Humanist Association of Ottawa

Celebrating Humanism in Ottawa for over 40 years

Humanist Book/Topic Club

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.    - Groucho Marx

 

 

 

January: 22, 2009:   2009 is the International Year of Astronomy

   Death by Black Hole - Neil deGrasse Tyson - or -

   E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation by David Bodanis. A readable book that explains what the equation really means to everyone 

Theme: Nice Dark Skies after Solstice

 

February 25, 2009: The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin. Originally published as "Journal and Remarks", this book by Darwin is a vivid and exciting travel memoir and well as a detailed scientific journal that shows Darwin's keen powers of observation.

Theme: Darwin's 150th anniversary of the publishing of "On the Origin of Species"

 

March 23, 2009: 1000 Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseni - Take a look at Afghan society between 1964 and 2003 seen through the eyes of two indomitable women. It's about power. It's about the rise of the Taliban. It's about life that is far from the passive Canadian life as you can get.

Theme: Society/Social Studies/Power

 

<< We will likely be postponing the last two books of this year. More details by the end of February >>

April 30, 2009: Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut’s semiautobiographical book. In honour of the second anniversary of his passing.

Theme: Autobiography

 

May 25, 2009:

  - Pascal Khoo Thwe's From the Land of Green Ghosts,

Theme: Burma/Myanmar a year after the cyclone

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more details, please read the meet-up event or give me a shout.

Mike Beavington

mbeaving@yahoo.ca

613-720-0277/613-839-6192