​WAC Book Club Selections   12/29/2024
         
2026 Date Book Author Chooser
172 2/5/2026     Roger Young
       1/1/2026 NO MEETING    
         
2025 Date Book Author Chooser
171 12/4/2025     Jeff Atkin
170 11/7/2025     Roger Young
169 10/2/2025     Ron Rech
168 9/4/2025     Larry Smith
  August NO MEETING    
  July NO MEETING    
167 6/5/2025     A Fever in the Heartland ... by Timothy Egan -  Jim Farmer
166 5/1/2025     Act of Oblivion ... by Robert Harris Walt Shields 
165 4/3/2025     Nothing Like it in the World By Stephen Ambose   -  Chet Woodside
164 3/6/2025    The End of the World is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization By David Grann  Arley Harrell
163 2/6/2025  The End of the World is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization    by Peter Zeihan   Dave Williams
      1/2/2025 NO MEETING      
         
2024 Date Book Author Chooser
162 12/5/2024     Jeff Atkin
161 11/7/2024    The Year 1000 by Robert Lacey -  Roger Young
160 10/3/2024 ​Table for Two by Amor Tolles Larry Smith
159 9/5/2024 ‘Why the Jews‘  by Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin Ron Rech
  8/1/2024 NO MEETING    
  7/1/2024 NO MEETING    
158 6/6/2024 Fortune and Freedom Jim Hirshfield Jim Hirshfield
157 5/7/2024 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - Arley Harrell John Berendt Arley Harrell
156 4/4/2024 How to Know a Person David Brooks Chet Woodside
155 3/7/2024 Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver Roger Young
154 2/1/2024 The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder   David Grann Dave Williams
153 1/4/2024 The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914   David McCullough Walt Shields

2023 Date Book Author Chooser  
152 12/7/2023 Number Go Up  Zeke Faux Jeff Atkin
151 11/6/2023 A Gift of Flight: The William E. Boeing Story: America Through Time David Williams Jim Farmer
150 10/5/2023 West with Giraffes  -  Larry Smith lynda rutledge Larry Smith
149 9/7/2023 The Fourth Turning Is Here  -  Ron Rech   Ron Rech
  8/4/2022 NO MEETING    
  7/7/2022 NO MEETING    
148 6/1/2022 Look for me there: grieving my father, finding myself...  Luke Russet Roger Young
147 5/4/2022 Heart Berries Terese Marie Mailho Arley Harrell
146 4/5/2022 Facing the Moment: Lessons from a Global Odyssey Terry Clayton Chet Woodside
145 3/2/2023 Advice for Future Corpses  Sallie Tisdale  Jim Hirshfield
144 2/2/2023 The Company: A Novel of the CIA Robert Littell Dave Williams
143 1/5/2013 The Immortal Irishman Timothy Egan Walt Shields
         
2022 Date Book Author Chooser
142 12/1/2022 How Civil Wars Start (and how to stop them)” Barbara F. Walter Jeff Atkin
141 11/3/2022 NO MEETING    
140 10/13/2022 By the Grace of the Game : The Holocaust, a Basketball Legacy Dan Grunfeld Jim Farmer
139 9/1/2022 The real Anthony Fauci:  Bill Gates, big Pharma... Robert F Kennedy Jr. Ron Rech
  8/4/2022 NO MEETING    
  7/7/2022 NO MEETING    
138 6/9/2022 The Lincoln Highway: A Novel Amor Towles Larry Smith
137 5/5/2022 Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty Anderson Cooper Arley Harrell
136 4/7/2022 THE BOOK THIEF Markus Zusak Roger Young
135 3/32022 Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning …. GEN Ty Seidule Jim Hirshfield
134 2/3/2022 Premonition Michael Lewis Dave Williams
133 1/6/2022 How to Change your Mind Michael Pollan Walt Shields
         
2021 Date Book Author Chooser
132 12/2/2021 The Day the World Came to Town Jim Degree Jim Farmer
131 11/4/2021 A Women of no Importance Sonia Purnell Chet Woodside
130 9/27/2021 Facing the Mountain Dan Brownh Joint Meeting
129 9/2/2021 Forget the Alamo Bryan Burrough Arley Harrell
128 8/5/2021 The Apocalypse Factory: Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age Steve Olson Larry Smith
127 7/1/2021 The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, ... George Friedman Ron Rech
126 6/3/2021 The Library Book Susan Orlean Roger Young
125 5/6/2021 Mutiny on the Bounty Hall and Nordhoff Jim Hirshfield
124 4/1/2021 American Kingpin Nick Biltin Dave Williams
123 3/4/2021 Spearhead Adam Makos Harry Cartales
122 2/4/2021 The Emerald Mile Kevin Fedarko Walt Shields
121 1/7/2021 Endurance, Shackleton's Incredible Voyage Alfred Lansing Jim Farmer
         
