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

FUZZ: When Nature Breaks The Law

The twenty-third public service book club selection is FUZZ: When Nature Breaks the Law. The club will meet on June 20, 2023 to discuss the book.  https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fuzz-mary-roach/1138745968 

 

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 will meet 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.

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The Boys in the Boat

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The club met March 15, 2016 to discuss Lincoln and the Power of the Press by Harold Holzer.















The Unthinkable

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The Club met on December 8, 2015 to discuss The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes and Why by Amanda Ripley.








Drive

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On October 13, 2015 we met to discuss Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink.















Citizenville

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On June 9, 2015 we met to discuss Citizenville, by Gavin Newsom with Lisa Dickey.