Books and More: One Community, One BookOne Community, One Book
A Community Reading Project
One Community-One Book: All Johnson County Reads is a community-wide reading project that annually runs from the middle of September through the middle of November. The book is selected by a committee and announced in the Spring preceding the reading project.
One Community, One Book 2009
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle tells the story of how Kingsolver and her family for one year deliberately ate food produced in the place where they live. Kingsolver wrote the central narrative, and her husband, Steven Hopp, wrote in-depth sidebars about various aspects of food-production science and industry. Kingsolver's 19-year-old daughter, Camille, wrote brief essays on the local-food project, plus nutritional information, meal plans and recipes.
Film Food Festival
An ECO Iowa City-sponsored event, part of "One Community One Book"
All films will be shown at 7 p.m. at ICPL Meeting Room A
November 6, 13 and 19. Free Popcorn!
November 6: "Garden"
November 13: "Fresh"
November 19: "King Corn" (Followed with a lecture by Ian Cheney, King Corn filmmaker)
For more info on upcoming ECO events, visit icpl.org/eco-iowa-city.
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Get Animal, Vegetable, Miracle at the ICPL:
One Community, One Book 2008
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
At the age of 12, Ishmael Beah fled attacking rebels in his home country of Sierra Leone during their civil war. Soon he found himself in the army, forced to participate in casual mass slaughter.
This horrific life lasted until he was 15, when he was brought to a rehabilitation center sponsored by UNICEF and partnering NGOs. In his late teens, he eventually came to the United States where he remains.
Mr. Beah finished high school in the U.S. and earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Oberlin College. He is now a member of the Human Rights Watch Children's Rights Division Advisory Committee. He has established a foundation dedicated to helping former child soldiers reintegrate into society and improve their lives.