Biblion Boys' Club
The BBC meets once a month in
Cedar Rapids, Iowa to discuss a book.

The Bullpen
(a.k.a. the Deathpen)
(books recently suggested for BBC consideration

Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition (PF)
The Four Georges (SM)
Welcome to the Monkey House (RR)
The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050
Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight (BC)
The Help (SJ)
Wine and War (SJ)
About Alice (MJ)

RJR's Presidential Biography Page

The New Lifetime Reading Plan (amazon, booklist)

 
Recent Selections
Location Selection Reaction
Aug 3, 2010
7:30

Steve Jackson's house
 Groucho and Me

by Groucho Marx

Amazon
June 29, 2010
7:30

Neil Madsen's house
 Dubliners

by James Joyce

Amazon		 HI
TI
MW Wyatt Prunty told me to vote thumbs-up
NM
FO
SM There's a lot of books in the world, and given limited time I wouldn't have picked this one.
RR 
June 1, 2010
7:30

Ray Richards' house
 Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America

by Walter R. Borneman

Amazon		 DC
RR Best president I'd never heard of
MW Good president; decent book
KW
--- NM
TI Didn't intrigue me enough to keep reading
April 29, 2010
7:30

Matt Wilding's house
 The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

by Michael Lewis

Amazon		 BC
DC
MF
HI
SJ
NM
FO
RR
MW
KW
April 7, 2010
7:30

David Chadima's house
The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin

by Gordon S. Wood

Amazon
 BC
DC
FO Style was good and I learned a whole bunch.
RR
MW Loved it all, even the chapter titles
KW
---  NM
SJ
Feb 22, 2010
7:30

Neil Madsen's house
Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen

Amazon
 NM
FO
RR
MW It's a novel for men, right?
KW
DC
Jan 11, 2010
7:30

Keith Wright's house
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

by Jon Meacham

Amazon
 DC
SJ
NM
FO
RR
MW
KW

 
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BBC Members
David Chadima (DC)  chadima.org
Doug Elliott (DE)  
Mike Fogliano (MF)  
David Greve (DG) thegreves.com
Tim Isenberg (TI)
Steve Jackson (SJ)  
Neil Madsen (NM)  
Fred Ochs (FO)
Ray Richards (RR)
 richardsonline.us
Matt Wilding (MW) hokiepokie.org
 

BBC Friends
Bill Bevier (BB)
  bevier.com
Bob Chadima (BC)
Ben Fashimpaur (BF)  
David Hayes (DH)  
Ray Kamin (RK) kaminislands.com
Bill Wilding (BW) www.usi.edu/science/math/bwilding

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