2020        
120 12/3/2020 The World Without Us Alan Weisman Chet Woodside
119 11/5/2020 We Have Overcome Jason Hill Ron Rech
118 10/1/2020 The Devil in the White City Eric Larson Larry Smith
117 9/3/2020 Me: Elton John Official Autobiography   Arley Harrell
116 8/6/2020 Loonshots Safi Bahcall Roger Young
115 7/2/2020 The Plague Albert Camus Jim Hirshfield
114 6/4/2020 The National Team: The Inside Story of the Women Who Changed Soccer Caitlin Murray Dave Williams
113 5/7/2020 Americn Prison Shane Bauer Harry Cartales
112 4/2/2020 Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel Walt Shields
111 3/5/2020 Thirteen Moons Charles Frazijer John Bredvik
110 2/6/2020 Outliers, the Story of Success Malcolm Gladwell Jim Farmer
109 1/9/2020 Drawdown: ... to Reverse Global Warming Paul Hawken Chet Woodside
         
2019        
108 12/5/2019 American Wolf Nate Blakeslee Larry Smith
107 11/7/2019 Deceiving  the Sky: Inside Communist China’s Drive Bill Getz Ron Rech
106 10/12/2019 Lifeboat No. 8: ASurviving the Titanic   Arley Harrell
105 9/5/2019 Doing Justice Preet Bharar Roger Young
104 6/20/2019 On Grand Strategy John Lewis Gaddis Jim Hirshfield
103 5/20/2019 JOINT MEETING - Home Team Rob Garret  
102 4/4/2019 Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup John Carreyrou Dave Williams
101 3/7/2019 Widow Walk Gar LaSalle Walt Shields
100 2/7/2019 A Gentleman from Moscow Amor Toles Jerry Ernst
99 1/3/2019 1421 The Year China discovered America Gavin Menzies John Bredvik
         
2018        
98 12/6/2018     Jim Farmer
97 11/1/2018 One Summer America, 1927 Bill Bryson Harry Cartales
96 10/2/2018 Lawrence In Arabia: WMaking of the Modern Middle East Scott Anderson John Hoerster
95 9/6/2018 Barons of the Sea Steven Ujifusa Chet Woodside
94 6/7/2018 Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Tom Robbins Larry Smith
93 5/3/2018 Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS Ben MacIntyre Arley Harrel
92 4/5/2018 Alive Piers Paul Read Roger Young
91 3/1/2018 Inside China's Vast New Experiment in Social Ranking Dan Winters Jim Hirshfield
90 2/1/2018 Red Notice: a True Story of High Finance Bill Broder Dave Williams
89 1/11/2018 The Road to Character David Brooks Jerry Ernst
         
2017        
88 12/7/2017 Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow Walt Shields
87 11/2/2017 The Fourth Industrial Revolution Klaus Schwab John Bredvik
86 10/5/2017 The True History of Tea Erling Hoh Jim Judson
85 9/13/2017 White Trash Nancy Isenberg Larry Smith
84 6/1/2017 The Ultimate Gift Jim Stovall Arley Harrel
83 5/4/2017 Eruption Steve Olson Joint Meeting
82 4/6/2017 Valiant Ambition Nathaniel Philbrick Jim Farmer
81 3/2/2017 A Higher Call Adam Makos Jerry Ernst
80 2/2/2017 The Nightengale Kristin Hannah Chet Woodside
79 1/5/2017 Dog Whistle Politics Ian Haney Lopez Roger Young
         
2016        
78 12/1/2016 Tender is the Night F. Scott Fitzgerald Jim Hirshfield
77 11/3/2016 Hillbilly Elegy   Dave Williams
76 10/6/2016 Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Jamie Ford Harry Cartales
75 9/8/2016 True Grit Charle Portis Walt Shields
74 6/7/2016 Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea Gary Kinder John Hoerster
73 5/5/2016 Please Stop Helping Us: Six Ways that Libe Jason L. Riley John Bredvik
72 4/7/2016 Just Six Numbers Martin Rees Jim Judson
71 3/3/2016 Being Mortal Atul Gawande Jim Farmer
70 2/4/2016 American Nations Colin Woodard Larry Smith
69 1/7/2016 Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or S Chris Bailey Chet Woodside
         
