PACG Book Club
Purpose: The book club gives members an opportunity to suggest books that may be of general interest to progressives, and share in a monthly group discussion.
Contact: Alta Price by clicking on her name (this will open up an email window on your computer or device that will allow you to send an email directly to her).
Meetings: Monthly via Zoom on the third Monday of the month at 5:30 pm. Contact Alta Price to ask for an email invitation to the Zoom book club meeting; please specify the name and date of the meeting.
Facebook Group: For more PACG Book Club news, join our PACG Book Club Facebook Group.
Contact: Alta Price by clicking on her name (this will open up an email window on your computer or device that will allow you to send an email directly to her).
Meetings: Monthly via Zoom on the third Monday of the month at 5:30 pm. Contact Alta Price to ask for an email invitation to the Zoom book club meeting; please specify the name and date of the meeting.
Facebook Group: For more PACG Book Club news, join our PACG Book Club Facebook Group.
Upcoming Meetings and Books
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind via Zoom
Monday, November 16th at 5:30 pm
Book Club
This month we will be reading Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari. Here is a link from the Sapiens website with more details:
Homo sapiens rules the world because it is the only animal that can believe in things that exist purely in its own imagination, such as gods, states, money and human rights.
Starting from this provocative idea, Sapiens goes on to retell the history of our species from a completely fresh perspective. It explains that money is the most pluralistic system of mutual trust ever devised; that capitalism is the most successful religion ever invented; that the treatment of animals in modern agriculture is probably the worst crime in history; and that even though we are far more powerful than our ancient ancestors, we aren’t much happier.
By combining profound insights with a remarkably vivid language, Sapiens acquired cult status among diverse audiences, captivating teenagers as well as university professors, animal rights activists alongside government ministers. By 2018, over 10 million copies have been sold, and the book has been translated into nearly 50 languages.
Click on Alta Price for a Zoom link to the meeting.
This month we will be reading Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari. Here is a link from the Sapiens website with more details:
Homo sapiens rules the world because it is the only animal that can believe in things that exist purely in its own imagination, such as gods, states, money and human rights.
Starting from this provocative idea, Sapiens goes on to retell the history of our species from a completely fresh perspective. It explains that money is the most pluralistic system of mutual trust ever devised; that capitalism is the most successful religion ever invented; that the treatment of animals in modern agriculture is probably the worst crime in history; and that even though we are far more powerful than our ancient ancestors, we aren’t much happier.
By combining profound insights with a remarkably vivid language, Sapiens acquired cult status among diverse audiences, captivating teenagers as well as university professors, animal rights activists alongside government ministers. By 2018, over 10 million copies have been sold, and the book has been translated into nearly 50 languages.
Click on Alta Price for a Zoom link to the meeting.