Brown Bag Book Discussion - January 2003

The history and scandal of the ongoing wars between these two giant chocolate companies.

Cornwell reopens the Jack the Ripper case using modern technology and forensics to prove her theory that the real killer was prominent artist.

The ninth in Craig's Martha's Vineyard Mystery series, this mystery includes sharpshooting, movie stars, and sleuthing.

From medieval Europe to the present world, Fredrickson finds that "racism exists when one ethnic group or historical collectivity dominates, excludes, or seeks to eliminate another on the basis of differences that it believes are hereditary and unalterable." Though dry at times, this book is an interesting look at how racism has developed and changed

In this biting satire an all too human messiah emerges from a dreary cult and tells his story as the sole passenger on a plane about to crash.

Madeleine L'Engle
[Junior Fiction]

A favorite of children and adults, this classic story tells the tale of Meg and her family as they fight evil through space and time.

Barry Unsworth
[Adult Fiction]

A roving medieval theater troupe finds how perilously close to reality a play can come when the actors dramatize the events of a recent murder.

Sue Monk
[Adult Fiction]

The search for a mother, and the need to mother oneself, are crucial elements in this well writen coming-of-age story set in the early 1960's against a background of racial violence.

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