By Erik Larson
With Barney Levantino, Reference Librarian

Tuesday, December 8, 2015. 7:30 PM.

A chronicle of the sinking of the Lusitania discusses the factors that led to the tragedy and the contributions of such figures as Woodrow Wilson, bookseller Charles Lauriat, and architect Theodate Pope Riddle.

By James R. Hansen
With Barney Levantino, Reference Librarian

Friday, July 19, 2019. 2:00 PM.

Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

Read the book, then see how it is interpreted and adapted for screen. A short discussion will follow the film, starring Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy and Jason Clarke. This film is rated PG-13.

By Jules Verne
With Barney Levantino, Reference Librarian

Tuesday, July 9, 2019. 7:30 PM.

Lacking any urgent assignments at the close of the Civil War, the members of the elite Baltimore Gun Club decide to build a gun big enough to shoot a manned rocket to the moon.

By Nathaniel Philbrick
With Barney Levantino, Reference Librarian

Tuesday, June 14, 2016. 7:30 PM.

Recounts the story of the 1820 wreck of the whaleship Essex, which inspired Melville's classic Moby-Dick, and describes its doomed crew's ninety-day attempt to survive whale attacks and the elements on three tiny lifeboats.

Film Showing: Friday, June 17, 2016. 2 PM.

By Gary Shteyngart
Recommended By Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian
With Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian, Barney Levantino, Reference Librarian

Tuesday, March 10, 2015. 7:30 PM.

“Traces the author’s experiences as a young bullied Jewish-Russian immigrant in Queens, his haphazard college pursuits, and his initial forays into a literary career (From the Publisher).”

By Marcus Luttrell
Recommended By Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian
With Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian, Barney Levantino, Reference Librarian

Tuesday, November 11, 2014. 7:30 PM.

The leader, and only survivor, of a team of U.S. Navy SEALs sent to northern Afghanistan to capture a well-known al Qaeda leader chronicles the events of the battle that killed his teammates and offers insight into the training of this elite group of warriors.