2015        
68 12/3/2015 Dead Wake Eric Larson Jerry Ernst
67 11/5/2015 Pitchers of Beer - Story of the Seattle Rainiers   Arley Harrel
66 10/1/2015 Five Days at Memorial: Sheri Fink Roger Young
65 9/10/2015 The Good Shepherd C.S. Forrester Jim Hirshfield
64 6/4/2015 The Presidents Club Nancy Gibbs and Michael D Dave Williams
63 5/7/2015 Heretic Ayaan Hirsi Ai Harry Cartales
62 4/2/2015 The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt & the Fire th Timothy Egan Walt Shields
61 3/11/2015 A Genius for Deception Nicholas Rankin John Bredvik
60 2/5/2015 The South China Sea Billl Hayton Jim Judson
59 1/1/2015 Abundance Peter Diamandis and Steven Larry Smith
         
2014        
58 12/4/2014 At Home Bill Bryson Arley Harrel
57 11/6/2014 Kill Patton Bill O'Reilly Chet Woodside
56 10/2/2014 The Mantle of Command Nigel Hamilton Jerry Ernst
55 9/4/2014 Harvard business case about carbon sequestration   Jim Hirshfield
54 8/7/2014 The Animal Dialogues Craig Childs Roger Young
53 7/10/2014 The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown Jim Farmer
52 6/5/2014 The Lords of Discipline Pat Conroy Dave Williams
51 5/1/2014 The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and SJohn Vaillant Harry Cartales
50 4/3/2014 The Hustle: One team and ten lives in black Doug Merlino Walt Shields
49 3/6/2014 Hungry for Change: Ditch the Diets, Eat You James Colquhoun John Bredvik
48 2/6/2014 Five Billion Years of Solitude Lee Billings Jim Judson
47 1/2/2014 The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander Larry Smith
         
2013        
46 12/5/2013 Buffett: The Making of An American Capitali Roger Lowenstein Arley Harrel
45 11/7/2013 Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: Tom Egan Chet Woodside
44 10/3/2013 For Whom the Bell Tolls Ernest Hemingway Jerry Ernst
43 9/5/2013 Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of F Charles P. Kindleberger, Ro Jim Hirshfield
42 8/1/2013 Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us Steven Brill, TIME Magazine Roger Young
41 7/12/2013 Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and th Lawrence Wright Jim Farmer
40 6/6/2013 Escape from Camp 14 Blaine Harden Dave Williams
39 5/2/2013 Thunderstruck Erik Larson Harry Cartales
38 4/4/2013 Cloud Atlas David Mitchell Walt Shields
37 3/14/2013 Proof of Heaven Eban Alexander John Bredvik
36 2/7/2013 POSTPONED    
35 1/3/2013 A Moveable Feast Ernest Hemingway Jerry Ernst
         
2012        
32 10/4/2012 In the Garden of Beasts Eric Larson Chet Woodside
31 9/6/2012 Armies of Pestilence R.S. Brady Jim Judson
30 8/5/2012 In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks Adam Carolla Roger Young
29 7/5/2012 Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand Jim Farmer
28 6/7/2012 High Country Willard Wyman Dave Williams
27 5/3/2012 The Social Animal David Brooks Larry Smith
26 4/5/2012 Brave Dragons Jim Yardley Harry Cartales
25 3/1/2012 Trask Don Berry Walt Shields
24 2/2/2012 Transendence Norman E. Rosenthal, M.D. John Bredvik
23 1/5/2012 Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe Jerry Ernst
         
2011        
20 10/6/2011 Stones from the River Ursula Hegi Chet Woodside
19 9/1/2011 The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justif James Hogg Jim Judson
18 8/4/2011 The Lonely Polygamist Brady Udall Roger Young
17 7/7/2011 The River of Doubt Candice Milliard Jim Farmer
16 6/2/2011 The Elusive Quest for Growth William Easterly Dave Williams
15 5/12/2011 Moonwalking with Einstein Joshua Foer Harry Cartales
14 4/7/2011 The Good Rain Timothy Egan Walt Shields
13 3/3/2011 The Match:The Day the Game of Golf Chan Mark Frost John Bredvik
12 2/10/2011 Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or S Jared M. Diamond Jerry Ernst
11 1/6/2011 Lone Survivor Marcus Luttrell Arley Harrel
         
2010        
8 10/14/2010 The Greatest Show on Earth Richard Dalkins Jim Judson
7 9/9/2010 The Big Short Michael Lewis Roger Young
6 August
5,2010 Eleven Days of Christmas Marshall Mitchell Jim Farmer
5 July 8,2010 Stones to Schools Greg Mortenson Dave Williams
4 June 3,2010 Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan John Bredvik
3 May 6,2010 The Art of  a Beautiful Game Chris Ballard Walt Shields
2 April
7,2010 The Good Soldiers David Finkel Harry Cartales
1 March
4,2010 Ghost Mountain Boys James Campbell Jim Hirshfield
         
         
         
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