Adults
Rejuvenating Books for the Changing of the Seasons
A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
In this romantic comedy set in the rolling fields and resort villages of Italy and England, Spring is a major influence for the main characters. Lucy’s repressed girlhood and marriage is awoken by the George Emerson, who shows her a different way of life, one far more open and free.
Adjustment to Brain Injury
This program aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the challenges that individuals who have experienced a brain injury may face. Participants will learn about the causes of brain injury, the changes that can occur after a brain injury, possible challenges in adjustment after a brain injury, the stages of grief that a survivor may experience, and self-care strategies.
Hypertension: The Silent Killer (Zoom)
Please join us for a virtual educational program hosted by Saint Peter's University Hospital.
Introduction to Brain Injury (Hybrid)
Walkaway
From New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow, an epic tale of revolution, love, post-scarcity, and the end of death.
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature, Brave New World is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order–all at the cost of our freedom, full humanity, and perhaps also our souls.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide.
The Things They Carried
A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O’Brien, who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three.
Maus
A brutally moving work of art—widely hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever written—Maus recounts the chilling experiences of the author’s father during the Holocaust, with Jews drawn as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as menacing cats.
Maus is a haunting tale within a tale, weaving the author’s account of his tortured relationship with his aging father into an astonishing retelling of one of history's most unspeakable tragedies. It is an unforgettable story of survival and a disarming look at the legacy of trauma.