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Point Place Book Group

The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson

2023-06-08 14:00:00 2023-06-08 15:00:00 America/New_York Point Place Book Group Good conversation, friendly faces and great books - that's what book group is all about. We're looking forward to seeing you at our lively and engaging book discussion. Point Place - Large Community Room (Capacity: 60)

Thursday, June 08
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-06-08 14:00:00 2023-06-08 15:00:00 America/New_York Point Place Book Group Good conversation, friendly faces and great books - that's what book group is all about. We're looking forward to seeing you at our lively and engaging book discussion. Point Place - Large Community Room (Capacity: 60)

Point Place

Large Community Room (Capacity: 60)

Good conversation, friendly faces and great books - that's what book group is all about. We're looking forward to seeing you at our lively and engaging book discussion.

The Splendid and the Vile: a saga of Churchill, family and defiance during The Blitz

eBook | eAudiobookPrint | Large Print | Spoken CD 

"On Winston Churchill's first day as prime minister, Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons. It was up to Churchill to hold the country together and persuade President Franklin Roosevelt that Britain was a worthy ally - and willing to fight to the end. In "The Splendid and the Vile", Erik Larson shows, in cinematic detail, how Churchill taught the British people "the art of being fearless." It is a story of political brinkmanship, but it's also an intimate domestic drama set against the backdrop of Churchill's prime-ministerial country home, Chequers; his wartime retreat, Ditchley, where he and his entourage go when the moon is brightest and the bombing threat is highest; and of course, 10 Downing Street in London. Drawing on diaries, original archival documents, and once-secret intelligence reports - some released only recently - Larson provides a new lens on London's darkest year through the day-to-day experience of Churchill and his family."-- Provided by publisher.

AGE GROUP: | Adults (18+) |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Groups |

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Point Place

Phone: 419.259.5390

Hours
Mon, Sep 18 9:00AM to 8:30PM
Tue, Sep 19 9:00AM to 8:30PM
Wed, Sep 20 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Thu, Sep 21 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Fri, Sep 22 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Sat, Sep 23 Closed
Sun, Sep 24 Closed

About the branch
  • 11 public computers
  • 2 children's computers
  • Free Wifi
  • 80-person meeting room capacity/handicapped accessible
  • Faxing, copying, scanning
  • 80 parking spots/4 additional handicapped accessible
  • 8 bicycle spots

Upcoming events

Fri, Sep 22, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Small Community Room (Capacity : 15)

Tue, Sep 26, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Large Community Room (Capacity: 60)

Wed, Sep 27, 10:00am - 10:45am
Large Community Room (Capacity: 60)

Thu, Sep 28, 9:45am - 10:05am
Large Community Room (Capacity: 60)

Thu, Sep 28, 10:30am - 11:00am
Large Community Room (Capacity: 60)

Thu, Sep 28, 10:30am - 11:15am
Children's Area

Thu, Sep 28, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Small Community Room (Capacity : 15)

Fri, Sep 29, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Small Community Room (Capacity : 15)

Wed, Oct 04, 10:00am - 10:45am
Large Community Room (Capacity: 60)

Thu, Oct 05, 9:45am - 10:05am
Large Community Room (Capacity: 60)

Thu, Oct 05, 10:30am - 11:00am
Large Community Room (Capacity: 60)

Fri, Oct 06, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Small Community Room (Capacity : 15)

Tue, Oct 10, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Large Community Room (Capacity: 60)

Wed, Oct 11, 10:00am - 10:45am
Large Community Room (Capacity: 60)

Thu, Oct 12, 9:45am - 10:05am
Large Community Room (Capacity: 60)

Thu, Oct 12, 10:30am - 11:00am
Large Community Room (Capacity: 60)

Thu, Oct 12, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Large Community Room (Capacity: 60)

Thu, Oct 12, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Small Community Room (Capacity : 15)

Fri, Oct 13, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Small Community Room (Capacity : 15)

Wed, Oct 18, 10:00am - 10:45am
Large Community Room (Capacity: 60)

Thu, Oct 19, 9:45am - 10:05am
Large Community Room (Capacity: 60)

Thu, Oct 19, 10:30am - 11:00am
Large Community Room (Capacity: 60)

Fri, Oct 20, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Small Community Room (Capacity : 15)