Books and Beverages, February 25, 2000

Here is a list of books, etc. recommended at the Books and Beverages last week.  Alan Grosenheider and Laurie Sutherland won the door prizes!

Kahn, David.  The Codebreakers.

Hanff, Helene.  84, Charing Cross Road (rent the video, too).

Kozaczuk, Wladyslaw.  Enigma:  How the German machine cipher was broken.

Massey, Sujata.  The Zen master.

Massey, Sujata.  The Salary Man's Wife.

Chandra, G.S. Sharat.  Sari of the Gods. (short stories)

Lahiri, Jhumpa.  Interpreter of Maladies.  (short stories)

Savage, Dan.  The Kid:  What happened after my boyfriend and I decide to  go get pregnant, an adoption story.

Kureishi, Hanif.  Intimacy: A Novel.  "From 6p.m.-6a.m. of the last night    spent in his marriage before leaving his wife for another woman,
   exposing his deep mental and emothional processes".

Jerome, Jerome K.  Three Men in a Boat; To say nothing of the dog. 1890.

Willis, Connie.  To Say Nothing of the Dog. 1998.

Delacorte, Peter.  Time on My Hands.

Cather, Willa.  Song of the Lark.

Dalby, Liz.  Geisha.

Golden, Arthur.  Memoirs of a Geisha.

Basbanes, Nicholas.  A Gentle Madness; Bibliophiles, bibliomanes, and the eternal passion for books.

CSPAN2  Book Weekend.  Nonfiction books only...emphasis on history and
   biography.
 

Submitted by Elaine Z. Jennerich, Libraries Staff Development and Training Coordinator