Public Service Book Club
Welcome to the Cowlitz County Healthy Workforce Public Service Book Club! Every few months, the Club meets to discuss books related to public service. Meetings are open to all County staff and are held either in person or via ZOOM. Healthy snacks are provided, and brown bag lunches are welcome.
To sign-up to receive Book Club updates and notifications, fill out this form. The Healthy Workforce Committee supplies a hard copy of the current book to participants who would like this format. Additionally, a small lending library of previous book club selections is maintained for staff to borrow at any time. If you need a copy of the current or a previous book, or have additional questions please contact Laura Gressett in Building & Planning at extension 6650, or by email at GressettL@cowlitzwa.gov
August 2023
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander Newfoundland
The twenty-fourth public book club selection is The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander Newfoundland. The true story behind the events on 9/11 that inspired Broadway's Hit Musical "Come from Away"
The club will meet in person and online October 25th, 2023 to discuss.
Read a book review: https://readingladies.com/2021/11/05/the-day-the-world-came-to-town-book-review-nonfictionnovember-nonficnov-nonfictionbookparty-neverforget911/
FUZZ: When Nature Breaks The Law
The twenty-third public service book club selection is FUZZ: When Nature Breaks the Law. The club met on June 20, 2023 to discuss the book.
The Secret Lives of Color
The twenty-second public service book club selection is The Secret Lives of Color by Kasia St. Clair. The club met on October 25, 2022 to discuss the book.
Deep in the Woods
The twenty-first public service book club selection is Deep in the Woods by Bryan Johnston. The club met on April 26, 2022 to discuss the book.
The Overstory: A Novel
The twentieth public service book club selection is The Overstory: A Novel by Richard Powers. The club met virtually on January 25, 2022 to discuss the book.
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
The nineteenth public service book club selection is Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant. The club met virtually on June 29, 2021 to discuss the book.
The Feather Thief
The eighteenth public service book club selection is The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century. The club met on November 17, 2020 to discuss the book.
Full-Rip 9.0
The seventeenth public service book club selection is Full-Rip 9.0: The Next Big Earthquake in the Pacific Northwest. The club met on March 3rd, 2020 to discuss the book.
The Boys in the Boat
The sixteenth public service book club selection is The Boys In The Boat by Daniel James Brown.
The club will met on September 10, 2019 to discuss the book.
Murder & Mayhem in Portland Oregon
The fifteenth public service book club selection is Murder & Mayhem in Portland Oregon by JD Chandler.
The club met on June 11, 2019 to discuss the book.
This is Where You Belong: Finding Home Wherever You Are
The fourteenth public service book club selection is This is Where You Belong: Finding Home Wherever You Are
The Club met March 12, 2019 at noon to discuss the book.
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
The thirteenth public service book club selection is The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
The Club met on November 7, 2018 to discuss the book.
They Came to Six Rivers - The Story of Cowlitz County
The twelfth public service book club selection was They Came to Six Rivers - The Story of Cowlitz County by Virginia Urrutia.
The Club met on July 17, 2018 at noon to discuss the book.
The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It
The eleventh Public Service Book Club selection was The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It by Kelly McGonigal.
The Club met April 17, 2018 to discuss the book.
Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens
The tenth Public Service Book Club selection is Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens by Steve Olson.
The Club met January 23, 2018 to discuss the book.
Astoria: Astor and Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire
The ninth Public Service Book Club selection is Astoria: Astor and Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire by Peter Stark.
The Club met on September 12, 2017 to discuss the book.
Cataclysms on the Columbia - The Great Missoula Floods
The eighth Public Service Book Club selection is Cataclysms on the Columbia - The Great Missoula Floods by John Elliot, Marjorie Burns and Scott Burns.
The Club met April 11, 2017 to discuss the book.
Red Light to Starboard - Recalling the Exxon Valdez Disaster
The seventh Public Service Book Club selection is Red Light to Starboard - Recalling the Exxon Valdez Disaster by Angela Day.
The Club met on December 13, 2016 to discuss the book.
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
The Club met September 20, 2016 to discuss The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business.
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World
The Club met on June 14, 2016 to discuss The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World
Lincoln and the Power of the Press
The club met March 15, 2016 to discuss Lincoln and the Power of the Press by Harold Holzer.
The Unthinkable
The Club met on December 8, 2015 to discuss The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes and Why by Amanda Ripley.
Drive
On October 13, 2015 we met to discuss Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink.
Citizenville
On June 9, 2015 we met to discuss Citizenville, by Gavin Newsom with Lisa Dickey.