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JANUARY 2003

Logos Bookstore’s Recommendations
By H. Harris Healy, III, President, Logos Bookstore,
1575 York Avenue (Between 83rd And 84th Sts.), New York, New York 10028
(212) 517-7292, Fax (212) 517-7197; WWW.NYCLOGOS.CITYSEARCH.COM

The Last of the Wine
by Mary Renault
(Vintage, $16)

At Logos Bookstore, 2003 starts off with a Kill Your TV Reading Group meeting on Wednesday, January 8 at 7 P.M. to discuss Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire by J.K. Rowling. The next meeting of KYTV will be Wednesday, February 5 at 7 P.M. to discuss Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck. Also starting on Wednesday, January 15 from 7 to 8:30 P.M. will be a study and discussion of Augustine’s City Of God that will meet most Wednesdays except for the KYTV Wednesdays.

Speaking of KYTV, a book discussed by that group in December of 2002, The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault is a wonderful historical novel of Greece, especially Athens at the time of the philosophers and the Peloponnesian War. A very human and accessible Socrates appears in this story as well as the young Plato and Xenophon. Through the use of her fictional characters, specifically Alexis when he relates his daily activities and his family life, Renault gives the reader a sense of the Athenian culture of the time. She also engages the reader’s interest in the Peloponnesian War, more so, I dare say, than the translation of Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War that I read for my Ancient Greece Class. The Last Of The Wine is an excellent book to introduce the reader to Ancient Greece.

Transit: #4, #5, #6 Lexington Avenue Subway to 86th St., M15 Bus (First & Second Aves.), M86 Bus (86th St.), M79 Bus (79th St.), M31 Bus (York Ave.)

Upcoming Events At Logos:

Wednesday, January 8, 2003
at 7 P.M., KYTV Reading Group will discuss Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire by J.K. Rowling.
Wednesday, January 15, 2003 7-8:30 P.M., A Study and Discussion Of Augustine’s City Of God.
Wednesday, February 5, 2003 at 7 P.M., KYTV Reading Group will discuss Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck.
Children’s Story time every Monday at 3:30 P.M.

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