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Plum Lake Library - Sayner

Plum Lake Non-fiction Book Club

Meets on the 4th Monday of the Month @ 11 AM at Plum Lake Public Library.
 

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1. The day the world came to town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland

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DeFede, Jim
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"When 38 jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land at Gander International Airport in Canada by the closing of U.S. airspace on September 11, the population of this small town on Newfoundland Island swelled from 10,300 to nearly 17,000. The citizens of Gander met the stranded passengers with an overwhelming display of friendship and goodwill. As the passengers stepped from the airplanes, exhausted, hungry and distraught after being...

2. Natural causes: an epidemic of wellness, the certainty of dying, and killing ourselves to live longer

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Ehrenreich, Barbara
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Offers insight into healthcare practices, identifying the cellular sources of aging and illness and revealing that aggressive treatments provide an illusion of control and survivability at the cost of life quality.