or gifts to others!
Each card is a photo of books from
Geisel library’s rare books collection.
All proceeds support the Anselmian Great Books Society, a student club dedicated to reading and philosophic discussion.
If interested, please contact club president Sara Kallock at skallock@anselm.edu
Prices:
2.50$ per card
3 for 6$
5 for 10$
All 7 pieces for 14$
Limited supply available!
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ATTENTION CHANGE IN SCHEDULE:
The Anselmian Great Books Society
Will be holding a meeting in Bradley House Lounge
Sunday November 18th at 3:30 PM
The text is a short story by Mark Twain
“Letters from the Earth”
All are invited!
Potluck.
Letters from Earth by Mark Twain
Things Fall Apart will be the text of a possible December meeting, date TBA.
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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe.
There are study guides available for this book here
The Kite Runner by Khaled Housseini
Strange Attractors by Rebecca Goldstein
Stories of the Night by Peter Hoeg
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Letters from Earth by Mark Twain
You can vote for which of these you’d like to discuss here:
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The members of the Philosophy Department were asked to talk about a book that has influenced them. Here are the results:
You can listen to the Podcast here.
David Banach- The Divine Comedy By: Dante Alighieri
James Mahoney- Images of Hope By: William Lynch
Click here to listen to this clip
Drew Dalton- The Razor’s Edge By: Somerset Maugham
Joseph Spoerl- Night Flight By: Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The Wisdom of the Sands
Click here to listen to this clip
Montague Brown- A Theology of History By: Hans Urs von Balthasar
A Theology of History on Amazon.com
Click here to listen to this clip
Susan Gabriel- Amusing Ourselves to Death By: Neil Postman
Thomas Larson- The Hungry Soul By: Leon R. Kass
Robert Anderson- Intellectual Life By: A. G. Sertillanges
Max Latona- In the Dark Places of Wisdom By: Peter Kingsley
Edward McGushin- Heart of Darkness By: Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness on Amazon.com
Kevin Staley- The Origins of Philosophy By: Drew Hyland
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Danielle van Dusen sent me this link to a site that generates random Nietzsche quotes as captions for randomly chosen Family Circus cartoons.
http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/.
The results are a whole new category of greatness! Enjoy.
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The Anselmian Great Books Society will be meeting
September 29th at 6:30 pm at Professor Kevin Staley’s house
Those who wish to attend, please familiarize yourself with the Italian novel Christ Stopped at Eboli by Carlo Levi and the issues it raises:
Living in poverty and the role we play as healthy, well-off Americans
The overwhelming despair of the poverty stricken
The absence of Christianity in central Italy and other sociological regions like it.
The role of women in these areas, and the societal expectations of men.
The lives of political exiles.
The absence of education.
Why don’t the peasants sing?
As a a proclaimed socialist what was Levi’s aim in writing this book?
Who is to blame for such poverty?
What can be done?
Is their poverty the fault of the peasants of the state?
This book can be easily compared to Lord of the Flies. Why?
The MOVIE should be available in the library asap, for all you lazy people, but please come join the discussion anyways even if you only read the opening paragraph of the book.
Let me know what you plan to bring so 15 people don’t bring Coca-Cola.
Those of you interested in helping to fundraise so we can BUY books for you- let me know.
Our next reading will be a short story that is yet to be chosen, please let me know if you have suggestions.
Thank you,
-Sara Kallock
- Meaghan Risley
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