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The Retired Members Round Table (RMRT) shall exist to develop programs of particular interest to retired persons from all types of libraries and all forms of library services, including formal opportunities for continued involvement and learning; a variety of leadership training and opportunities for mentoring; lifelong professional involvement and networking; and active engagement in the American Library Association and the profession of librarianship.

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List of books discussed at the December 7, 2025 RMRT Book Club

  • 1.  List of books discussed at the December 7, 2025 RMRT Book Club

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    RMRT BOOK CLUB LIST 12/25

    The prompt for this discussion is to read a book that is about traveler's tales

    ·       The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams by Daniel Nayeri

    ·       Life Along the Silk Road by Susan Whitfield

    ·       The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story by Daniel Nayeri

    ·       On the Hippie Trail by Rick Steves

    ·       Travel as a Political Act by Rick Steves

    ·       Dante's Inferno: Graphic Novel Adaptation by Paul and Gaetan Brizzi

    ·       The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis

    ·       Living with Cannibals And Other Women's Adventures by Michele Slung

    ·       The Happy Traveler: Unpacking the Secrets of Better Vacations by Jaime Kurtz

    ·       It's not love, it's just Paris by Patricia Engle

    ·       Hana's Suitcase Anniversary Album by Karen Levine

    ·       Kantika by Elizabeth Graver

    ·       National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home by Anya von Bremzen

    ·       A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko

    Additional books we are reading

    ·       The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog  by Carly Anne York

    ·       That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America by Amanda Jones

    ·       The Librarians: Documentary Movie directed by Kim A. Snyder

    ·       The Birding Dictionary by Rosemary Mosco



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    Ann Marie Pipkin
    apipkin1@bellsouth.net
    RMRT Chair-elect 2025
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