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"I am completely smitten with the Lunch with Books patrons...who welcomed me like a long-lost cousin. It takes two to have a successful reading: an enthusiastic presenter and an engaged audience, and boy did the stars align for us." -Marie Manilla, Still Life with Plums

"Lunch With Books is an outstanding program -- one of the best in the country." -NPR Journalist Matthew Algeo, The President is a Sick Man


"With a new book in hand, I’ve visited a lot of libraries lately, and I think the Ohio County Public Library is my all-time favorite. People are kind and welcoming, and deeply appreciate a visiting writer." -Jaimy Gordon, Lord of Misrule (National Book Award)

“I wanted the book launch to be at Lunch With Books because it is the best library book program in West Virginia and because Wheeling and the Wheeling area was centrally involved in so many of the firsts in West Virginia sports.” –Bob Barnett, Hillside Fields: A History of Sports in West Virginia

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

June 4: The Autobiography of a Resistance Fighter and the Civil War 1863-1865

Fr. Marian Mazgaj will be at Lunch With Books at the Ohio County Public Library in Wheeling on Tuesday, June 4 at noon to discuss his new autobiography, I Will Go to the Altar of God: What It Took to Become a Priest in Communist Poland.  During WWII, Fr. Mazgaj took part in the combat against German forces with the Polish Home Army. Lunch With Books programs are free and open to the public. Patrons are invited to bring a bag lunch and free beverages are served. Please call the library at 304-232-0244 or visit facebook.com/lunchwithbooks for more information.

 And that evening at 7:00 PM:

 PEOPLE'S UNIVERSITY American History 2, The Civil War & Statehood: Tuesday, June 4 at 7 PM--"The Civil War, Pt. 2, 1863-1865," will be taught by the noted Civil War expert Kristopher White of Pittsburgh. White is a former staff military historian at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. He is the co-author of Chancellorsville's Forgotten Second Front: The Second Battle of Fredericksburg, Salem Church, A Season of Slaughter: the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House and Simply Murder: The Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862.  White's class will cover events from 1863-1865, including the key military strategies and tactics that developed during the last half of the war; the military drafts, the wartime monetary inflation; civilian responses to the war; and turning points during 1863, 1864 and 1865. People's University programs are free and open to the public. Please call the library at 304-232-0244 (to RSVP) or visit facebook.com/lunchwithbooks for more information.
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Book Discussion Groups

The Ohio County Public Library facilitates book discussion groups for both young adults and adults. Currently, the OCPL offers two adult groups, which meet on the first Monday and third Thursday of each month.

In addition to its own growing collection, the OCPL has access to the book discussion collection of the West Virginia Library Commission.

To join or form a book discussion group, or for more information, please call 304-232-0244.

Meeting of the Minds Philosophy Group

The Meeting of the Minds Philosophic Inquiry Forum is facilitated by David Weimer. The group meets virtually every Tuesday at 6 PM. Call the library for meeting room locations.

For more information, visit www.firstknowthyself.org/m&mphilosophy.htm or contact group organizer, David Weimer, at 740 526-0985 or by email at dwwweimer@comcast.net..