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2011-2012
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. Discussion leader: Ed Rang, Department of Mathematics-Emeritus. Sept. 14, 2011
Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin. Discussion leader: Valerie Malzacher, Library Director. Oct. 12, 2011
The Disappearance by Phillip Wylie. Discussion leader: Marilyn Schuchman, community member. Nov. 9, 2011
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Discussion leader: Andriel Dees, UWRF Chief Diversity Officer. Dec. 14, 2011
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett. Discussion leader Ronda Petree, UWRF ESL Instructor. Feb. 8, 2012
Thinking in Pictures by Dr. Temple Grandin. Discussion leader: Molly Van Wagner, UWRF Grants and Research. March 14, 2012
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes. Discussion leader: Jim Delaplain, Department of English - Emeritus. April 11, 2012
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War, by Tony Horwitz. Discussion leader Tim Ericson, community member and retired director of the UWRF Archives and Area Research Center.
May 9, 2012
2009-2010
The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom by Simon Winchester. Discussion leader: Ed Rang, Department of Mathematics-Emeritus. Sept. 9, 2009
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv. Discussion leader: Alicia Acken Cosgrove, Land Use Specialist, UWEX/UWRF. Oct. 14, 2009
The Map of Love by Ahdaf Soueif. Discussion leader: Sue Beckham, UW-Stout Department of English-Emerita. Nov. 11, 2009
Netherland by Joseph O'Neill. Discussion leader: Marilyn Schuchman, River Falls Community Member. Dec. 9, 2009
A Mercy by Toni Morrison. Discussion leader: Sue Beckham, UW-Stout Department of English-Emerita. Jan. 20, 2010
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffey. Discussion Leader: Yvonne Wilken, Campus Minister - Journey House. Feb. 10, 2010
Tommy and Me by Pat Hanson. Discussion leader: Pat Hanson, Department of Speech, Communication and Theatre Arts - Emerita. March 10, 2010
The Tyranny of Dead Ideas: Letting go of the Old Ways of Thinking to Unleash a New Prosperity by Matt Miller. Discussion leader: Kurt Leichtle, Department of History. April. 14, 2010
Emerson among the Eccentrics: A Group Portrait by Carlos Baker. Discussion leaders: Imtiaz Moosa, Department of History & Philosophy and Brian Copp, Department of Sociology. May 12, 2010
2008-2009
God Has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time by Desmond Tutu. Discussion Leader: Blake Fry, Chancellor's Office. October 1, 2008
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson. Discussion Leader: Marilyn Schuchman, River Falls Community Member. September 3, 2008
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. Discussion Leader: Lisa Pillow, Chalmer Davee Library. November 5, 2008
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan. Discussion Leader: Yvonne Wilken, Campus Minister of the Journey House Campus Ministry. December 3, 2008
Take Back Your Time: Fighting Overwork and Time Poverty in America by John De Graaf. Discussion Leader: Rellen Hardtke, Department of Physics. February 4, 2009
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski. Discussion Leader: Sue Beckham, UW-Stout Department of English-Emerita. March 4, 2009
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford. Discussion leader: Ed Rang, Department of Mathematics-Emeritus. April 1, 2009
Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry. Discussion leader: Jim Delaplain, Department of English - Emeritus. May 6, 2009
2007-2008
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. Discussion leader: Margaret Odegard, Department of English-Emerita. Sept. 12, 2007
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. Discussion leader: Marilyn Schuchman, River Falls Community Member. Oct. 10, 2007
The Periodic Table by Primo Levi. Discussion leader: Ed Rang, Department of Mathematics-Emeritus. Nov. 7, 2007
Earth Abides by George R. Stewart. Discussion leader: Philip Olle-LaJoie, Department of Publications. Dec. 5, 2007
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. Discussion leader: Maureen Olle-LaJoie, Chalmer Davee Library. Feb. 6, 2008
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy. Discussion leader: Jim Delaplain, Department of English - Emeritus. Mar. 5, 2008
Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith by Barbara Brown Taylor. Discussion Leader: Bill Montgomery, River Falls Community Member. April. 9, 2008
Persepolis by Marjane Satapi. Discussion leader: Ruth Wood, Department of English. May 7, 2008
2006-2007
Dalva by Jim Harrison. Discussion leader: Tom Smisek, Chalmer Davee Library. Sept. 13, 2006
