OLLI Presents American Crime Film Classics
From the desk of Leslie West, Adult Services Librarian.
A content review of Hans Gumbrecht’s „Ein freundliches Ende der Geisteswissenschaften?“
“A friendly end for the humanities? Would educated people outside the university notice if the humanities disappeared from these institutions? The process has begun.”
¿Por qué brilla el Sol?
“Cada segundo, el Sol transforma millones de toneladas de átomos de hidrógeno en átomos de helio…”
Bossypants Book Club (February 2019 Selection): Educated by Tara Westover
Book Overview Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalist in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her “head-for-the-hills bag”. In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and…
Jane Austen Regency Ball
Jane Austen died in 1817, when she was just 41. But in her short life, she exerted more of a lasting influence on British literature and culture than many of her peers who lived twice as long.
The Enneagram
From the Desk of Leslie West, Adult Services Librarian.