The December Mystery Book Group is reading Graham Greene's classic The Third Man and also discussing the wonderful 1949 film noir movie version starring Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten. You can watch the film on your own before the discussion or if you prefer, you're invited to come watch it at the library! Anyone who just wants to see a wonderful film is also welcome. 

Ann Perks will lead a discussion of The Third Man by Graham Greene, along with the film adaptation directed by Carol Reed.

Ann Perks will lead a discussion of The Third Man by Graham Greene, along with the film adaptation directed by Carol Reed. This program will take place in the Hammond Room on the mezzanine level of the library. Register as soon as possible so that the library can locate a copy of the book for you.The film can be streamed for about $4 through Amazon Prime, AppleTV, Google Play, The Roku Channel, Vudu, and YouTube. (As of November 4, it is NOT available free through Kanopy, Netflix or Hulu.) The Glencoe library has the film in DVD and Blu-ray formats. 

GOD OF THE PIANO 

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Judy Levin will lead a discussion of The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles. All are welcome.

Judy Levin will lead a discussion of Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe by David Maraniss. All are welcome.

Ann Perks will lead a virtual discussion of Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel.

Judy Levin will lead a discussion of The Sentence by Louise Erdrich. All are welcome.

Ann Perks will lead an in-person discussion of Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. This program will take place in the Hammond Room on the mezzanine level of the library. Register as soon as possible so that the library can locate a copy of the book for you.Want to receive the library's email newsletter? Brief-and-breezy GPL Weekly delivers library news--with handy program registration links--to your inbox every Monday morning.

Ann Perks will lead an in-person discussion of White Nights by Ann Cleeves. This program will take place in the Hammond Room on the mezzanine level of the library. Register as soon as possible so that the library can locate a copy of the book for you.

Ann Perks will lead a virtual discussion of White Nights by Ann Cleeves.

Judy Levin will lead a discussion of Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner. All are welcome.

Judy Levin will lead a discussion of Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy. All are welcome.

Unsurpassed as a poem of action, Beowulf is no less a poem of meditation, offering a subtle picture of a society simple by modern terms but rich in tradition. Written at a time when the nations of modern Europe were taking shape, the anonymous author draws on a Judeo-Christian world view to imagine the age before his own and to reflect on the forces that dictate the fates of peoples. The group will read Seamus Heaney’s 1999 verse translation with the Old English on the facing page. Our discussion will be divided into three roughly equal parts corresponding to Beowulf’s battles with three monsters of increasing fierceness. 

The discussion will be on Zoom and led by Joseph Alulis, who teaches at the University of Chicago's Graham School and is a longtime leader of Big Books. The Big Books series is presented in partnership with the Friends of the Glencoe Public Library.

Ann Perks will lead a discussion of The Maid by Nita Prose. This program will take place in the Hammond Room on the mezzanine level of the library. Register as soon as possible so that the library can locate a copy of the book for you.

Ann Perks will lead a discussion of The Maid by Nita Prose.