On Beauty by Zadie Smith. Discussion leader: Dick Beckham, Department of English-Emeritus. Oct. 11, 2006
Clear Springs: A Family Story by Bobbie Ann Mason. Discussion leader: Sue Beckham, UW-Stout Department of English-Emerita. Nov. 8, 2006
A Short History of Myth by Karen Armstrong. Discussion leader: Ed Rang, Department of Mathematics-Emeritus. Dec. 13, 2006
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson. Discussion Leader: Lisa Pillow, Chalmer Davee Library. Feb. 14, 2007
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner. Discussion leader: Marilyn Schuchman, Community Member. March7, 2007
Teacher Man by Frank McCourt. Discussion leader: Margaret Odegard, Department of English-Emerita. April. 11, 2007
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood. Discussion leader: Valerie Malzacher, Chalmer Davee Library. May 9, 2007
2005
When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka. Discussion leader: Valerie Malzacher, Chalmer Davee Library. Feb. 9, 2005
Wicked by Gregory Maguire. Discussion leaders: Gail Armbrust & Julia Persico, Department of Outreach and Graduate Studies. March. 9, 2005
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi. Discussion leader: Margaret Odegard, Department of English - Emerita. April. 13, 2005
The Five Goodbyes: Mothering My Child with Down Syndrome by Pat Ferguson Hanson. Discussion leader: Pat Ferguson Hanson, Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts. May 11, 2005
2004
I Could Tell You Stories by Patricia Hampl. Discussion leader: Mary Marzolf, Community Member. February 11, 2004
The Secret History by Donna Tartt. Terry Mannetter, Department of Modern Language. March 10, 2004
The News About the News by Leonard Downie, Jr. and Robert G. Kaiser. Discussion leader: Sandy Ellis, Department of Journalism. April 14, 2004
The Potato by Larry Zuckerman. Discussion leader: Linda Nowak, Chalmer Davee Library. May 12, 2004
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester. Discussion leader: Ed Rang, Department of Math - Emeritus. Sep. 8, 2004
ISHMAEL: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit by Daniel Quinn. Discussion leader: Roger Ballou, Dean for Student Development and Campus Diversity. Oct. 13, 2004
Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Discussion leader: Suzanne Hagen, Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Equity and Compliance. Nov. 10, 2004
The Flanders Panel by Arturo Perez-Reverte. Discussion leader: Marilyn Schuchman, Community Member, Dec. 8, 2004
2003
Mercy Among the Children by David Adams. Discussion leader: Todd Digby, Chalmer Davee Library. January 8, 2003
In the Name of Salome by Julia Alvarez. Discussion leader: Carmen Croonquist, Career Services. February 12, 2003
Are You Somebody? The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman by Nuala O'Faolain. Discussion leader: Pat Hanson, Department of Speech, Communication and Theatre Arts. March 12, 2003
Another Beauty by Adam Zagajewski . Discussion leader: Magdalena Pala, Department of Chemistry. April 9, 2003
Solar Storms by Linda Hogan. Discussion leader: Mary Manke, Education and Professional Studies. May 14, 2003
Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri. Discussion leader: Ed Rang, Department of Mathematics -Emeritus. Sept. 10, 2003
A World Lit Only by Fire by William Raymond Manchesteri. Discussion leader: Ian Williams, Department of Plant and Earth Science. October 8, 2003
Founding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis. Discussion leaders: Tracey Gladstone-Sovell, Department of Political Science, and Kurt Leichtle, Department of History and Philosophy. November 12, 2003
Spring Moon by Bette Bao Lord. Discussion leader: Leslie Bleskachek, Television Services Department. December 10, 2003
2002
Consider This, Senora by Harriet Doerr. Discussion leader: Curt Le May, Chalmer Davee Library. January 9, 2002
Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane. Discussion leader: Al Larson, Facilities Management. February 13, 2002
Drinking the Rain: A Memoir by Alix K. Shulman. Discussion leader: Davida Alperin, Department of Political Science. March 13, 2002
Dreams of my Russian Summers by Andrei Makine. Discussion leader: Jim Delaplain, Department of English - Emeritus. April 10, 2002
Hidden in Plain View : A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad by Jacqueline L. Tobin, Raymond G. Dobard Ph.D., Maude Southwell Wahlman, Cuesta Benberry. Discussion leader: Emily Ronning, Leadership Center. May 8, 2002
The Fishermen by Hans Kirk. Discussion leader: Bernie Brohaugh, Department of English. September 11, 2002
The Son of Laughter by Frederick Buechner. Discussion leader: Tom Weiss, Purchasing Services/Newman Center. October 9, 2002
Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit. Discussion leader: Brian Copp, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice. November 13, 2002
Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz. Discussion leader: Charles Rader, Department of Geography and Mapping Sciences. December 11, 2002
2001
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy. Discussion leader: Kathy Tomlinson, Department of Mathematics. January 10, 2001
I Served the King of England by Bohumil Hrabal. Discussion leader: Marshall Toman, Department of English. February 14, 2001
In Country by Bobbie Ann Mason. Discussion leader: Curt LeMay, Chalmer Davee Library. March 14, 2001
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. Discussion leader: Ruth Wood, Department of English. April 11, 2001
Waiting by Ha Jin. Discussion leader: Carl Gao, Department of English/English as a Second Language. May 9, 2001
Cuba by Stephen Coonts. Discussion leader: Tony Jilek, Department of Animal and Food Science. September 12, 2001
Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich. Discussion leader: Margaret Odegard, Department of English - Emerita. October 10, 2001
Who Am I? by Yi-Fu Tuan. Discussion leader: Mike Albert, Department of Geography. November 14, 2001
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner. Discussion leader: Bill Campbell, Grants and Research. December 12, 2001
2000
La Maravilla by Alfredo Vea Jr. Discussion leader: Michele McKnelly, Chalmer Davee Library. January 12, 2000
The Trickster and the Troll by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve. Discussion leader: Betty Bergland, Department of History and Women's Studies. February 9, 2000
Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia. Discussion leader: Laura Zlogar, Department of English. March 8, 2000
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum by Heinrich Boll. Discussion leader: Monika Johansson, Department of Modern Languages/German. April 12, 2000
A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr. Discussion leader: Suzy Rogers, Department of Political Science. May 10, 2000
A New Life by Bernard Malamud. Discussion leader: Dave Wood, River Falls Community Member. September 13, 2000
The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx. Discussion leader: Valerie Malzacher, Chalmer Davee Library. October 11, 2000
The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat. Discussion leader: Lisa White, Academic Success Center. November 8, 2000
Planet of the Blind: A Memoir by Stephen Kuusisto. Discussion leader: Mary Manke, College of Education and Graduate Studies. December 13, 2000
1999
Montana 1948 by Larry Watson. Discussion leader: Curt LeMay, Chalmer Davee Library. January 13, 1999
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Conde. Discussion leader: Sandra Soares, Department of Modern Languages/French. February 10, 1999
Frida Kahlo by Malka Drucker. Discussion leader: Linda Alvarez, Multicultural Services/Academic Success Center. March 10, 1999
Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman. Discussion leader: Jennifer Borup, Department of Social Work. April 14, 1999
Beloved by Toni Morrison. Discussion leader: Margarita Hendrickson, Department of Modern Languages/Spanish. May 12, 1999
House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende. Discussion leader: Cecilia Bustamante, Department of Modern Languages/Spanish. September 8, 1999
Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver. Discussion leader: Glenda Morris, Department of Equity and Compliance. October 13, 1999
Paradise of the Blind by Duong Thu Huong. Discussion leader: Nicholas J. Karolides and Terry Brown, Department of English. November 10, 1999
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks. Discussion leader: Ed Rand. Professor of Mathematics Emeritus. December 8, 1999
1998
Dead Man Walking by Helen Prejean. Discussion leader: Nancy Parlin, Dept. of Sociology. Feb. 11, 1998
When I was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago. Discussion leader: Jose Vega, Dept. of teacher Education. March 11, 1998
Mama Day by Gloria Naylor. Discussion leader: Jenny Brantley, Dept. of English. April 8, 1998
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood. Discussion leader: Valerie Malzacher, Chalmer Davee Library. May 13, 1998
Butterfly in the Wind by Lakshmi Persaud. Discussion leaders: James Pratt, Dept. of Speech Communication and Ila June Brown-Pratt, Dept. of Music. September 9, 1998
Prayers for Bobby by LeRoy Aarons. Discussion leader: Judy Emmett, Dept. of Counseling and School Psychology. October 14, 1998
Girl Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen. Discussion leader: Lynn Jermal, Dept. of Art. November 11, 1998
Refuge by Terry tempest Williams. Discussion leader: Larry Harred, Dept. of English. December 9, 1998