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English: An hour in a library, in search of natural knowledge, its relation to literature, to culture, and to conduct. A lecture delivered before the Sunday Lecture Society, St George's Hall, Langham Place, on Sunday afternoon, 28th January, 1883 by Finch, A. Elley
It is often simply called a book club, a term that may cause confusion with a book sales club. Other terms include reading group , book group , and book discussion group . Book discussion clubs may meet in private homes, libraries , bookstores , online forums, pubs, and cafés, or restaurants, sometimes over meals or drinks.
One City One Book (also One Book One City, [City] Reads, On the Same Page, and other variations) is a generic name for a community reading program that attempts to get everyone in a city to read and discuss the same book. The name of the program is often reversed to One Book One City or is customized to name the city where it occurs.
The City received mixed reviews, with some critics praising its writing style and setting, while others critiqued the narrative and certain aspects of the characters. Kirkus Reviews criticized the "cardboard cut-out antagonists" and predictable action, while praising its setting, describing the book as "passable". [5]
City is a 1952 science fiction fix-up novel by American writer Clifford D. Simak. The original version consists of eight linked short stories, all originally published in Astounding Science Fiction under the editorship of John W. Campbell between 1944 and 1951, along with brief "notes" on each of the stories.
The City, a New York City based non-profit, digital news site founded in 2018; The City (Park and Burgess book), a 1925 book by Robert E. Park and Ernest W. Burgess; The City (Pidmohylny novel), a 1928 novel by Valerian Pidmohylny "The City" (poem), an 1894 poem by Constantine P. Cavafy "The City" (short story), a 1951 short story by Ray Bradbury
The Boston City Club (est.1906) of Boston, Massachusetts [1] focused on "the city of Boston and the problems of its growth." Founders included Louis D. Brandeis , Edward Filene , and Edmund Billings .
The New York Times book reviewer, Orville Prescott, praised the book: "As a work of descriptive, emotional, lyrical writing, "A Walker in the City" is good. Mr. Kazin has recorded the sordid and unpleasant as well as the colorful and touching. He makes you feel the summer heat and taste the Jewish foods and smell the odors of Brownsville in the ...