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Title:  Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 minutes

Author: Ira Rosen ’76
    Date: June 14, 2022
    Time: 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM 

The selection for June 14, 2022is Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 minutes by Ira Rosen ’76 .”Based on decades of access and experience, Ira Rosen takes readers behind closed doors to offer an incisive look at the show that invented TV investigative journalism. With surprising humor, charm, and an eye for colorful detail, Rosen delivers an authoritative account of the unforgettable personalities that battled for prestige, credit, and the desire to scoop everyone else in the game.”  Ira Rosen is ILR Class of 1976.

There are copies of this book in different formats in the library.

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This fiction book ” follows a brother and sister as they navigate heartache, loneliness, wealth, corruption, drugs, ghosts, and guilt… This ingenious, enthralling novel probes the tenuous yet unbreakable bonds between people and the lasting effects of momentary carelessness.”—Publishers Weekly

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Any questions – please contact Celinda Crego directly at cac432@aol.com.

Title: Educated: A Memoir

Author: Tara Westover
Date: April 5, 2022
Time: 7:30 PM – 9:00 

This nonfiction book is described by the publisher as a “coming-of-age story that gets to the heart of what an education offers: the perspective to see one’s life through new eyes, and the will to change it.” Tara Westover did not attend school until the age of 17, and then went on to earn a PhD from Cambridge. 

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We will continue to hold the Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo Book Club Meetings over ZOOM. Any questions – please contact Celinda Crego directly at cac432@aol.com. 

Welcome to the Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo’s Book Club for March 8, 2022. We will continue to hold the Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo Book Club Meetings over ZOOM.

• Title: The Holdout
• Author: Graham Moore
• Date: March 8, 2022
• Time: 7:30 – 9:00 PM

The selection for March 8, 2022 is The Holdout by Graham Moore. This fiction book is a legal thriller that raises some interesting questions about the jury system.  There are copies of this book in different formats in the library. 

“A jury on a murder trial is deadlocked when a young woman manages to turn the tide to acquit; a decade later, she must face the consequences when a fellow juror is killed and she is the prime suspect.” (from book jacket)

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Any questions – please contact Celinda Crego ’79 directly at cac432@aol.com. 

February’s selection is in honor of President’s Day

Title:  You never forget your first: 
        a biography of George Washington
Author: Alexis Coe
Date: February 8. 2022
Time: 7:30 PM – 9:00 

“In her form-shattering and myth-crushing book….Coe examines myths with mirth, and writes history with humor… [You Never Forget Your First] is an accessible look at a president who always finishes in the first ranks of our leaders.” —Boston Globe

We will continue to hold the Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo Book Club Meetings over ZOOM. 
Any questions – please contact Celinda Crego directly at cac432@aol.com. 

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