Sunnyvale Public Library

This month the group will discuss, Outliers: the Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell The author of The Tipping Point and Blink asks why some people – “outliers” – are so successful and make an impact while a larger number of people who are just as capable do not succeed like the outliers do.

All book sales are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Library book sales feature a 1/2 price sale between 3 and 4 p.m. Library book sales are held in the Program Room, to the right of the entrance to the Library.

Gather with other fans of Shakespeare to read his works and gain new appreciation of these timeless masterpieces. This month, The Comedy of Errors will be read.

Health economist and Director of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute Harold Luft, Ph.D., will discuss his proposal for reform of the health care system as described in his new book Total Cure: the Antidote to the Health Care Crisis.

Join Silicon Valley’s first poet laureate, Nils Peterson, and the Silicon Valley Symphony Singers for an evening of poetry and song. Nils Peterson is professor emeritus from San Jose State University, a co-founder of the Poetry Center San Jose and an avid singer with the Silicon Valley Symphony Chorale. ... (more)He has published several poetry collections including The Comedy of Desire and Here is No Ordinary Rejoicing.

Teens and interested adults are invited to come and talk about their favorite manga and anime with other fans. Refreshments will be provided.

Enjoy the fellowship of readers as you share impressions of books. This month, Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland will be discussed.

Gather with other fans of Shakespeare to read his works and gain new appreciation of these timeless masterpieces. This month, Love's Labour's Lost will be read.

Enjoy the fellowship of readers as you share impressions of books. This month, The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan will be discussed.

The host of KQED’s popular radio show Forum will discuss his experiences, interviews, life and his book Off Mike: a Memoir of Talk Radio and Literary Life.

Teens and interested adults are invited to come and talk about their favorite manga and anime with other fans. Refreshments will be provided.

Teens are invited to explore poetry through a variety of writing activities. Registration is required. Sign up starting June 1.

A two-part class on drawing manga and comics taught by the legendary Oliver Chin. Registration is required. Sign up starting June 15!

A two-part class on drawing manga and comics taught by the legendary Oliver Chin. Registration is required. Sign up starting June 15!

Teens and interested adults are invited to come and talk about their favorite manga and anime with other fans. Refreshments will be provided.

Teens and interested adults are invited to come and talk about their favorite manga and anime with other fans. Refreshments will be provided.

Gather with other fans of Shakespeare to read his works aloud. This month, The Merchant of Venice will be read.

Teens and young adults! Come talk about your favorite manga and anime! Refreshments will be provided.

This month, Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World by Rita Golden Gelman will be discussed. In 1986, the author left her failed marriage and upscale life, sold all of her possessions except what she could carry and began a remarkable journey to live her dream that still continues – as ... (more)a nomad who actively participates in the lives of the people she visits.

A new after-school book discussion group for third through fifth graders. Erin Hunter’s Into the Wild will be discussed this month.

Gather with other fans of Shakespeare to read his books aloud. This month, Romeo and Juliet will be read.

Teens and interested adults are invited to come and talk about their favorite manga and anime with other fans. Refreshments will be provided.

This month, The Samurai’s Garden by Gail Tsukiyama will be discussed. During the Japanese invasion of China in the 1930s, a young Chinese man goes to his family’s vacation home in Japan to recuperate from tuberculosis.

A new after-school book discussion group for third through fifth graders. The book to be discussed will be determined at the September 22 meeting.

Gather with other fans of Shakespeare to raed his works and gain new appreciation of these timeless Masterpieces. This month, King Lear will be read