Reminder: we will meet this Saturday, January 17, at Ryland Hall, University of Richmond, in the usual room, at 5 p.m..
Nominations are now officially closed. See the previous post for links to Amazon.com for book descriptions, and then return to this post and vote---using the "comments" section below---for no more than three (3) of the following (listed in order of their nomination). I'll tally them Friday night, and we'll have our May book by Saturday morning. If it's a tie, we'll break that tie at the meeting:
Blonde Roots, by Bernardine Evaristo
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood , by Ta-Nahesi Coates
The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less, by Barry Schwartz
Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why, by Bart Ehrman
Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First BlackCongressmen, by Philip Dray
Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America, by Paul Tough
Hope on a Tightrope, by Cornel West
Come on People, by Bill Cosby & Alvin Poussaint
Tough choices; good luck and godspeed with your deliberations.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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1st- Capitol Men
ReplyDelete2nd- Misquoting Jesus
3rd- Come on People
1st - Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
ReplyDelete2nd - The Beautiful Struggle
3rd - Hope on a Tightrope
1 Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America, by Paul Tough
ReplyDelete2 Hope on a Tightrope, by Cornel West
3 Come on People, by Bill Cosby & Alvin Poussaint
1st - Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
ReplyDelete2nd - Come On People
3rd - Hope on a Tightrope
1 Beautiful Struggle
ReplyDelete2 Whatever It Takes
3 Hope on a Tightrope
1. Hope on a Tightrope, by Cornel West
ReplyDelete2. The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood , by Ta-Nahesi Coates
3. Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America, by Paul Tough