The Civil War Book Group will discuss A Team of Rivals\: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin (Simon &\; Schuster\, $21.00). Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius\, as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president. That Lincoln succeeded\, Goodwin demonstrates\, was the result of a character that had been forged by experiences that raised him above his more privileged and accomplished rivals. He won because he possessed an extraordinary ability to put himself in the place of other men\, to experience what they were feeling\, to understand their motives and desires. It was this capacity that enabled Lincoln as president to bring his disgruntled opponents together\, create the most unusual cabinet in history\, and marshal their talents to the task of preserving the Union and winning the war. We view the long\, horrifying struggle from the vantage of the White House as Lincoln copes with incompetent generals\, hostile congressmen\, and his raucous cabinet. He overcomes these obstacles by winning the respect of his former competitors\, and in the case of Seward\, finds a loyal and crucial friend to see him through.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T024159Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120128T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120128T180000Z UID:http://www.bookwormomaha.com/event/robin-donovan-will-sign-it-still-murder-even-she-was-bitch URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookwormomaha.com/event/robin-donovan-will-sign-it-still-murder-even-she-was-bitch SUMMARY:Robin Donovan will sign Is It Still Murder Even Is She Was a Bitch? DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T024159Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120129T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120129T180000Z UID:http://www.bookwormomaha.com/event/matthew-norman-will-sign-domestic-violets URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookwormomaha.com/event/matthew-norman-will-sign-domestic-violets SUMMARY:Matthew Norman will sign Domestic Violets DESCRIPTION:Tom Violet always thought that by the time he turned thirty-five\, he’d have everything going for him. Fame. Fortune. A beautiful wife. A satisfying career as a successful novelist. A happy dog to greet him at the end of the day. The reality\, though\, is far different. He’s got a wife\, but their problems are bigger than he can even imagine. And he’s written a novel\, but the manuscript he’s slaved over for years is currently hidden in his desk drawer while his father\, an actual famous writer\, just won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His career\, such that it is\, involves mind-numbing corporate buzzwords\, his pretentious nemesis Gregory\, and a hopeless\, completely inappropriate crush on his favorite coworker. Oh . . . and his dog\, according to the vet\, is suffering from acute anxiety. Tom’s life is crushing his soul\, but he’s decided to do something about it. Domestic Violets is the brilliant and beguiling story of a man finally taking control of his own happiness—even if it means making a complete idiot of himself along the way.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T024159Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120211T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120211T150000Z UID:http://www.bookwormomaha.com/event/sherlock-holmes-book-club-8 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookwormomaha.com/event/sherlock-holmes-book-club-8 SUMMARY:Sherlock Holmes Book Club DESCRIPTION:The Sherlock Holmes Book Club will discuss The Seven-Per-Cent Solution\: Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson\, M.D. by Henry Ledgard (Norton\, $15.95). First discovered and then painstakingly edited and annotated by Nicholas Meyer\, "\;The Seven-Per-Cent Solution"\; relates the astounding and previously unknown collaboration of Sigmund Freud with Sherlock Holmes\, as recorded by Holmes's friend and chronicler\, Dr. John H. Watson. In addition to its breathtaking account of their collaboration on a case of diabolic conspiracy in which the lives of millions hang in the balance\, it reveals such matters as the real identity of the heinous professor Moriarty\, the dark secret shared by Sherlock and his brother Mycroft Holmes\, and the detective's true whereabouts during the Great Hiatus\, when the world believed him to be dead.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T024159Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120225T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120225T180000Z UID:http://www.bookwormomaha.com/event/paul-hedren-will-sign-after-custer URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bookwormomaha.com/event/paul-hedren-will-sign-after-custer SUMMARY:Paul Hedren will sign After Custer DESCRIPTION:Between 1876 and 1877\, the U.S. Army battled Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne Indians in a series of vicious conflicts known today as the Great Sioux War. In the end\, the U.S. Army prevailed\, but at a significant cost. Hedren examines the war's effects on the culture\, environment\, and geography of the northern Great Plains\, their Native inhabitants\, and the Anglo-American invaders.. Hedren examines the events of 1876-77 and their aftermath as a whole\, taking into account relationships among military leaders\, the building of forts\, and the army's efforts to memorialize the war and its victims. Woven into his narrative are the voices of those who witnessed such events as the burial of Custer\, the laying of railroad track\, or the sudden surround of a buffalo herd. Their personal testimonies lend both vibrancy and pathos to this story of irreversible change in Sioux Country.
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