Book Discussion
Living Life Mindfully: Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices
Thich Nhat Hahn outlines the essential steps by which we all can obtain real and lasting happiness, in Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices, this Buddhist author emphasizes mindfulness as the key practice for gaining contentment. Inspiration: Living Life Mindfully book discussion features a new non-fiction title each month. Books are available at the Dole Branch Library one month before the discussion. Library book discussions are open to all who are committed to reading and talking about books.
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Book Discussion: The Social Animal
Join us to discuss the New York Times columnist David Brooks The Social Animal. Brooks turns to the building blocks of human flourishing in a multilayered, profoundly illuminating work grounded in everyday life. This is the story of how success happens, told through the lives of one composite American couple, Harold and Erica.
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Living Life Mindfully: Learning to Fall: The blessings of an imperfect life
Diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, Author Phillips Simmons shares his unexpected lessons in living, where he finds answers to life's deepest questions, from turtle behavior to Buddhist philosophy, and introduces the inhabitants of his small New England town. Learning to fall: The blessings of an imperfect life take readers on a journey of acceptance and letting go. Inspiration: Living Life Mindfully book discussion features a new non-fiction title each month.
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genre x Book Discussion: The Snow Child
Please join us for our monthly book discussion for 20s and 30s hosted by the Oak Park Public Library. December's selection is The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey.
Copies of the book will be available at the Main Library a month before the discussion.