Christ Church Book Club
7:00pm. Designated Tuesdays. An eclectic choice of various books, one or more main book or excerpt per evening, along with reference to other books, for discussion and debate. Open to all and everyone! 1 hour. Where? Coronation Room, Christ Church Parish Hall, 7 Wentworth Street, Windsor, NS. Contact: David Curry 790-6173.
Dates: October 22nd; November 19th, 2024;
January 21st ; February 18th; May 13th, & June 17th, 2025
October 22rd, 2024: At The End of An Age, John Lukacs, 2002, and The Myth of Disenchantment: Magic, Modernity, and the Birth of the Human Sciences, Jason A. Josephson-Storm, 2017.
November 19th, 2024: The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation, Victor Davis Hanson, 2024, and The Greek Histories: The Sweeping History of Ancient Greece, ed. Mary Lefkowitz and James Room, 2024.
January 21st, 2025: Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America, Pekka Hämäläinen, 2022.
February 18th, 2025: Alexandria: The City that Changed the World, Islam Issa, 2023.
May 13th, 2025: Leon Battista Alberti: Writer & Humanist, Martin McLaughlin, 2024 and Inside the Stargazer’s Palace: The Transformation of Science in 16th century Europe, Violet Moller, March 2025.
June 19th, 2025: Reading Genesis, Marylynne Robinson, 2024, and Sacred Causes: The Clash of Religion and Politics, From the Great War to the War on Terror, Michael Burleigh, 2006.
