Books to Get You Talking

Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion. --Daniel J. Boorstin

Welcome to Books to Get You Talking, a reading group dedicating to exploring and discussing the world around us through the people who write about it. This group's focus is (for the most part) on memoir and non-fiction books, on topics from religion to politics to foreign culture, with a strong emphasis on understanding as an impetus for social change. How can you change something if you don't know that anything's wrong? The members of Books to Get You Talking don't believe you can. Through the books we read in this group, Books to Get You Talking hopes to increase our awareness and awe of our world and the people in it, and in so doing, increase the awareness and awe of our world in others by jamming down their throats the importance of every new thing that we learn. Or something like that.

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March 2012 - "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
- Wed Mar 14
  7:30 PM
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- 17 attending
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Bongo Java

2007 Belmont Blvd, Nashville, TN (map)
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April 2012 - "The Sugar King of Havana: The Rise and Fall of Cuba's Last Tycoon"
- Wed Apr 11
  7:30 PM
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- 10 attending
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Bongo Java

2007 Belmont Blvd, Nashville, TN (map)
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May 2012 - "Hitch 22: A Memoir" - by Christopher Hitchens
- Wed May 16
  7:30 PM
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- 8 attending
- 12 spots left
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Bongo Java

2007 Belmont Blvd, Nashville, TN (map)
Editorial Reviews From Bookmarks Magazine Christopher Hitchens stands alone among 20th- and 21st-century pundits for his enthusiastic enmity and political flip-flopping,... Learn more

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June 2012 - "Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress" by Lawrence Lessing
- Wed Jun 13
  7:30 PM
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- 8 attending
- 12 spots left
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Bongo Java

2007 Belmont Blvd, Nashville, TN (map)
Publication Date: October 5, 2011 In an era when special interests funnel huge amounts of money into our government-driven by shifts in campaign-finance rules and... Learn more

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Recent Meetups

2 hours ago, 14 Book Readers attended
February 2012 - "Inside Scientology" by Janet Reitman
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January 18 at 7:30 PM, 14 Book Readers attended
January 2012 - "Steve Jobs" an authorized biography by Walter Isaacson
They rated it 4.503 (3 ratings)

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Great discussion. One of the best meetings yet!

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Good meeting: lively discussion with a lot of fully engaged people.

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December 14, 2011 at 7:30 PM, 7 Book Readers attended
December 2011 "Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal"
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November 16, 2011 at 7:30 PM, 5 Book Readers attended
November 2011 "The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris" - by David McCullough
They rated it 5.001 (1 ratings)

Amazon.com Review Amazon Best Books of the Month, June 2011 : At first glance, The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris might seem to be foreign territory... Learn more
October 12, 2011 at 7:30 PM, 9 Book Readers attended
October 2011 "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson.
They rated it 5.002 (2 ratings)

Amazon.com Review Author Erik Larson imbues the incredible events surrounding the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with such drama that readers may find themselves checking... Learn more