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  • Book Lovers' Discussion Group
  • Dates: 9/15/2025 - 12/8/2025
    Times: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 4
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Room 159
    Instructor(s): Athena Nazario, Cathi Davis
    Fee: $0.00

    Love to read and enjoy discussing books? Join us to explore interesting books that promote lively dialogue. This semester’s selections include:

    Sep 8: This is Happiness by Niall Williams 400 pages. ISBN: 13-978-1635576313
     

    Oct 13: The Plot Against America by Philip Roth 391 pages. ISBN: 13-978-0618509287
     

    Nov 10: House Made of Dawn by M. Scott Momaday 224 pages. ISBN: 13-978-0062909954
     

    Dec 8: Madhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian Sancton 384 pages ISBN: 13-978-1984824349.

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  • Bring Your Own Book: The U.S. History, Pre-1878, Non-Fiction Book Club
  • Dates: 9/26/2025 - 9/26/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 1
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 1056
    Instructor(s): Stephanie Goodrich
    Fee: $0.00

    "Have you read a good book recently? Do you want to tell others? Is the book nonfiction? Is it about a time in United States history prior to 1878? Do you want to learn about similar books from Osher students?

    If you are answering yes to all questions, you belong in this class. Each student brings an open mind and ears, plus a readiness to discuss their required reading book choice that is / non-fiction / about U.S. history / covers a time prior to 1878 /

    Classroom experience: Students discuss the book they read, listen to others talk about their book, reference in-class handouts, and make notes. The instructor facilitates the discussion. Students may disagree about books. However, they do so with respectful disagreement, rather than disagreeableness."

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  • NEW! Imagine!
  • Dates: 9/29/2025 - 10/13/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 3
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 2020
    Instructor(s): Glory Aiken
    Fee: $0.00

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  • The Holocaust Through a Child's Eyes
  • Dates: 11/12/2025 - 12/3/2025
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 3
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 1056
    Instructor(s): Donald Schilling
    Fee: $0.00

    This course examines the challenges faced by Jewish children in the Holocaust with attention to their similarities and differences with adult victims. It focuses in particular on the experiences of Nechama Tec as recorded in her book Dry Tears and how she was eventually able to confront her painful past.

    Suggested reading: Dry Tears: The Story of a Lost Childhood by Nechama Tec. ISBN-13: 978-0195035001

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  • NEW! Dickens' Christmas Carol - Masterpiece or Sentimental Fluff?
  • Dates: 12/5/2025 - 12/12/2025
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 2
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 2030
    Instructor(s): James Avery
    Fee: $0.00

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