Hi guys!
It's that time again. Thank you to everyone for sending in their nominations for book and theme. Please look below to find the nominated books/themes and their descriptions and then scroll down to the poll to cast your vote. Please also vote for your preferred meeting time for this month by going to this doodle: http://doodle.com/8pf75uuu9w6emr3c
Thanks everyone for voting!
The book of February (with our theme of Romance) is....
Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell!
Set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Civil War, Margaret Mitchell's epic love story is an unforgettable tale of love and loss, of a nation mortally divided and its people forever changed. At the heart of all this chaos is the story of beautiful, ruthless Scarlett 'O' Hara and the dashing soldier of fortune, Rhett Butler.
I hope you enjoy this book and I look forward to discussing this with you guys at our next meeting!
Happy reading!
- Aditi.
Happy Valentine's Day!
For the month of love, we're reading a book with a "Romance" theme.
Here are your nominations for this month's book!
Hi guys,
So our social committee has put together a movie night for us this Friday (25th). The movie is "John Dies At The End", based on the book we read last October.
The film was released a while ago in limited capacity, so this is an exciting opportunity to see the movie you might not get a chance to see otherwise!
The details are below:
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=my9Pr-W92SM]
Many thanks to Anoo from the social committee who will be on hand to set up!
See you guys there!
I'd like to thank everyone for voting.
It was close, but the votes are in and the book of January is....
Hi everyone,
The January nominations are in! Here are the 3 books nominated for this month are:
1) "A Whole New Mind" by Daniel H. Pink
The future belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind: artists, inventors, storytellers-creative and holistic "right-brain" thinkers whose abilities mark the fault line between who gets ahead and who doesn't.
Drawing on research from around the world, Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others) outlines the six fundamentally human abilities that are absolute essentials for professional success and personal fulfillment--and reveals how to master them. A Whole New Mind takes readers to a daring new place, and a provocative and necessary new way of thinking about a future that's already here.
2) "Imagine: how creativity works" by Jonah Lehrer
Did you know that the most creative companies have centralized bathrooms? That brainstorming meetings are a terrible idea? That the color blue can help you double your creative output?
From the New York Times best-selling author of How We Decide comes a sparkling and revelatory look at the new science of creativity. Shattering the myth of muses, higher powers, even creative “types,” Jonah Lehrer demonstrates that creativity is not a single gift possessed by the lucky few. It’s a variety of distinct thought processes that we can all learn to use more effectively.
Lehrer reveals the importance of embracing the rut, thinking like a child, daydreaming productively, and adopting an outsider’s perspective (travel helps). He unveils the optimal mix of old and new partners in any creative collaboration, and explains why criticism is essential to the process. Then he zooms out to show how we can make our neighborhoods more vibrant, our companies more productive, and our schools more effective.
3) "Sex at Dawn" by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jethá
Since Darwin's day, we've been told that sexual monogamy comes naturally to our species. Mainstream science--as well as religious and cultural institutions--has maintained that men and women evolved in families in which a man's possessions and protection were exchanged for a woman's fertility and fidelity. But this narrative is collapsing. Fewer and fewer couples are getting married, and divorce rates keep climbing as adultery and flagging libido drag down even seemingly solid marriages.
Ryan and Jethá's central contention is that human beings evolved in egalitarian groups that shared food, child care, and, often, sexual partners. Weaving together convergent, frequently overlooked evidence from anthropology, archaeology, primatology, anatomy, and psychosexuality, the authors show how far from human nature monogamy really is. Human beings everywhere and in every era have confronted the same familiar, intimate situations in surprisingly different ways. The authors expose the ancient roots of human sexuality while pointing toward a more optimistic future illuminated by our innate capacities for love, cooperation, and generosity.
Vote for the books here:
Hi guys!
I hope everyone's exams are going well. Now that we're into December and exams will be over before you know it, we would like to plan this month's meeting and/or movie night!
But in order to plan that, we need to know how many people can make it this month!
Please take the time to vote in the poll below. If you don't see a date you like, feel free to comment with your preferred date/time below!
| December 2012 Meeting | |
| Dec 21, 2012 | |
| Dec 22, 2012 | |
| Dec 23, 2012 | |
| Other (please specify in comment below) | |
| pollcode.com free polls | |
http://poll.pollcode.com/b43dmy
Thanks!
