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November book: Engaging the Muslim World

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Please feel free to order the book from Amazon on the enclosed link. From: Pat Priest ppriest@charter.net Date: November 7, 2010 2:13:46 PM EST To: Oconee County Democrats ; oconee@yahoogroups.com Subject: [oconee] November book: Engaging the Muslim World Reply-To: oconee@yahoogroups.com Hello! After these awful election returns, we just need to keep building   community and learning more about the world around us so we're not   easily manipulated like you-know-who. Join us to talk about books and ideas! The last selection of the year   for the book group sponsored by the Oconee Democrats is " Engaging the Muslim World ." See the press release below for details. Keep fighting the good fight against intolerance and ignorance! Pat Priest Member, Oconee Democrats -------------------------------------------------- Community book group discussion Sponsored by the Oconee Democrats Book: "Engaging the Muslim World" by Juan Cole When: December 1st at 6 PM Where: Fiv...

Oconee Dems Book Club selection: Sherman's March -- the novel

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Pat Priest does a great job with a wide and varying list of fiction and non-fiction to read to expand her horizons and those of the members of the Oconee County Democratic Committee book club (and some members do not belong to the regular political committee). So I am just reiterating you do not have to live in Oconee County or even be a member of the Democratic Party to join our book group. Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. Subject: [oconee] Sherman's March -- the novel Hello, fellow Democrats, About a month before my family's reunion a couple of years ago, I sent my mom, nephews, and siblings a surprise gift: Jimmy Carter's book about his childhood called "An Hour Before Daylight." The book was a wonderful catalyst for conversation, and because my mom grew up in the same era, it prompted fascinating recollections about her childhood during hard times in the south. (And our former pr...