Title to be Discussed\: Ghost Map\: London's Cholera Epidemic
Author\: Steven Johnson
*{There is no fee\, however\, all titles selected must be purchased at Centuries &\; Sleuths to be part of the Discussion Group &\; voice your opinion on the assigned book.}
Description
A National Bestseller\, a New York Times Notable Book\, and an Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year
It's the summer of 1854\, and London is just emerging as one of the first modern cities in the world. But lacking the infrastructure-garbage removal\, clean water\, sewers-necessary to support its rapidly expanding population\, the city has become the perfect breeding ground for a terrifying disease no one knows how to cure. As the cholera outbreak takes hold\, a physician and a local curate are spurred to action-and ultimately solve the most pressing medical riddle of their time.
In a triumph of multidisciplinary thinking\, Johnson illuminates the intertwined histories of the spread of disease\, the rise of cities\, and the nature of scientific inquiry\, offering both a riveting history and a powerful explanation of how it has shaped the world we live in.
Watch a QuickTime trailer for this book.
About the Author
Steven Johnson is the author of the national bestsellers Everything Bad Is Good for You and Mind Wide Open\: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life\, as well as Emergence\: The Connected Lives of Ants\, Brains\, Cities\, and Software and Interface Culture\: How New Technology Transforms the Way We Create and Communicate.
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Guest Author/Speaker\: Lori Andrews
Lori Andrews is the director of the Institute for Science\, Law\, and Technology at Illinois Institute of Technology. She was named a “Newsmaker of the Year” by the American Bar Association Journal and has served as a regular advisor to the U.S. government on ethical issues regarding new technologies. Learn more at LoriAndrews.com.
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Writers of America\, Midwest Chapter
Forensic psychology
What does a forensic
psychologist do? Come meet Dr. William “Kip” Hillman\, a board-certified forensic
psychologist in Chicago.
Dr. Hillman does
forensic assessments\, consultations\, and testimony in fitness to stand trial\,
insanity\, substance abuse\, coerced confessions\, psychological autopsies\, and
risk for violence\, including sexual violence. His range of experience includes
work in prisons\, inpatient psychiatric hospitals—and 12 years of marriage to a
writer.
Our meeting will be at 1 PM Central Daylight Time on
Sunday\, September 9 at Centuries &\; Sleuths Bookstore\, 7419 W. Madison St.\, Forest Park\, IL
60130.
And if you can't make it to the store\, you can watch and
interact with us online as we'll be broadcasting the meeting over the Internet
via ustream. Go to
http\://www.ustream.tv/channel/mwa-midwest
That's
http colon slash slash www dot ustream dot tv slash channel
slash mwa-midwest
You'll have to watch a lame commercial for a few seconds\,
but then you'll be connected to the live stream.
To ask questions of our
speaker\, email cns7419@sbcglobal.net
Title\: March Violets
Author\: Philip Kerr
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David J. Walker for Company Orders
Even a good man may feel driven to sign on with the devil.
Paul Clark is a Catholic priest who’s been on the fast track to becoming a bishop. But he suddenly faces a heart-wrenching problem\, when choices he made as a young man come roaring back into his life. A mysterious woman\, who claims to be with “an agency of the federal government\,” offers to solve his problem. But there’s a price to pay—Father Clark must undertake some very un-priestly actions.
An attack in a Chicago alley…a daring escape from a Mexican jail…and a fight to the death in a Guyanese jungle…all these\, and more\, must be survived in order to protect someone he loves.
This priest is about to learn how much easier it is to preach love than to live it.
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Frances Mc Namara for Death at Woods Hole (4th Emily Cabot Mystery)
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Exhausted after the tumult of the Pullman Strike of 1894\, Emily
Cabot is looking forward to a restful summer visit to Cape Cod. She has
plans to collect “beasties” for the Marine Biological Laboratory\,
alongside other visiting scientists from the University of Chicago.
She also hopes to enjoy romantic clambakes with Dr. Stephen Chapman\,
although they must keep an important secret from their friends.
But her summer takes a dramatic turn when she finds a dead man floating
in a fish tank. In order to solve his murder she must first deal with
dueling scientists\, a testy local sheriff\, the theft of a fortune\, and
uncooperative weather.
The Emily Cabot Mysteries series will continue to delight history buffs and mystery lovers alike.
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