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G.T. Humanists Book Club

Sunday, September 24, 4 p.m.Sue and Gregg McDonald’s house8836 Wheeler Oaks Dr., Williamsburg G.T. Humanists will meet to discuss various articles of general interest, including: –“Mayflower at 400: What we all get wrong about the Pilgrim Fathers,” BBC News, 9/18/2020 … Continue reading

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G.T. Humanist Book Club: Humanly Possible

Sunday, July 23, 4 p.m.1415 Lake Drive, Traverse City (Rich and Lin Foa’s house) The next selection for the Grand Traverse Book Club is “Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry and Hope” by Sarah Bakewell. We’ll meet … Continue reading

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G.T. Humanists Book Club: The Death and Life of the Great Lakes

Sunday, May 21, 4 p.m.7670 East Shore Rd., Traverse City Our next book club selection is The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan. We’ll meet at Mark and Heather’s house at 7670 East Shore Rd. Please … Continue reading

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Humanists Book Club: All the Light We Cannot See

Sunday, March 19, 4 p.m.Home of Richard and Lin Foa1415 Lake Dr., Traverse City The next book selection for the Grand Traverse Humanists Book Club will be Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “All the Light We Cannot See.” We’ll meet … Continue reading

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G.T. Humanists Book Club: Starry Messenger

Sunday, November 13, 4 p.m.4813 N Indian Lake Rd.Traverse City, MI Grand Traverse Humanists will gather to discuss Neil deGrasse Tyson’s book “Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization.” The book is available for a discount at Horizon Books in Traverse … Continue reading

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G.T. Humanist Book Club: Immune

Sunday, September 18, 4 p.m.Mark and Heather’s house…7670 E Shore Rd, TC We’ll discuss the book “Immune: A Journey into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive,” by Philipp Dettmer. It’s a timely read and an opportunity to learn more … Continue reading

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G.T. Humanists Book Club: How to Be Perfect

Sunday, May 15, 4 p.m.Mark and Heather’s House7670 E. Shore Rd., Traverse City Grand Traverse Humanists will gather at the home of Heather Kingham and Mark Elliott to discuss the book “How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every … Continue reading

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G.T. Humanists Book Club: The Women of the Copper Country

Sunday, March 27, 6 p.m.Discussion location: Zoom We’ll discuss Mary Doria Russell’s novel “The Women of the Copper Country,” a work of historical fiction based on the true story of a woman who led a copper miners’ strike in Calumet, … Continue reading

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Book Club: Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe

Sunday, January 16, 6 p.m.Discussion location via Zoom Our next discussion with be on “The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe: How to Know What’s Really Real in a World of Increasingly Full of Fake,” authors Dr. Steven Novella with Bob … Continue reading

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G.T. Humanists Book Club: Freethinkers by Susan Jacoby

Sunday, October 24, 6:00 p.m.Via Zoom  At a time when the separation of church and state is under attack as never before, Freethinkers offers a powerful defense of the secularist heritage that gave Americans the first government in the world … Continue reading

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