Nonfiction

The first rule of Book Club is: you DO NOT talk about Book Club. The second rule of Book Club is: you ignore the first rule and definitely tell all of your friends about Book Club! The book club in question is known as Insatiable Readers and is less like a traditional book club, and more like a bookish social club. I talked with book group leader Pam to get the inside scoop on the library’s newest group and here is what you need to know:

A Singular Woman, the biography of President Obama's mother reads like a travel book. This book takes the reader from Ann Dunham's early childhood in Kansas, teen years on Mercer Island in Washington state, college at the University of Hawaii and anthropological field work in Indonesia. This is a fascinating look at the woman who President Obama says "was the single constant in my life."

In honor of International Women’s Month, check out We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Ms. Adichie herself is an author, public speaker, and activist of women’s rights and issues. Having grown up in Nigeria, she discusses her personal experience being a young girl in a country and society that often did not place emphasis on respect for women’s general education, medical needs, and rights equal to those of their male counterparts. The short, first-hand account originated as a Ted Talk and was then adapted into written form.

The name is Baer, Bob Baer.

The Company We Keep by Bob and Dayna Baer, former CIA field operatives, reads like a Bond spy thriller. These two professionals are adventuresome, daring and self-confident. Their world is full of shades of grey. Life in the field is dirty and monotonous. There's no glamour in Tajikistan or Bosnia. Side trips to the Swiss Alps and the French Riviera lend a touch of Bond to their work. Learn more about Bob Baer's CIA career by reading his first book, See No Evil. -JR