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May 20 2012
Office Space


This 1999 film is something of a cult classic -- not a huge blockbuster, but a quirky oddball comedy that fans keep coming back to again and again. Written and produced by Mike Judge, the man behind the animated hits Beavis and Butthead and King of the Hill, Office Space is, in part, based on a series of short animated pieces that feature nebbishy office worker Milton. Ron Livingston headlines the cast, as Peter Gibbons, a cubicle-inhabiting cog in a corporate environment at Initech. When the company appears to be going into downsizing m...
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May 19 2012
Tough Without a Gun


A detailed study of Humphrey Bogart. Told chronologically, the biography really picks up when "Casablanca" enters the storyline. The author discusses and evaluates Bogart's films, the other actors, interesting stories of everyone involved. Last couple chapters discuss B...
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May 17 2012
Kirinyaga: A Fable of Utopia


This short novel by Michael Resnick is actually what they call a "fixed up" novel, comprised of a series of ten interconnected short stories, all of which were originally published on their own. Because of this, Kirinyaga is actually one of the most acclaimed science fiction novels ever published -- each of the stories included was nominated for multiple awards, and two of them actually won Hugo Awards in their respective years of release. The stories all involved a transplanted t...
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One Book - One Lincoln

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Sophie's World The Dovekeepers All Access The Big Year

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Bodies From the Bog Bog Mummies Fish

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Fifty Shades of Grey - Top Book Overall Fifty Shades of Grey - Top eBook War Horse - Top DVD The Hunger Games - Top Downloadable Audio

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The Dressmaker How I Killed Pluto... Lone Wolf Tehran Initiative

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Gere Branch Books Talk
International Intrigue
(Season Finale!)

Monday, May 21, 2012
2:30-4:00 p.m.
Gere Branch Library
2400 S. 56th St.

Bethany Branch Books Talk
Armchair Traveling
(Season Finale!)

Friday, May 25, 2012
10:30 a.m.-Noon
Bethany Branch Library
1810 N. Cotner Blvd.

Hush, HushOver-Reader's Anonymous
Hush, Hush

Tuesday, May 29, 2012
6:30-7:30 p.m.
Walt Branch Library
6701 S. 14th St.

(Open to Teens & Adults
Call to sign up: 402-441-4460)

The Works of Suzanne ArrudaJust Desserts
Mystery Discussion Group

The works of Suzanne Arruda

Thursday, May 31, 2012
6:30-7:45 p.m.
South Branch Library
2675 South St.

AbandonOver-Reader's Anonymous
Abandon

Tuesday, June 5, 2012
6:30-7:30 p.m.
Walt Branch Library
6701 S. 14th St.

(Open to Teens & Adults
Call to sign up: 402-441-4460)

Bagels & Books
Adult Summer Reading Discussion opportunity

Wednesday, June 6, 2012
10:00-11:30 a.m.
Gere Branch Library
2400 S. 56th St.

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