Saint Anselm College Great Books

Here are a list of books that are candidates for the next discussion:
You can vote here : http://anselmphilosophy.com/gbs/poll

Selected Stories by Kurt Vonnegut

Short, easy to read
Humorous in a disturbing way.

 
Ishmael, Daniel Quinn

Story of a talking gorilla
May […]

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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 […]

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Great Books Gift Cards

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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
 
Full text
(skallock@anselm.edu)
Things Fall Apart will be the text of a possible December meeting, date TBA.

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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe.
The Wikipedia entry is here:
There are study guides available for this book here
and 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
Full text
Letters from Earth by Mark Twain
Full text
You can vote for which of these […]

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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 […]

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