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The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America?s first ambassador to Hitler?s Nazi Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history.
A mild-mannered professor from Chicago, Dodd brings along his wife, son, and flamboyant daughter, Martha. At first Martha is entranced by the parties and pomp, and the handsome young men of the Third Reich with their infectious enthusiasm for restoring Germany to a position of world prominence. Enamored of the ?New Germany,? she has one affair after another, including with the suprisingly honorable first chief of the Gestapo, Rudolf Diels. But as evidence of Jewish persecution mounts, confirmed by chilling first-person testimony, her father telegraphs his concerns to a largely indifferent State Department back home. Dodd watches with alarm as Jews are attacked, the press is censored, and drafts of frightening new laws begin to circulate. As that first year unfolds and the shadows deepen, the Dodds experience days full of excitement, intrigue, romance?and ultimately, horror, when a climactic spasm of violence and murder reveals Hitler?s true character and ruthless ambition.
One Sunday in the summer of 1988, a woman living on a reservation in North Dakota is attacked. The details of the crime are slow to surface as Geraldine Coutts is traumatized and reluctant to reveal the details of what happened, either to the police or to her husband, Bazil, and thirteen-year-old son, Joe. In one day, Joe's life is irrevocably transformed. He tries to heal his mother, but she will not leave her bed and slips into an abyss of solitude. Increasingly alone, Joe finds himself thrust prematurely into an adult world for which he is ill prepared.
While his father endeavors to wrest justice from a situation that defies his efforts, Joe becomes frustrated and sets out with his trusted friends, Cappy, Zack, and Angus, to get some answers of his own. Their quest takes them to the Round House, a sacred place of worship for the Ojibwe. And this is only the beginning.
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January...time to join in?
The Madison Public Library Book clubs will be starting the New Year with some great reads!
Thursday January 23rd
Afternoon Club reading: In the Garden of Beasts
Discussion at 1:30pm
The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America?s first ambassador to Hitler?s Nazi Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history.A mild-mannered professor from Chicago, Dodd brings along his wife, son, and flamboyant daughter, Martha. At first Martha is entranced by the parties and pomp, and the handsome young men of the Third Reich with their infectious enthusiasm for restoring Germany to a position of world prominence. Enamored of the ?New Germany,? she has one affair after another, including with the suprisingly honorable first chief of the Gestapo, Rudolf Diels. But as evidence of Jewish persecution mounts, confirmed by chilling first-person testimony, her father telegraphs his concerns to a largely indifferent State Department back home. Dodd watches with alarm as Jews are attacked, the press is censored, and drafts of frightening new laws begin to circulate. As that first year unfolds and the shadows deepen, the Dodds experience days full of excitement, intrigue, romance?and ultimately, horror, when a climactic spasm of violence and murder reveals Hitler?s true character and ruthless ambition.
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Evening Club reading: The Round House
Discussion at 7:00pm
While his father endeavors to wrest justice from a situation that defies his efforts, Joe becomes frustrated and sets out with his trusted friends, Cappy, Zack, and Angus, to get some answers of his own. Their quest takes them to the Round House, a sacred place of worship for the Ojibwe. And this is only the beginning.
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If you?d like to join in, copies of either of these titles can be found at the Madison Public Library Front Desk.
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One Community, One Book From September 15 to October 15, we invite you to join us for Mahaska Reads 2014?the revival of Mahaska County?s own ?One Community, One Book? program! Mahaska Reads is an annual community wide event where everyone in Mahaska...
- Book Discussions 2014
Looking to join a book club to read and learn from others? It is the opportune time to join in. The Madison Public Library book clubs will be meeting Thursday, November 21st at 1:30pm and 7pm to discuss what the groups will read...
- February Book Discussions
Join us at the Madison Public Library for book discussions on Thursday, February 21st. The afternoon group will meet at 1:30 pm to discuss Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Copies of this book are available at the Library and as...
- Interested In Joining A Book Club?
There are two book clubs meeting at the Madison Public Library, and new readers are always welcome. One of the groups meets in the afternoon. Their next meeting is Thursday, March 5, at 1:30 p.m. at the Public Library. The book we have chosen to read...
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Lutie McFee's history has taught her to avoid attachments...to people, to places, and to almost everything With her mother long dead gone to find his fortune in Las Vegas, fifteen-year-old Lutie lives in the godforsaken town of Spearfish, South Dakota,...